Freemasons believe that Savannah is a unique arcane confluence, and it is their duty to comprehend, contain, and control the city’s supernatural energies, Freemasons seek to refine and wield telluric energy with precision, treating it as an arcane science rather than an art. Their philosophy revolves around balance through order, though their methods often stray into morally gray territory.

The Arcane Layout of Savannah

The physical layout of Savannah that exists today was designed and implemented by Oglethorpe and his group of Freemasons at the time of the city’s founding. The city is laid out in a grid-like structure with numerous squares, a design based on the masonic principles of symmetry and balance and on the arcane principles of sacred geometry. Six interconnected wards are built around central squares, with trust lots on the east and west sides of the squares for public buildings and churches. A ward is a small neighborhood district of eight blocks arrayed around a central square. Excluding the surrounding streets, each ward is 675 feet on each side, a number of significance to the Freemasons. Each city square is an intentional node where the leylines of telluric energy deep underground intersect and concentrate and the squares are mapped out to intentionally serve as “power points” to distribute energy across the city. This web of interconnected wards and squares creates a continuous cycle of energy, flowing from one point to another, meant to keep the city protected, prosperous, and vibrant. Some Freemasons even theorized that the squares would act as spiritual “anchors,” allowing for easy communication between the mortal world and realms beyond the veil.

Public Presence in Savannah

• Architecture, engineering, and skilled trades

• Historic preservation and restoration

• Museums, archives, and academic research

• Altruistic Mandate

Behind the Shroud

• Artificing and supernatural engineering

• Telluric research and hidden infrastructure

• Artifact recovery, containment, and protective wards

Freemasons are among the most versatile individuals in Savannah. Depending on their interests, they may become:

• Monster Hunters

Track, trap, and eliminate supernatural threats using specialized weapons, wards, and constructs.

• Investigators

Examine strange events, decipher occult clues, study relics, and uncover hidden truths.

• Explorers

Delve into forgotten tunnels, haunted ruins, ancient vaults, and dangerous locations tied to Savannah’s supernatural history.

• Arcane Engineers

Design and construct devices capable of detecting spirits, manipulating telluric energy, protecting allies, and countering supernatural powers.

• Guardians

Maintain Savannah’s ward network and defend the city against forces seeking to destabilize the veil.

Current Directions in Freemason Scientific Research

With the recent disturbances ,  the fraying of old wards, the resurfacing of forbidden relics, and the murmur of Carcosa’s growing influence,  there has been a resurgence of interest among Freemasons in improving Oglethorpe’s sacred geometry to distribute and stabilize telluric energy throughout Savannah.

Freemasons have also recently focused more of their attention on better understanding the energies of other supernatural sources and their ‘disruptive’ influence, specifically ghosts. They are currently working with hunters in this research, who offer their skills in containing the spirits and work with the masons to build such devices.

Strengths:

• • • Knowledge: Freemasons possess centuries of accumulated knowledge regarding spirits, cryptids, relics, ley lines, and the hidden history of Savannah. Even if the Mason does not know it themself they can research the lodges archives.

    • Arcane Engineering and Science: Freemasons know how to craft potent artifacts, devices, machines, structures, weapons, by blending engineering and science with arcane knowledge to create tools for protection, defense, experimentation, or hunting.

    • Innovation: Unlike supernatural races bound by their nature, Freemasons constantly invent new tools and methods to confront emerging threats. Given time and resources, Freemasons can devise solutions to almost any supernatural threat.

    • Arcane Engineering: Freemasons know how to craft potent artifacts, devices, machines, maps, structures, weapons, and serums by blending engineering and science with arcane knowledge to create tools for protection, defense, experimentation, or hunting. Through these constructs,  Freemasons can perform tasks normally associated with other supernatural races. 

Weaknesses:

• • • Hubris: Freemasons often underestimate the forces they attempt to control, leading to catastrophic failures.

    • Limited Supernatural Power: Unlike witches or vampires, Freemasons rely on external, arcane tools rather than innate magic. Additionally, their tools have a life span and need regular repairs and tuning or they will not function.

    • Distrust: Their secretive nature and self-assigned superiority can alienate them from other races.

Freemasons Curse:

• The Puzzle Trap: A Mason’s mind is their greatest strength and their greatest liability. When confronted with an unsolvable formula, paradox, or occult device, they can become trapped in a mental loop. This fixation renders them detached from reality until someone intervenes to break the pattern. Their intellect becomes a snare.

Not every Freemason possesses the time, expertise, or resources to create a new construct. When faced with an unusual challenge, members may petition the Lodge for access to archived designs, historical records, or stored devices that might provide a solution.

The Vaults contain everything from spirit lanterns and warding anchors to forgotten prototypes, investigative instruments, containment devices, and relics recovered from centuries of supernatural incidents.

However, finding the correct item is often a challenge in itself. Records may be incomplete, devices may require repair, and some constructs have acquired reputations that make other Masons reluctant to remove them from storage.

Players may submit a Story Request or Lodge Inquiry ticket describing the problem they are attempting to solve.

Staff or the Masonic leadership may determine that an appropriate construct, blueprint, relic, or prototype already exists within the Lodge’s archives. This allows players to pursue stories involving recovered Masonic technology without needing to complete the full design and construction process every time.

Not every request will have an existing solution, but the Vaults are vast and contain centuries of accumulated knowledge.

• Gaia: Freemasons aligned with Gaia focus on preserving the natural order, using their knowledge to stabilize leyline energy and prevent corruption. They  strive in vain to preserve balance and order, and always encounter.

• Lilith: Freemasons drawn to Lilith embrace innovation and rebellion, often experimenting with forbidden techniques and questioning the old guard’s dogma. They often take risks and make rash decisions often endangering themselves and others.

• Hastur: Freemasons following the path of Hastur, prioritize the pursuit of knowledge above all else. They are vulnerable to Hastur’s whispers, leading some to become agents of Carcosa, creators of corrupted artifacts or to descend into madness.

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