The Essenes

The Essenes were a small and esoteric Order of Adepts who descended from a mysterious figure they simply called the Great Teacher. This 'Great Teacher' led a separatist movement in the days of ancient Israel, moving his people away from Jerusalem and from what he saw as the corrupt religious practices of his day. In the desert, he and his band of followers established themselves as expert healers and breakers of curses. 
Patriarch: The 'Great Teacher' (identity unknown outside of Tribe).
Signature Power: Superior Healing Abilities, ability to break curses. 
Healer Degrees 
== Facts: ==
-The Great Teacher was apparently assassinated by someone the Essenes called the 'Dark Priest,' apparently a political detractor from the Temple in Jerusalem who murdered the Great Teacher because of his teachings against the religious establishment. 
-The Dead Sea Scrolls were the work of ancient Essenes. 
-The Essenes grew slowly in the land of Israel, up until the final Jewish Wars against the Romans. With the final Roman invasion of 76 AD, the Romans obliterated the Essene Tribe, and thus doomed the Order to a slow and inevitable demise. 
-Today, the Order of Essenes is a Lost Order and most of what they were or taught is lost to the pages of forgotten history.