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The Silver Pact
While others let cities chain them down, succumbing to the weaknesses and vunerabilities of decadence, the Silver Pact endures. Living on the edges of the world, they spurn the great organized bureaucracies of Creation in favour of a complex tribal system that honours stronger and wiser members, but does not bow to them without thought. The world has no conception of their true power, but when they rise, the foundations of the Realm will tremble.
History
After the fall of the First Age, the Silver Pact understood the truth. The mechanisms of civilization, the millions whose lives were spent for the sole purpose of letting the Celestial Exalted live in contentment and ease, led to the Exalted expecting such treatment as their due. The Solars grew fat and corrupt off the labour of the people, and their mortal servants did the same. With such corruption, it was no wonder that the Terrestrials had sought this luxury for themselves. Life in the Wyld, hard though it was, winnowed the weakened Lunars from those who could grow strong again - and fight back.
As the Shogunate progressed, and weakened, the opinions of these Lunars were hardened. Slowly, they slipped back into Creation, finding cracks between warring factions and leading groups of people away from supporting fat Shoguns towards self-sufficiency. When the Contagion struck, their people died with the rest, but the survivors were better-equipped to do battle with the Fair Folk as they arrived. Lunar champions led beastmen and Wyld mutants, warped but unbroken, against the fae, until the Wyld retreated with the Empress's actions.
In the aftermath of the Contagion, the Silver Pact made its first move, stepping into the shattered world and gathering more people to them. Over the past several hundred years, the Silver Pact has grown their armies, carefully masking them with ineffective raids and by throwing those with more courage than brains at the might of the Realm. Now, underestimated and ignored, the Pact is ready to make its move.
Organization
The organization of the Silver Pact is loose at best, but they have certain things in common. The Pact is an organization of brothers, who listen to those who have proven their wisdom but who aren't afraid to move if necessary. The Pact contains approximately two-fifths of the Lunars of Creation, including a number of Lunars of the First Age; such ancient powers as Ma-Ha-Suichi and Tamuz organized and lead the Pact. Pact members, however, do not rely overly on each other, and keep each tribe seperate from one another to avoid one tribe gaining dominance over the others.
Elder Silver Pact Lunars tend to live alone, frequently dominating or commanding large tribes for their purposes. Younger Lunars frequently travel in packs, pooling their strengths to gain power from one another until they are strong enough to stand against Creation alone. Older Lunars, faced with problems that they find they cannot solve, will often call on former packmates for aid. While flippant requests will be ignored, the Pact can mobilize against the most serious problems. However, internal divisions will keep such organizations from ever being more than a loose alliance.
Goals
Lunars of the Pact are determined to undermine the Realm by any means necessary, and tend to divide into two groups: those who lead tribes, usually single Lunars, and packs of young Lunars that move to remove powerful opposition. Tribal leaders either gather power to them, preparing for the day when the Pact moves as one, or move early, trying to gain power for themselves. As the Realm weakens, the number of Pact Lunars seeking to move now increases, and soon they will move with or without the support of the others, likely dragging the rest of the Pact into war.
