Editing The Adepts (section)

==Structure==
The Adepts have organized their fifteen members into five different tiers, with tier one being the highest. Lower tiers can challenge higher tiers to compete for placement, but have to pay a penalty if they fail to beat their opponent. Each tier has one more member than the last, with tier one having one member and tier five having five.<ref name="tiers">“I know the basics,” I said.  I’d read the file in Tattletale’s office.  “They’re wizards, or they pretend to be, like Myrddin.  Led by a time traveller.”<br><br>“They’re led by Epoch,” Jouster said, without looking at me.  “Group is very organized.  Thing you gotta know about New York is it’s bigger.  Everything is.  So these guys, there’s a lot of them.  They’re organized into tiers, and they compete with one another for placement in the tiers, challenging ones in higher tiers, paying a penalty if they fail the challenge.  There’s one tier one, two tier twos, three tier threes… all the way down to the tier fives.”<br><br>“Fifteen in total,” I said. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/drone-23-1/ Excerpt] from [[Drone 23.1]]</ref> Members have Roman numerals on their sleeves designating their tier.<ref name="sleeves">I noted what my bugs were telling me.  “There’s three of them inside.  Two men, one woman.  The men have groupies with them, I think.  In their bedrooms.  There might be more, but they don’t have costumes on.”<br><br>“They should have numbers on their sleeves.  Roman numerals.”<br><br>“I can’t really see through the bug’s eyes,” I said.  “One second…” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/drone-23-1/ Excerpt] from [[Drone 23.1]]</ref>

The Adepts hold three primary properties in [[New York]], but no territory, preventing conflict with local gangs.<ref name="branch">“''This is only a branch,''” Prism said, over the comm, “''They have three primary properties.  They don’t hold territory, so the local gangs leave them be.  The idea is to discourage them.  Fight only so long as you’re confident you’ll win.  Communicate what’s going on, and we’ll step in if need be.  With luck, this will be a setback for them, and cause to stop headhunting'' from our side.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/drone-23-1/ Excerpt] from [[Drone 23.1]]</ref>