Creating the Wheel

Of the Center of the Wheel, you need to understand that this is truly the one who leads us. Indeed, the Center of the Wheel is the one who has always led us. Without a center, a wheel goes nowhere, and so it is with us.

Long ago, when Desire sought a prophet, the Center of the Wheel was that prophet. When Desire sought to give the Dread Secret to mankind, the Center of the Wheel was the first to receive that gift, thus becoming Hir first prophet. And when Desire thought that there should be a way to place that gift into writing, along with many other things, the Center of the Wheel was Hir scribe. The Center brought others to Hir service, and so was the world maintained.

The Center of the Wheel spoke to us of great things that would be. The Center spoke of a time of peace that would be shattered by a terrible enemy - one who would come with a Great Lie that would threaten the order of Desire. The Center spoke of a time of conflict, when we would have to do many things in order to overcome that Great Lie. And the Center spoke of the peace that would come after we had triumphed over our enemy and his damned lies.

These things were spoken of in the days when we were the Initiators. From our great temples and ziggurats, we held court. We were called upon to make things happen. We began things that needed beginning, and saw them through to their end, just as we ended things that needed ending and saw them through to their beginning once more.

The knife that cuts the hand that holds the skin that bleeds the blood that stains - a perfect circle.

 

Ziggurats?

From the sounds of things, the time of the Initiators was back in ancient Mesopotamia. This could be anywhere from the first stirrings of the culture circa 5000 BCE up to the formation of Sumeria around 3500 BCE. (By comparison, Charon is purportedly from the Mycenaean period, which ran from about 1550 to 1100 BCE).

Not much is truly understood about Mesopotamia, given what little has survived and what little can be gleaned from that. There are many dark suggestions, though, and if the Solicitors had their genesis there, then some of those suggestions might have some basis in fact.

Those wanting a look at what sort of nasty goings-on were about in the Mesopotamia of the World of Darkness are steered towards Dead Magic, for Mage: the Ascension. Those curious to unravel the mysteries of The Book may find more answers there than they'll know what to do with...


Ancient Mythology


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