Order of the Eclipse

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The Order of the Eclipse was a group of samurai determined to extinguish all light on Musea, up to and including the sun. Eclipse samurai adopted the benefit of darkness as a spiritual alliance that forms a guiding principle in not only how they fight, but every aspect of their lives. They were devoted to darkness itself.
The Eclipse's home was an extradimensional headquarters outside Shokushu, the entrance to which was disguised as a puddle of some opaque, black liquid. This headquarters was shrouded in darkness completely, and its gravity pulled objects sideways instead of down.
== History ==
In 8,900 BC, a shokucirri named Dusk attempted to cross the Wall of Worlds, nearly being killed in the process. He caught a brief glimpse of the sky outside of the wall and was traumatized by the experience. He vowed to blot out the sun, forming the Order of the Eclipse.
The order was destroyed not long before 361 TC when Goyoku and her band of pirates ransacked their headquarters and killed every last samurai, leaving only one alive: Twilight. Goyoku was after the Moonscythe of the Shifting Shade, the most sacred of the Eclipse's artifacts. The Moonscythe was a naginata that contained the souls of every samurai who ever died under the Eclipse banner. Twilight joined Goyoku's crew on the condition that the Moonscythe be left where it was. Eventually, Twilight died in Goyoku's service, and her soul entered the Moonscythe. As the last of the Eclipse, Twilight became the blade's speaker.
In 361 TC, Dab, Russer, and Daegan ventured into the abandoned Eclipse headquarters to discover what Goyoku left behind. They recovered the Moonscythe and turned it over to the Black Wardens. As far as anyone knows, it has been sitting in the Wardens' vaults ever since.
== Edicts ==
The edicts of the Order of the Eclipse made it difficult for any samurai without darkvision to operate in its ranks. Those without darkvision were not explicitly banned, however.
* The samurai cannot create light where it is not necessary—anything that can be done in darkness should be. 
* The samurai must enforce their place within this order and recognize its authority, obeying those senior to them without question and demanding total obedience from those beneath them.
* The samurai must take every opportunity to extinguish the lights of their foes.