The Rogue Council, also known as the Sphinx, is a mysterious entity (supposedly a cabal of unknown mages) that has begun sending messages to chantries all over the world, urging the Traditions to once more take the banner of Ascension. Their transmissions get through most wards and attempts to block them. These "messages from beyond" are on the minds of every young mage who is tired of hiding, and vex the mind of all who support the status quo.[1]
Ascension and Descension[]
In one of the scenarios of the Time of Judgment presented in Ascension, the Rogue Council primarily consists of the disembodied Avatars of the first Primi and similar accomplished mages from the history of the Council of Nine, with Senex joining over the course of the story. They are aided by Dante, who has achieved Oracle status, in order to communicate with the world.[2]
In another, the voice behind the Rogue Council is actually Al-Aswad, the Unnamed, master of the Nephandi. From his base on Mus, he used the guise of the Rogue Council to set the Technocracy and the Traditions at each other, weakening both sides and distracting them from his machinations.[3]
That said, neither of these versions of the Rogue Council is necessarily definitive for the canonical World of Darkness.
