# [[The Crimson Order]] The Crimson Order are a faction that broke apart from [[Order of the Spelldrinkers]]. After [[The Calamity]] happened, they lost faith in [[Erathis]] because they thought she should have been able to prevent all that destruction. Their rage led to the [[The Eve of Crimson Midnight]], when they attempted to kill many mages that they believed were out of control. ## Goals - Prevent another [[The Calamity|Calamity]], which they believe is going to happen. - Control the magic users. By killing them, including [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/The Cerberus Assembly|The Cerberus Assembly]]. - Resurrect [[Vespin Chloras]], whom they also worshipped. - Release [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Desirat|Desirat]]. - Law and order, because people are flawed. - To find the shard of [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Asmodeus|Asmodeus]] and use that to help Asmodeus break through [[The Divine Gate]]. - To exacerbate (cause?) the war between [[The Dwendalian Empire]] and [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Kryn Dynasty|Kryn Dynasty]]. - Bring the entire world under the ultimate order of Asmodeus. - [[Aygonath]] believes that both The Crimson Order and [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/The Cerberus Assembly|The Cerberus Assembly]] will be going north to find more [[Vestiges of Divergence]]. ## What they've done - They bought (?) three innocents from slavers in the north. [[Selussa]] was one of the "innocents". The cultists severed their hands, arranged them in a circle, and nailed them to an altar. Later, we watched [[Mesa|Ilbane]] push the victims into a hole through the skydoor in the [[Observatory of the Sun and Moon#Sacrificial Chamber]]. - [[Kai Arness]] bought [[The Slave Shed]] tieflings, including [[Music]], for [[Ionos Jagentoth]], who experimented on using their blood to bring back [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Asmodeus|Asmodeus]]. He was in league with [[Mesa|Ilbane]] in this. - They killed our horses in an attempt to waylay us while we were on our way to [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Nicodranas|Nicodranas]]! ## Relationships with other factions ### Allies - [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Kryn Dynasty|Kryn Dynasty]]: The Cult attempted to force [[Crown Marshal Hayden Damurag|Hayden Damurag]] to stop attacking [[Ashguard Garrison]]. - [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/The Jagentoth Family|The Jagentoths]]: Now dead. - [[The Ninth Revelation]]: Civilian branch of the Crimson Order. ### Enemies - [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/The Cerberus Assembly|The Cerberus Assembly]] are trying to do the same thing, but they don't like each other and want to kill each other. In [[The Eve of Crimson Midnight]], the Crimson Order very nearly succeeded. The Order wants to destroy the Cerberus Assembly. - [[The Augen Trust]]: [[Telva Cornwrath]] suspected that the Jagentoths were involved, and wanted to stop them from upsetting the balance of power. - [[The Cobalt Soul]]: [[Archivist Adon Zeenoth|Zeenoth]] wanted [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Grovelthrash|Grovelthrash]] and seemed interested in stopping the spread of corruption in [[Veluthil Forest]]. - [[The Night Back Clan]]: The tabaxi clan would do anything to protect [[Veluthil Forest]]. - [[The Pallid Elves]]: Our people were driven underground for centuries because of Torog, and then tortured and enslaved. - [[The Fire Giants]]: They *used* to be allies with the Crimson Order and made an agreement for [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Desirat|Desirat]] to power their forges, but instead, the Order reversed the energy flow and used the forges to power up Desirat. ### Mixed/Unclear - [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/The Myriad|The Myriad]]: [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/The Jagentoth Family|The Jagentoths]] were a prominent Myriad family, but Ionos broke Myriad agreements about the treatment of slaves and earned the ire of [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/The Gentleman|The Gentleman]] and of [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/The Mardoon Family|The Mardoons]]. - [[The Dwendalian Empire]]: The Cult kidnapped [[Floyd Hemsworth|Crownsguard Douche]], but [[Kai Arness]] also ordered slaves for [[Ionos Jagentoth]]. ## Relationships with [[Deities of Exandria]] ### Allies - [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Torog|Torog]]: The cultists in [[Observatory of the Sun and Moon]] were in the middle of a ritual to Torog involving cutting off victims' hands. - [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Quajath|Quajath]]: Quajath was Torog's minion, and its body is in Eiselcross being fed on. - [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Asmodeus|Asmodeus]]: [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/The Jagentoth Family|The Jagentoths]] worshipped Asmodeus and sought to reincarnate a shard of Asmodeus by using tiefling blood. Asmodeus's betrayal caused the loss of [[The Star of the Morning|The Morning Star]]. ### Enemies - [[Raei]] helped lure Torog aboveground. - [[Pelor]] killed Torog with 10,000 lances of sunlight. - [[Sehanine]] and [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Moradin|Moradin]] built the King's Cage that trapped Torog. - [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Melora|Melora]]'s [[Veluthil Forest]] was corrupted by [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Grovelthrash|Grovelthrash]].