The Mangaecca was the ancient rival to the School of Sohonc, and last of the four original Gnostic Schools. From its founding in 684 by Sos-Praniura, the greatest student of Gin’yursis, the School of Mangaecca had pursued a predatory ethos, regarding knowledge as the embodiment of power. Though this earned the School an ambiguous and seedy reputation, the Mangaecca managed to avoid running afoul of the High Gnostic Writ, the edict of King Nincama-Telesser circumscribing sorcerous conduct. By the time of the Apocalypse, they had transformed into what would be called the Consult.