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The Apostles of Opposition

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The Apostles of Opposition

Namesake

The title refers to the nine mortal Apostles said to have opposed the gods on behalf of the rulers of Mictlān. Their name also stems fro the fact Mictlan is often called the Plane of Opposition.

History

In the oldest histories, when the Fiend Flood drowned the kingdom of Loreshia, the nine rulers of Mictlān are said to have raised not only monsters but mortal cults - and at their head nine Apostles, each the chosen servant of one archfiend, charged with spreading the worship of Mictlān and labouring toward a second fiend flood.

According to accepted history, Asandrea used the Mask of Asandrea to infiltrate the Apostles during the first Fiend Flood and assassinate all nine original members. The Apostles known in later ages are successors to that first cabal.

The Apostles encountered in later ages are therefore successors to the historical officeholders Asandrea killed, not survivors of her attacks. Whether those later generations truly preserved an unbroken organization is a matter of rumour and dread; the Crimson Ravens, for their part, count the Apostles among their sworn enemies.

Legacy in History

Across surviving chronicles, the Apostles are presented less as a mere cult and more as a ninefold command structure: each apostle tied to one archfiend, with doctrine, recruitment, and operations distributed among those nine lines of patronage.

That model - one mortal hand for each fiend power in Mictlān - is the reason later fiendish conspiracies are so often described by historians as “apostolic” even when direct proof is missing.

Modern Rumours

In the present age, stories of the Apostles usually surface in three forms:

  • whispers of an old, coordinated design behind otherwise separate fiend-cults,
  • recurring claims that certain elite agents serve as “chosen” of the archfiends,
  • and fears that the first Fiend Flood was not the end of the design, only an interruption.

Most such claims are impossible to verify. Even so, the order’s image remains potent enough that anti-fiend groups such as the Crimson Ravens still treat the Apostles as an active threat pattern, whether literal or symbolic.

Ballads, pamphlets, and soldiers’ tales often conflate the Apostles with later fiend-corruption events, including episodes remembered from the era of the Blood Offerings. Scholars caution that many such links are speculative - but the association persists.

Goal

Historical accounts describe the Apostles as agents charged with spreading the worship of Mictlān and preparing a second fiend flood.

Philosophy

Leadership

Membership

Surviving accounts describe nine apostolic offices, one tied to each ruler of Mictlān.

Members

No present-day member has been publicly confirmed.

Process of Joining

  • Mictlān - the plane whose rulers the Apostles are said to serve.
  • Loreshia - the kingdom devastated during the Fiend Flood in which the first Apostles appear in surviving histories.

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