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 title: The Castigian Cabal
 description: 
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-date: 2024-10-06T16:26:52.898Z
+date: 2024-10-06T17:53:10.738Z
 tags: game-master, castigian cabal, cabal
 editor: ckeditor
 dateCreated: 2023-01-23T20:52:16.031Z
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   <li><strong>Resource Acquisition:</strong> Members are often tasked with acquiring resources deemed necessary to support the Cabal's plans and operations. This can include specific items, the supply of a specific type of good, new financial resources, or new partnerships. The Cabal will then make use of these to support their future schemes.</li>
   <li><strong>Coercion and Extortion:</strong> Members may also be given tasks related to the coercion. They may be given the responsibility of making sure an individual the Cabal is coercing into cooperating does not get any ideas of disobeying them. Tasks here includes keeping control over assets used to coerce the individual, and performing examples to make sure the individual do not even think of trying to disobey the Cabal. Duties here also includes acting as the Cabal's proxy towards the coerced individual, to make they do not catch on to a larger organization being behind the coercive actions. Shades and Veiled Enforcers are often involved in endeavors related to coercion and extortion. They'll be tasked with keeping a close watch, and to step in and either eliminate the person should they try to leak information, or eliminate an asset the coerced person holds dear to force them back in line when they move towards trying to leak information.</li>
   <li><strong>Strategic Positioning:</strong> The Cabal actively tries to position its members in strategic positions within other factions and groups. The Cabal will often have schemes that involve eliminating someone in a key position, while setting up one of their members to become the natural replacement. The Cabal will prefer eliminating people with non-violent means in such schemes, such as by sowing distrust to force them to abdicate, simply due to that rising less suspicion than someone suddenly disappearing or dying.</li>
-  <li>Expansion and Recruitment: Identify potential recruits. Indoctrinate those the Cabal seeks to recruit into the Cabal's beliefs. Done subtly.</li>
+  <li><strong>Expansion and Recruitment:</strong> Members may also be tasked with (taking part in) the recruitment of a specific person to the Cabal. This is a lengthy process where the Cabal will slowly and subtly start indoctrinating the person into the Cabal's worldview, only revealing the Cabal's existence and formally inviting them when the Cabal is certain their beliefs have been completely aligned with that of the Cabal. The Cabal will as part of this process orchestrate events to expose the person to what the Cabal sees as the true nature of the world, and the current world order. The Cabal will not reveal themselves until they believe they're been sufficiently indoctrinated into their beliefs. In the case where the Cabal concludes that the individual may never get to this state, they may opt to find ways to coerce them into cooperating with them instead.</li>
+</ol>
+<p>Members of rank Veiled Magisters and above may additionally be tasked with the following:</p>
+<ol>
+  <li><strong>Cell Leadership:</strong> Veiled Magistrates, and above, will oversee and lead specific cells within the Cabal's network. They manage groups of Shadow Initiates, and coordinate their activities to achieve the Cabal's objectives. This includes assigning tasks, allocating resources, controlling coerced or extorted individuals who fall under the cell's responsibilities, and ensuring effective communication within the cell. The cell's leader will also act as the primary point of contact and coordination between the cell and the Cabal's overall leadership. They facilitate communication and collaboration among Shadow Initiates, relaying important information and reports to higher-ranking members through the Shades. This role is crucial in ensuring the smooth and efficient execution of the Cabal's plans.</li>
+  <li><strong>Scheme Coordinators:</strong> Veiled Magistrates, and above, are also responsible for carrying out the schemes assigned to them and their respective cells. These schemes may focus on furthering objectives within their typical areas of responsibility or may involve using their acquired influence and resources to achieve goals in entirely different areas. They may also develop their own schemes, within the directives given to them by the Cabal's leadership.</li>
+</ol>
+<p>The Veiled Hierarchs, who form the leadership within the Cabal, will additionally be involved in:</p>
+<ol>
+  <li><strong>Scheme Development and Coordination:</strong> Veiled Hierarchs and the Nightseer conceive and refine the Cabal's major schemes and efforts, overseeing their execution and coordinating the actions of their subordinates.</li>
+  <li><strong>Information Gathering and Manipulation:</strong> They specialize in gathering critical intelligence, manipulating information flows, and leveraging their interactions with influential individuals and powerful factions to shape narratives and influence decision-making.</li>
+  <li><strong>Perception Management: </strong>Veiled Hierarchs and the Nightseer employ their understanding of human psychology and societal dynamics to shape perceptions and control the narrative surrounding the Cabal and its adversaries.</li>
+  <li><strong>Strategic Decision-Making:</strong> They collectively decide on strategies to be employed against each adversary, meticulously planning and strategizing to advance the Cabal's goals and counter opposition.</li>
+  <li><strong>Leadership and Influence:</strong> Veiled Hierarchs and the Nightseer utilize their positions of power and influence within organizations or groups to further the Cabal's interests, rallying support and steering their actions towards desired outcomes.</li>
 </ol>
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+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p>//TODO: What Shades and Veiled Hierarchs do.</p>
