The Discipline Atlas
AUREVANE does not ask you to pick one class and live with it forever. You begin with a Foundation, learn how it thinks, master other traditions, mix them through Resonance or remain pure for Essence, and gradually uncover a much larger map of combat ideas.
This is a map of knowledge, not a ladder of replacements.
Studying Vanguard can reveal Bastion, but Vanguard remains its own complete tradition with different strengths, Essence choices and Resonance partners.
Advanced Disciplines spend more of their budget on unusual rules, setup and execution. Foundations spend more on reliability and clean turns. Both belong at endgame.
Mastery, Rekindling, authored rites and discoveries can all reveal paths. Some secret traditions are not meant to announce themselves in a creation menu.
Experience is necessary. Proof matters too.
Mastery measures understanding of a combat tradition. Character Level measures the character as a whole; the two systems deliberately do different jobs.
Learn the basic language of the Discipline.
Demonstrate normal tools instead of merely having them equipped.
Show the Discipline’s core principle under a real objective.
Adapt when the obvious game plan is deliberately disrupted.
Demonstrate all eight regular Skills. Named Mastery Rites are planned future content.
Earn Mastery in the current test
Enter a Standard or High Mastery Trial. Win without a player timeout after using two different regular Primary Skills across at least three Primary Skill commands, then choose Claim Mastery to receive up to 50 XP once.
Ordinary sparring grants no Mastery XP.
Your personal Atlas is inside Profile → Discipline Management → Discipline Atlas & Mastery. It shows earned progress, unmet prerequisites and separate testing access.
Mastery Trial guideEight learned Techniques, four selected
A mature Discipline teaches eight regular Techniques. Your battle build selects up to four at a time. Advanced libraries currently teach four at Initiate, two more at Practiced and two more at Adept so the later Mastery journey is about using the toolbox, not waiting months to receive it.
Master is not “+20% damage”
Mastery opens Secondary eligibility, Atlas branches, rites, recognition and future progression. It should not turn partially mastered players into numerically invalid characters.
Passive study has a ceiling
A future Discipline Focus may contribute bounded numerical practice, but it cannot demonstrate Techniques, clear trials or create a Master while the player never uses the Discipline.
More difficult classes receive different tools, not a bigger budget.
The five marks shown on Atlas cards are an identity profile, not a tier list. A fifth mark in Rule Access means the class breaks or bends more normal combat assumptions; it does not mean “five-star strength.”
Vanguard
Reliable answers, low setup.Good positioning and action efficiency are valuable in almost every fight. Its strength is that it asks fewer conditions before doing useful work.
Chronist
More rules, more ways to misplay.Initiative manipulation can create exceptional turns, but it requires planning and does not simply add a larger damage coefficient to Aetherist spells.
Spellwright
Metamagic instead of bigger fireballs.Its prize is the ability to manipulate spell structure. The price is setup, execution and dependence on understanding several magical traditions first.
The doors are open while we build.
During development, every published Discipline remains available for testing even when your character has not yet satisfied its eventual release prerequisites. That convenience is a testing entitlement, not earned Mastery. Planned Disciplines do not become selectable until their Skills, Essence, Resonances and authoritative combat content actually exist.
When AUREVANE reaches the point where normal acquisition is enabled, the testing overlay can be turned off and the same Atlas requirements become the real gates. Test access is kept separate from earned Mastery so months of development do not accidentally pre-master every launch character.
The six Foundations
These are complete endgame-capable combat traditions, not temporary beginner jobs. Their edge is dependable action economy, readable plans and broad compatibility with the rest of the roster.
Aetherist
Foundation offensive magic. Focus: Intellect and Resolve.
- Path
- Available from the beginning
- Content
- Playable in the current test
Farstrider
Ranged combat and battlefield awareness. Focus: Finesse and Agility.
