Eternal Flame

The Archmage manages the guild and safeguards the Sanctum’s knowledge. Pyromancers lead expeditions and mentor members; Flamekeepers conduct research and assignments.

Archmage — Directs the guild and protects its archives.
Pyromancers — Senior members who lead expeditions, mentor recruits, and represent the guild.
Flamekeepers — Full members with access to deeper libraries and advanced assignments.
Embers — Initiates who assist senior members and conduct minor research.

Research — Study fire and elemental magic, translate texts, and develop spells.
Response — Investigate anomalies and contain magical disturbances.
Retrieval — Recover artifacts and study their properties.

Investigate anomalies around Altoria believed to involve elemental rifts and ancient artifacts.
Translate the Codex of Ignition, rumored to describe primordial fire magic.
Secure advisory positions with noble houses.

Find the Heart of Ash, believed lost beneath Altoria.
Establish the Arcane University of the Eternal Flame.
Determine the Eternal Pyre’s nature and its connection to knowledge beyond the material plane.

Wizards, sorcerers, scholars, and some alchemists join for elemental studies. The guild selects promising spellcasters and values curiosity alongside control of magic.

Assist senior researchers as an Ember.
Demonstrate control and affinity with the Pyre in the Kindling Ceremony.

Access to arcane texts and artifacts in the Ignis Sanctum.
Attuned members can draw power from the Eternal Pyre.
Training in controlling and resisting fire and heat-based magic.
Work on research projects with other Altoria spellcasters.

Respond to elemental and arcane disturbances in Altoria.
Contribute research, recovered artifacts, spells, or techniques.
Put guild commitments ahead of personal ambitions.

Kindling Ceremony — Recruits channel magic into the Eternal Pyre to demonstrate control before becoming Flamekeepers.
Ashen Binding — Members bind themselves to a text or artifact under study. Some say this lets them hear ancient spellcasters.
Pyre’s Call — Before a major operation, attuned members hold a hand over the Pyre, which does not burn them. The rite is said to strengthen their power and resolve.

Thalios Ignis — An elemental-fire specialist and planar scholar who controls the Eternal Pyre.
Azara Verros — A Flamescribe who preserves the archives and deciphers ancient magical texts.
Eros Valen — A sorcerer deployed against dangerous arcane threats, specializing in destructive fire magic.

Celestial Order — studies planar disturbances and celestial alignments affecting elemental forces.
Imperial Academy of the Arcane — exchanges knowledge and collaborates on magical research.
Grim Court — contests magical relics and power sources.
Black Veil — its murders and sabotage conflict with the Flame’s protective work.

The Ignis Sanctum is a spire of stone that glows with an inner heat. It houses laboratories, libraries, and sealed artifact vaults.

The Eternal Pyre burns at its summit. The guild maintains one of Altoria’s largest collections of magical tomes, scrolls, and relics.

History

Pyromancers founded the Eternal Flame over three centuries ago during magical upheaval in Altoria. They contained rogue elemental forces, then expanded their work beyond fire to other elemental studies.