+<h3>Specific Endeavors and Involvements</h3>
+<p>The Cabal's schemes have been numerous. While the effects of their schemes were most notable in the years following the Marcandrian Royal Family's assassination in the winter of 1349AD, the Cabal had by then already been active for decades, slowly and methodically expanding their reach and influence in secret. The Royal Family's assassination, which was the Cabal's doing, acted as the tipping point where the Cabal went from a phase quietly growing their reach and influence in secret, to a phase of actively trying to deteriorate the Marcandrian state and its institutions. Much of the ailments and schisms that formed in Marcandrian society following the winter of 1349AD were the result of the Cabal's schemes.</p>
+<p>Below are some of the Cabal's notable schemes:</p>
+<ol>
+  <li><strong>The Assassination of the entire Marcandrian royal family:</strong> The Cabal were responsible for the Royal Family's Assassination at the Royal Estate in the Marcandrian capital of Vessina. While by no means the Cabal's first scheme, it can generally be seen as the point where the Cabal went from quietly growing its forces, to actively trying to degrade and take control over Marcandrian society. The Cabal quietly infiltrated the Royal Estate at night, assassinated the King, Queen, and their children, before setting the estate aflame. With no clear heir to the Marcandrian throne, Marcandria entered a several years-long succession crisis, creating schisms between the other great noble Houses as they all vied for the Marcandrian throne.</li>
+  <li><strong>The Grand Scheme / Breaching the Seal over Sion:</strong> The Nightsinger seeks to create a breach in the seal that protects the world from the influence of otherworldly beings, aiming to use the breach to become the dominating force on the planet. The Nightseer, and the Nightsworn Concalians, have been convinced by the Nightsinger that this is the only way for them to escape <a href="/HBW/Eirus/Concalian-Empire/Concalian_Factions/Nightsworn_Concalians">their current predicament</a> and return permanently to the material plane. This scheme involves a grand magical ritual performed at the old Concalian capital of Sion, capitalizing on the damage already made to the seal there to force a breach through blasting it with extreme amounts of magical energy. Several of the Cabal's other large schemes are designed to help prepare for this scheme/ Much of the Cabal is kept unaware of this endgame, with the Nightseer slowly preparing them to make sure they accept it as a necessity.</li>
+</ol>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p>Though the Cabal's influence would be most severe in the years following the assassination's of the Marcandrian Royal family in the winter of 1349AD, the Cabal had by then already been growing their reach and influence for decades.</p>
+<p>Much of what has ailed Marcandrian society since the death of the royal family in 1349 has the Cabal as its cause, being one of the many schemes they've enacted to weaken and divide the Marcandrian state and its institutions. Their schemes are numerous, though below are listed some of the notable ones:</p>
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-  <li><strong>Cell Leadership:</strong> Veiled Magistrates oversee and lead specific cells within the Cabal's network. They manage groups of Shadow Initiates, coordinating their activities to achieve the Cabal's objectives. This includes assigning tasks, allocating resources, controlling coerced or extorted individuals who fall under the cell's responsibilities, and ensuring effective communication within the cell. Veiled Magistrates act as the primary point of contact and coordination between the cell and the Cabal's leadership. They facilitate communication and collaboration among Shadow Initiates, relaying important information and reports to higher-ranking members through the Shades. Their role is crucial in ensuring the smooth and efficient execution of the Cabal's plans.</li>
+  <li><strong>Cell Leadership:</strong> Members of rank Veiled Magistrate or above will be tasked with overseeing and leading specific cells within the Cabal's network.</li>
-  <li><strong>Scheme Coordinators:</strong> Veiled Magistrates are also responsible for carrying out the schemes assigned to them and their respective cells. These schemes may focus on furthering objectives within their typical areas of responsibility or may involve using their acquired influence and resources to achieve goals in entirely different areas.</li>
+  <li>&nbsp;</li>
+  <li>&nbsp;</li>
   <li><strong>Expansion and Recruitment:</strong> Veiled Magistrates actively seek out potential recruits within their organizations or spheres of influence. They assess individuals who show promise, particularly those in positions receptive to the Cabal's beliefs, with the intention of persuading them to join the ranks or act as assets within their existing roles. Veiled Magistrates carefully evaluate the capabilities of potential recruits, along with their probability of commitment to the Cabal's plans and goals, to ensure their potential as valuable and loyal members. While Veiled Magistrates may personally approach potential recruits, they often delegate this task to Shadow Initiates or Shades. They also identify individuals who may be coerced or extorted into aiding the Cabal. These cases are communicated to the Veiled Hierarchs, who decide whether to force the individual to assist their cause and assume responsibility for keeping them in line. The Veiled Magistrates may be assigned this responsibility themselves, or one of the Veiled Hierarchs may take charge. If the Veiled Magistrate identifies potential recruits who possess similar or greater levels of influence and power compared to themselves, the Veiled Hierarchs prefer to be directly involved in the recruitment process. These recruits may still be placed under the Veiled Magistrate's command as Shadow Initiates, but the Veiled Hierarchs prioritize their involvement when recruiting particularly influential individuals.</li>
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