Majistra
Majistra of Mu was the preeminent mage of the Atlantean Great Province of Mu during the Orichalcum Age. Within Mu, she is regarded as a reverend and revered figure; outside of the Province, she is most famous for her legendary and tumultuous romance with King Calculha of Atlantia.
Biography
Passion of Calculha and Majistra
The Passion of Calculha and Majistra is as well-known in Atlantis as Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra is in modern Europe. The ballad recounts the romance between the stoic, wise, and civilised Calculha of Atlantia and the passionate, untamed Majistra of Mu. Both were great-grandchildren of the Ten Princes. In public retellings, Majistra is often depicted as a symbolic transitionary figure, embodying the final flourish of the barbarous ways they adopted as exiles from Lansinar.
The on-again, off-again, near-romance between Calculha, Prince Royal of Atlantia, and Majistra, Heiress of Mu, spanned centuries. Whilst both were heirs to their respective provinces, they were frequently counselled against pursuing their tempestuous relationship, which was punctuated by brief, passionate encounters. Matters escalated when one of their infamous arguments erupted into a full-blown magical duel. This clash inadvertently attracted the attention of the Abyssal Dark, an amalgamation of a nameless Old Power and blood-like ichor shed by Ichthultu during its battle with Calculha’s father. United by necessity, Calculha and Majistra defeated the Abyssal Dark and, in doing so, discovered a way to reconcile their differences.
Crown Princess of Mu
Within Mu, the young Crown Princess Majistra is remembered as a powerful figure who refused to yield to either nature or man, continuing the reforms instigated by her mother, the previous Crown Princess. During Calculha’s exile from Atlantia, Majistra sheltered him in Mu. She had initiated a new highway system that linked Mu to the outlying towns of the Province. That was extended to the Royal Highway over the Memory Glacier and through Miteria Gorge. This highway laid the foundation of the Royal Highway System and was later known as Calculha’s Way.
Majistra was responsible for leading the forces of Thule and Mu to join Calculha’s Host of the Atlanteans on the Plane of Atlas. The combined armies broke the siege of the Old City and routed the Cult of Ichthultu. However, the subsequent trials of occultists caused a public disagreement between them—where he favoured mercy, she preferred swift vengeance. Her point of view was ably demonstrated when High Priestess Calypso Aeaea attempted to assassinate Calhculha and was struck down personally by Majistra.
Children
It was while Calculha was founding the Royal School of Art, the last of the Five Great Academies of the Orichalcum Age. that Calculha and Majistra finally married. She split her time between Mu and Atlantia, with them often spending months or even years apart. The two were rumoured to be near constant telepathic conversation. They had two children: Ahri’ahn, a red-haired magical prodigy who took after her father, and Garn’nuth the White, a cruel and volatile figure more akin to his mother. Ahri’ahn was fostered in Lansinar as part of the Lansinar-Atlantis Accords, the first peace treaty between them, while Paean, the son of Dyeus Pitr, was fostered in Atlantia.
Without Ahri’ahn’s calming influence, Garn’nuth grew increasingly withdrawn and, unbeknownst to his parents, became an acolyte of the Abyssal Dark, the same entity that they had defeated during their courtship. His eventual betrayal tore the family apart. Majistra, unable to abandon her son, spent nearly a century searching for him and attempting to redeem him, but she ultimately failed. Garn’nuth’s fate remains unclear, though it is believed his soul was lost in the shadowy pathways of the Darkworld, a dimension formed from the Abyssal Dark’s remains.
Eternal
The eventual reunion of Calculha and Majistra resulted in the birth of their third child, Atlantiades, a quiet and scholarly figure. However, the years of separation had driven Calculha to immerse himself ever deeper in magical studies. He ceased to age noticeably, and his consciousness became increasingly attuned to the deeper mysteries of magic. Calculha was the first to identify the threshold of a new rank: the Eternal.
While Majistra was on a parallel course to Calculha towards becoming an Eternal, she was not as ready as him to step aside from normal affairs. She first stepped aside as Crown Princess of Mu in favour of a distinct cousin but continued mentoring Ahri’ahn as the Dowager Queen of Atlantia. In 6392 OC, mother and daughter collaborated to defeat the Thrice Headed Serpent after it had attacked Lansinar. After that adventure, Majistra finally allowed herself to step back and pass into the ranks of the Eternals.
Legacy
Majistra was one of the first of the Orichalcum Age sorcerers to reach the rank of Eternal, effectively becoming a being that straddles the mortal world of the physical universe (the Quantum Field) and the spiritual plain (the Platonic Field). This saw her reunited with Calculha, but it also drew her into the War of the Eternals and the founding of the Council of Eternity.
Family
This tree shows only those immediate descendants that have Codex entries.
Timeline for Majistra
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Atlantean Chronicles The Passon of Calculha and Majistra
2849 year of reign of Orin Atlaneas:
Fair and wise Calculha (222), Orin’s heir, meets Majistra the unrestrained of Mu.
