Society of Light

The **Society of Light** was a cult in *Yu-Gi-Oh! GX*, led by Sartorius, who was influenced by the Light of Destruction. They served as the central antagonists of the series' second arc, intent on the planet's destruction.

*"he should have win this!"*

*"then you don't know your friend very well: he wants his skills to be noticed. and now they finally can. if he joined the White Dorm."*

*"you've got to be kidding me."*

*"that's his power. Sartorious rarely duels against his opponents! that's why the guy never loses! instead: he forces his enemies to duel themselves!"*

―Alexis and Aster

History:

On the surface, the agenda of Sartorius and his organization appeared to be world domination starting with Duel Academy by expanding their syndicate, but Sartorius evidently wished to put his stalled fate back into motion through the powers of Alexis, Jaden and Aster. His ultimate goal was to put an end to the "age of darkness" by destroying the planet to restore balance to its imperfect state, and create the world or on a greater scale, the universe anew. Members were brainwashed into the Society's fold by losing to Sartorius or one of his representatives in a Duel, using Sartorius' own mystical powers of fate-prediction and his talent for pushing an opponent's buttons to make them lose faith in their own lives and convince them that joining the Society is a much more preferable alternative.

Duelists reined into the Society in this manner are usually very devoted to its goals and have a deep obsession with the color white because of the fact that they were brainwashed upon their defeat. Essentially, the truth of their obedience is clouded behind the Society, Sartorius, and the lies they are told; they often reject outright or even forget parts of their pre-Society past the more they're in it and ex-members often can't remember anything that they did in the Society beyond the Duel that forced them into it after they're broken free. Only those with incredibly strong wills or those under the influence of outside forces can escape the Society's hold and at its basic level Sartorius' mind control is not necessarily absolute; with some Duelists, aspects of their old personalities can shine through on occasion although this can be rectified should Sartorius exercise more strength in using his powers. The signature card used by the highest ranking members is "White Veil", which represents their belief in the "light of truth." Upon joining, most members become openly obnoxious and arrogant, convinced that their force is unstoppable and that Society members are more important.

*"now that Sartorious' in charge, he's even more dangerous. all he wants to do is further his Society of Light, and he's using us! so we have to stop him! i left my dorm for good. they're Nuts!"*

*"but that's not all. until we figure that out, we got to keep you safe."*

*"huh?"*

*"think about it: you almost lost right?"*

*"i know. i'm starting to think..."*

*"what do you think?"*

*"pretend brainwash to see so many unanswered questions."*

*"we have to find some answers...and see if we can stop this madness...before it's too late..."*

*"i know."*

―Alexis and Aster

Shortly after the second year begins, Chazz is defeated by Sartorius and coerced into joining the organization. From then on, he serves as means of converting the top Obelisk Blue students and by episode 70 most of have been defeated and have "seen the light." In protest, Alexis Duels with Chazz and defeats him to disband the Society to save Duel Academy. unfortunately, Alexis' victory came up short as a day afterwards Sartorious swept Chazz and Obelisk Students back as revenge to rebuild the disbanded Society. Alexis decided to forge an alliance with Aster Phoenix to work together as secret spies to uncover the truth about Sartorious' agenda and plan while Alexis also decided to live with Aster together in a yacht as he's the only one she feels comfortable teaming up with. after designing her own white lavender clothes, Alexis managed to fake her brainwashing by convincing Sartorious to trust her she decided by her own will to join him while not revealing she's spying on him to uncover the truth and lies to which Sartorious gave Alexis missions to help the Society though she disobeyed his orders by leaving the Society of Light party to hangout alone by herself in a shore for comfort while teaming up with Aster in communication chats including saving Mindy Perry and Jasmine Sam by defeating Maitre D and helping Atticus Kaiba sweep some members during the Field Trip to Domino City yet while Sartorious was present, Alexis faked her loyalty to him while standing by his side to avoid getting caught.

*"so that's not Sartorious? his body has been taken over by some power hungry alien? and if he gets keys, he'll control the Sattelite and the fate of the world?"*

*"it looks that way. i'm trying to confirm."*

―Aster and Alexis

During the field trip to Domino City Sartorius confronts Seto Kaiba and requests the use of KaibaLand. Once his request is granted, Jaden and Aster are lured into the virtual world by his sister, Sarina. Upon learning of their victory, Sartorius suddenly becomes more interested in leading them towards their respective dooms. As his sister alludes the universe's threat lies in the Wheel of Fate (Wheel of Fortune), a metaphor for both Sartorius' destiny and the weapon of mass destruction he would later obtain. Alexis eventually stole Sartorious' laptop in episode 81, and uncovered the truth and lies but was caught by Jaden Yuki, Syrus Truesdale and Tyranno Hassleberry and got forced to reveal to them the truth and conspiracy after washing them with water out of frustration. after parting ways with her friends that trust her, Alexis left to the academy's arena to hangout alone by herself for comfort but talked with Chazz in a conversation one hour later after Satorious sent Princeton on a personal mission to check what Alexis is doing. to avoid getting caught, Alexis told Chazz she wants to relax alone to take care of herself for comfort to which she and Princeton relaxed alone as fake allies and talked in a conversation where Alexis talked with Chazz about her future of defeating Yugi Muto and Seto Kaiba. when Chazz expressed how he and Satorious intend to make the whole world see the light, Alexis remained silent by thinking about how to defeat Satorious and save the universe when the time is right.

