Ordo Maximus

Ordo Maximus

(Short Blurb or motto)
Connection	4
Type
Player May Join	Yes
Health	Maintaining
Area of Operation	Seattle

Faction Information

The Outer Circle

Ordo Maximus, unlike the oft compared Black Lodge does have a public face to its organization. A society for the uppercrust, populated by those wealthy elite with ancestral ties to nobility past and present, Ordo Maximus shows itself as one of the most prestigious initiatory groups in the world. A mixture of magical study group, social club, and networking tool for the elite, it holds both awakened and non-awakened in its ranks. Power is exercised through wealth and influence, their connections and money allowing subtle power over political and media apparatuses. While the days of nobility are officially past in many countries, the reality of their influence still stands.

Additionally, Ordo Maximus holds large sway in the sphere of research publications. Deeply committed ideologically to study and academics, they have deep ties to academic journals, their bureaucratic controls and reviews, and the organizations that fund research. When upstarts challenge their hold, they have all the money and legal power needed to keep their iron control. While not the flashiest set of powers to have, it gives the Ordo immense knowledge and control over research happening around the globe.

In their meetings and rites, members of the Outer Circle gather in esoteric lodges, places of wealth, history, and symbolism. These meetings are hidden and secret, with outsiders barred and exceptions rare. Inside ceremonious rites and rituals are performed, the content widespread and varied. Ranging from simple social events, clad in a veneer of the occult, to magical rituals, masked orgies, and all assortment of hedonism that you could imagine from the bored and wealthy. The Outer Circle, despite any pretensions members might hold, has no true direction on the organization at large, so any decisions or policies made at this level are ultimately petty, or confined to local circles. That's not to say things are harmonious or peaceful though.

Membership in the Outer Circle is eclectic, with initiates having a wide range of reasons for participation. Some simply are bored and appreciate having a social group with other peers at their level, the mystique and ceremony simply giving a fun twist on boring parties.

Members

Contacts

Name	Connection	Archetype	Profession
Charlie Van Hoensbroeck	5	Fixer	Ordo Maximus Handler
Cynthia Rochette	7	Custom(K,N,A,G)	Magus
Hanzō Furukawa	6	Legwork	Arcanotronics Professor

PCs

Name	Position	Faction Rep
Abhorash	Prospect	3
Kadō	Asset	14

Narrative Significant Runs

Name	GM	Metaplot	Date of Run
Of CRISPR and Covens	Eva		8 November 2085
Behind Red Curtains	Scranton		27 October 2085
No Escape Part III - Operation Gramr	Archtmag		4 May 2085
Minime Senuisti" Part 1	youmayfire		1 October 2084
No Escape - Part 2	Archtmag		11 September 2084
Ordoing One Ordo	Archtmag		11 November 2083
Stay Frosty	Asmodeus		27 April 2083
Deliver A Package	Tekomandor		29 August 2082
All Out of Ordo	Aurora		10 April 2081