The Iron Legion

The Iron Legion is a relatively secretive organization of pure-blooded humans whose goal is to hunt down and eradicate any creatures that aren’t native to the material plane and ensure that any connections between them are severed. In doing this, they also have taken the mantle of defending the realm; and as such, they believe that they are the sole defenders of the plane. One of the Legion’s primary priorities is securing and containing items that are a threat to the material plane, or otherwise are the cause of some sort of unexplainable phenomena. These items are then studied to attempt to understand them, then most are destroyed if able to be. The group also does extensive research into the past and seek to decipher the mystery shrouding the world-shaking event that occurred centuries ago. They religiously gather relics of the old world and each chapter of the Legion operates from a Shelter: an old massive sprawling underground city made of metal, buried beneath Orbis.

The only way to join the Legion is by being born into it, and those born into the Legion are raised collectively, similar to an orphanage. Children are aware of who their parents are within the Legion, but they are merely seen as those responsible for their birth. The entire Legion is regarded as family so there is not any expected special connection between blood relatives. Additionally, The Iron Legion is not only a faction and a family, but it is also a religion. The Legion are raised to worship The Iron God or Factitious: a man-made god created by the Legion, capable of imparting magic unto its believers. Few people know exactly what The Iron God is, but the general understanding is that it is some sort of great magical object, possibly linked to the event that changed the world. The Iron Faith asks little of its followers, its only tenets are to enforce the Legion’s goals as listed above.

Most members of the Legion rarely ever leave the Shelters, and when they do, they attempt to avoid any contact with outsiders, believing that it is best to keep distance to avoid any sort of confounding variables. Usually those taking part in these small excursions take every precaution to protect themselves from the hostile world, wearing massive impregnable metal suits. The few sightings of these suits are painted as massive metal men roaming under the cover of night, though these rumors are regularly disregarded as a band of warforged or even iron golems. Though some members are made to leave the Shelter, those that do hide themselves among society in order to relay information the the Legion. No matter where one goes, they can always expect that some, if not all, of their present company is a member of the Legion.

The Iron Legion is not only secretive to outsiders, but there is even secrecy among the ranks within the organization. Much of their research is confidential and thus only accessible by those of the appropriate rank, from 0 to 5. Knowledge is frequently restricted to a need-to-know basis, as not to cause any sort of unnecessary trouble. Additionally, although the high elder is the leader of the organization, they take orders from the O5 council, which few members even know exist.