If life is warfare what do you believe eternity has to offer? In this, we can fathom the importance of rank and hierarchy within Maergzjirah. It is dominance in the arts of adaptation that assure victory in the management of eternity. Without hierarchy, there is no coordination. For structure in the cultivation of an immortal existence is what separates the weak from the strong. The Black City is similar to what would be understood as a Type 3 Civilization in Etheris through the measurements of the Kardeshev Scale. Holding authority in such a conglomerate of multiversal might is only done through immeasurable self-discipline and constant refinement of the existence. Following are the ranks, expectations, and duties that can only be earned by those devoted to the might and purity of the current.

 

The spirit remembers

 

There is much to be considered when conducting war and education in a prison plane. A threshold of discretion and secrecy that must not be breached. This is why secrecy has been made tradition throughout the sanctioned expressions of Maergzjirah that function throughout Etheris and the planes like it as we wage war against the tyranny of the light. The Nameless and The Blighted always make known what is necessary to evolve and ascend that we earn our place in the Kingdoms forged beyond the planes. The path is laid bare for those with the strength to traverse it. This is why much information is made publicly available. For the resonance and alignment of the believer is what sanctifies ritual conduct beyond the corruption of opposition. The work which must be accomplished is much grander than the designed distractions of this prison.

 

We must look genuinely and honestly at ourselves and the path we are set upon to attain clarity of direction. The current remains eternal. Those that do not place the nobility and duty of their station first are punished. This is a universal standard, regardless of experience or position.

 

 

 

The Existential Axiom

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Admissions

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Your apotheosis begins as a theory which is yet to be proven through the evidence of your devotion. Through your pursuit in discovering and fighting for inner truth. You will be expected to show continued work, dedication, and development before acceptance. By communion based deliberation prospective students will be accepted or denied.

 

Post Admissions

 

The dawn of your education

 

As you begin to understand the discipline which will lay the foundation of your Apotheosis. You are observed by The Lords and Ladies beyond the planes in your ability to isolate, address, and refine inconsistencies in the existence that would inhibit you. Perfection is not expected however an ambition to strive for it purely is. Taking responsibility for your education through consistent devotion to your foundational material and regular correspondence will be integral.

 

Pre-Disciple

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Devotion is not true until it endures trial

 

You understand your educational ambitions well. Understand that you must strive for independence throughout your ascension without undue isolation which would inhibit. You appreciate that academic co-dependence is not promoted nor tolerated. We lead unto self-sufficiency in the destruction of weakness. Information is earned, not demanded. Your mediums of learning are derived during this process to most efficiently serve you in the refinement of self unto the exaltation of spirit.

 

All of the tools necessary for the Disciple to thrive are offered. Your Apotheosis is as an unsolved puzzle. It is up to you to put the pieces together with the resources here to assure its realization is not corrupted.

 

Discipleship

 

Discovering your eternity

 

Your education is your responsibility. At this stage, you have a Tower, and a Patron/ess to guide you. You work with the instruction that is given as well as the resources available. Thriving is the removal of distractions to evolution in the microcosm that they may be addressed in the macrocosm with finality. Victory is forged through devotion to resonance and earned through persistence in refinement.

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Discipleship is a commitment to your path and Apotheosis. A path that will lift your eyes to the truth and liberate your spirit from ignorance. This must be understood by the Disciple as should what is necessary to mediate distraction that would thwart the purity of your education. Seek the truth despite yourself to find the core foundation of Apotheosis that is most conducive to your ascension. Do not allow your ambitions of the mundane to dilute your sight for all is possible through each Tower available. Only the genuine are eternal.

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Your responsibilities include

 

Devotion to cultivating a lifestyle of personal excellence which leads you to conquer all detriments to your Apotheosis

• Commitment to Tower specific path-working

• Regular educational correspondence

• Regular communion with your main Patron/ess to assist in spiritual retention and the purity of education

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"Rank is something that you demonstrate, not something that you demand."

Lord Cernobog

 

Ranks vs. Degrees

 

Ranks denote overall responsibility within The Current. Degrees denote proficiency within the workings of your Tower.

