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Order of Odin

2017-10-22T07:11:32Z

175.32.137.43: /* The Order of Odin in Fifth Edition */

The '''Order of Odin''' is a shadowy organization of Scandinavian wizards that is a possible adversary of the [[Order of Hermes]].

The Order of Odin is optional (that is, it's even more optional that everything else in [[canon]]: see [[Robbies Mantra | Robbie's Mantra]]). What the sourcebooks describe are ideas and possibilities, not in-game facts. The Order of Odin is a wild card for [[troupe | troupes]] to use if they wish.

== The Order of Odin in Fifth Edition ==
The Order of Odin is mentioned in a couple of supplements: it was first mentioned in [[Guardians of the Forest]] (page 113, inset). Several options for how covenants of the [[Rhine Tribunal]] might come into contact with the Order of Odin are described.{{citation needed}}

[[Hedge Magic Revised Edition]] states (page 121) that the "Order of Odin" is a term used by [[magus | magi]] to collectively refer to [[non-Hermetic]] Scandinavian wizards, but leaves open the question of whether those wizards are really organized, or how numerous and powerful they are.

[[Ancient Magic]] describes (pages 134-136) the conflict in which the Order of Hermes first fought against the rune wizards they came to call the "Order of Odin".

[[The Lion and the Lily]] has similarly ambiguous mentions.{{citation needed}}

[[Rival Magic]] describes the [[Muspelli]] in detail in its Chapter Four (pages 75-109), with a lot of Nordic Myth background. Pages 106-109 describe The [[Raudskinna Compact]], a Scandinavian alliance of magi of various traditions (most of which are detailed in [[HMRE]]) that in some ways parallels the Order of Hermes and may have inspired the legends about the Order of Odin.

Several specific [[tradition]]s are named:

*The Vitkir (singular [[vitki]]), rune magicians
*The [[Seithr|Seithkonur]] (singular seithkona), [[folk witch]]es
*The Volur (singular volva), diviners
*The Galdramen (singular galdraman), the Norse version of the [[mathematici]]
*The Trollsynir (singular trollson or trolldottir), Norse [[gruagachan]].

=== Relations with the Order of Hermes ===
Rune wizards accompanied the Vikings on their invasion of Britain in the early ninth century. The most powerful of them became allies of [[Damhan-Allaidh]] and so fought against [[Pralix]] and the [[Order of Hermes]]. Thus, the Order of Odin was first encountered as an adversary.

There has been little contact with the putative Order of Odin since Damhan-Alliadh was defeated. [[Ancient Magic]] says that "[m]ost magi believe the Order of Odin is dead and buried" (page 134, inset). However, [[Hedge Magic Revised Edition]] points out that "[i]t's generally accepted that the Order of Hermes is still at war with [the Order of Odin], ''should any of them reappear''" (emphasis added).

[[Thrice-Told Tales]] implies these [[Vitki|vitkir]] are no longer affiliated with their ancestor to the north, and have expanded their runic alphabet.

=== Magic of the Order of Odin ===
In [[Hedge Magic Revised Edition]], there are rules for a fairly powerful and flexible form of run magic whose practitioners are called [[vitki | vitkir]]. These are the same [[non-Hermetic]] wizards who are considered to be part of the "Order of Odin." However, [[HMRE]] does not rule out the possibility that the "Order of Odin" includes non-Hermetic magicians from other [[tradition | traditions]] in addition to the vitkir.

== The Order of Odin in Previous Editions ==
===Third and Fourth Editions===
The Order of Odin received similar treatment in Third and Fourth Editions: its existence was presented as a possibility, never confirmed.

The first mention of the Order of Odin was in the Third Edition Tribunal book, [[Lion of the North]].

[[Icelandic Wars]], the free supplement to [[Land of Fire and Ice]], uses the concept to great effect.

[[Ultima Thule]] offers an "official" stance about its actual existence, and proposes alternate scenarios (p. 57).

===Second Edition===
[[Order of Hermes (book)|''The Order of Hermes'']] treats the existence of the Order of Odin as established fact (p. 58), but that has since been disregarded.

== Related Topics ==
* [[Rune Magic]]
* [[Vitki]]
* [[Order of Solomon]]
* [[Rival Magic]]
[[Category:Order of Hermes]]
[[Category:Hedge Magic]]
[[Category:Magic Realm]]
[[Category:ArM3]]
[[Category:ArM4]]
[[Category:ArM5]]
[[Category:Mythic Europe]]

Order of Odin

2017-10-22T07:09:55Z

175.32.137.43: /* Relations with the Order of Hermes */

The '''Order of Odin''' is a shadowy organization of Scandinavian wizards that is a possible adversary of the [[Order of Hermes]].

The Order of Odin is optional (that is, it's even more optional that everything else in [[canon]]: see [[Robbies Mantra | Robbie's Mantra]]). What the sourcebooks describe are ideas and possibilities, not in-game facts. The Order of Odin is a wild card for [[troupe | troupes]] to use if they wish.

== The Order of Odin in Fifth Edition ==
The Order of Odin is mentioned in a couple of supplements: it was first mentioned in [[Guardians of the Forest]] (page 113, inset). Several options for how covenants of the [[Rhine Tribunal]] might come into contact with the Order of Odin are described.{{citation needed}}

[[Hedge Magic Revised Edition]] states (page 121) that the "Order of Odin" is a term used by [[magus | magi]] to collectively refer to [[non-Hermetic]] Scandinavian wizards, but leaves open the question of whether those wizards are really organized, or how numerous and powerful they are.

