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<blockquote data-quote="marcoasalazarm" data-source="post: 2906649" data-attributes="member: 26698"><p><u><strong>A (SMALL) LIST OF CULTS IN CORELINE.</strong> </u> </p><p></p><p><strong>The Exalted Order of the Knights of Noir:</strong> They are followers of Noir, and (even if they have not EVER met any of the three Fictions using the name) follow orders from them (in reality, the leader is a Soldats agent). They are expert assassins and gunslingers, some of them practice magic of the “sneak-attack” kind (turn invisible, weapon enhancement, poison making, that kind of thing).</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The Followers of the Obnoxious Aliens:</strong> Imagine Lum’s Stormtroopers…. 10, 000 strong. They are a huge bunch of misfits joined together under the flag of the tiger-striped bikini alien princess, which in reward, has given them access to some seriously high-tech stuff. It was like giving a nerd access to the Enterprise’s computers.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The Adventuring Explorers of the Unknown: </strong> A Trekkie cult, divided in Science (Field Scientists/Techies), Security (fighters) and Command groups. They use both high tech and extensive psionics, and it’s one with an open-arm policy for aliens. Their organization follows Federation rules.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The Holy Esquires Of the Knight Sabers:</strong> It’s actually two cults, one for each version of the Knight Sabers (they BOTH consider “Crash” to be unholy). They are armed with state-of-the-art power armor (NOT Hardsuits. They consider them holy items-and so, only worthy to be used by the KS and whoever they take under their wing) and anti-armor weaponry. They have a zero-tolerance policy on cyborgs and artificial lifeforms that look like Boomers (only IF they look like Boomers).</p><p>And BTW, yes, they fight against each other.</p><p></p><p><strong>IshQuatre:</strong> A cult that follows Quatre Raberba Winner. Imagine Buddhists with access to Mobile Suits and high-powered empathic psionics…. And a willingness to use them to promote peace.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Children of an Elder God:</strong> Imagine an ENTIRE CULT created around the Elseworlds fanfic of the same name, a Lovecraft/Eva crossover… they are the “archetypical” Lovecraftian cult of the setting, with agents in tiers of NERV, who revere the Pilots of the Evangelions in the same light as the Elder Gods (or, at least, the more “benevolent” ones)… and who would like nothing more than bring about the end of the world so they re-create it as they see fit (yeah, there’s a LOT of holes on that logic).</p><p></p><p><strong>The Agents of the Ancient Spirits of Evil: </strong> Another Lovecraftian cult, but this one reveres the same things as Mumm-Ra. And like the damn guy, they obtain power from them, making them “Ever-Living” (actually, they’re lesser zombies and other kinds of Undead/Abominations, but do they care?).</p><p></p><p><strong>The Eyeless: </strong> A cult modeled after the evil displayed in the movie “Event Horizon” (and which, apparently, can have its origins traced back to an incident on a NERV R&D facility in Nevada). They have psionic powers, magics (of the “reality-bending/illusion” kind) and they all obtained the Blindsight ability.</p><p>But, of course, they have to renounce their humanity, accept the existence of an unnamed entity on some other dimension (which, apparently, cannot be described by the word “Hell”), and undergo an initiation ritual that includes having their eyes carved out.</p><p></p><p>You ever seen 'Event Horizon'?. Sam Neill's character is one of them, right by the end.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Order of Kombatants: </strong> Given the nature of the tournament they hope to compete in, they are one of the few groups who use magic, psi, and tech in their martial arts training, sometimes seperately, sometimes in combination. Some of the members had seen films and television series about this before the Vanishing came, which is why they keep their interaction with one contestant in particular to a very closely monitored minimum- they do not wish the person to gain any more power than they already possess.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The Nintendo Knights:</strong> Split into multiple groups under one banner. There is the Brotherhood of Italian Plumbers, the Hyrulean Foreign Legion and Samus's Hunters and some other, smaller groups. They are armed with facimiles of the power-ups in the game, of varying qualities, occasionally getting real ones, considered holy relics. For example, some have power suits based on Samus's, pieced together from other powersuits and things, with arm-mounted weapons. They haven't had much luck with the morph balls, though.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Risembool Rangers:</strong> They were -before The Vanishing- a multi-national fanclub of Full Metal Alchemist. Post-Vanishing, they are an army of fanatical troopers -most of them trained in FMA-style Alchemy- who have devoted themselves to help Alternates of Edward Elric.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Golden Followers of Panther Zora:</strong> So called because they use a lot of gold (plated weapons, armor and the like) for "gang colors", they are the (very blind) followers of Panther Zora (or Pan'tha Zo'a), a minor Dark God who wants pretty much the same stuff as other villains out there: conquer the world, destroy the heroes, loot everything that is worth, from money to human lives.