— Atlantean Proto-Chronicles. In polite plays, this is called the “The Courtship of Calculha”; however, it is more widely known via a popular folk ballad called the “Passion of Calculha and Majistra”. -
Atlantean Chronicles The Dual of Calculha and Majistra
3418 year of reign of Orin Atlaneas:
The Star of Lanis is seen again. The Duel of Calculha (791) and Majistra; together, they escape the Abyssal Dark.
— Atlantean Proto-Chronicles. The Abyssal Dark was one of the few surviving Old Powers, a shadow-like demon that prowled the edge of Shadowlands. Early Atlanteans called this penumbra the Darkworld and believed that it was where the souls of their rulers went after death. This belief would mutate so that later Atlanteans considered it the Realm of the Gods rather than the worthy afterlife. -
Atlantean Chronicles End of the War of Succession
In the fifth year of the War of Succession, Majistra rallies the western armies of Mu and Thule to Calculha's side in the east. The Great Host of the Atlanteans drives the army of the Old God’s followers from the Plane of Atlas. The Old Faith is seen in Atlantis no more within this Age.
— Atlantean Proto-Chronicles. The rebel’s leader, Calypso, is captured but is killed by Majistra when she attempts to assassinate Calculha (who had wanted to put Calypso on trial). -
Atlantean Chronicles Marriage of Calculha and Majistra
744 year of reign of Calculha:
The Star of Lanis is seen again. Calculha (1678) the Wise and Majistra of Mu are married.
— Atlantean Proto-Chronicles. -
Atlantean Chronicles Birth of Ahri'ahn the Red
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Atlantean Chronicles Birth of Garn'nuth the White
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Atlantean Chronicles The betrayal of Garn'nuth
1619 year of reign of Calculha:
In this year, the Star of Lanis is seen again. The betrayal of Garn'nuth (551) the White.
— Atlantean Proto-Chronicles. Later legend holds that Garn’nuth became under the sway of the Abyssal Dark and rebelled against his sister Ahri'ahn (668), the Red, and their father (2553). Their mother Majistra refused to abandon Garn, which led to a one-hundred-and-forty-year split between Calculha and her. -
Atlantean Chronicles Birth of Atlantiades the Elder
1729 year of reign of Calculha:
In this year, Calculha (2663) and Majistra are reconciled. Majistra of Mu, Queen Consort of the Atlanteans, begat Atlantiades the Elder.
— Atlantean Proto-Chronicles. We do not know what happened to Garn’nuth, but legend holds that his soul became eternally lost in the pathways of the Darkworld. -
Atlantean Chronicles The Thrice Headed Serpent attacks Atlantis
673 year of reign of Ahri'ahn:
In this year, the Star of Lanis is seen again. The Thrice Headed Serpent is repulsed by Lansinar’s Curtain and the champion Aurakles, it turns upon Atlantis. The mage Queens Ahri'ahn (2384) and Majistra turn the Serpent aside.
— Atlantean Proto-Chronicles. At this time, they would be the Queen Regent (ruling in her own right) and the Dowager Queen (the Queen Consort of the former King). -
Atlantean Chronicles Majistra becomes Eternal
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Atlantean Chronicles The War of the Eternals
1514 year of reign of Ahri'ahn:
In this year, the Star of Lanis is seen again. The unseen wars between the Eternals are halted by the third visitation of the Thrice-Headed Serpent. Calculha and Majistra, with three other Eternals, engineer two mountains, one from the home of the Timeless Ones, one from their dark enemy, and trap the Thrice Headed Serpent between them. The Pax Calculha is agreed between the Eternals. They will sit in Council to create a balance between themselves and the sit-in judgment against those who reject the Pax.
— Atlantean Proto-Chronicles. This entry relates to the defeat of the Thrice-Headed Serpent (also known as the Herald of Sin or as the Three Faces of Evil) and the creation of the Rock of Eternity. Eternals are sorcerers that have transcended mortal life; their concerns are deeply esoteric and the obscure politics of others of their kind. In these early days, the War of the Eternals was fought in secret. However, their combined existence was threatened by the Herald of Sin, forcing most of them to band together to defeat it. The prison they formed was called the Rock of Eternity and was forged from two mountains, one from New Genesis and one from Apokolips. Their ad-hoc alliance was made permanent as the Council of Eternity. The Council would meet in session in a chamber deep within the Rock of Eternity. Their first leader was Calculha, and he gave his name to the peace created between them.
| Majistra | |
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| Biographical Data | |
| Species/Race | Human |
| Died | 3056 OC The Old City (Killed by Majistra) |
| Family | |
| Spouse | Calculha (m. 3801 OC) |
| Children | Ahri’ahn Garn’nuth Atlantiades (the Elder) |
| Affiliation | |
| Allegiance | Mu |
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