Editing Mage: The Awakening (section)

===The Ententes===
After succesfully awakening a second time the new archmage is directed to one of the six ententes, the loose groups of archmagi with similar goals, though some refuse to join them. With one exception, they lack any sort of organization, leading to many just pursuing their own goals and occasionally coming to blows with each other. The Ententes are:

*'''The Alienated:''' Archmagi seeking to restore the supernal gods to their thrones, thus restoring the world and weakening the Exarchs. Their method of ascension is the Divine Union, where they become one with their god, though some say this is just a ruse created by abyssal or otherwise malevolent entities.
*'''Aswadim:''' Archmagi of the abyss who seek Kenoma, the abyssal ascension, cutting themselves completely from the supernal and becoming abyssal entities. Obviously no one likes them and are the one entente everyone is willing to ally against.
*'''Bodhisattvas:''' Archmagi seeking to help everyone awaken and ascend. Their method for ascension is the Mitrata ascension, where by helping another archmage ascend they also ascend.
*'''Exemplars:''' Archmagi of the Pentacle Orders seeking to strengthen their own order by becoming paragons of their moral codes and skills.
*'''The Siddha:''' Archmagi guarding the balance between the 10 arcana, with each attuned and protecting one of the 10. Their method of ascension is Assumption, the merging of their being with their chosen arcana.
*'''Tetrarchs:''' Archmagi of the Seers of the Throne who work to further the goals of the Exarchs and guide the people lower on the Iron Pyramid. Their method of ascension is the Exarchial Grace, as they believe only the Exarchs can grant true ascension, and indeed some of them have gone on to become lesser Exarchs themselves.