Mentors

All Sisters are expected to instruct the Initiates and Neophytes in their abilities and in their devotion to Seht and Anahita. Beyond this general education, most Sisters take on a few younger ones to mentor as they rise through the temple. A close bond often forms through this mentorship that remains even once the student becomes a Sister herself.

Role
Mentors primarily focus on magical skills, helping their charges learn to use their abilities more effectively and creatively. They often practice skills together, and mentors frequently work with their students on developing their own style of magic and on large projects to integrate the young ones into the Temple's communal tasks. Mentors must make certain that their charges learn control along with the growth of their ability, and they must test this often; they also must guide them toward the eventual goal of becoming a Sister.

Naturally, mentors often act as advisors and confidantes in other matters as well, and their students' discipline falls almost entirely into their hands.

Selection
Most often Sisters will wait until a girl has become an Initiate to consider mentoring her, but in rare cases, a Sister may chose to take on an older Neophyte. The choice of who to mentor is entirely up to the Sisters, and Initiates often compete to attract the attention of potential mentors. Magical affinity does not dictate choice when it comes to mentorship; the mentor and student may command entirely different elements and work together quite well. More often than not, personality and mutual preference play a larger role in selection than shared affinity.

To claim a girl as her student, a Sister must simply state it and assume the role. If more than one Sister wishes a certain student, the one with the most senority has first choice.

Rituals
Not all pairs bother with a ritual or any formal recognition of their arrangement, but some do create their own rituals which generally involve mingling blood or other acts of intmacy.