The ancient cult of mercury, the origionators of latin magic are long dead and buried in he ruins of the roman empire (not to be confused with this false 'holy roman empire')
But the long twilight of magic is finally over. A bright light now shines before us, that not even the spark that was the ill fatd pyrenean alliance can compete with.
This spark is the prospect of a new order of magi, to unite all practicioners of magic under a single name, a single theory, and a single code. This new order, the order of hermes (in honour of the founders of latin magic) shall be a light in the darkness of scatterred magi and lost knowledge. No more shall an apprentice be lost for lack of someone to teach them. No longer shall a peaceful mages inventions be stolen to work against him. And most importantly perhaps, no longer shall each mage live in fear that another might try to take their power from them.
With the invention of the parma magica magi can now meet in safety - not to mention the slight advantage it gives over those who are not memebers, as an incentive.
So - today, we gather. Some of the most powerful magi that can be brought together, those that have chosen to contribute to Bonisagus' crowning work of unification.
Today we gather to decide the rules which we shall govern ourselves by.
And today we decide the future of all of mythic europe.