"Mages Unite - The Future is Yours! The Council of Nine Traditions has stood for centuries as humanity's best hope for survival and freedom. Together the Traditions have strength, unity and power. Divided they fall, and so would reality as we know it. The fate of the world lies in their hands. The Traditions Gathered is a collection of essential Tradition Books for Mage: The Ascension. These vital character sourcebooks define the very paths to magick and transcendence itself, and now the out-of-print Cult of Ecstasy "TM", Dreamspeakers "TM" and Verbena "TM" return in Blood and Dreams. The Ascension War rages on... ".