- Path
- Available from the beginning
- Content
- Playable in the current test
- Planned Mastery Rite
- The Long Hunt
Ironfist
Unarmed martial combat. Focus: Might and Agility.
- Path
- Available from the beginning
- Content
- Playable in the current test
- Planned Mastery Rite
- The Empty Hand
Lifebinder
Foundation healing and support magic. Focus: Intellect and Resolve.
- Path
- Available from the beginning
- Content
- Playable in the current test
- Planned Mastery Rite
- No One Falls
Shadehand
Mobility, trickery, and opportunism. Focus: Finesse and Agility.
- Path
- Available from the beginning
- Content
- Playable in the current test
- Planned Mastery Rite
- The Perfect Opening
Super Saiyan
Born from an ancient lineage of fierce warriors, this bloodline channels raw fury to unlock legendary, aura-flaring transformations.
- Path
- Available from the beginning
- Content
- Playable in the current test
Vanguard
Balanced armed combat. Focus: Might and Vitality.
- Path
- Available from the beginning
- Content
- Playable in the current test
- Planned Mastery Rite
- The Unbroken Line
Branches of the first journey
Most of AUREVANE’s roster can be discovered before the first Rekindling. These traditions ask for proven familiarity with one or more earlier Disciplines rather than a higher character level alone.
Bastion
Protect allies and limit enemy pressure. Focus: Vitality and Resolve.
- Path
- Vanguard Adept
- Content
- Playable in the current test
- Planned Mastery Rite
- Last One Standing
Cinderweaver
Burn enemies and exploit their exposure to fire. Focus: Intellect and Resolve.
- Path
- Aetherist Practiced
- Content
- Playable in the current test
Dawnshield
Guard, cleanse and restore nearby allies. Focus: Vitality, Intellect and Resolve.
- Path
- Lifebinder Adept + Vanguard Adept
- Content
- Playable in the current test
Edgedancer
Precise melee, facing and openings. Focus: Finesse and Agility.
- Path
- Shadehand Practiced + Vanguard Practiced
- Content
- Playable in the current test
Frostweaver
Restrict movement and shatter rooted targets. Focus: Intellect and Resolve.
- Path
- Aetherist Practiced
- Content
- Playable in the current test
Ravager
Bleeding pressure and dangerous offensive commitment. Focus: Might and Vitality.
- Path
- Vanguard Adept
- Content
- Playable in the current test
Runeblade
Mix melee with mystic pressure and resource control. Focus: Might and Intellect.
- Path
- Aetherist Practiced + Vanguard Practiced
- Content
- Playable in the current test
Stormsinger
Control lanes and disrupt enemy resources. Focus: Agility and Intellect.
- Path
- Aetherist Practiced + Farstrider Initiate
- Content
- Playable in the current test
Tidecaller
Combine cleansing and restoration with movement control. Focus: Intellect and Resolve.
- Path
- Aetherist Practiced + Lifebinder Initiate
- Content
- Playable in the current test
Wildwarden
Control a quarry through snares, marks and attrition. Focus: Finesse, Agility and Resolve.
- Path
- Farstrider Adept
- Content
- Playable in the current test
Skywarden
Spear fighter who turns height, jumps and landing position into pressure.
- Path
- Vanguard Practiced + Farstrider Practiced
- Content
- Planned
Nightveil
Stealth assassin using smoke, clones, silence and positional pressure rather than instant kills.
- Path
- Shadehand Adept + Ironfist Practiced
- Content
- Planned
Beastbinder
Creature partnership and coordinated companion commands.
- Path
- Farstrider Adept + Ironfist Practiced
- Content
- Planned
Dreadblade
Dark offensive knight whose power comes with deliberate danger and resource cost.
- Path
- Vanguard Adept + Aetherist Adept
- Content
- Planned
Cantor
Musical battlefield support that changes team tempo through songs and sequencing.
- Path
- Farstrider Practiced + Lifebinder Practiced
- Content
- Planned
Alchemist
Reactive chemistry, concoction zones and environmental combinations.
