We are the Bound. We are the Keepers. We are waiting for you
Pactum Obscura
For centuries, we have walked unseen among the unworthy.
We are the Watchers at the threshold, the Keepers of the ancient words.
Now, the Circle calls for new blood.
You have been found.
You have been chosen.
The Path of Ascension
Initiate
Seeker
Disciple
Harbinger
Ascended
Your place in the Circle is determined by the rank you achieve before the Gate opens.
In the ashes of a forgotten city, the first Circle was drawn.
Five stood within it. One stood beyond.
The five swore the Oath to the One Beyond the Door, sealing their blood into the stone.
This was the birth of Pactum Obscura – The Hidden Pact.
Over centuries, the Order has moved through shadows, never seeking glory, only balance.
Every generation, new hands are called to the work – to watch, to guard, and, when the time is right, to open the Gate once more.
Those who enter must pass the Trials to prove their worth.
The higher one ascends, the closer one stands to the Gate on the appointed night.
The Oath is forever. The work is eternal.
We wait.