House Savacion is the military house of the Order. Savacion mages are generally interested in combat magic, either personal or military, and are rarely interested in theoretical issues. They have only one, recently founded, single house covenant (Leo Compulsus), and most covenants (with the exception of the Lemmite covenants and the single house covenants of Touccio and Christopher) have Savacion members. Although Savacions are generally associated with conservative politics within the Order, there are Savacion mages associated with the Plenelunial movement as well. Fueding between the conservative and Plenelunial Savacions in the late 4th century (starting around 50 years ago) resulted in the Rogue Hunt. Leo Compulsus was founded in the aftermath of the Rogue Hunt in order to police the House. After a long struggle to select a single house ruler (the First Sword), a political settlement was reached in which the house was organized into (predominantly lineage based) Gens, each with a single Dux. The question of inheritance of the Ducal title has yet to be answered.
Savacions are almost exclusively male (there are two female lineages (and a total of 5 female Savacions), both of recent origin), and generally fairly misogynistic. They frequently are drawn from the more barbarous regions of the world, with a particular fondness for the Andar (the founder of the house, Savacion, was an Andar), the nomadic horse tribes who invaded Tympania roughly 240 years ago. They have a set of magical arts specific to their house, which involve incorporating weapons into spell casting. The weapon arts are: Sword, Spear, and Hand (also known as Dance). There are two related arts that are not dependent on specific weapons: Siegecraft and Secrecy (the Wendellian art).
