The Cabal and The Order

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In some ways, opposite sides of the same coin, The Cabal and The Order are two clandestine organizations revolving around the The Reaper, a personification of a force of nature bent on restoring a balance to the flow of energy from the Spirit to reality. Members of The Cabal are people from all nations of Indagar and even from foreigners who have been possessed and consumed by Reaper Energy. Having been ingesting Reaper Energy through tainted Spirits, The Cataclysm saw the moment where [{Reaper Energy]] truly forced its way into reality, possessing the people of Konagara and laying waste to the city. From there, those possessed by Reaper Energy are mad, consumed with the desire to bring death and destruction to the world, a desire not fully understood by them but driven by the need of The Reaper to return the energy of magic back to the Spirit.

Members of The Cabal are not raving lunatics or monsters but rather people possessed by a determination to destroy or dismantle that which is. They operate together as a clandestine organization, infiltrating all walks of society among all nations of Indagar as high up as advisers to Kings, Sultans, and Chieftains. Reaper Energy is a powerful influence, controlling the mind and desires of those it has overtaken. It also floods their bodies and minds with power, increasing their mental capacity and physical attributes to super human levels. Based in the Dead Lands, The Cabal is a secret society bent on sowing discord and attempts to bring chaos wherever it goes. Powered by Reaper Energy, powerful cabalists, necromancers, and ritualists can summon the energy in the form of magical constructs, unleashing shambling hordes of seeming apparitions and monstrous warriors to destroy cities. Hidden from most, The Cabal operates in secret, using political positioning and subterfuge to sow chaos while necromancers, operating from the shadows, prepare to strike with armies that can be summoned from thin air. The Cabal represents the most dangerous threat to all of Indagar as its very existence isn't even recognized by the other, larger factions.

Standing against The Cabal is The Order. After the Long Journey to the Lake, The Order was established by Grand Master Kha Van Huu after support from the Bear Shamans of the Great Forest Tribes enabled him to conquer the Reaper Energy that possessed him and regain control of his mind. Having lived with the intense desire for destruction clouding his brain, Grand Master Kha Van Huu set out to capture cabalists like himself and began converting them to another cause, that of The Order. The Order knows about the secret society of The Cabal and seeks to stop its destruction of Indagar. Made up of converted cabalists, The Order also conscripts individuals who have once been possessed by The Reaper but have now overcome the possession. This leaves beings which are still energized by raw Reaper Energy and as such also have increased mental faculties and physical attributes of cabalists. Further, they also maintain the ability to summon armies of magical constructs and command Reaper Energy to their bidding. As its own secret society, The Order acts as the inquisition with a single thought that is the destruction of The Cabal by any means necessary. They claim the City on the Lake as their home, and from there, through clandestine operations, they operate via the shadows to hunt down and destroy The Cabal and any who harbor them.

## The Cabal and The Order Links

Cabal Army

Cabal Time Line

Cabal Back Story

Order Army

Order Time Line

Order Back Story

--Neil (talk) 16:08, 25 October 2016 (AST)