Cosmology
Other worlds beyond the physical exist, but they can never be mapped. However, mages write books and tell stories of these strange places, and the truly skilled can even travel to such exotic locales. This Knowledge indicates that the mage is learned about the Umbrae and what she might encounter there. Of course, the Umbrae are diverse and each of the Fellowships has its own ideas about what they might contain. The Messianics speak of Heavens and Hells whereas the Order of Hermes talks of the courts of the Umbrood. The pagan mages of the Old Faith, Spirit-Talkers and Valdaermen have their own legends and caveats about the lands of the dead or the strange realms where every spirit has its purpose and its own life. The Umbrae are unpredictable in the extreme, and Cosmology is much less useful if the mage is dealing with phenomena that his Fellowship does not acknowledge or cannot explain. For example, a Messianic might look at anything non-Christian as demonic in origin, but that attitude, while it might help her in navigating Hell (or a realm that resembles it) will not guide her through Asgard.
• Dabbler: You have heard that spirits have worlds of their own.
•• Student: You have glimpsed the other worlds and know the names of some of their inhabitants.
••• Learned: You have visited the Umbra at least once, or sat at the feet of a world-walker and listened well.
•••• Scholar: You could attend an Umbral court without making a fatal error, provided you said little.
••••• Master: You are a recognized expert on the spirit realms and other mages approach you to guide and advise them.
Possessed by: Mages, Werewolves, Heretical Theologians
Specialties: Spirit Names, Realms, The Gauntlet