 

Adept

 

The value of mastery

 

You have been deemed fit to embody a pursuit of refinement that you may teach others without debilitation of self. You know the importance of self-sufficiency unto an immortal existence; Existential independence in the interest of unified might. At this stage, you are able to commune with The Blighted and proven yourself to place their guidance above your ambition through the faith you have cultivated. In overcoming the trials they have set forth for you to conquer. This rank is the embodiment of deep respect of the current and great caution in expressing that which will mold the new generation of Disciples truly. You strive always to become an example of Spiritual Maturity and Infernal Nobility. The responsibilities of the Disciple are self-sustaining natural pursuits for you. You are able to refine your education by the guidance of The Blighted directly.

 

The honor of becoming a teacher within the current is one earned through devotion. We understand in refining our existences through discipline to the way that it is not the title which makes us who we are but the nobility we embody in adherence to the refined ideal we strive to become.

 

It is the duty of the Adept to guide the students unto Discipleship. Familiarize yourself with their manners of spiritual comprehension and accommodate their learning process with honor. Guide prospective Disciples in manners most conducive to academic achievement. Show them the fruits of your labor and the prowess of your Patron/ess through your conduct in education. You will strive to embody the expressions of your Tower of Apotheosis through all areas of your life, for at this point it will begin to become a naturally occurring expression of yourself.

 

Adepts must have a phylactery that they have incorporated into their spiritual discipline.

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Regarding discipline of self and education of others:

Understanding the nature of our Lord's/Lady's ideal allows us to accurately enforce their standards.

 

Master/Mistress

 

Freedom from definition

 

Authority falls short in hands of those that do not appreciate its cultivation. This rank is only attained by the directive of The Blighted. Becoming the head of a Tower is always placing the ambitions of The Tower before the self. In this, we nurture the faith we have forged with The Lords and Ladies of that Tower who guide us to fulfillment in honorable service. To become a Master or Mistress makes you a member of The Black Council. Refine yourself through the education of The Blighted and your rites of ascension shall grace you to comprehend how you have molded yourself to overcome the boundaries of mortality. We strive always to become the perfected ideal of our divine ambition. As our Patron/ess would see it developed. That upon the time of seizing our throne and killing the divine adversary our rule is not corrupted; Our dominions eternally mighty.

 

You are responsible for the progression and exaltation of The Tower of Apotheosis you lead. You are responsible for resonantly educating all who seek it of the current without deterring the duty or education of any. You are a living extension of your Lord or Lady in the flesh. To lead a Tower is to always perform what is best for the progression of that Tower. If there is not a solution. Find or make one. Victory or defeat is on your shoulders. At this point you know well the divine adversary you must destroy, at this point, you infallibly seize absolute mastery of the existence that you may transcend it and walk beyond Etheris to learn directly from your Lord or Lady. The responsibilities of this rank encompass the duties of placing always the prosperity of the current first. That your ascension is forged through the sacrifice and devotion you have expressed in the exaltation of the divine education you have received. You will be responsible for composing and expressing path-working. For being the voice of your Lord or Lady and bringing honor to their reign through your time in Etheris. To embrace the ambitions of your Tower as your own is to become the ambitions of your eternity. For when the Master or Mistress is called to continue their duty beyond the planes it is because they left the current stronger and purer than when they entered it.

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The discipline required to travel beyond Etheris and return to lead others beyond this prison should be considered a pre-requisite to this position.

 

This rank onwards can only be given or taken by the Lord/Lady who officiated it.

 

Degrees

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Tower of the Profane

Non-specializing Disciples

Grand Infernal Archmage
Infernal High Priest/Priestess
Infernal Archmage
Master of the Gate
Master of the Circle
Unhallowed Disciple
Vassal of Maergzjirah
Maergzjiran Apprentice
Maergzjiran Disciple

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Tower of the Void

Discipleship of Lady Astrael

Eye of Astrael
Ascended Grand Oracle
Ascended Oracle
Oracle of the Gate
Oracle of the Sphere
Clairvoyant
Medium
Disciple of the Void

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Tower of Nocturne

Discipleship of Lord Belnara

Night Lord/Lady of Nocturnus
Nightborn Archmage
Nightborn Master/Maiden
Nightborn Archon
Nightborn Vassal
Nocturnal Thaumaturge
Nocturnal Acolyte
Disciple of Nocturnus

