The Righteous

The Righteous are a collection of men and women around the world who must pray, nonstop, for days, weeks or months on end, to keep the barrier between our frail world and the regions of hell apart. If they would ever fail, the Veil could be ruptured and the hordes of hell would come crashing through into our world.
At any given time they number around 40 people, and legend has it that if their numbers should ever drop below 10, it would trigger the End of Days...
== Facts: ==
-Man's sin is so great, the Veil between earth and hell has been weakened - the Righteous is designed to stem that problem and reinforce the failing wall in the face of man's concupiscence.
-The prayers and devotions of the Righteous is what generates and helps maintain the Veil.
-The Order of Righeous takes its roots from the story in Genesis of God and Abraham watching as Sodom was destroyed.  God's promise not to obliterate the city if He could find ten righteous is the foundation of the entire Order.