Organizations

Here you will find information on some of the "most common" or "well-known" organizations in the gameworld. However, Tenebrae isn't an organizations-focused game, though they do exist for roleplay purposes, and may occasionally show up in a DM'd plot.

General Organizations

Organization	Interests	Summary
Academy of Sages	Wizards, Sorcerers, Bards	Largest arcane organization in the West; based out of Rune
Armsmaster's Guild	Fighters, Barbarians	The glory and sport of the gladiatorial ring
Engineer's Enclave	Artificers, inventors, engineers, crafters	The exploration of machines and magic
Adventurer's Guild	Anyone	Nearly anything for the right price
Ygdrassil Union	Druids, Rangers, hunters, elves	Treehugging
Averites	Rogues, malcontents, freedom fighters	A loose group dedicated to the concept of freedom

Temple Affiliations

Most of the major temples located in the city of Alexandria are a faction unto themselves. Players should feel free to make use of these for their roleplay and their backgrounds as members of the various religious orders or classes that help support such groups like clerics and paladins. All major gods maintain religious groups in accordance to their theme files and those should be referenced when seeking information about the religious groups of the world. A listing of all temple-affiliated groups can be found here.

Monk Orders

A number of monk orders exist throughout the world. A person does not have to be a monk, necessarily, to be a member of these orders: membership requires a disciplined mind, and a look towards disciplined, martial idealism. Clerics sometimes have positions at monestaries, serving as advisors in faith, and the occasional paladin or disciplined fighter may find kinship. Take a look at monks to see the full entries. Summaries are provided in the table below.

Note that due to alignment restrictions, some organizations are more suitable for play than others. This list is provided for completeness.

Monastic Order	Alignments	Summary
Basalt Palms	LG, LN, LE	Vardama's disciplined warriors who honor the cycles of life and death
Crimson Templars	LN, LE	Hobgoblin monks from Blar, created to serve Vampiric masters (not open for cg)
.... Templars	LN	Former hobgoblins of the Crimsons who seek to redo the order and their country
Iron Fists	LG, LN	Dranites who focus on strength of mind as well as body, and exploration of their giant heritage
Jeweled Order	LN	Radical group who have forsaken the gods and all celestial forces
Keepers	LG or LN	Monks of Navos who meditate on time and self-perfection
Shadow Fists	LE	Followers of Taara who dedicate themselves to the pursuit of power
Thrashing Dancers	LN	Monestaries secluded in the wilderness, seeking perfection through the emulation of nature

Racial Affiliations

Pay close attention to the theme files on the races if you are thinking about focusing on a racial theme for your roleplay. Ideas for racial affiliations abound from the elves needing to send out a number of agents for their own purposes to a sith-makar seeking to make an alliance on behalf of his tribe. You have much freedom here and the data is there for you to use it.