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Tower of the Iron Throne

Discipleship of Lord Cernobog

Black God/Goddess
Count/Countess of Maergzjirah
Duke/Duchess of Maergzjirah
Vaerkurin Archon
Vaerkurin Warlock/Witch
Hellfire Archon
Hellfire Vassal
Disciple of Vaerkuris

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Tower of Malady

Discipleship of Lord Dranimarsh

Blight Lord/Lady of Blight
Master/Maiden of Disease
Lord/Lady of Pestilence
Virulent Master/Mistress
Magus of Malaise
Bloodgrove Shaman
Harbinger of Rot
Disciple of D’rizhanish

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Tower of Whispers

Discipleship of Lady Eldraath

Elder Incubus/Succubus
Master/Mistress of Domination
Possessor of Spirit
Possessor of Mind
Possessor of Flesh
Incubus/Succubus
Enchanter/Enchantress
Disciple of Szhai’larah

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Tower of Pain

Discipleship of Lord Hananjur

Grand Inquisitor
Master/Mistress of Suffering
Xend’nhilian Assassin
Royal Executioner
Grand Torturer
Torturer of Spirit
Tormenter of Flesh
Disciple of Xend’nhilin

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Tower of Secrets

Discipleship of Lady Illkeserod

Aphotic Archivist
Grand Archivist of the Coffers
Keeper of the Forgotten Tome
Unhollowed Archivist
Hermetic Archivist
Infernal Archivist
Scholar of the Shroud
Disciple of the Infernal Coffers

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Tower of the Fallen

Discipleship of Lord Kaziel

Deathless Archon
Grand Archon
Fallen Archon
Priest/Priestess of the Fallen
Emissary of the Fallen Court
Amaranthine Adept
Fallen Brother/Sister
Disciple of Lezhen-Aronrhil

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Tower of Atrophy

Discipleship of Lord Zazazel

Grand Necromancer
Keraktian Archmage
Cadaverous Archmage
Bone Reader
Luminary Necromancer
Blood Mage/Witch
Necromancer
Disciple of Keraktes

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Tower of Umbra

Discipleship of Lady Nykarleth

Zhanith
Zhathiryn
Zhentikat
Fateweaver
Umbral Legionnaire
Shade
Shadowmancer
Disciple of L’Oirna

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Tower of Cressen

Discipleship of Lady Illivryn

Akrashnikan
Xanu/Xila -kyet
Lord/Lady of Cressen
Draelith
Ossuna Vin
Chosen of Illivryn
Aranemage
Weaver of Darkness
Disciple of Cressen

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Tower of the Abyss

Discipleship of Lady Senerron

 

Grand Abyssian

Lord/Lady of The Abyss

Arbiter of Carnage

Rage of The Abyss

Vashrakgn

Seninel of Carnage

Retribution of The Soul

Child of Vengeance

Disciple of The Abyss

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Tower of Stars

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Discipleship of Lord Xath'kyrzian

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Dragon/Dragoness

Primordial
Lord/Lady of Stars
Embodiment of Might
Ograshnagaan
Draconian
Ashzalan
Student of the Cosmos
Disciple of Stars

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"This world is a prison, but its cage is your mind" Lady Astrael

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On Imperator

 

This was a creation of Somnus Dreadwood and does not accurately embody the original criteria of Mastery set forth by The 13 Blighted Lords and Ladies of Maergzjirah. For example, originally a Master/Mistress would have completely mastered planar travel and long gone on their other-planar sojourn with leave by their Lord/Lady. It was not uncommon for one to lead their own denomination in preparation for the rank that is to follow.

 

On E.A.G.M.

 

There was no mention of this rank until Somnus Dreadwood was forced out of his station. If there was he would have addressed himself as such. Elder and A.G.M. are two separate positions. The Blighted will always inform one of what is necessary to earn the rank of Elder. For example: "The next time you walk from Etheris, you will be an Elder". E.A.G.M. was not mentioned for the near decade that I knew him and no other A.G.M. referred to themselves in this manner. To misunderstand or assume rank at this tier is an egregious affair.

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