5. Discuss the perceived benefits of their envisioned future: The text mentions that the Cabal believes their sacrifices will be worth it once their fair and just age is reached. Consider elaborating on the specific benefits they envision for society under their new order. Highlight the positive changes they hope to bring, such as equality, justice, and the removal of exploitation and suffering. This will emphasize their idealistic vision and make their cause more compelling.
Through their devotion to their enigmatic guide and their resolute adherence to their cause, the Castigian Cabal seeks to dismantle the prevailing power structures (both in society and in the world's workings), whom they see as corrupt and unfair, and construct a society they deem fair and just, where all are given their rightful place. While most members are driven by a sense of personal injustice and a desire for their rightful place, the Cabal tries to instill in them that only through absolute commitment and unwavering loyalty can their goals be achieved.
-The Cabal thrives in secrecy and manipulation, employing the shadows as their ally, and embracing the sacrifices and dark paths necessary to pave the way for their envisioned future. Guided by Shar, they navigate a complex web of influence, confident in their destined role to reshape the world in alignment with their beliefs.
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The Cabal is acutely aware that they stand little chance in reaching their goals should all of the other influential factions in Marcandria decide to unite against them. They thus place great emphasis on maintaining secrecy, and go to great lengths to make sure their plans and schemes remain unknown and their existence remain unnoticed. The acts they commit may cause a lot of reaction within Marcandrian society, but they always make sure that no evidence points back to them, and that there are no indicators that an event is part of a larger scheme. Maintaining secrecy is thus a goal in and of itself for the Cabal, one that they go to great lengths to maintain. The Cabal also strives to keep their adversaries divided and in conflict with one another. This aims tie down and expend their adversaries' resources, both to reduce the risk of discovery, and to prevent them from being able to interfere with the Cabal's schemes.
-The Cabal constantly aims to recruit influential individuals from other factions, and often entice them with promises of prominent positions in their envisioned future to help persuade them. Those who are approached but refuse to join the cause are either killed off or forced to cooperate through the use of coercion and threats. Anything the person holds dear, be that possessions, reputation, or loved ones, may be threatened—with the Cabal having both the means and a history of following through on such threats if necessary.
-The Cabal seeks to control those who cannot be swayed through infighting or conflicts with other factions. By weakening adversaries or diverting their resources, the Cabal aims to usurp their positions or render them too preoccupied to interfere with their plans. Each of the major faction presents a unique scenario, due to organization and how deep the Cabal is able to infiltrate their existing ranks, thus requiring tailored strategies from the Cabal to achieve their objectives for each of these factions effectively.
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Many of the members seek to place themselves as high up the social hierarchy as possible in the Cabal's envisioned future, with the Cabal leveraging promises of specific positions in their envisioned future as a way to entice potential recruits. Those who feel they have been unjustly denied an advancement by their superior is often offered their superior's position in the envisioned future in order to convince them to join their cause.
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-Individual members do of course have it as their personal goal to make sure their rightful place is as high up in the social hierarchy as possible. The Cabal often uses promises of granting people a specific position in their new envisioned future as a way to help convince them to join their cause, with those who feel they have been unjustly denied advancement by their superior often being offered their superior's position in the envisioned future.
-The Cabal see it as vital to continuously expand their reach and influence through the recruit of new members.
-Their schemes are also constantly aimed at elevating the influence of their existing members, consequently increasing the Cabal's influence and resources in the process. The organization perpetually engages in schemes to convert members who joined due to opportunism into faithful members fully dedicated to the Cabal's cause.
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The Cabal is in constant need of recruiting new members to expand their reach and influence, and thus always have numerous schemes ongoing that aim to either convince someone to join them as a faithful member, or force someone to serve the Cabal through coercions and threats.
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Shar, their enigmatic and mysterious guide, possess an entirely different set of goals than those the Cabal have. She has grown tired of the others deities' ploy - who sought to isolate the world from the realms beyond, leaving all of the deities unable to interfere with the world. Luckily for her, the seal is imperfect, and slowly deteriorating, with more and more cracks slowly appearing. Shar seeks to undo the seal those deities placed upon the world, in a way that is favorable to he, by making sure the biggest cracks that appear when the seal shatters are linked to where Shar herself is strong - the Shadowfell. With this, she aims to have an upper necessary to make the world fall to entropy - to crumble and succumb, leaving only disorder, darakness, and loss, where all are ultimately forced under her sway.
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While individual members strive for personal advancement within the social hierarchy, the Cabal leverages promises of specific positions in their envisioned future to entice potential recruits. Those who join the cause are seen as vital for expanding the Cabal's reach and influence. Consequently, the organization perpetually engages in schemes to persuade individuals to become faithful members or to coerce and force others into serving their interests.
