Even by Awakened standards, you possess (or are possessed by) a cause so intense that it drives every aspect of your life, up to and including your beliefs about, and approach to, magick and Ascension. This goal, sadly, is almost impossible to achieve on an individual basis: the collapse of the Technocracy, the return of the Old Ways, the fall of the industrialized era, and so forth. As a mage, you actually could gather enough influence to lead a larger movement that shifts Reality toward your goal. More likely, you will break yourself against that goal, as so many other mages have done before you… but hey, if a cause is as worth fighting for as yours is, then it’s worth whatever cost you must pay.

As a Flaw, this Driving Goal inspires roleplaying choic­ es and informs your character’s focus, allegiance, magick, Path, Resonance, Seekings, Paradox backlashes, and pretty much everything else you can imagine. You can take short breaks from your crusade (usually by spending a Willpow­ er point in order to take a different road for a while), but eventually this obsession brings you back to the goal you must pursue at all costs until you finally accomplish it or destroy yourself trying.