Ascension (MTAw)

Rumored to be achievable only by the most dedicated and powerful Mages, Ascension is the process of translating the very soul and being of an archmage into the Realms Supernal by unlocking the Final Key of the Golden Road and allowing the archmages essence to become pure Truth. An Ascended Mage is ultimatively and by all means immortal, as he effectivly exists as a symbol, although he may be cast out by other Ascended beings.

The Exarchs achieved Ascension through a short-cut via the Celestial Ladder and now oppose the Ascension of any other mage as a means to be the sole rulers of the Fallen World. But even they allow a truly loyal and tested Seer among them, granting Ascension as a final reward to their most loyal Ministers and Tetrarchs. The Abyss also offers Ascension (or a similar thing) by severing a mage completly from the Truth and granting him on his own devices in one of the splintered half-realities of the realm to rule over. Some rumors also claim that the final attainment of a Legacy, symbolizing the final completation of the Soul, grants Ascension.