Cardinals

The Cardinals are seven agents empowered by the Dark Court to carry out their wishes alongside various other agents and units of theirs, being selected to fulfill specific roles and complete certain objectives. Notable for having certain Magickal markings known as "Perdition Seals" set on different parts of their bodies, these Seals act as trackers for the Cardinals' movements, sources for power and physical augmentation, and, should a Cardinal go rogue, an explosive deterrent.
== History ==
The Cardinals were created as a group to lead Daemonic interests in Aeos and secretly work to supplant known enemies of the Dark Court and other threatening governments. In the beginning, the Cardinals numbered roughly 20 or more agents, each augmented with Perdition Seals. However, after the discovery on Acharon in which the Cardinal Vindica Forlo was exposed and killed, it was decided that the Cardinals would never number more than seven at a time to keep suspicions low, and that their work would further have to be hidden to prevent another Acharon.
Each of the seven Cardinals are codenamed after a certain principle vice, with the areas of their Perdition Seals symbolically alluding to their vice in question.
== Aspects ==
Each Cardinal takes after a specific vice, or "Aspect", of the Qliphoth. They have the sigils of these aspects burned onto their bodies in the form of Perdition Seals, servings as links to their Daevora masters.
== Known Cardinals ==
*Ozia'la'Voria - Pride
*Scourge - Envy
*Takiim - Wrath
*Unknown - Lust
*Iskar Foseth - Greed
*Kinza Gordolia - Gluttony
*Unknown - Sloth
== Abilities ==
While at a glance, a Perdition Seal seems like nothing more than a runic tattoo, it is actually a powerful Daemonic rune that empowers the one it is cast upon, allowing them to have heightened senses, strength, speed, perception, reflexes, and even a small regenerative factor. However, unlike the attributes a Slayer possesses, Cardinals are unable to single out any specific species (in the Slayer's case, Daemons). They do not gain any other notable physical features with the Seal in its default state, but can tap into it to gain an increase to their attributes for a limited time, though to do so seems to be exhausting and can lead to serious injury or death for the Cardinal.
== Trivia ==
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