The Fighting Orders --- the Adepts --- rank For the most part, 1st through 4th circle Adepts are apprentices, 5th through 8th are Adepts,  9th through 12th Circle Adepts are Masters, and Adepts who have attained the Thirteenth Circle are called Wardens.

A Circle is an in-character concept.  It's also represented out-of character by an Advantage.  This costs 5 points per level for non-Magicians and 10 points per level for Magicians (at least to Third Circle, we'll talk more after that).

This advantage includes some elements of:

* Military Rank/Status

* Unusual Background (prereq for Talents)

* Magery (bonus to spells for Magicians, and often a prereq for spells as well)

At each Circle, your character will learn about two [Talents], smetimes three.  Adepts start with seven Talents at First Circle.

See the individual pages for each [Discipline] to see which [Talents] you can get at each [Circle]