Similar to Covenant Status, Mithraic Status indicates rank within the Mysteries of Mithras. In the narrowest sense, each dot conveys only rank within the Mithraic cult, and if the Mysteries are weak (or very carefully hidden) in a given chronicle, that may be all. Within the cult, members of lower grade are expected to respect those of higher degree; as with other types of Status, Mithraic Status adds to dice pools for interactions with fellow Mithraic initiates. Unlike other Status types, however, Mithraic Status (based as it is on a supernatural bargain) does add to the dice pools predicated on supernatural powers. The Heliodromus of a Mithraic sect would add his Mithraic Status to the dice pool for use of his Dominate Discipline, for example, but only against fellow Mithraists.

• Corax (“Raven”)
•• Nymphus (“Bridegroom”)
••• Miles (“Soldier”)
•••• Leo (“Lion”)
••••• Perses (“Persian”)
•••••• Heliodromus (“Courier of the Sun”)
••••••• Pater (“Father”)

Mithraic Status has nothing to do with any other sort of vampiric Status — a Perses Adept may be nothing but a low-caste nonentity in the sight of the city’s Prince, or in the gossip of his clan. Since Mithraic initiation is a secret, a character can have more than three dots in Covenant Status along with his Mithraic Status. Of course, that is a dangerous double game to play, especially if the covenant involved is the Lancea Sanctum.