[[Ancient Magic]] describes (pages 134-136) the conflict in which the Order of Hermes first fought against the rune wizards they came to call the "Order of Odin".

[[The Lion and the Lily]] has similarly ambiguous mentions.{{citation needed}}

[[Rival Magic]] describes the [[Muspelli]] in detail in its Chapter Four (pages 75-109), with a lot of Nordic Myth background. Pages 106-109 describe The [[Raudskinna Compact]], a Scandinavian alliance of magi of various traditions (most of which are detailed in [[HMRE]]) that in some ways parallels the Order of Hermes and may have inspired the legends about the Order of Odin.

Several specific [[tradition]]s are named:

*The Vitkir (singular [[vitki]]), rune magicians
*The Seithkonur (singular seithkona), [[folk witch]]es
*The Volur (singular volva), diviners
*The Galdramen (singular galdraman), the Norse version of the [[mathematici]]
*The Trollsynir (singular trollson or trolldottir), Norse [[gruagachan]].

=== Relations with the Order of Hermes ===
Rune wizards accompanied the Vikings on their invasion of Britain in the early ninth century. The most powerful of them became allies of [[Damhan-Allaidh]] and so fought against [[Pralix]] and the [[Order of Hermes]]. Thus, the Order of Odin was first encountered as an adversary.

There has been little contact with the putative Order of Odin since Damhan-Alliadh was defeated. [[Ancient Magic]] says that "[m]ost magi believe the Order of Odin is dead and buried" (page 134, inset). However, [[Hedge Magic Revised Edition]] points out that "[i]t's generally accepted that the Order of Hermes is still at war with [the Order of Odin], ''should any of them reappear''" (emphasis added).

[[Thrice-Told Tales]] implies these [[Vitki|vitkir]] are no longer affiliated with their ancestor to the north, and have expanded their runic alphabet.

=== Magic of the Order of Odin ===
In [[Hedge Magic Revised Edition]], there are rules for a fairly powerful and flexible form of run magic whose practitioners are called [[vitki | vitkir]]. These are the same [[non-Hermetic]] wizards who are considered to be part of the "Order of Odin." However, [[HMRE]] does not rule out the possibility that the "Order of Odin" includes non-Hermetic magicians from other [[tradition | traditions]] in addition to the vitkir.

== The Order of Odin in Previous Editions ==
===Third and Fourth Editions===
The Order of Odin received similar treatment in Third and Fourth Editions: its existence was presented as a possibility, never confirmed.

The first mention of the Order of Odin was in the Third Edition Tribunal book, [[Lion of the North]].

[[Icelandic Wars]], the free supplement to [[Land of Fire and Ice]], uses the concept to great effect.

[[Ultima Thule]] offers an "official" stance about its actual existence, and proposes alternate scenarios (p. 57).

===Second Edition===
[[Order of Hermes (book)|''The Order of Hermes'']] treats the existence of the Order of Odin as established fact (p. 58), but that has since been disregarded.

== Related Topics ==
* [[Rune Magic]]
* [[Vitki]]
* [[Order of Solomon]]
* [[Rival Magic]]
[[Category:Order of Hermes]]
[[Category:Hedge Magic]]
[[Category:Magic Realm]]
[[Category:ArM3]]
[[Category:ArM4]]
[[Category:ArM5]]
[[Category:Mythic Europe]]

Rune Magic

2017-10-22T07:07:15Z

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'''Rune Magic''' is a [[tradition]] of Magic based on the power of Runic Alphabets that is known to have existed but has largely been lost as of the time of [[Mythic Europe]]. It is or at least was once mastered by Scandinavian Rune Wizards, the first of which were followers of Odin, as well by the Faerie beings called [[Dvergar]].<ref name="Ancient_Magic">''[[Ancient Magic]]'', Chapter Nine: "Rune Magic" (pp. 133-143)</ref>

In Arm5, its practiccioners are often called ''Vitkir'' (singular ''[[Vitki]]''). If the [[Order of Odin]] truly exists, it can be expected to have knowledge of Rune Magic as well.

At least two systems of Rune Magic were published in ArM5; one in ''Hedge Magic Revised Edition''<ref>''[[Hedge Magic Revised Edition]]'', Chapter Seven: "Vitkir" (pp. 120-141)</ref> and the other in ''Ancient Magic''.<ref name="Ancient_Magic" />

===Rune Magic in ''Hedge Magic Revised Edition''===
This Sourcebook dedicates a whole chapter to the Vitkir, with rules for creating Vitkir player characters and new, appropriate Virtues.
Additional Runes were added in [[Thrice-Told Tales]]

==Previous Editions==
In Fourth Edition, the Vitki and Rune Magic were detailed in [[Ultima Thule|Ultima Thule: Mythic Scandinavia]], complete with rules for creation of Vitki characters.<ref>''[[Ultima Thule|Ultima Thule: Mythic Scandinavia]]'', pp. 79-106, 130</ref>.
Some references to the Vitki (and to [[Seithr]]) are also found in [[Land of Fire and Ice]], the [[Mythic Iceland]] Sourcebook.

==References==
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[[Category:ArM4]]
[[Category:ArM5]]
[[Category:Hedge_Magic]]
[[Category:Magic Systems]]