06-23-2014, 11:39 AM
I hope this suffices. Please send me thoughts, especially you other Atharim out there, if you have more input! I did the best I could.
-Regus
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Military Forces
Descriptive statistics
Name of force or forces: The Atharim
Alignment: Lawful/Neutral Good
Morale: The Atharim are an ancient society that traces its roots to the 5th Age. Our most detailed records extends backward through 50 B.C. The first Regus of the Atharim, the official head of the society, was Judas Iscariot who mistook Jesus Christ to be Apollyon and conspired to have him assassinated at all costs. His mistake is what tied the Atharim to the Catholic church, and the Atharim have remained entwined with the church ever since. Our morale is bolstered by our belief that the society survives in dire service to the world. Our primary mission is to guard against the return of the gods. Combined with the fact that many Atharim are born into long-standing traditions of the hunt that is passed from one generation to the next, our morale is deeply engrained. An individual Atharim is often more loyal to the cause than to their own families. Without us, monsters would overrun the world. Without us, the gods will enslave humanity once again. Without the Atharim, the world is defenseless.
Battle capabilities
Old world Atharim
Those of Europe and Asia are the oldest of Atharim families who have had support of the Catholic Church and the Atharim's Vatican headquarters. Those of the old world typically act in teams and units. Communication between cells is vital and ongoing. Atharim of the old world are aware of other cells and may call upon them for support and aid when necessary.
New world Atharim
Those Atharim of North and South America existed as whatever survived the 7th Age following the fall of the American pantheons. Some Native American tribes for instance continued the Atharim ways, but following the loss of technology that allowed communication between the continents of the 5th Age, the new world Atharim evolved separately from the Old. Following European colonization of America, Old World Atharim ventured across the Atlantic, made contact with their New World counterparts, and brought them all beneath the traditions and knowledge of the Vatican HQ. Despite connection to the Regus and Vatican, the New World Atharim remain culturally distinct. These Atharim are very isolated within their own families and rarely work with other members of the Atharim. Rather than operate within a geographical sphere, an Atharim member might travel across entire countries seeking monsters to eradicate. There are far fewer Atharim members in the New World compared to the Old.
Land: Our primary objective is land-based missions.
Sea: Cells only have access to the sea via traditional civilian transport or local capabilities. ie, renting a boat, hiring a vessel, etc.
Air: We have minor drone support. Our only access to satellites are through our high-profile contacts that provide our monetary support.
Special abilities & special forces
You might say that every Atharim is their own special force. We act primarily in small teams or in the case of New World Atharim, individually or in pairs.
Equipment
Comprehensive list of equipment.
Our access to equipment is only what an individual can carry on them at a given time. Because of the nature of frequent combat, melee weapons are often used by Atharim as they do not require ammunition to be resupplied. Atharim are trained since birth by their families or recruited from highly qualified candidates whom already possess a broad range of skills. Therefore, equipment is typically limited to small arms: pistols, rifles, shotguns, etc that may be cared for by civilians, or edged weapons such as knives, swords, axes, and clubs. Equipment any given Atharim carries may be very different and is to the style of the individual Atharim.
Tactics
Intended fighting style
Fighting is typically one-on-one or in small confrontations. The Atharim have never been involved in battles.
Tactical expertise
We are a highly mobile unit capable of swift communication and rapid deployment to many areas of the world. Atharim can successfully navigate and operate within non-traditional battle spaces: forests, trees, cave-systems, sewers, and hide-outs. Anywhere monsters are likely to lurk, the Atharim can infiltrate.
Atharim are highly trained in reconnaissance and surveillance necessary to track and study monsters of all kinds. We can follow a Dreyken to their nest or we can find a wefuke that's possessed an innocent.
We are highly specialized in urban warfare where operating beneath the radar of civilian notice is mandatory. We are also highly aware of hostile environments and train our own to identify potential hideouts of known monsters.
