The Winged Society of Australian Midgard

The Winged Society

The Winged Society is a shadowy arm of the Gift Religion that dates back to before the landing of the Imperials. Its origin comes about by the Gift hierarchy realising that their lack of military hardware and general pacifistic nature will eventually result in their own demise. In order to combat this problem, the Gift Priesthood ordered an organisation to be formed with the purpose of collecting enough information to predict if they are likely to be attacked in the near future and then have the know-how to use the information to the best advantage of the Gift church. Thus the Winged Society was formed to act with the speed and precision of swift, the cunning of a crow, and the fight of an eagle.

Many of the original members of the Winged Society were reformed thieves and cutthroats, some of them were even past members of the Society of Arms. Its first task was to create a huge spy network that would span the entire continent of Midgard. To begin with, this was a success but with the Imperial invasion and the resulting upheaval of the life of the Midgard people, many of the network operatives were lost. The replacement of these spies is a top priority.

In recent times, the Winged Society has even set up its own base of operations in some of the cities of Midgard. They appear to be black market operations but instead offer many skills and, if the price is right, some information about a topic of your choice, so long as it is not against the interest of the Gift Religion.

The Framework of the Winged Society power structure has only three seniors, all of equal power. The first senior is in charge of the ecclesiastical part of the society and he is usually a high level Gift Priest. The second is in charge of the spy networks and it is his job to continually fund, and organise the spy networks and all subsidiary operations. The last senior is usually a member of the Gift Demolishers and it is his job to act on the information in order to protect the interest of the Gift Religion. However, the highest authority. like that of the Gift Religion, is the Assembly of Speakers.

Entry Conditions

Deacon of the gift ( level 18 clan belonging to the Gift Faction ) who possesses the skills fo Gift Priest-2 and Spy-2.

Factional Powers

A member of the Winged Society can detect the presence of Winged Society offices in a city. At level 19, they are able to request one skill level for any covert skill from a city that contains a Winged Society factional office.

Hierarchy

0 Assembly of Speakers (GM/Computer)
Ecclestialical, Spy, Demolition
1 Handler, Swift, Eagle

5 Lord High Agent
6 Lord Agent
7 High Agent
8 Agent
9 Agent Initiate
10 Outrider of the Cities
11 Outrider of the Towns
12 Outrider of the Plains
13 Outrider of the Forests
14 Outrider of the Hills
15 Outrider Initiate
16 First Class Escort
17 Second Class Escort
18 Third Class Escort
19 Fourth Class Escort
20 Fifth Class Escort

Goals

1 The establishment of a Spy Network in every region in Midgard.
2 Promote the aims of the Gift Religion.
3 The prevention of any and all activity against the Gift Religion.

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