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       [Mage] The House of Joy, Sonoma, CA
       By: Chance Date: December 4, 2024, 1:30 pm
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       The House of Joy is a small chantry just outside Sonoma,
       California, built within a series of midcentury-modern styled
       homes, including one small bungalow that serves as the
       chantrymaster Ailey Huxley's home with her spouse, Finn.
       The chantry is set up legally as UU-style church retreat
       grounds, with the organization itself being a legally-recognized
       church with all appropriate benefits of the same. There aren't
       many actual members, but enough people on the registration rolls
       to make it workable as a church.
       The chantry is supported by a religion named the Temple of
       Divine Joy; it qualifies as a cult because one of the tenets of
       belief involves one's sense of wonder and belief being divine.
       There is a small but growing group of believers around them, and
       the people running the religion part of things are doing so
       non-cynically, with genuine hope and belief.  Religion members
       are invited to occasional events at the chantry proper, in order
       to contribute their belief and fervor to rituals that need it.
       The membership includes a dozen and a half resident mages and
       sorcerers, with another dozen or so who spend a fair amount of
       time there but don't live on the owned premises (the refurbished
       motel). Most mages do eventually move on from HoJo's when they
       have reached the point in their progress when they are no longer
       apprentices/students... usually somewhere around Disciple level.
       Some stay to help with the teaching and the chantry, or remain
       associated with the chantry as part-time instructors.
       The membership is usually close to capacity, but the leadership
       of HoJo tries not to turn away anyone who needs a teacher. They
       do have connections to other chantries across the US, as well as
       a few in Europe, for the sake of helping students connect with
       other teachers, or Mages find new places to live.
       If you want to have a character who comes from this chantry,
       talk to Chance and we'll figure out where you fit into the
       chantry hierarchy and all that good stuff. Even apprentices and
       sorcerers get a voice here.
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