The shadow Council

Nearly everyone has heard of the shadow council, yet the fast majority of the people seems to think they are a myth, a story to tell their children. This is mainly because most of the organization that hold authority, as well as the churches of the new faiths will straight out deny the actual existence of the shadow council. This is also why those who do say the shadow council is real are often met with disbelief and ridicule. There is but one organization who openly says that the shadow council is very real and that is the Wanderers League. Still most people outside of the League itself claim that this is just some silly vendetta of the League’s founder Morgan Shadowsongs.

The shadow council is a large and clandestine organization. They deal in black market stuff and will often go after archeology hints as well as magical items. Another part of the organization is searching for power in any form. This is why they often have run ins with the League because they are often after the same thing.

The main thing members of the shadow council have in common is the fact that they do things that are against the laws set on the Xaverion islands. Mostly this is because they are either outcasts like people who still worship Denday or even Ghor or they just don’t want to be bound by the rules a couple of people have set up for them.

Recruitment

The shadow council recruits anyone who they think worthy. If a person manages to get their attention with what they’ve been doing the shadow council will come in contact with them. This is why you often see people wanting to be in the Shadow Council to try and get their attention by doing daring and often dangerous things.

Ranking

The shadow council uses a lot of compartmentalization. They have a rather simple hierarchy where the person who recruits you is ‘higher’ in rank then you are and you report to them. The responsibility for punishing any misbehavior against the Shadow Council’s codes will also be done by him or her. And he or she probably had someone who has recruited them that they answer too. It’s rather unclear how high up this chain goes.

Mostly the groups within the Shadow Council that know each other are rather small. Often you see lone wolves who might have one or two ‘apprentices’ that may or may not know each other at all. This is again where the compartmentalization comes from and why it’s hard to find any real proof of the actual existence of the shadow council. This also means that people might know each other that are all part of the shadow council but they don’t know it from each other because it’s basically against the rules to talk about it unless you already know the person is part of the shadow council.

For this same reason it’s also unknown if the shadow council has maybe infiltrated any other organisations or if members in influential positions might be a member of the shadow council.