The surest measure of our stewardship will be in our elasticity as one body, for the weight of responsibility magic requires would fracture divided shoulders. Thus, I sign this Sphere Commissioning Pact, on this 14th day of June in the great year of 1781, and gird the yoke of burden in the maintenance of unity and faithful duty to each other. This endeavor shall either be the greatest achievement of the living world or the perpetual ruin of us all.
Westin Alkomae,
Upper, Seven of Twelve, First of Blood,
The Prestigious Order of Highest Mysteries 1740–1781
