Post by Admin;Akira on Jun 1, 2017 17:57:41 GMT
Arcanus Caeremonia
The Arcana 06/2017
The Arcana is a morally questionable secret society composed primarily of gifted individuals. Its primary goal is to maintain world balance, including (but not limited to) making sure that the Darkness doesn’t get too out of control. For the sake of keeping the integrity of the plot’s intrigue, 95% of the members of this society (including most members of the inner circle) do not know how this Darkness works, and those who do are under no obligation to inform the rest of the members, especially not out loud since scrying is a thing that exists. The people who DO know are required to have resistance to mental abilities for the sake of keeping this information out of the hands of people who might try to abuse it. Since the Darkness seems to be focused around this school, some members of the Arcana are also there — not necessarily to eliminate it completely, just to make sure it stays in check. They also likely want to keep tabs on the deity they released into the world long ago, but he doesn't appear to be quite so imminently catastrophic.
The Inner Circle
The group of people running the show is based off of the Major Arcana as found on tarot cards. Each person here must have a fairly well defined job, and will generally not be young enough to be student except in a few special situations. Additionally, it's worth noting that the inner circle is NOT a group of idealists or lofty moral righteousness. After all, with a core goal of keeping the whole world from going to hell, it's easy to forgive a bit of theft, murder, summoning forbidden gods, or mass deception along the way.
At least 2 of these positions should be reserved for people who know about the Darkness (or any other hugely monstrous oddities the world may have lurking in the shadows), but these will either be locked off completely until the plot progresses OR reserved for staff who know what’s up.
At least 1 of these positions will be reserved for a character with power detection and/or omniscient perception for talent and risk scouting.
At least 1 of these positions will be reserved for a character with mind control or something similar. Since they also occasionally deal with political balance, they’ll need someone who can alter minds in some way.
Any one member can have a max of 2 characters in this inner circle, just to make sure 1-2 people aren’t hogging all the fun.
Outer Circle
Outside of the inner circle, the structure is based off of the minor arcana:
Swords for combat-focused members
Pentacles for money-focused members (both the checkbook balancers & the people who give large funds of money in exchange for protection, services from other departments, etc.)
Wands for the tech, mechanics, & runes and seals department (basically the support for swords & cups by supplying all the fun vehicles, weapons, data, and buffs)
Cups for misc. operatives, such as spies, thieves, politicians, & memory-alterers
There can be as many minor arcana as necessary, so any site member can make as many as they want, but try to limit yourselves to no more than three or so.
Current Members:
~Inner Circle~
I The Magician - Kuroki Mahōtsukai
II The High Priestess - Valerie Rousseau / Luka de'Enguarde
III The Empress - Rayne Valentine
IV The Emperor - Sven Kenji
V The Hierophant
VI The Lovers
VII The Chariot
VIII Strength
IX The Hermit
X Wheel of Fortune - Shion Ootori
XI Justice
XII The Hanged Man
XIII Death - Desirae Nazarian
XIV Temperance
XV The Devil
XVI The Tower
XVII The Star
XVIII The Moon - Kat'rielis
XIX The Sun
XX Judgement
XXI The World
XXII The Fool~Outer Circle~
Swords:
Pentacles:
Wands:
Cups:
