The Spiral Manor (螺旋館, Rasen-kan?, Pinyin: Luó-Xuán Guǎn) is one of two major Magecraft organizations in China focused on the usage of Philosophy Magecraft.[1][2] The other Philosophy Magecraft organization in China is the Summit Court.[2][3]
Characteristics[]
Also simply called the Manor (館, Kan?, Pinyin: Guǎn), it is China's equivalent of the Mage's Association in the World of Magecraft. While the Clock Tower is the most powerful Magus organization in the world, the Spiral Manor may have more total members.[1] The Spiral Manor's influence spreads across mainland Asia from China, to the Middle East in the west,[4] and Singapore in the south.[2] The Spiral Manor and Mage's Association have a feigned nonagression pact with each other.[5]
Ten Watchtowers[]
The Spiral Manor is organized into ten Watchtowers, similar to the Clock Tower's twelve Departments.[6]
- Watchtower of Possession (憑依楼, Hyōi-rō?)
Known members[]
- Tao - Member of the Spiral Manor's Singapore branch
- Ye Sizhen - Member from the Watchtower of Possession
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 1: The Man Who Devoured God - Prologue
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 1: The Man Who Devoured God - Chapter 3 Part 3
- ↑ The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 1: The Man Who Devoured God - Chapter 4 Part 3
- ↑
[] The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II First material - Terminology: KeyPoint 04: Philosophy Magecraft, p.005 Philosophy Magecraft
For the Clock Tower in the Occident, there is the Luo-Xuan Guan in the Orient. Philosophy Magecraft is the main magecraft employed by this Luo-Xuan Guan, spread from Asia to the Middle East.
Unlike the Clock Tower's Western Magecraft, this one doesn't employ Magecraft Foundations. Instead, it's utilized by connection to a giant Greater Mystic Code fused with planet Earth, the Philosophy Foundation - sort of a pseudo-Root.
The currently distributed Philosophy Keys enable access to restricted territories of this Philosophy Foundation.
Philosophy Keys are passed down from teacher to student, and inheriting a Philosophy Key essentially means shouldering a part of the world.
It's worth special mention that the Philosophy Key leading back to the founders are said to enable connection the Privileged Domains.思想魔術
―西洋に時計塔あらば、東洋に螺旋館あり。主にアジアから中東にかけて広がった、この螺旋館で主流となる魔術。
時計塔の西洋魔術と異なり、魔術基盤ではなく、地球と融合した巨大礼装・思相平ある種の擬似根源と繋がる事によって行使される。
現代に伝わる思鍵紋は、この思想で制限されている領域への接続を可能とする。
思想鍵紋は師から弟子へ引き継がれるものであり、思想鍵を引き継ぐということは、すなわち世界の一部を背負うことに等しい。
とりわけ、始祖に連なるような思想鍵紋は、 特権領域への接続を可能にするという。 - ↑
[] Fate/side material - Encyclopedia: The Mage's Association [Organization name], p.073 [T] The Mage's Association [Organization name]
An organization created to protect those who seek to learn sorcery, regardless of nationality or field of study. (On paper, anyway.)
Their mission is the management, concealment, and advancement of sorcery.
In order to protect themselves from that which would threaten them (be it the Church, rival organizations of magi, or the monstrosities that punish humans who break taboos), they accumulated military might.
In order to further the advancement (degeneration) of sorcery, they built research facilities.
And, in order to deter crimes committed with sorcery, they created laws.
Their headquarters is located in London, and goes by the unofficial name of "The Clock Tower".
It seems that in the beginning the Association was divided into three great branches, including the original associations that predate the Clock Tower. That is, the "Giant's Pit" of Egypt, and a cluster of associations based in northern Europe called the "Sea of Estray". However, ever since the Clock Tower became the headquarters, mingling between the branches has been on the decline.
Also, they are fundamentally incompatible with the sorcery foundation of the Middle East and the ideological sorcery of mainland China, and the three groups are currently feigning nonaggression.魔術協会【組織名】
国籍・ジャンルを問わず、魔術を学ぶ者たちによって作られた自衛団体。（無論、名目上ではある）
魔術を管理し、隠匿し、その発展を使命とする。
自らを脅かすモノたち（教会、自分たち以外の魔術団体、禁忌に触れる人間を罚する怪異）から身を守る為に武力を持ち、
魔術の更なる発展（衰退ともいう）の為、研究機関を持ち、魔術による犯罪を抑止する為の法律を敷く。
本部はイギリスのロンドンにあり、“時計塔”の異名を持つ。
始まりは三大の部門に分かれていたらしく、エジプトの“巨人の穴仓”，北欧に根を張る複合協会“访律海”と呼ばれる原協会もあるが、時計塔が本部になってからは交流が廃れる一方だとか。
また、中东圏の魔術基盤、大陸の思想魔術とは相容れず、互いに不可侵を装っている。 - ↑ The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II - Volume 6: Fem's Casa (Upper) - Chapter 1