Nemesis (MTAw)

Nemesis, the Exarch of Spirit, supervises the Orphean ministry and is worshipped by the Seers of the Throne. They used to be served by the now defunct Ministry of Geryon.

Overview[]

The Nemesis main concern is the separation of the Shadow and the Material. The alien spirits of this realm are untamable, even by the power of the exarchs, so humanity must be kept ignorant from them and every practitioner of an art that allows communication between the realms must be destroyed, so that humanity feels safe within the comfort of the Lie. On the other hand, the growth of spirits that inadvertantly assist the cause of the Exarchs, such as spirits of ignorance or obedience, must be furthered.

Currently, it is unknown if the Nemesis has dominion over spirits such as Luna, Helios, the Maeljin, or if he even shares an agenda with such beings.

Ministry of Geryon[]

During the Golden Age of Piracy Faceless powers rule unopposed^[1]. One of the Great Ministries of the age, Geryon served the Nemesis, Exarch of control through unseen power. The Ministry encouraged those with the privilege and means to hide their identities and oppress or prey upon others to do so with impunity, sponsoring the growth of hate groups who conceal their faces and names, elite criminal organizations and secret societies, and abuses of common folk by unpunishable forces. When anyone, even friends or colleagues, could be the masked assailants or anonymous donors who buy votes with cold, hard cash; when neighbors spy on each other knowing one of them is informing on the rest; when everyone knows the gang downtown runs the city, but no one knows who’s a member — that’s when trust crumbles and fear wins.

The Ministry of Geryon survives until the late 1960s, when the Sleepers’ fear of widespread surveillance and judgement supersedes that of being controlled by secret societies; once Geryon’s numbers drop and the rise of Panopticon drastically diminishes its power, the Scelestus Angrboda will feed the Ministry’s last Tetrarch to the Abyss^[2].

Prelacy[]

The Nemesis grants the Crown of Secrecy as its Prelacy Crown Attainment^[3]. In the material world, ephemeral entities in the Seer’s presence are subject to Quiescence as though they were spells. Also, when other mages Scrutinize her magic with Focused Mage Sight, spells with dot ratings up to the Seer’s Spirit dots count as rotes, relegating her Signature Nimbus to deep information.