Faction Template: Leviathan Order

[The Arceneaux Family]

Faction: Leviathan Order

Pillars:
Central: Gathering touches of scarlet hidden throughout history
Contrast: Suffering from a power vacuum
Active: Confirming rumors of Zero Venkage's whereabouts

Arbiters: TBD

Unique Marks: Its members are found all over the world from different tribes and backgrounds, but they all possess a small coin made of rare metal from the Mek mountain range and the blood of each of its members. The coins, when forged using their ritual process, are all linked and pulse when a member is added or is slain. If one is apart from their coin for long, the binding vow allows for the other members to retrieve the coin and murder its derelict owner.

Bio: Leviathan Order is clandestine sect of anthropologists, treasure hunters, and cryptologists dating back further than most members today can ascertain. The lineage of the organization is less important than the order’s primary charge. They scour Vescrutia for touches of scarlet, items enchanted by living sacrifice. Across any culture continent or burg, this shadowy organization looks to find and utilize these terrible creations for their own dark means. What anyone does with them is their business so long as they complete the ritual to join their ranks.

Leviathna Order's membership consists of Vescrutia's depraved scholars and malevolent minds, willing to go to any length to achieve their goals. The relationships between these members is mediated by an agreed upon individual, proven in combat and strategy and trusted to arbitrate disputes on behalf of their ranks. The Dragonhead is a prestigious position that sometimes is the difference in the death of one or the death of thousands when its members make measure strides in their sinister machinations. The previous Dragonhead, Grand Magister Ganon Sesshomaru, a centuries old mage maintained control of the organization for over 700 years. Supported by his first class heads lording over the dark corners of each continent in secret, the Dragonhead sources and barters information and resources for the organization, ensuring that contracts are carried out, obligations are met, and the group is kept from cannibalizing itself. The Ganon Sesshomaru has lived for centuries on the search for touches of scarlet, withstanding terrible battles and mind bending threats to grow his collection and influence. Though Leviathan Order’s ranks are composed of some of the most wicked and twisted minds, follow the Order’s commandments as faltering from it puts them at risk of being excommunicated and exterminated. Their devotion to their own goals keeps them from breaking the rules of engagement and making enemies out of contemporaries.

The latest Dragonhead of Leviathan Order is Zero Venkage, after defeating Ganon Sesshomaru in ritual combat. He had a collection of tools and arbiters on par with Ganon's inventory, and the martial skills to defeat him in singular warfare witnessed by the second rank members. He was an upstart member, shooting up in both infamy and popularity for his savage methods of acquisition. In the time since he assumed control, the organization’s economy has come to a halt. The unfortunate red tape surrounding managing an organization of deadly spell brokers and collectors seems to have fallen behind as rivalries have since been formed within the order. The infighting has grown such that the membership has decided to impeach the current Dragonhead and install a new one with the order's best interests at heart.

The hunt for Zero Venkage has gone on for years with no sign of him. He was known to frequent Kemet, but since The Fall, has all but disappeared from the face of Vescrutia. Only recently has his name been carried on the wind again, reigniting the ambition to return Leviathan Order to business as usual and return the Dragonhead to mediate the growing conflicts within the organization. Zero Venkage must be found and eliminated and a new Dragonhead be named.

Dragonhead:
Zero Venkage

High Order:
Alphonse Arceneaux
Samara
Tate Hawkins