EXCERPTED FROM THE ASPIRANT’S PRIMER, ARGENTUM STATE ACADEMY. POSTED BY ORDER OF THE COUNCIL. KNOW YOUR PLACE UPON THE LADDER.
Tier
Designation
What the Academy promises
I
Foundation
The Unformed
A loose core and an unshaped life. Every aspirant arrives here. Most remain.
II
Wood
The Bonded
The Stone has judged you worthy. Your core solidifies. Cycling begins.
III
Copper
The Base
First compression. The mana sense awakens. A single projection, honed.
IV
Steel
The Body
Impurities purged. Flesh hardens to match the will. Empowerment begins.
V
Cobalt
The Magnetic
The core condenses. Power no longer strikes; it radiates.
VI
Chrome
The Fused
Full union with the beast’s mortal limit. The summit of most lives. Graduate here and the state will find a use for you.
VII
Titanium
The Elite
An aura that bends rooms. Cities answer to such people.
VIII
Radion
The Radiant
The affinity made flesh. States and nations answer to such people.
IX
Sovereign
The Monarch
Consolidation with the original spirit. One per continent. Do not aspire. Kneel.