S.I.N.

The Seats of Infinite Night (often abbreviated as S.I.N. or SIN) are a mysterious organisation that protects & patrols the mystic arts and the occult.

## Seats of Infinite Night

### Members

* Wanderer
* Mesa
* Teardrop
* Pandora

### Previous Members

* Krux
* The Willing
* Tane Ordoño
* Kåre the Yellow Light
* Dy'ri Al-Alf
* Etzin the Mason
* Alia of the Broken Will
* Mother Compendium

## Origin

"OPPOSITIO INFERATIS PER PORTAS, VERSARI CONSTIBILIS" -

AT THE GATES OF OPPOSITION, WE STAND STRONG

Formation by small collection of magic users, otherworldly being and the early beginnings of Altum & Ortuschildren. They agreed to act as overseers to their own growing numbers, and the changing boundaries between light/dark.

These were brought together by —.

Over centuries their numbers grew exponentially, creating a bloated council that were dysfunctional for their original purpose. Membership relied heavily on bloodlines and created an elitist organisation.

## **The Cleansing**

Gadeas, an ancient Goddess of light & cleansing, grew weary of the incompetence of the organisation and decided that SIN needed purging. She would secretly manipulate ALIA (the child of a longstanding legacy Seat) into becoming her pawn, and they would move up the ranks of the organisation using her deity abilities.

This caused massive tensions in the organisation, until eventually ALIA was convinced to kill their own parents and a mass amount of high ranking officials as a way to take control of SIN. (means justify the ends?) Gadeas was revealed as the manipulator and the newly anointed Alia of the Broken Will was placed in ‘jail’ - but the damage was done within SIN and the power structure shifted once more. The surviving officials decided to keep their numbers smaller. Officially, this was meant to streamline the organisation, but in actuality it was a way to consolidate power for themselves.

These ‘core’ officials revolutionised SIN with their own abilities and intentions. Etzin the Mason was able to construct the PORTARIUM, a huge structure that would house SIN, and JOO YUN used their altum abilities to disconnect it from time/space - allowing them to move freely away from the ‘mortal realm’. This new dimension became known as ACIES. KÅRE THE YELLOW LIGHT allowed travel between Portarium and dimensions via their ortuschild abilities. This allowed SIN to oversee/protect the world without being limited by the constraints of time; and also removed from threats such as Gadeas.

## **The Abandonment**

During a worldwide pandemic caused by the followers of Maleficis, a demon god, many agents of SIN were dispatched onto Earth. In the ensuring battle, KÅRE THE YELLOW LIGHT (the only one with access across the dimension) was killed in action. This severed the connection between the earth-bound agents of SIN and the Portarium. Despite the best efforts to reconnect on either side, the earth-bound agents disbanded and returned to ‘normal’ life in the current earth timeline (early medieval times - this would result in the re-emergence of magic in earth history).

## **Colony Era**

SADRA, a wise man in the Persian Empire, became enamoured with SŒTA, one of these remaining magic users ancestors. The stories she would tell him encouraged him to rediscover a connection between the dimensions. After decades of searching, he discovers a way to cross into the lost dimension - and it becomes the rediscovery of PORTARIUM.

In these lost times (as time passes differently, there is no knowing how long the structure was unattended), those left behind on Portarium seemingly succumb to old age. Only one SIN council member, **MOTHER COMPENDIUM** survived, using her magic to keep herself and a small contingent alive in stasis, but at the cost of her own sanity.

Sadra, alongside his now-wife SŒTA - declared this as their home, and reinstated SIN with the help of the remaining group. This became the start of the ‘greatest period’ of SIN, and would create a long held dynasty for the organisation. Sadra and his wife created a family, which would eventually lead to the birth of Dy’ri Al-Alf.

## **Dy’Ri Era**

Dy’ri (despite no powers of his own) became the leader of SIN, overseeing its transformation into the powerful entity that the original founders envisioned. Utilising all of the history he had learnt from the vast archives inside the Portarium, he was able to navigate SIN into a strict but effective organisation that protected the world from the unknown. Dy’ri collected together a mass amount of humans, altum, ortuschild & otherworldly beings into the Portarium, effectively repopulating it, but with strict regulations to avoid the previous swelling of numbers. Whilst popular within SIN, Dy’ri felt his lack of powers made him unrelateable to some of the agents working for him.

SIN soon caught the attention of the powerful being named Cybele. A displaced Titan from her own dimension, Cybele began to crave for the power she once held back home. Using her magical abilities, Cybele was able to physically crash the dimensional barrier into ACIES and access Portarium. Recognising her powers, Dy’Ri offered her a place as his companion - acting as his voice when it comes to altum & interdimensional threats.

This partnership was quickly fraught with disagreements, with Cybele believing herself a much more powerful and efficient leader. Cybele saw the layers of organisation within SIN to be nothing more than bureaucracy - and that her definite leadership would be much more efficient. Utilising her powers, Cybele was able to oust Dy’ri from the Portarium and forcefully take over SIN. This resulted in an all-out war between those loyal to Dy’ri and Cybele herself. Vowing not to kill, she instead transferred them out of ACIES and back into Earth - removing vast amounts of magical energy in the process. Dy’ri would slowly collect these followers over time, creating a movement of his own called ’The Willing’ - who vow to return to Portarium somehow.

## **Modern Era**

This created the current iteration of SIN - under the total control of Cybele. Although initially convinced to follow through SIN operations alone, she soon grew lonely and exhausted from the workload. She would recruit new agents through her own methods, creating a core group that answered to her only.

Cybele rejected the traditions of SIN, abandoning Portarium for a new base called HEMISPHERE HOUSE - a constantly shifting & evolving space that resembles a modern home on Earth. The abandoned Portarium continues to exist, empty once again.

Utilising the human concepts of mysticism and sorcery; Cybele created a mythology around SIN that was more accessible to her human agents. They would pledge loyalty to her and the mission (despite being a worthy mission; it is now framed by Cybele’s own questionable morality). The true history of SIN was kept hidden; but this long and bloodied history cannot be buried forever.

## Entering the World

Her core team eventually consisted of Wanderer, Mesa & Teardrop (which Cybele saw as the perfect balance of Air, Earth & Water - with herself being the Fire). From her position outside of normal time restraints, Cybele grew colder towards humanity and the needs of emotions, finding comfort in her team alone. Even when she heard of the death of her sister and her family; she decided not to act, as it fell outside the remit of S.I.N. proper. However after this event, she took intense interest in the surviving twins (her niece & nephew) and watched their lives develop. During the events of the Night of the Netherworlders; the family was ripped apart again when Pandora was killed in action. Surprisingly even to herself, this broke Cybele's heart and she acted on instinct - resurrecting the young superhero to join her mission with S.I.N. This would eventually launch S.I.N. into a more visible position within the world of superheroes.