-In contrast to the Cabal's aspirations, Shar, their enigmatic guide, harbors distinct goals. Discontented with the deities' ploy to isolate the world from the realms beyond, she seeks to dismantle the seal that restrains them. Shar aims to ensure that the seal's eventual shattering aligns with her own strength in the Shadowfell, allowing her to exert dominion over the ensuing chaos and darkness, precipitating the world's descent into entropy.
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many of their schemes are rdesigned to either reduce the resources and influence of an adverrsary, or increase their own influence and resources. These can be as simple as trying to bankrupt a competitor, or try
-many of their schemes are designed to either diminish the influence and resourrces of one of their adversaries, or to increase the influence and resources of one of their members. This can be as simple as securing their member a higher position in whichever other faction they are also a member off. It could also be bringing an adversary to ruin in order to open up such a position in the first place.
+Through their devotion to their enigmatic guide and their resolute adherence to their cause, the Castigian Cabal seeks to dismantle the prevailing power structures (both in society and in the world's workings), whom they see as corrupt and unfair, and construct a society they deem fair and just, where all are given their rightful place. While most members are driven by a sense of personal injustice and a desire for their rightful place, the Cabal tries to instill in them that only through absolute commitment and unwavering loyalty can their goals be achieved. The Cabal thrives in secrecy and manipulation, employing the shadows as their ally, and embracing the sacrifices and dark paths necessary to pave the way for their envisioned future. Guided by Shar, they navigate a complex web of influence, confident in their destined role to reshape the world in alignment with their beliefs.
+The Cabal is acutely aware that they stand little chance in reaching their goals should all of the other influential factions in Marcandria decide to unite against them. They thus place great emphasis on maintaining secrecy, and go to great lengths to make sure their plans and schemes remain unknown and the organization's existence unnoticed. The acts they commit may cause a lot of reaction within Marcandrian society, but they always make sure that no evidence points back to them, and that there are no indicators that an event is part of a larger scheme. Maintaining secrecy is thus a goal in and of itself for the Cabal, one that they go to great lengths to maintain. The Cabal also strives to keep their adversaries divided and in conflict with one another. This aims tie down and expend their adversaries' resources, both to reduce the risk of discovery, and to prevent them from being able to interfere with the Cabal's schemes—be that accidentally or intentionally.
+The Cabal constantly aims to recruit influential individuals from other factions, and often entice them with promises of prominent positions in their envisioned future to help persuade them. Those who feel they have been unjustly denied advancement by their superior are often offered their superior's place. Those who are approached but refuse to join the cause are either killed off or forced to cooperate through the use of coercion and threats. Anything the person holds dear, be that possessions, reputation, or loved ones, may be threatened—with the Cabal having both the means and a history of following through on such threats if necessary. They do have to remain careful though, as too much blood in too short a timespan could cause the other major factions to start investigating. The Cabal is in constant need of recruiting new members to expand their reach and influence, and thus always have numerous schemes ongoing that aim to either convince someone to join them as a faithful member, or force someone to serve the Cabal through coercions and threats.
+The Cabal seeks to control those who cannot be swayed through covertly instigating infighting or conflicts with other factions. By weakening adversaries or diverting their resources, the Cabal aims to usurp their positions or render them too preoccupied to interfere with their plans. Each of the major faction presents a unique scenario, due to organization and how deep the Cabal is able to infiltrate their existing ranks, thus requiring tailored strategies from the Cabal to achieve their objectives for each of these factions effectively.
+Most of the Cabal's schemes aims to either increase the position of one of their members, or decrease that of one of their adversaries. This may refer to both the position and influence they hold, or the resources they have available. It could be as simple as securing their member a higher position in whichever other faction they are also a member off. It could also be bringing an adversary to ruin in order to open up such a position in the first place.
+Individual members also have their own personal goals, which most often entails securing themselves as high a position as possible in the Cabal's envisioned future. A decent chunk of the Cabal's recruits thus initially join due to opportunism, with the Cabal perpetually engaging in schemes to persuade new recruits into becoming truly faithful and committed to the Cabal's cause.
+In contrast to the Cabal's aspirations, Shar, their enigmatic guide, harbors distinct goals. Discontent with the other deities ploy to seal off the world from the realms beyond—thus making beings from these places, like the deities themselves, unable to enact influence upon the world—she aims to exploit the seal's imperfect and deteriorating nature to inflict a great breach to a place where she is strong—the Shadowfell. She aims to use this breach to exert dominion upon the world: to make the world fall to entropy - to crumble and succumb, leaving only disorder, darkness, and loss, where all are ultimately forced under her sway. Shar aims to use the Cabal to help her make this breach. Shar holds no love for her servants in the Cabal, seeing them as little more than tools to be discarded when no longer needed. It is ironic that, just like they covertly manipulate people to serve their interests, so does Shar manipulate the Cabal to serve hers.
Core, Inner Circle, Middle Circle, Outer Circle?