Black Sun Cabal

The Black Sun Cabal is believed to be a secret cabal of mages within the Third Reich. Possibly connected to the *Volkstraditionsrat* and *Projektabteilung* Thorwald.

## Overview

The 1931 Badeweiler Conference was held at Wewelsburg castle in Germany. Here envoys from the five conventions of the Technocratic Union met with representatives from the Traditions, Garou, and Camarilla, and signed the Götterdämmerung Protokoll.

The Technocratic attendees at the conference were Direktor Hagen of the NWO, Admiral Wolfgang von Trupf of the Void Engineers, Dr. Wazinski of the Progenitors, Helmut Maier of the Syndicate, and Comptroller Ypsilon of Iteration X. The Tradition delegates were Master Abakuk of the Order of Hermes, Master Alfbrant von der Höllenrune of the Verbena, Dr. Ludenhoff of the Cult of Ecstasy, and Frau Xanthippe from the Euthanathos. The Garou representatives were Ulf Blutadler of the Get of Fenris and Gospodar Vladislav Bakal of the Shadow Lords. The Kindred at the conference were Jonathan Vries van de Gheeven, Prince of Aachen, Johannes Castelein, Prince of Amsterdam, and Gustav Breidenstein, Prince of Berlin. Each of the representatives attended with a secretary and a page, making the Badenweiler Conference perhaps the largest assembly of different supernaturals in history.

These unlikely bedfellows reached an agreement and since then have worked to further the vision of the Third Reich under the Götterdämmerung Protokoll, a covenant ensuring their mutual support as long as they continue working towards the Ascension of the Third Reich. However, even before the conference began, this alliance was cracking.

Unbeknownst to, although suspected by the more cynical of the other the partners, the Technocrats do not plan on sharing the future. Once certain milestones have been reached, they will start eliminating first the vampires, then the werewolves. As for the Tradition mages, their fate will depend on how willing they are to adjust to the Final Paradigm.

Shortly after the Badeweiler Conference, the Mages formed their own alliance, known as the Schwartze Sonne Kabal, the Black Sun Cabal. The mandate of this cabal is to coordinate the efforts of the Mages of the Third Reich, and to resolve any disputes between Technocracy and Traditions. This cabal is made up of six high-ranking masters, each with their own hand-picked Adept. The Masters come from the New World Order, Syndicate, Progenitors, Order of Hermes, Verbena, and Euthanatos. The adepts are given the title of Lictor and outside of the Black Sun Cabal, they speak for the Masters.

Of the six Masters of the Black Sun, two of them are secret Nephandi: Direktor Hagen, the Man in White of the New World Order, and Master Abakuk deVermis bani Flambeau of the Order of Hermes.

### Technocratic Union

All Conventions are well represented in the Third Reich, supporting both the Nazi Party and German science in any way they can. Union efforts within the European fascist states are organized under Special Projects Division Europe, referred to simply as Projektabteilung Thorwald in Germany. It draws its name from the ancient Thorwald Construct where a special Symposium under Direktor Hagen of the New World Order is tasked with overseeing the special project.

### The Council of Nine

The Traditions too are strongly involved in the Third Reich, although not in any fashion as official as the Technocrats. The Tradition Mages largely come from either the Iron Circle, a staunchly Völkisch Verbena cabal that has grown exponentially over the last generation, or the Goethian Party of the Order of Hermes. The Goethian Party is an ideological movement originating within the walls of Doissetep, with its main philosophy being the need for the Order of Hermes to restore the glory of its golden years. This, the Goethians argue, can only be achieved through taking a much more active role in shaping the policies and thought patterns of mortal societies.

Common for the majority of Tradition Mages is that they hide in the occult shadows of Nazi politics and ideology. The rest are opportunists and mercenaries who have found ways to use the spreading chaos for their own profit.

### Nefandi

There are a number of Nephandi hidden in both the Enlightened and the occult societies of Europe in general and Germany in particular. The meatgrinder of World War I shredded the fabric of reality and opened rifts between Earth and Malfeas all across what was known as No Man’s Land. Countless Banes and Nephandi crawled out of these wounds in the Gauntlet, and when then war ended, the social and political chaos left in its wake drew many of these Malfeans to Germany.

The Nephani as a group are not nearly as coordinated as the Technocracy or the Traditions, but the leaders of both factions in Germany are secret Nephandi. Direktor Hagen serves Mikaboshi, the Yama King, and Master Abakuk serves the Maeljin Incarna, the Hon. Maine DuBois, Esq. Both the Nephandi and their masters are unaware of the other party’s involvement.

It is unclear exactly how many Nephandi and fomori there are in Germany, but it is safe to say there are quite a few.