Editing Akashic Brotherhood (section)

== How to learn Kung-Fu ==
The Akashi are recruited from all walks of life, typically either from Akashic strongholds like Shaolin Temples, Yogi Ashrams, and any other place that happens to find self-mastery and martial arts a major portion of it's existence. Some are even just found walking the streets without clarity of purpose but immense promise. When a recruit shows that they might have talent for what they do, they take them aside and begin special training for this recruit. If the recruit manages to hang in with their wizard boot camp, they will become initiated by the Brotherhood; given a new name and allowed to find themselves in a particular sect. This training can take months or even years, as they are only ever given instruction by a single teacher; the work required to teach even a few of the Akashic's basic tenets and demanding that changing teachers is simply impractical, and the number of Akashics in the world itself that could be called "Masters" are spread far too thin to get people changing majors on them.

From there, they follow The Path, and slowly walk their way up the totem pole of Kung-Fu Wizards:
* '''Sinai''': The Freshly (or not-so-freshly) awakened Student. They are given new names that either exemplify a concept within Dharma or a flaw within oneself, and are generally done to help the student disassociate themselves from a specific identity, as these names are often shared through hundreds of thousands of generations.
* '''Sihing''': Adept level Akashics who typically fulfill the role of Master. Since there are so few who could ever meaningfully take up the title of master, its the Sihing who generally take up the role for the young acolytes, and are the day-to-day runners of the Akashic Chantries.
* '''Sifu''': Due to the sheer stringent nature of the tradition; the title of Master is rarely given out and rarely attained, with each confirmed Chantry of Akashics generally having only one at a time, and in the event of a retirement or death, the Sifu makes the choice on who replaces him; otherwise the Chantry has to come to that decision on their own.
* '''Sigung''': The Arch-Mages. If you thought becoming a Master was tough, imagine what a Grandmaster needs to be like. They're considered the living incarnation of Dharmas and are revered for their wisdom, but also sort of accepted that this is as far as they're gonna go. Most of them don't interact with the physical world anymore, and the one who does is a GIANT asshole.
* '''Bodhisattva''': Welcome to Buddha-hood. It is paradoxically a form of ascension, but one made entirely from the choice '''not''' to ascend. It is said that the Bodhisattvas are driven by a compassion that urges them to forgo the final enlightenment and become beacons of enlightenment to others. These are the guys who can level armies with a simple pinky finger, and heal the sick with but a look. They are revered among the Akashics due to their incredible sacrifice, and are seen alongside Siddhartha Guatama and the Taoist Eight Immortals in equal measure.