The Onyx Order

*Founding Date: 3106
*Type: religious, cult
*Alternative Names: The Ebon Triad
*Legislative Body: At the pinnacle of the Onyx Order's power, the High Council consisted of three influential leaders representing each of the three deities—Zon-Kuthon, Norgorber, and Dahak. They hold absolute authority and make crucial decisions regarding the cult's operations and rituals. High Council members are typically secretive figures, seldom seen in public, and are revered as the ultimate embodiment of the Onyx Order's goals.
*Location: cults have been discovered and uprooted in Cauldron and outside Diamond Lake, Ustalav
*Known Notable Members:
**Faceless One, male human wizard, worshipper of Norgorber — DECEASED
**Grallak Kur, male grimlock cleric of Dahak — DECEASED
**Tarkilar, male gnoll huecuva cleric of Dahak — DECEASED
**Theldrick, male human cleric of Zon-Kuthon — DECEASED
**Tongue-Eater, male half-orc were-baboon barbarian — DECEASED
**Triel Eldurast, female human fighter/cleric of Zon-Kuthon — DECEASED
**(unrevealed theoretical worshipper of Norgorber that escaped the Kopru Ruins) — AT LARGE
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The Onyx Order, or Ebon Triad, is an evil cult of heretics from the churches of three evil Golarion deities - Zon-Kuthon, Norgorber, and Dahak. They believe that, through their actions, they can merge the power of their three deities into one overdeity of extreme and unimaginable power. The Onyx Order has cells throughout the Inner Sea Region, each working to raise funds to finance their ambitious project.
The official churches of Zon-Kuthon, Norgorber and Dahak are displeased with the foundation of the Onyx Order. Tradition and belief have always kept these three churches at odds with one other, and most of these faithful have no wish to see the glory and power of their patron deity "diluted" through mixing with "lesser" religions. The fact that their deities continue to grant spells to the cultists of the Onyx Order is vexing and disturbing to the traditionalists, especially the church of Zon-Kuthon, whose rigid faith in the Midnight Lord cannot square the contradiction. Word of the heresy has not spread far from the three churches, who keep accounts brutally suppressed before the radical ideas of the Onyx Order gain more converts.
However, to most people, the idea that a mortal cult could bind gods as powerful as Zon-Kuthon, Norgorber, and Dahak are extremely doubtful, even preposterous. However, there are those in seats of power and influence who have contributed to the coffers of the Order.
==History==
*3106: The Onyx Order is established.
*6 Neth 4703 AR: The Keepers of the Cauldron adventuring company discovers the Onyx Order's Holy Symbol on a Were-Baboon, called Tongue-Eater, while trying to rescue the High-Priest, Sarcem Delasharn, and retrieve the eight wands of control water at the Lucky Monkey roadhouse.
*8 Neth 4703 AR: Tracking the crime back to Cauldron, the Keepers arrive at the hidden cave, the party finds that it contains the crumbling ruins of several stone buildings... the last few remnants of an ancient city of a sinister race of creatures known as the kopru. Worse, it seemed that Triel Eldurast had become a cleric of Zon-Kuthon and allied herself with two other religious zealots seemingly in alignment with the Onyx Order. While the heroes never locate the Norgorber cultist, they also destroy an undead cultist of Dahak.
==Military==
===The Blackguard===
The Blackguard are elite warriors and enforcers within the cult, serving as guardians, enforcers of discipline, and protectors of its secrets. They are deeply committed to the cult’s cause. They are feared and respected within the organization for their martial prowess and unwavering loyalty.
Within the Onyx Order, the Blackguard holds many roles:
*Guardians: They protect key locations, artifacts, and high-ranking cult members.
*Enforcers: They maintain discipline within the cult and deal with internal threats or traitors.
*Secret Keepers: Protected the cult's most guarded secrets and conducted covert operations.
*Frontline Warriors: In any conflict, they are often at the forefront, leading assaults or defending key positions.
These enforcers are well-versed in combat and may possess special abilities granted by the deities they worship. They work closely with sect leaders to identify threats, eliminate traitors, and maintain secrecy. Enforcers also handle security for important cult gatherings.
===Ebon Guardians===
The Ebon Guardians are an order of druids who believe that they are restoring a new natural order by serving the Onyx Order. They see the creation of the Overgod as a necessary cataclysm to cleanse and renew the natural world.
==Mythology & Lore==
From the fanatical peripheries of the three evil churches comes a blasphemous doctrine known as the Way of the Onyx Order, an anonymously penned collection of essays and scrolls soaked in phantasmagoric allegory and apocalyptic ecstasy. The Way outlines in vague terms a series of rituals and portentous events that culminate in the spiritual and physical adhesion of Zon-Kuthon, Norgorber and Dahak into a supremely powerful overdeity. Outlaws, even within their own blasphemous religions, adherents to the Way of the Onyx Order travel the world in search of fellow wanderers, often banding together to influence important events and edge the world of Golarion closer to catastrophe.
===Divine Origins===
According to the prophecies written within several unholy scripts such as the "Necronomicon", the "Libris Mortis", the "Book of Vile Darkness", and the "Apostolic Scrolls" (as well as doctrine known as the "Way of the Ebon Triad"), the formation of the Overgod has been foretold for well over a thousand years. The final prophecy written in the "Way of the Ebon Triad" states:
 A Tripartite Spirit shall once again become one, and at its advice will the Mighty be undone.
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