Graven Idols

Theme
DC is covered in symbols. Masonic imagery goes all the way down to the cities layout, downtown buildings are modeled off of Greek and Roman designs, pillars and all. There are museums displaying all kinds of historical and geological artifacts and, of course, there are the monuments. Washington's obelisk reaches up to the sky (in a way that is more literally phallic than people joke, considering the historical and mystical functions of obelisks in Egyptian history). Abraham Lincoln watches Congress, ready to rise should things get out of hand again. War memorials set thousands of spirits to rest and work as an incredibly powerful magical anchor (the Masons may not have the raw power of the White Council, but they do scale like nobody's business, comes from caring about the Mundane so much).

This gets reflected off in weird ways, though. The mason's focus on idolatry and power based on faith (patriotism, specifically) has leaked into the minor practitioners of the city in a big way, and they often form strange cults around mythic or historical figures (and, occasionally, around demons and other beings more than happy to hand over real power). Even the regular suspects get into it. The Raith and the Skavis households tend to have figurines of famed historical members of their houses, and there are rumors that the head of the Skavis household actually worships an ancient deity of some sort, though she denies this vehemently.

Aspect: Graven Idols

Faces:

 * Senior Warden Marcus Brighton

Marcus Brighton is the second in command amongst the Masons, and a rather powerful focused practitioner of a sort of social geomancy. Mostly he spends his time arranging the ley lines of the city and creating magical fields. The fact that he is a well known city planner certainly helps.


 * Julius Williams

A young, headstrong black man from the bad part of town, Julius is a True Believer, not in anything so out there as God, but in America. Sure, it's treated him like shit, but he still believes in it. Julius has become a vigilante of sorts, and surprisingly effective at it.