Association Branches – Paths + Orders combined:

Clock Tower

Department of Mineralogy (鉱石学 Kousekigaku) – Matter/Space OR Matter/Prime 
Rote Specialties: Occult, Investigation, Crafts
Department of Spiritual Evocation (降霊術 Koureijutsu) – Spirit/Death OR Spirit/Space
Rote Specialties: Occult, Empathy, Persuasion	
 Spiritual Invocation (霊媒術 Reibaijutsu) – Prime/Forces OR Prime/Life
 Rote Specialties: Occult, Medicine, Expression
 Universal Research –Time/Space or Time/Fate
Rote Specialties: Occult, Academic, Investigation

Atlas 

Matter/Mind, Life/Mind, or Fate/Mind
Rote Specialties: Science, Academics, Empathy


Sea of Estrae 

Praha Association  Matter/Life or Matter/Sprit
Rote Specialties:  Crafts, Medicine, Academics

Sponheim Abbey  Fate/Time or Prime/Time
Rote Specialties: Stealth, Subterfuge, Persuasion

Thule Society  Prime/Spirit or Prime/Death
Rote Specialties Crafts, Intimidation, Occult

100 XP + 25 bonus XP that can only be spent on mundane things, pick a branch for your two ruling arcana, select an inferior arcanum, select +1 Resolve or +1 Composure, pick a legacy to be Nasu-ized, Extemporaneous Affinity not allowed.

Languages: You start with your native country's language, English, and your academy's regional language (All redundancies are ignored and do not stack in any way.)

All characters start with one dot in Status(Mage’s Association). It is, for all intents and purposes, equivalent to both Mage-specific forms of the Status merit.