Intelligence
The use of information and media, concepts that the flow of data is not bound by borders, is integral to the Atharim. Sociological and technological transformations are already present in every theater of operations across the world, from village to forest to city, now becoming apparent to the individual Atharim, that what was once highly specialized and belonging to elite units has become the necessary evolution at the tactical level and the result of familial expertise and training, whose original purpose was always an upgrade all tactical combat as a whole.
Atharim Intelligence is coordinated by headquarters, particularly in the Old World. New World Atharim typically rely on their own gathering of intelligence.
Logistics
Leadership
Old World Atharim defer to the full authority of the chosen Regus. The traditions of his selection are very complicated and date to the time of Christ. While New World Atharim are subject to orders of the Regus, they are typically left to their own devices and many never meet him. However, the oldest and most formal of Atharim are required to journey to HQ for initiation rites and permission to bear the tattoo.
Individually high ranking members are chosen based on seniority.
Costs
The Budget of the Atharim is executed by the Regus. Our budget is supplied primarily by funds of the Catholic Church, directed by the Pope to the Vatican Historical Society. Our remaining funds are directly supplied by the oldest and most loyal Atharim families whom have been touched by the Atharim in one way or another. Most of these associated families, such as the Baccarat of France, are beneficiaries-only. Our yearly budget operates in excess of several billion dollars.
Auxiliaries
We have little in the way of auxiliary support. Individual Atharim are paid a stipend by which to live on, supply their own housing, food and supplies. HQ has a small team of data-personnel that support the Atharim servers and computer systems. Our largest auxiliary comes in the form of the Catholic Church itself since the Vatican Historical Society maintains the vaults of the Atharim beneath the Vatican.
Recruitment
In addition to inheritance and birthright, Atharim may be recruited by encounters with civilians. When these civilians show themselves to be highly trained in other theaters of war, combat and fighting, they may be given the opportunity to join the Atharim. Such members are often former military and police.
Once in a while members are recruited for their philosophical expertise and interest in the ancient ways.
-Regus
<big>Campaign Sheet
</big>
Military Forces
Descriptive statistics
Name of force or forces: The Atharim
Alignment: Lawful/Neutral Good
Morale: The Atharim are an ancient society that traces its roots to the 5th Age. Our most detailed records extends backward through 50 B.C. The first Regus of the Atharim, the official head of the society, was Judas Iscariot who mistook Jesus Christ to be Apollyon and conspired to have him assassinated at all costs. His mistake is what tied the Atharim to the Catholic church, and the Atharim have remained entwined with the church ever since. Our morale is bolstered by our belief that the society survives in dire service to the world. Our primary mission is to guard against the return of the gods. Combined with the fact that many Atharim are born into long-standing traditions of the hunt that is passed from one generation to the next, our morale is deeply engrained. An individual Atharim is often more loyal to the cause than to their own families. Without us, monsters would overrun the world. Without us, the gods will enslave humanity once again. Without the Atharim, the world is defenseless.
Battle capabilities
Old world Atharim
Those of Europe and Asia are the oldest of Atharim families who have had support of the Catholic Church and the Atharim's Vatican headquarters. Those of the old world typically act in teams and units. Communication between cells is vital and ongoing. Atharim of the old world are aware of other cells and may call upon them for support and aid when necessary.
New world Atharim
Those Atharim of North and South America existed as whatever survived the 7th Age following the fall of the American pantheons. Some Native American tribes for instance continued the Atharim ways, but following the loss of technology that allowed communication between the continents of the 5th Age, the new world Atharim evolved separately from the Old. Following European colonization of America, Old World Atharim ventured across the Atlantic, made contact with their New World counterparts, and brought them all beneath the traditions and knowledge of the Vatican HQ. Despite connection to the Regus and Vatican, the New World Atharim remain culturally distinct. These Atharim are very isolated within their own families and rarely work with other members of the Atharim. Rather than operate within a geographical sphere, an Atharim member might travel across entire countries seeking monsters to eradicate. There are far fewer Atharim members in the New World compared to the Old.
