Esoteric Order Of Dagon

The Esoteric Order of Dagon is the largest of a network of cults that worship and seek the favor of the Eldritch. The reasons for why humans would want to join such an organization are numerous and terrible; to seek the favor of the Outer Gods, to seek transcendence over human mortality, and to gain greater wealth and occult power for themselves. 
== Facts: ==
-The original Esoteric Order of Dagon was founded by Obed Marsh, a human devotee of the Eldritch known as Dagon. Obed had encountered some of Dagon's cultists on an island in Polynesia where he learned of the occult history of the Eldritch and soon adopted the native's bizarre religious traditions. 
-Obed returned to New England and orchestrated the birth and growth of the Esoteric Order of Dagon. 
-For many decades, the EooD silently grew in size and strength, however it was eventually found out. The Sons of Liberty and Irregularity Assesment Syndicate launched an assault on the Order, attacking their hometown of Innsmouth early one morning with a two-pronged assault by both land and sea. 
-However, the EooD is merely the face of a hidden, global network of cults dedicated to the Eldritch. It is not actually a single organization, but a confederation of cults and individuals bound to the will of the Outer Gods and Great Old Ones. 
-The Esoteric Order of Dagon, as fashioned by Obed Marsh, was originally structured as a form of Freemasonry. However, this relationship to the Fraternal Order of Builders is merely a facade, and actual Freemasons have nothing to do with the worship of the Outer Gods. 
-New recruits to the EooD must swear 3 oaths: that they will keep the secrets of the Order, that they will defend the Order from all of its enemies, and finally, that they will sire children with the Deep Ones or similar servitors of the Eldritch. 
-The EooD is deeply embedded in the Occult Underground. 
-The primary patrons of the EooD is Dagon and Cthulhu, although there are plenty of other Eldritch active within the Chapter, including Nyarlathotep, Yog-Sothoth, and Shub Niggurath. 
-The EooD is the principle opposite of Miskatonic University, a Chapter of Adepts who do not worship the Eldritch but instead keep an eye on them and their followers. 
-The official symbol or insignia of the Esoteric Order of Dagon is a stylized eye within a triangle. 
-While the EooD was driven from its home of Innsmouth, the Order survives and has rebuilt several new homes for itself, most of them in coastal regions around the world. It survives further persecution by keeping a low profile, often fashioning itself as a church group, religious movement, or fraternal organization of some kind. Meetings are always private and fiercely guarded. 
-The EooD views as all members of the Order of Gnostics as automatic affiliates to their Chapter. 
-The vast majority of Adepts within the EooD are Gnostics. However, there is a large following of Theists behind Azathoth. 
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