Know the Truth

Mind	●●●
+ Time	●●
Instant	None
Knowing
Legacies the Ancient, p. 68 Rotes
The Mysterium :	Freeing the Text
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The camera sometimes lies. The newspapers don’t always tell the truth. A Tamer of Winds, however, knows that the truth is written on the air, and using the magic of Time, can call the winds back to ascertain whether a written or printed document, a piece of film or a photograph or drawing is true.

• Practice: Knowing
• Action: Instant
• Duration: Lasting
• Aspect: Convert
• Cost: None

When a Tamer of Winds casts this spell successfully, she knows whether a document is true. This is more subtle than a simple facts/falsehood dichotomy. A photograph that has not been doctored in any way can be said to lie (consider a convincing-looking photo of a UFO, composed in such a way so as to obscure the fact that the “huge alien craft” is in fact an airborne hubcap with some bits of plumbing equipment stuck to it). A news report can give a complete rundown of the facts, but can still give a false impression in the way that it organizes the facts.

Mysterium Rote: Freeing the Text

• Dice Pool: Wits + Investigation + Mind

“Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” The mages of the Mysterium know that. Some work to make others free, by revealing the truth of matters above and beyond all other things.