Ascent of the One

Ascent of the One is a large faction of the Wizard syndicate common in the Westfold. It is located mainly in the costal thug city of Doras though it has small holdouts in most cities. The faction's members are commonly persecuted and oftentimes they are hunted.

History
The ascent of the one's history is older than the Wizard's syndicate itself. Knowledge of when this cult was created or how it was created is lost to this current time but a millenia ago Wizards common to this cult held much power throughout the known world.

With the worlds leading fear of wild magic users and wild magic as a whole the Wizards Syndicate was created by non-magical beings to control those with magic. Today the Wizards Syndicate has no one ruler but has become to sole entity through which magic is controlled throughout the Westfold.

In the early days the Ascent of the One battled to hold it's own identity and near religious beliefs but pressure through Paladin and the Wizard Syndicate orders combined saw the old religion all but extinct. In recent days with the newfound powers of Magic the Ascent of the One has been an increasingly powerful faction with the syndicate.

It seduces many younger members with the promise of unrestricted and unimagineable powers.

Beliefs
Ascent of the One is an Atheist cult holding onto beliefs that the Gods were once all beings at one point. They believe that gods can be created and are constantly searching for a being alive powerful enough to be turned into a god themself.

Factions within this faction fight over who they believe to be The One. There have always been and will always be multiple sorcerers believed to posses powers capable of becoming a god and destroying the 19 other known gods that exist. The only thing all these sub-factions have in common is their belief that the world is changing from their Polytheism creation into a Monotheistic world where magic will ultimately be no longer needed.