Land: Our primary objective is land-based missions.
Sea: Cells only have access to the sea via traditional civilian transport or local capabilities. ie, renting a boat, hiring a vessel, etc.
Air: We have minor drone support. Our only access to satellites are through our high-profile contacts that provide our monetary support.
Special abilities & special forces
You might say that every Atharim is their own special force. We act primarily in small teams or in the case of New World Atharim, individually or in pairs.
Equipment
Comprehensive list of equipment.
Our access to equipment is only what an individual can carry on them at a given time. Because of the nature of frequent combat, melee weapons are often used by Atharim as they do not require ammunition to be resupplied. Atharim are trained since birth by their families or recruited from highly qualified candidates whom already possess a broad range of skills. Therefore, equipment is typically limited to small arms: pistols, rifles, shotguns, etc that may be cared for by civilians, or edged weapons such as knives, swords, axes, and clubs. Equipment any given Atharim carries may be very different and is to the style of the individual Atharim.
Tactics
Intended fighting style
Fighting is typically one-on-one or in small confrontations. The Atharim have never been involved in battles.
Tactical expertise
We are a highly mobile unit capable of swift communication and rapid deployment to many areas of the world. Atharim can successfully navigate and operate within non-traditional battle spaces: forests, trees, cave-systems, sewers, and hide-outs. Anywhere monsters are likely to lurk, the Atharim can infiltrate.
Atharim are highly trained in reconnaissance and surveillance necessary to track and study monsters of all kinds. We can follow a Dreyken to their nest or we can find a wefuke that's possessed an innocent.
We are highly specialized in urban warfare where operating beneath the radar of civilian notice is mandatory. We are also highly aware of hostile environments and train our own to identify potential hideouts of known monsters.
Intelligence
The use of information and media, concepts that the flow of data is not bound by borders, is integral to the Atharim. Sociological and technological transformations are already present in every theater of operations across the world, from village to forest to city, now becoming apparent to the individual Atharim, that what was once highly specialized and belonging to elite units has become the necessary evolution at the tactical level and the result of familial expertise and training, whose original purpose was always an upgrade all tactical combat as a whole.
Atharim Intelligence is coordinated by headquarters, particularly in the Old World. New World Atharim typically rely on their own gathering of intelligence.
Logistics
Leadership
Old World Atharim defer to the full authority of the chosen Regus. The traditions of his selection are very complicated and date to the time of Christ. While New World Atharim are subject to orders of the Regus, they are typically left to their own devices and many never meet him. However, the oldest and most formal of Atharim are required to journey to HQ for initiation rites and permission to bear the tattoo.
Individually high ranking members are chosen based on seniority.
Costs
The Budget of the Atharim is executed by the Regus. Our budget is supplied primarily by funds of the Catholic Church, directed by the Pope to the Vatican Historical Society. Our remaining funds are directly supplied by the oldest and most loyal Atharim families whom have been touched by the Atharim in one way or another. Most of these associated families, such as the Baccarat of France, are beneficiaries-only. Our yearly budget operates in excess of several billion dollars.
Auxiliaries
We have little in the way of auxiliary support. Individual Atharim are paid a stipend by which to live on, supply their own housing, food and supplies. HQ has a small team of data-personnel that support the Atharim servers and computer systems. Our largest auxiliary comes in the form of the Catholic Church itself since the Vatican Historical Society maintains the vaults of the Atharim beneath the Vatican.
Recruitment
In addition to inheritance and birthright, Atharim may be recruited by encounters with civilians. When these civilians show themselves to be highly trained in other theaters of war, combat and fighting, they may be given the opportunity to join the Atharim. Such members are often former military and police.
Once in a while members are recruited for their philosophical expertise and interest in the ancient ways.