Dark Apostles

"Knowledge is not to be feared but mastered."
 The Dark Apostles are a loose following of 'heretical' Saints, Saints not accepted by mainstream religion and which are usually associated with forbidden practices and esoteric knowledge.
The Dark Apostles do not serve the Darkness, their epithet is based on their overall perception of being rebellious. Dark Apostles are usually reformers and renegades within the Ecclesiastical Orders rather than antagonists.
== Facts: ==
-The Dark Apostles function as a cabal of knowledge-seekers within the Ecclesiastical Orders. They pursue any and all knowledge, regardless of social taboos or even ethics. They believe knowledge is itself akin to the Divine and should be collected regardless of its connotations.
-Being a Dark Apostles doesn't do wonders for your social standing within mainstream religion. As such, Dark Apostles tend to either keep their membership secret or they exist on the fringes of the Ecclesiastical Orders.
-The Order of Priests is credited with giving birth to the Dark Apostles, since the following is spear-headed by the so-called heretic Saints. These Saints are holy men and women who continue to interact with the mortal world by supplying knowledge and miracles centered on the discovery of knowledge and exploration of the unknown.
-This includes encouraging people to question religious authority, an action not normally associated with figures of religious veneration.
-Curiously, the Dark Apostles serve as an interaction point between the Ecclesiastical and Heretical Orders. Adepts of the Heretical Orders will view the Dark Apostles as kindred spirits, of a sort, and through the Dark Apostles these two normally contradictory groups can reach accord on many issues.
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