Celestial Order
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The Celestial Order is one of the eight Colleges of Magic who train Wizards in The Empire. [7a]
Celestial wizards are expert seers and specialists with the afterlife. As a result the order often use celestial images such as comets, stars and crescent moons. Celestial wizards are skilled at astronomy and devote substantial time to studying the night sky. The Celestial orders building in the college is cleverly concealed near the heart of Altdorf, with few others truly knowing where it is.
The Lore of Magic they study is the Lore of the Heavens which they know as Astrometeorological Thaumaturgy hence them often being refered to as Astromancers. [2a] [7a]
Contents
Celestial Calendar
Created around 2350 IC, the esoteric Celestial Calendar tracks the movements of the moons, the sun and the stars and is bound by the blue wind of magic. The movements of the heavenly bodies are examined for patterns that can give long term forcasts. [8a]
History
The first leader of the Order came from Nuln having learnt from Teclis and Finreir
Known Members
- Janna Eberhauer: Deputy High Wizard of the city of Middenheim [3a]
- Hildegard Niederthlaer: A former High Celestial who had claimed three observation domes for her astronomical studies. [1a]
- Helmut Rosenkrantz: Leader of the order who built the first domes on the towers which started a builidng war with other masters finally leading to the Emperor banning further construction. [1a]
- Klaus Solmann was an important wizard in Volganof. He may have died during the Slaughter at Volganof.[1a]
- Varga Schezain: He summoned the Gargantuan to save a convoy from an Orc Fleet. [9a]
- Xavier Köhler, the Transcriber of Wind fought alongside Emperor Karl-Franz at the Battle of Nordland Fjord. [7a]
Locations
- Altdorf College: Located on the south bank of the Reik, it has the highest towers in the city - its domes need to be cleaned every evening due to pigeon droppings. As apprentices can be assigned this job as a punishment and may have to resort to magic if they fall they draw spectators.[1a] There are sixteen turrets with the towers made of blue and white stone and each culminating in shimmering domes of enchanted glass. [5a] [7a]
Popular Culture
Magistrix Regnat is a hugely popular serial newssheet serial written anonymously which follows the life of Astrid, a woman born under the Witchling Star who joins the Celestial College, rises to become a magister, and adventures across the Empire with her Halfling cook Thomasina Thorncobble and her High Elf companion, Athandril Iceborn. Denounced by both the religious authorities and the Celestial College itself, it is a work of pure fantasy with little knowledge of interest in how the Winds of Magic function. Partially because of denoucements it remains wildly popular with the general public. [a]
Relations with others
There rumoured links between the scholars of Verena and the College and worshippers of Morr in his aspect of the God of Dreams will also consult magisters of the Order. [2a] The Sea Lords of the Imperial Navy have long cultivated an association with the Order due to their ability to control the weather, read the night sky and foresee perils at sea. Astromancers will often join ship’s companies in exchange for the Navy furnishing expeditions. [7a]
Symbols
The Eight Pointed Star, the Comet [4a] and the Crescent. [2a] it is is only inverted on robes of mourning which notes that a great fellow of the college has fallen in death, to the level of the common folk. [4a]
Gallery
Janna Eberhauer
A Battle wizard of the Celestial Order.
A wizard of the Celestial Order.
Wizards of the Order
Grand Orrery in Salzenmund
Miniatures
A Battle wizard of the Celestial Order.
Celestial Hurricanum
Sources
- 1: Realms of Sorcery (1st Edition)
- 1a: Chapter 5: Battle Magic, pg. 39
- 2: Realms of Sorcery (2nd Edition)
- 2a: Chapter Four: The Imperial Colleges of Magic, pg. 71-111
- 3: Middenheim: City of Chaos
- 3a: The Powers that Be, pg. 88
- 4: Storm of Magic
- 4a: The Lore of Heavens, pg. 39
- 5: Altdorf: Crown of the Empire
- 5a: Altdorf - The City North, pg. 155
- 6: Archives of the Empire Vol II
- 6a: Star Signs and Astrology, pg. 48
- 7: Winds of Magic (book)
- 7a: The Celestial Order, pg. 91-93
- 8: Tome of Salvation
- 8a: Chapter 6: Festivals, Holy Days and Rights of Passage, pg. 148
- 9: Sea of Blood Rulebook
- 9a: Sea Creatures, pg. 13
- White Dwarf 355 (July 2009), pgs. 84-5
- Warhammer Armies: The Empire (6th Edition) (2000), pgs. 52-54, 60, 63
- Warhammer Armies: The Empire (7th Edition) (2007), pgs. 44, 60-61
- Warhammer Rulebook (8th Edition), pg. 476
