Every member who seeks, and gains admission to the Brotherhood begins on the bottom of the ladder. The most obvious of the political controls, is the Hierarchy of Classes and Ranks. This creates an intensely contentious political atmosphere within the Brotherhood. The problems within an organization as diverse as the Brotherhood, must be overcome with some form of stratification Those in power, the Grand Masters and Elders, carefully instruct their students, using their drive to success as a means of maintaining control over the masses of Journeymen and Equites.
Through their own desire, and lust for power, they have succeeded in throwing off the values of their cultural backgrounds, and accepting the goals and discipline of the Brotherhood. Ambition is one of the defining characteristics of those who enter the Brotherhood.