Chalice of Blood

Seventy percent of @Thrane society is human, and humans hold most positions of authority in Thrane. Despite the presence of a handful of dwarf, elf, half-elf, gnome, and halfl ing bishops and priests, the theocracy seems to favor the human race over all others, and all members of the Council of Cardinals are human. Nonhuman citizens cannot help but feel under represented and disadvantaged. Throughout the nation, cabals of nonhuman conspirators have various methods of retaliating against what they view as a corrupt government. Some advance specifi c political rivals. Others use their mistrust as an excuse for rebellion. The Chalice of Blood lies between these two extremes. Agents of the Chalice of Blood quietly support nonhuman candidates who show political promise within the theocracy. Legal tactics may include preaching about human clerics and cardinals with sympathetic views, anonymously making donations in support of a local theocrat or his causes, and speaking in public about the good works a nonhuman cleric has performed. Extremists within the group are willing to enact more drastic measures, such as sabotaging the efforts of human religious leaders or even assassinating them outright.
This is not to say that the Chalice is strictly antihuman. When the first cabals of the order met, they spoke of an egalitarian society in which all were equal. Unfortunately, arguments ensued over what constituted “racial progress,” leading to various splinter groups that prefer action to words. As long as the vast majority of Thranes are human, the Chalice will have a cause to champion. Coexistence is no longer the watchword it once was within the society. Whenever nonhumans must surrender their agenda to humans in Thrane, zealots within the society speak of spilling blood instead.
Members of the Chalice keep a watchful eye out for exceptional nonhumans to represent them. Good-aligned adventurers make likely candidates because of their power and prestige. Nonhuman clerics and paladins of the Silver Flame are even more desirable. Characters might be approached to help a nonhuman village priest who’s being terrorized by members of the The Silver Torch or to prove the innocence of a nonhuman framed for theft or murder.

Type

Political, Activist