In the Emerald Tablets Of Thoth, the Atlantean it says,
"Hark ye, O man, to the wisdom of magic.
Hark the knowledge of powers forgotten.
Long, ago in the days of the first man,
warfare began between darkness and light.
Men, then as now, were filled with both darkness
and light; and while in some darkness hell sway,
in other light filled the soul.
Aye, age old in this warfare,
the eternal struggle between darkness and light.
Fiercely is it fought all through the ages,
using strange powers hidden to man."

The War is fought in all times, in all spaces, in all dimensions, upon all Planes of Existence. It is fought in the hearts of all beings. It is the Pursuit of the Philosopher's Stone. It is the Hero's Journey. It is the Quest of the Path from Chokmah to Kether. It is the innermost purpose of the investiture of Spirit into Matter.

Within this Great and Eternal Conflict, there arise Champions. There are the Champions of Light and the Champions of Darkness; who from time to time gain advantage and power over the other. Their position in relation to each other is what forms the Nature and Soul of an Age. There are Ages of Darkness and Ages of Light. Each comes and each goes; only to be supplanted by the other. Yet each is but a Pole in an Eternal Ocillation. Good to Evil and back again or Light to Darkness and back again; lending Causation to each other, is the Way of Time.

Yet between these Poles is the Middle Way. This is the Path of the Masters. This is the Gateway out of the Duality of the Eternal Struggle. This Middle Way is where and how Union with that which is All in All comes about. We here are the Champions of that Middle Way. We seek not dominion of one Path or the other; we seek not the Day or the Night. We come together in the Dusk and the Dawn; the region between Darkness and Light, the Time of Balance.

Thus in this place we must struggle against the Darkness of Mid Night; which in no thing can grow and Blazing Light of Mid Day in which Life itself is not nourished but is consumed. We are the Grey Council. We are those who stand watch throughout the Night against enemies unseen and during the Day against the visible foe.

We are the Warriors who wage war against war itself. We champion Life, but recognize that Death is a part of Life; for all birth is but rebirth and dying is only the commencement of an interlude between lives. We exist on either side of the veil and maintain our Great Purpose from Life to Life.

We are the Masters of the Codex. We are the authors of the Sacred Art of the Warrior of Virtue. We swear our alliegance not to King or Emperor but to the Path of Righteousness itself. We are steadfast in our Beliefs and ever true to our Principles. We embody the Tao of Budo and the Code of Bushido. We are aligned with and invested into the Way of Chivalry.

This tribe shall be our encampment. Here we will gather our strengths and hone our craft. We have come here to assemble our forces that we may marshall them in the coming Battle. Here we will train our forces and raise our Captains and Generals. Here we will gather before our Priests and Friars to receive the blessings of the All in All. Here we shall create our rites and rituals to empower our Heroes and honor of fallen Brothers and Sisters. Here we shall come to find balm for our wounds.

Here we raise our Battle Cry.

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