Ascendere

The Ascendere
Skaia summe Regnat (Skaia Reigns Supreme)
Activity	2010-Present
Members	Aden Taylor (Leader) Juan Miguel Mary Melinoe
Purpose	Manage, regulate, and keep peace among God Tiers
Headquarters	Manor Ascendant
Equipment	Main three possess one artifact each, along with their Strife Specibus weapons unique to each person.
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Upon noticing the growing number of apparent nigh-deities around the world stemming from Sburb Disk copies, the Regents ordered Aden, Juan, and Mary to form a group that would police the God Tiers. The result was the Ascendere (Latin for Ascend or Ascended) Council.

Traveling the world

Upon learning of Mary's Ascension, the trio took temporary leave to travel and search out the God Tiered. After discovering nine others, these twelve chose to form a counsel, in a large cave network in Mexico. This cave system was initially believed to be Xibalba, and named by the Ascendere as such to prevent snooping, but was later collapsed upon the group’s evacuation. The group was later relocated to a large mansion complex in South Dakota, in order to be closer to the Warehouse.

Ascendere Council Members

• Knight of Doom - Ernesto, Spanish. Uses his fists to fight.
• Heir of Light - Chand, Indian. Uses a trident. Ironically, he's blind, but can see by turning his eyes into light, and using his powers to see everything around him up to a quarter mile.
• Maid of Hope - Michelle, German. Uses an axe.
• Mage of Time - Juan Miguel uses a bladed mage staff.
• Bard of Blood - Australian. Uses a boomerang (stereotype, I know, but it fits!)
• Page of Heart - Moses, Egyptian. Uses a  Khopesh and Shield. Was the guy who bought the Ka Statuette.
• Prince of Breath - Gabriel, Brazilian. Uses a morningstar mace.
• Rogue of Space - Aden Taylor. Uses a rapier and parrying dagger.
• Seer of Life - Eva Halligan, British. Detects the creation of a new God Tier. Uses a pair of daggers.
• Sylph of Mind - Kenyan. Helps heal mentally troubled God Tiers. Wields a flail.
• Thief of Rage - Russian. Uses a bow and arrow. Vaguely paranoid.
• Witch of Void - Mary Melinoe. Uses a spear.

First Council

The first council was held in the Xibalba Ball Court, where Aden and Juan opened the Caverns. Carving a dead tree into a round table and chairs, the twelve arranged themselves in the Death Lord chamber.

Skaia was chosen to represent the council as the first order of business, due to it being Skaia that grants a God Tier their powers. Their motto was also chosen as "Skaia reigns supreme" because of how in Sburb, Skaia is supposed to contain a universe upon successful completion of a Session. Both decisions were mostly unanimous.

Second order was finishing Xibalba's restoration. With the council set up, and Xibalba itself ready, the council began to decide who would do what. For example, Thief of Rage and Sylph of Mind would help a troubled Ascended. While on this subject, they laid down rules, the most prominent being: "Do not use your powers to harm others for your own benefit, lest Skaia deem your punishment Just."

Next to be discussed was the actual process of regulation. The Seer suggested that whenever she saw a God Tier be created, she would alert the others. The twelve would promptly assemble at the newcomer's home and explain who they are. They agreed, and after discussing the methods of punishment for breaking the rules (the ultimate punishment being the removal of the rule-breaker's God Tier status and abilities via Mary's spear), they separated and sealed Xibalba until the next meeting.

It would be a week before they approached a newly-Ascended Heir of Breath. The boy was excited about his new powers, and willingly accepted the assistance of the group to control his powers.

Ascendere's Bard of Doom

Ascendere's Heir of Light

Ascendere's Knight of Hope

Juan Miguel, the Ascendere's Mage of Time

Ascendere's Maid of Blood

Ascendere's Page of Heart

The Ascendere's Prince of Breath

Aden Taylor, the Ascendere's Rogue of Space

Ascendere's Seer of Life

Ascendere's Sylph of Mind

Ascendere's Thief of Rage

Mary Melinoe, the Ascendere's Witch of Void

Fears and Weaknesses

• None of them like admitting they aren't strong enough to do something.
• Some of them are recovering addicts (tobacco, alcohol...), and immortal or not, they still sometimes get a strong urge to resume and detest that they feel so.
  • Eva and Michael are recovering alcoholics, while Gabriel used to be a heavy smoker.
• All are susceptible to a phobia.
  • Ernesto is afraid of going insane.
  • Joanne, the Maid of Blood, is afraid of thunder.
  • Moses has a deep fear of the ocean
  • Chand is afraid of flying
  • The Thief of Rage fears chickens.
  • The Sylph of Mind has been afraid of fire since an... incident at a young age.
  • Michael is deeply afraid of the cold.
  • Eva is afraid of puppets, and anything that falsely represents a human
  • Gabriel is afraid of snakes.
  • Juan fears death. This phobia was escalated during the "Von Dichi incident", where a dagger was stabbed into the small of his back. Unable to reach it, Juan was trapped in a cycle of bleeding out and regeneration.
  • Aden fears paralysis. Even being bound by rope is enough to trigger it.
• Most of the Ascendere use their Specibi as a focus, typically relying on the object as a method to safely channel their powers or abilities. When separated from them, most Actives will flat-out refuse to activate their powers for fear of blowing a crater in the planet or something. Aden is the only known member to have fully, or nearly so, broken through this habit through constant training.

Trivia

• Eva sometimes preforms a Tarot reading for any God Tier who requests it. She, fittingly, uses the Homestuck Tarot deck.
• Most of the core group is kept in the dark concerning the intricacies of the Warehouse, though they have received the extreme basics. Only Aden, Juan, and Mary are permitted to visit the Warehouse itself.