Magic abounds throughout the Bear Flag Empire. Free from the iron grip of the Freemasons that squeezes the United States, and a port of call for the entire Pacific, The Bear Flag Empire has attracted quite a number of mages from all over the world.

Chapters of some of the most revered Orders have sprung up over the years.

The usuals are here; the Freemasons, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the Templar Knights, practicing their arts as always.

But other sects, new to the West, and sometimes new to the world, have been born in this wild land. Calling this Empire their home these new mage leaders have made their orders uniquely Californian.