Order of Lepers

People afflicted with sickness or ostracism brought about by natural mutation are, counter-intuitively, given a powerful gift by God to represent His indifference to societal norms. Lepers are afflicted people who have turned around and mastered their condition and drawn power from it, the power of God's self-sacrificing affection. In this light, they have been transformed into a very rare and highly-specialized kind of Adept.
It's important to note that all Leper Adepts were given the choice to be healed by God at the moment of their transformation, but for the sake of all those who suffer they decided to keep their affliction and draw special power from it.
Aspect of God: He Who Suffers With Us
AKA: Companions of Lazarus, the Afflicted.
Leper Degrees
== Facts: ==
-Lepers can transform their affliction into a potent weapon, unleashing plagues and diseases that affect only the servants of the Darkness.
-Lepers possess an increased constitution and are naturally immune to pain, allowing them to keep going even after taking a beating.
-Unfortunately, like Abominations and Outcasts, Lepers are at the bottom of the social rung - often even with other Adepts.
-Lepers do interact with other Adepts but they never do so casually. Lepers often search each other out to form mono-Order groups or communities or congregate together in general areas for mutual protection and fellowship. 
-Lepers are usually disfigured somehow by the disease present within their bodies. 
== The Four Horsemen: ==
The Four Horsemen of Christian revelation are Supernatural beings allied to the Order of Lepers. Lepers can develop power to call to them for aid or recieve their blessings in certain situations. Also, when in danger, many Lepers find themselves aided suddenly by these powerful beings who manifest quickly and leave nothing but dead enemies in their wake.
-http://www.gotquestions.org/four-horsemen-apocalypse.html
-http://www.apocalypse-soon.com/the_four_horsemen.htm
== Affliction: ==
All Lepers suffer from a disfiguring disease that drops their social stats to near zero. Actual leprosy is the most common, but birth defects, cancer, and other more 'modern' medical problems have become more publicly known about the Order.
== Factions: ==
-Knights of St. Lazarus = A group of militant Lepers who fight with both melee weapons and their own infectious natures. Opponents fighting the Knights must not only worry about taking damage from their weapons but also just by being near them.
-The Red Shield = The Red Shield is a Faction of the Order of Healers, but for obvious reasons they readily accept Leper Adepts into their ranks as well. The sole purpose of the Red Shield is to work with transnational organizations like the World Health Organization to go into disease outbreak zones and attempt to pacify the situation and find a cure. 
== References: ==
-http://www.openbible.info/topics/leprosy
-http://www.gardenofpraise.com/bibl47s.htm
-http://www.rlhymersjr.com/Online_Sermons/2004/011704_LessonFromLepers.html 
-https://www.youtube.com/user/MysteryDiagnosisTV
Category:Death