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{{Infobox school
| title = [[Codex of Power]]
| archetype = [[Brute]]
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| caption = [[Brute]]s master the "Will" through back-breaking labor. By lifting and throwing until muscle failure, they learn to move massive structures. Tuition is paid in toil at quarries, mines, or loading docks.
| location = Anywhere hard work is done
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The [[Codex of Power]] is the foundational study for [[Brute]]s seeking to project their internal "Will" onto the physical world. [[Un]]like other archetypes that might look outward for energy, the [[Brute]] taps into an intrinsic reservoir of force to manipulate their environment. Through rigorous physical application, the [[Brute]] learns to transcend biological limits.

While a common laborer might lift a log, a student of this Codex learns the Lift,Power, enabling them to hoist entire quarry stones or even massive architectural structures that would crush a normal frame. It is a discipline of raw output, where the core powers of Lift, Throw, and Shake are refined from simple muscle movements into expressions of archetypal dominance over matter.

== Teaching Methods ==
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Instruction in the [[Codex of Power]] is uniquely devoid of ivory towers or parchment. [[Brute]]s do not "read" their codices in the traditional sense; instead, the Codex is a lived philosophy discussed during brief respites from back-breaking labor. Knowledge is transmitted through "The [[Path]] of Failure", the repetitive performance of a task until the point of total muscle collapse.

An instructor, a [[Brute]] of significantly greater power, coaches through example rather than lecture. They guide the student to the edge of exhaustion until, eventually, the "Will" takes over where the sinew fails. Because this training is inextricably linked to labor, instructors rarely charge currency. Instead, the "tuition" is the work itself; many a bridge, fortress, or monument across [[Otan]] stands as the silent final exam of a [[Codex of Power]] cohort.
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