Lore : Rote Mäntel

A magus organization of German origin. Its story is complicated enough to understand since the organization itself was not founded to welcome magi.
Its origins date back to 1241, when Hamburg officially became part of the Hanseatic League. The organization Rote Mäntel was initially occupied only in trade with London, Marseille and mainly with Bruges. The organization became particularly rich towards the end of the thirteenth century.
Like the rest of Hamburg, this organization embraced Lutheranism around 1532 and continued to do business in Belgium, France and England.
When, in 1598, London abandoned the Hanseatic League, the Rote Mäntel decided to strengthen their relations with some similar commercial organizations, some of which were based in Lübeck.
The Rote Mäntel approached magic only during the wars between the forces of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Russian Empire (1812-14). The reason for this change that transformed the organization from a commercial body to a magi guild is probably to be found in the Second Purge carried out against the Rote Mäntel by the Coven.
To get their revenge, the Rote Mäntel, used their investments to have a well-stocked and even protected location. There they began to practice Magecraft and decided to attack the Coven in a clash between the magi during 1864. The Coven, being more experienced than the Rote Mäntel, succeeded in triumphing.
The organization in Hamburg decided to join the First World War hoping that it would be able to fight against the Coven, but this was not the case. With the rise of Nazism and the beginning of the Second World War, the Rote Mäntel left in 32 to Italy and killed many members of the Coven, about 200, during the Blutrache (lit. "Blood Vengeance").

The Rote Mäntel are so named because in the past and now the members of the organization stood out because they wore long red cloaks. This organization still has its headquarters in Hamburg and is constantly competing with the Coven.
The Rote Mäntel are commanded by a magus, elected by the majority, who takes the title of Roter Vater (lit. "Red Father") and by a magus chosen by the head of the organization that obtains the title of Rote Mutter (lit. "Red Mother").
Most of the organization's magi are Christians and many of them have inherited from Nazism the idea that not all human beings are equal. But for the Rote Mäntel it is not a question of race, but of power. In fact this organization is not racist but could be defined as misanthropic, in the sense that it despises all those who are not magus. In fact according to the Rote Mäntel the magus is superior to the common human being and for this it should have more rights than the latter.