*"i'm only going to ask this once....WHERE ARE THE KEYYS!?"*

*"i can assure you that they're in the right hands."*

*"THEY'RE WHAT?! YOU FOOL! DO YOU HAVE ANY CLUE WHAT YOU'VE DONE?! WE NEED THEEM!! TO UNLOCK THE SATTELITTEE!! NOW WHO HAS THEEM!?"*

*"why the chosen duelists of course. i knew i wasn't strong enough to fight you. so i simply gave the keys to someone who is."*

*"\*punch\*"*

*"...THEY CAN'T STOP ME!! ...NOBODY CAN!!"*

―Light of Destruction and Sartorious

In episode 82, Chazz begins recruiting top students of Ra Yellow for the Society of Light which leads Bastion to challenge Sartorius to a Duel. Sartorius sends Chazz in place of himself and Bastion allows himself to be defeated in order to become a member of the organization after making a catastrophic mistake and dumb decision of not securing the short lived legacy Alexis secured. Two episodes later, under Sartorius' request, Chancellor Sheppard invites Prince Ojin of the Misgarth kingdom to participate in the Genex Tournament. Sartorius thus acquires the control switch for the most dangerous mind-control satellite known to the world (**S.O.R.A.** along with the two keys for its activation by defeating him in a Duel. To prevent his evil side from instigating world destruction, Sartorius approaches Jaden and Aster and gives them the keys while Alexis is the ultimate chosen one to save the universe and destroy the light. In response, his evil personality assigns more Dueling assassins to win the keys back but is unsuccessful.

*"so hold on! does this Light mean!?"*

*"Yes. it havocs Destruction!"*

―Sheppard and Pegasus

In episode 97, Pegasus reveals the origins of the Society of Light. In the dark recesses of space, several hundreds of millions of years ago, a white hole released the dark matter of a black hole as well as a great energy known as the **Surge of Light** which bombarded the Earth throughout the course of history, propagating wars, disasters, crimes, and dictatorships. The "Ultimate D-Card" created by Aster's father was corrupted by such energy and caused both Sartorius and Pro League king, The D, to develop split personalities. Because of its infectious properties that rival the powers of the Egyptian God Cards and Sacred Beast Cards, as well as his concern that Aster will be harmed should it ever arrive in his hands, Pegasus wishes to seal the card away before it brings an end to the world.

In episode 100 Aster breaks into Obelisk Blue looking for Sartorius and finds him waiting in the Society of Light's private Duel field, the **Great White Temple**. Intending to keep his promise of saving Sartorius from his destiny of becoming a destroyer, Aster considers relinquishing his key to Misgarth's satellite but is persuaded by Jaden to do otherwise. Recognizing the present Sartorius as an impostor posing as his dearest friend, he wagers the key in a Duel but despite help from Sartorius Good personality The Light of Destruction unleashes "Arcana Force EX - The Light Ruler" to end the Duel.

*"Forgive me...it's my fault that things went this far...i was weak...and i fought harder, i could have prevented the light from endangering you all!!"*

―Sartorious

Following Aster's defeat Jaden takes his place to determine the fate of the world by Dueling Sartorius. While the battle is taking place, Chazz successfully reverts all of the Society of Light's members back to their former selves with the assistance of a group of Obelisk Blue students thereby releasing Duel Academy from the Society's grip. Having obtained both keys due to a blunder on Jaden's part, Sartorius takes complete control of Ojin and orders him to the fire the mind-control satellite and Jaden loses the duel after Elemental HERO Grand Neos was removed from play and banished by Bottomless Trap Hole. Although it does cause some damage to the planet's surface, Sarina hacks into the satellite's programming to disable it allowing both "Blue-Eyes White Night Dragon" and Blue-Eyes White Dragon to destroy the satellite. Shortly afterward, Alexis defeats Sartorius and the portion of The Light of Destruction possessing Sartorius is sealed away forever.

## Members:

* Sartorius - As the puppet leader of the insidious cult and a fortune teller, he was controlled by The Light of Destruction to do its dirty work.
* Chazz Princeton - A brash Duelist carrying feelings of inferiority, Sartorius uses these feelings to convince Chazz to join him. During his time as a member, Chazz served as Sartorius' main enforcer.
* Alexis Kaiba - A powerful strongest top female Duelist who led the resistance effort against the mass conversion of the Obelisk Blue dorms and succeed in a victory defeating Chazz to disband the Society of Light forcing Sartorious to rebuild the Society by defeating Chazz and further students back as revenge. however while spying to uncover the truth, Alexis faked her loyalty by convincing and fooling Sartorious she decided by her own will to join him and became the leader's main deadliest enemy that defeated him in the final battle for the fate of the universe after Jaden and Aster lost in two unfortunate possible outcomes.
* Bastion Misawa - A cool and calculating Duelist who yearns for attention and praise for his talents, like Chazz, Sartorius uses these feelings to convince Bastion to join him, though it is implied that he was faking. He left by his own free will and is the only member who was never defeated while in the society.
* Prince Ojin - A professional Duelist and the prince of the kingdom of Misgarth, he participates in the Genex Tournament by Sartorius' request and later joins the Society of Light after his loss. He gives Sartorius control over Misgarth's private satellite as part of a bargain they made before their Duel.
* Princess Rose - An Obelisk Blue who claims to see Duel spirits, she Duels Jaden before the field trip.
* Howard X Miller - A Pro League Duelist in the original anime and Sartorius' lawyer in the English dub, he Duels and loses to Jaden.
* Alien of Light - An agent of the Light of Destruction sent to Neo Space, it is the first to Duel Jaden and his new Neos Deck.
* Bob Banter - A former Obelisk Blue student with an affinity for game shows and harbors.
* Lorenzo - A former Obelisk Blue student and the champion of the **Shooting Game**,
* Taiyou Torimaki/Raizou Mototani - Former Obelisk Blue students who used to be Chazz Princeton's friends. They were were some of the first to be defeated and join the Society.
* Ishiki Erishi/America Uchimura - Former Ra Yellow students who used to be Bastion Misawa's friends. They were defeated by Chazz Princeton.