</p><p>Recently, though, said DG and its priestess, a Sister Jill, has obtained an Authored Rage for a man called Go Nagai....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="marcoasalazarm, post: 2906649, member: 26698"] [U][B]A (SMALL) LIST OF CULTS IN CORELINE.[/B] [/U] [B]The Exalted Order of the Knights of Noir:[/B] They are followers of Noir, and (even if they have not EVER met any of the three Fictions using the name) follow orders from them (in reality, the leader is a Soldats agent). They are expert assassins and gunslingers, some of them practice magic of the “sneak-attack” kind (turn invisible, weapon enhancement, poison making, that kind of thing). [B] The Followers of the Obnoxious Aliens:[/B] Imagine Lum’s Stormtroopers…. 10, 000 strong. They are a huge bunch of misfits joined together under the flag of the tiger-striped bikini alien princess, which in reward, has given them access to some seriously high-tech stuff. It was like giving a nerd access to the Enterprise’s computers. [B] The Adventuring Explorers of the Unknown: [/B] A Trekkie cult, divided in Science (Field Scientists/Techies), Security (fighters) and Command groups. They use both high tech and extensive psionics, and it’s one with an open-arm policy for aliens. Their organization follows Federation rules. [B] The Holy Esquires Of the Knight Sabers:[/B] It’s actually two cults, one for each version of the Knight Sabers (they BOTH consider “Crash” to be unholy). They are armed with state-of-the-art power armor (NOT Hardsuits. They consider them holy items-and so, only worthy to be used by the KS and whoever they take under their wing) and anti-armor weaponry. They have a zero-tolerance policy on cyborgs and artificial lifeforms that look like Boomers (only IF they look like Boomers). And BTW, yes, they fight against each other. [B]IshQuatre:[/B] A cult that follows Quatre Raberba Winner. Imagine Buddhists with access to Mobile Suits and high-powered empathic psionics…. And a willingness to use them to promote peace. [B]The Children of an Elder God:[/B] Imagine an ENTIRE CULT created around the Elseworlds fanfic of the same name, a Lovecraft/Eva crossover… they are the “archetypical” Lovecraftian cult of the setting, with agents in tiers of NERV, who revere the Pilots of the Evangelions in the same light as the Elder Gods (or, at least, the more “benevolent” ones)… and who would like nothing more than bring about the end of the world so they re-create it as they see fit (yeah, there’s a LOT of holes on that logic). [B]The Agents of the Ancient Spirits of Evil: [/B] Another Lovecraftian cult, but this one reveres the same things as Mumm-Ra. And like the damn guy, they obtain power from them, making them “Ever-Living” (actually, they’re lesser zombies and other kinds of Undead/Abominations, but do they care?). [B]The Eyeless: [/B] A cult modeled after the evil displayed in the movie “Event Horizon” (and which, apparently, can have its origins traced back to an incident on a NERV R&D facility in Nevada). They have psionic powers, magics (of the “reality-bending/illusion” kind) and they all obtained the Blindsight ability. But, of course, they have to renounce their humanity, accept the existence of an unnamed entity on some other dimension (which, apparently, cannot be described by the word “Hell”), and undergo an initiation ritual that includes having their eyes carved out. You ever seen 'Event Horizon'?. Sam Neill's character is one of them, right by the end. [B]The Order of Kombatants: [/B] Given the nature of the tournament they hope to compete in, they are one of the few groups who use magic, psi, and tech in their martial arts training, sometimes seperately, sometimes in combination. Some of the members had seen films and television series about this before the Vanishing came, which is why they keep their interaction with one contestant in particular to a very closely monitored minimum- they do not wish the person to gain any more power than they already possess. [B] The Nintendo Knights:[/B] Split into multiple groups under one banner. There is the Brotherhood of Italian Plumbers, the Hyrulean Foreign Legion and Samus's Hunters and some other, smaller groups. They are armed with facimiles of the power-ups in the game, of varying qualities, occasionally getting real ones, considered holy relics. For example, some have power suits based on Samus's, pieced together from other powersuits and things, with arm-mounted weapons. They haven't had much luck with the morph balls, though. [B]The Risembool Rangers:[/B] They were -before The Vanishing- a multi-national fanclub of Full Metal Alchemist. Post-Vanishing, they are an army of fanatical troopers -most of them trained in FMA-style Alchemy- who have devoted themselves to help Alternates of Edward Elric. [B]The Golden Followers of Panther Zora:[/B] So called because they use a lot of gold (plated weapons, armor and the like) for "gang colors", they are the (very blind) followers of Panther Zora (or Pan'tha Zo'a), a minor Dark God who wants pretty much the same stuff as other villains out there: conquer the world, destroy the heroes, loot everything that is worth, from money to human lives. Recently, though, said DG and its priestess, a Sister Jill, has obtained an Authored Rage for a man called Go Nagai.... [/QUOTE]
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