- Path
- Shadehand Practiced + Aetherist Practiced
- Content
- Planned
Stonebinder
Earth magic that creates and reshapes battlefield terrain.
- Path
- Aetherist Practiced + Vanguard Initiate
- Content
- Planned
Veilweaver
Illusions, decoys, false terrain and information pressure.
- Path
- Aetherist Practiced + Shadehand Practiced
- Content
- Planned
Hexbinder
Curses, debuffs and bounded Hex extension/spread.
- Path
- Aetherist Practiced + Shadehand Adept
- Content
- Planned
Loreeater
Monster scholar who learns bounded supernatural Techniques from studied prey.
- Path
- mastery prerequisites + a hidden discovery path
- Content
- Planned
- Planned Mastery Rite
- What Have You Learned?
Veteran traditions
The first Rekindling begins to open Disciplines whose rules assume a player already understands AUREVANE’s basic combat language. They are more demanding, not simply numerically stronger.
Chronist
Prepare next-round tempo, delay threats and recover footing. Focus: Intellect and Resolve.
- Path
- Aetherist Adept + Rekindling 1
- Content
- Playable in the current test
- Planned Mastery Rite
- The Borrowed Minute
Blade Saint
Patient swordmaster rewarded for restraint, timing and perfect responses.
- Path
- Rekindling 1 + Vanguard Expert + Ironfist Adept + Complete the Still Blade initiation
- Content
- Planned
Warcaller
Formation and command specialist whose best turns are created with allies.
- Path
- Rekindling 1 + Bastion Practiced + Cantor Practiced
- Content
- Planned
Riftwalker
Spatial specialist using teleportation, portals and unusual displacement.
- Path
- Rekindling 1 + Aetherist Adept + Shadehand Initiate
- Content
- Planned
- Planned Mastery Rite
- No Straight Road
Gravebinder
Necromancy, servants and attrition shaped around unresolved death.
- Path
- Rekindling I + mastery prerequisites + a hidden discovery path
- Content
- Planned
Eidolist
Dedicated magical summoner managing spirits, pacts and additional battlefield actors.
- Path
- Rekindling 1 + Aetherist Adept + Lifebinder Adept
- Content
- Planned
Oracle
Prediction, pre-emption and fate support built around acting before certainty.
- Path
- Rekindling I + mastery prerequisites + a hidden discovery path
- Content
- Planned
Sanguinist
Blood magic that converts HP, healing and Bleeding into dangerous tactical resources.
- Path
- Rekindling I + mastery prerequisites + a hidden discovery path
- Content
- Planned
Deep-horizon study
Very late traditions may require both a long character history and unusual discoveries. Their unlocks are meant to feel like conclusions to years of study, not items in a shop.
Starcaller
Astral and gravitational high magic that bends mass, space and celestial phenomena.
- Path
- Rekindling II + mastery prerequisites + a hidden discovery path
- Content
- Planned
Apex study
The third Rekindling is the last planned Discipline gate. Further Rekindlings can still expand Veteran Edge, prestige and personal history without adding another vertical class tier.
Spellwright
Apex metamagic that changes how other spells behave instead of merely casting stronger spells.
- Path
- Rekindling III + mastery prerequisites + a hidden discovery path
- Content
- Planned
- Planned Mastery Rite
- The Grand Formula
You may rebuild. Your history does not disappear.
Rekindling is meant to change the journey, not erase it. Historical Mastery belongs in the character’s long-term record even when a later cycle asks them to rebuild current-cycle proficiency. Veteran Echo Routes can replace repeated beginner lessons with shorter, harder examinations for traditions the character has already mastered before.
Breadth and depth are both legitimate identities. A character who masters many Disciplines gains more build paths; a lifelong Vanguard specialist should still earn meaningful Vanguard-specific achievements, Essence accomplishments and prestige without being forced to collect every class for raw stats.