The White Stone

The White Stone, referred to informally and in anekdoty as The Argument, is one of three Consilia serving Moscow. While cities like London divide their multiple Consilia geographically, Muscovite tradition divides by Order.

In the year 1432, when the mages of Moscow successfully overcame a stranglehold on the Awakened population by savvy Seers, all four Diamond Orders and the Nameless whose support had tipped the balance attempted to coexist. In this Moscow was, in many ways, a forerunner to the modern Pentacle in its outlook, a fact which confused outside mages for centuries. By 1500, however, the disputes of this larger group had become too much to manage, and the groups splintered. The term 'Consilium' not having yet reached Russia, none of the resulting Consilia used the term yet, and while they're commonly referred to that way these days, official records still omit the word. While 'the power and the will to rule' were the remit of the First Throne, the White Stone housed "the cunning and the eyes for sin", which is to say, the Nameless, latterly the Free Council, and the Guardians of the Veil. They maintain somewhat-friendly if distant relations with the First Throne, but the Duma remains almost mythical except among the highest ranking officers.

It is often suggested that they are torn up among themselves and unable to act in any way of substance, but they have developed a reputation for identifying Left-Handers reliably and dispensing justice without error.