(Not common information outside of Nordika) The Celestial Order is a monastical order of Chronotopia's version of the veneration of an entity known as the "Star", the holy sign of this Order being a five-pointed stylized star that looks like a five-toothed cogwheel. The monks of the Celestial Order, among other things, are fiercely devoted to the combat of the forces of chaos as represented by Bosch. As such, they have a strong dislike for magic, but, even so, they have an attitude of "fight fire with fire", some members of their order studying a select sub-set of the Sphere of Spirit, the Sphere of Chaos and the Sphere of Shadow, specializing solely in spells of magic detection and magic dispelling. Some monk-mages who are able to master all of the spells across these Spheres refer to it as a new "Sphere of Negation", though such is not recognized by the College Esoterica or any other major magical body as a true Sphere. In light of this, the Celestial Order has a quirky relationship with the College Esoterica, and also has some dealings with the Technopriests of Rephidim Temple.
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