The Tower-Tree (Might 80)
Theurges speculate that this mysterious entity is connected to the Axis Mundi the point around which creation turns. It is mystically connected to all places where there is a particular connection between the earth and the heavens. The knowledgeable theurge can use this connection to travel instantly to these sites of power.
Examples of such sites include Mount Olympos, the ruins of the tower of Babel, the Great Pyramid of Giza (and several other large pyramids), Mount Zion, the hill of Uisneach, and the Umbilicus of Rome.
Some theurgists believe the tree actually exists, either somewhere in the mundane world or in the realm of magic. A few radical theurgists believe that it should be possible to enter the garden of Eden via the tower-tree but no one has ever managed this feat. Those of this school of thought are split between whether this means that their methods are flawed or if it is impossible due to man’s exile from the garden.
Less well known is the fact that the tree also connects to places not in the mundane world ut in the realms of magic and faerie.
The tower-tree appears as an immense tree, or more rarely a vine, its trunk the size of a round tower and its branches far above the clouds.
Powers:
Axis Mundi
The tree is connected mystically to many places of power. If the theurge closes their eyes and circles the tree anti-clockwise in a ritual fashion they will find themselves in one of the connected mundane locations. Many factors seem to influence this: the number of steps taken, the speed, which foot is used for the first and last step are just a few.
A less well known version of this property allows the theurge to enter the realm of magic or faerie. If the theurge is buried alive in the roots of the tree at just the right spot and they can dig themselves out before they suffocate they will find themselves at a particular location in the magic realm.
If the theurge can climb the trunk of the tree then through its cloud-brushed branches he will find himself emerging from the foliage into the realm of faerie. How the part of faerie this leads to is chosen is not well understood by theurgists but is speculated to be influenced by the sympathies and recent life events of the theurge.
Unless the theurge knows a specific ritual they will have no way to know where they will end up.