Celestial Order

The High Astromancer sets the research agenda. Star Sages lead major projects and teach recruits; Astrologers lead smaller studies and offer public services.

High Astromancer — Lyra Velanthis directs operations and research.
Star Sages — Senior scholars who lead major research and train new members.
Astrologers — Full members who have made a first celestial chart or contributed to planar research.
Acolytes of the Stars — Learn charting and magic, assist research, and maintain instruments.

Observation — Chart stars and predict celestial events.
Planar studies — Research travel, portals, entities, and forces from other realms.
Protection — Monitor disturbances and prevent dangerous planar threats.

Investigate a northern-sky anomaly disrupting planar magic, possibly warning of a breach.
Complete a new Atlas of the Stars and secure noble funding for Astral Sea research.

Map a theorized plane of pure light and energy.
Create a stable Astral Portal and build a Grand Celestial Library.

Wizards, sorcerers, diviners, and scholars join through interest in the cosmos. The Order values careful research above raw magical power.

Demonstrate celestial or planar magical aptitude and intellectual curiosity.
Undergo Starbinding; complete a chart or research contribution to become an Astrologer.

Observatory access, celestial maps, planar research, and arcane texts.
Training in planar magic, divination, and star charting with experienced scholars.

Study phenomena and share findings with the Order.
Participate in the annual Planar Watch.
Prioritize the Order’s work of discovery and protection.

Celestial Convergence — During a major solstice, eclipse, or conjunction, members gather to observe and strengthen their celestial connection.
Starbinding — New members connect with a constellation said to guide their work.
Planar Watch — On the eve of the Astral Equinox, members watch and record planar disturbances.

Lyra Velanthis — The High Astromancer is an astrologer and planar scholar who predicts major celestial events.
Solin Taleris — A planar mage specializing in summoning, controlling extraplanar entities, and creating portals.
Arion Starwatcher — An astronomer and the Order’s chief chart maker.

Imperial Academy of the Arcane — collaborates on planar travel and arcane theory.
Eternal Flame — seeks the Order’s help with fire elementals and entities of the Plane of Fire.
Arcanum Obscura — its reckless experiments conflict with the Order’s concern for planar safety.
Grim Court — its death magic disrupts what the Order regards as the natural cosmic order.

The Starspire Observatory in Highspire holds large telescopes, arcane instruments, and libraries of charts and planar research.

Meetings and rituals take place in the Celestial Chamber, whose enchanted ceiling displays the current night sky.

History

Astrologers and planar scholars founded the Celestial Order centuries ago to study connections between the stars, planes, and magic. Their work developed into research, astrological services, and protection for Altoria.