Goetic Covens
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[Goetic Covens | PRT SPEC-0067]
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PRT 'COMMON' DESIGNATION: GOETIA
0067 Has never been observed, only spoken about due to covert and clandestine HUMINT reporting and primary sources. Certain Parahumans are able to speak of a secret, shadowy figure that is simultaneously no one- yet the head of several groups, government agencies, -corporations, etcetera. The information is scarce and incredibly difficult to come by, and it’s uncertain if said individual is one person or many. However, it’s assessed that all the different individuals are actually one singular Parahuman-like entity. Most other information is currently unknown. Contact [Redacted] for more information.
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LIST OF GOETIC COVENS
The Leprous
Those most-seeking of power and destabilizing will find themselves engaged with a trio of lawyers that seek such types of people.
Certain Pact-Lawyers. Contracts, binding. Seeks out people almost as agents of the group, seeking people that will destabilize and make the world around them more chaotic. The dangerously unhinged, the revolutionary, the person who is convinced that they are *necessary*
This group has less hard and fast rules than most, all contracts being unique, but their focus is on people that might bring maximum harm. All signees are required - and rewarded - to look for other people that might bring in other destabilizing individuals.
The Moon Cult
Frequently hired or contracted by criminal organizations, the members of this Cell have a trademark cool detachedness, a lack of flair and stand-outness. They instinctively know other members of their cult, and are compelled to not share any details of their cults activities via any means.
Hiring a member of this group comes with the stipulation that the member may be called in to work on another project if it is not contradictory to the goals of their contractor.
Initiates are required to be able to drop anything and work on a task given to them by the cult for any reason and at any time. Those that refuse die a few days later.
THE CLUB
The Cult cell of the Coven do not follow a single hierarchy. Rather, they find existing hierarchies of tradition, secrecy, and above all else - privilege - and corrupt it. The generally wholesome yet out of bounds fraternity. The large friends group with a few too many goofy rituals. When people need to jump through hoops, when people need to prove that they are on the “inside”, this cell can occur. The member is known, yet unknown, someone you are intimately familiar and comfortable with yet you can never say when you actually met them. They work their way up, up, up, till they are sufficiently powerful and then they enact new rituals. New… challenges.
Those that surpass the new initiation rites are given a new bargain, a new ritual different from the old one. They swear allegiance to the group, to the ritual itself.
They become… distressingly similar. Different things are sacrificed, yet the power they gain aesthetically is similar. The man with hand that turn to flesh sockets that eat all become part of the group with the woman whose flesh burns like acid and breaks things into a putty until they become her, an ever growing giant whose own body is a hazard.
Those that ascend are often felt guaranteed of their purpose and righteousness. They are personally ascendant in society.
The Crossroad Clergy
An organization of genuine devil worshipers and occultists. The Clergy operate primarily in the Southern US, as well as areas of Appalachia.
They prey upon the desperate and downtrodden, they offer a place for them in their ranks, and for the truly desperate they may be given the option to make a bargain with the Clergy's leader. Members of the Clergy who have met them in person all agree that this person is *The* Devil.
Accounts vary widely, but their form is inconsistent, almost tailored to suit your expectations, with an aura of nearly indescribable unease, as though looking at the has wounded some deep spiritual part of you.
They offer you a deal, in exchange for the power to live the life you so deeply desire, you give your immortal soul, offering something important or irreplaceable upfront as collateral.
DeepDIVE
You don’t find them, they find you.
You know what they say, ‘If you knock on enough doors asking for the devil, one day he might answer.’ This old adage exemplifies the way DeepDIVE works, If you ask enough of the right (or wrong) questions in enough sleezy chat rooms, forums, and imageboards…
You might find yourself receiving a message, whether it be email, text, even voicemail, you might just find yourself working for them. Never meeting a representative in person. Being given jobs, tasks, *tests* to see your loyalty.
You might think about snitching, but they’ve got you. They have your address, your family's address, your schedule, your online passwords, they know so much about you, and you know so very little.
But should you perform the hit, dispose of the box on the park bench (without looking inside), threaten someone you’ve never met, with info you don’t understand the context to.. PROVE that you're good enough. You are rewarded.
The final test is a sacrifice, something that matters, something *big* and irreplaceable.Once you agree, the deal is made, and you are rewarded with powers beyond human understanding.
Out of Character - Meta Information from Wormrp staff
Goetia is our canon’s equivalent of Eden (The Thinker entity) although Goetia is operating at 100% capacity and the cycle is still on the rails so to speak.
Goetia takes on various forms and identities to play the part of leader for a variety of small but powerful organizations. These organizations are a way to spread shards via an alternate method than ‘natural triggers’. These powers function much the same, but are tailored for their host a bit differently.
These organizations are also there as a contingency plan in case the Entities need to operate within the confines of society via human pawns. Rather than the more overt methods of the Warrior Entity.
Additional Goetic Covens are being developed, and will be released as subsequent lore posts.