The Society of 7

The So7 is a group founded to keep the secret of Vandroi's suicide from the people of Ketrab in year N.E. 3. It consists of Acheron, Verdoon, Skadikos, Zombor, Hiro (later Optimei), Dehvan Nopex, and Devis Veb'lhem.

FOUNDING

Immediately after their bloody victory over The Light and the Elves, Vandroiy brought Acheron and Verdoon to witness his suicide in the underground forge. He entrusted the city to their leadership, as his head mage and his head general, but both felt that the city had come to depend on Vandroiy and could not handle this news after so much death. They brought the news to Skadikos, Zombor, Dehvan, Hiro, and (unintentionally, for he'd secretly infiltrated the meeting) Devis Veb'lhem, the mutant empath. Each pledged to keep the secret of Vandroiy's demise. As a substitute, Skadikos would shapeshift into Vandroiy's likeness and rule the city. Dehvan returned to the Senate, where he pursued an egalitarian agenda focused on redistributing wealth from nobles to the poor. Hiro and Verdoon merged the University and battlemages into one, then pursued research in areas from elven physiology, to aether sources, defenses and the celestial dimensions. Acheron remained leader of the Guard, and pursued aggressive recruiting strategies, including conscription. Zombor began to work on integrating mutants into society at large and prepare for expansion - much like a secretary of state. Finally, Devis took on a sort of public relations role, becoming the envoy of the new regime and spreading calm and hope wherever he went, increasing greatly the degree of cooperation with the new administration's ambitious plans.

STATUS

Dehvan Nopex was killed in N.E. 44 when several wealthy senators attempted a coup in protest of his property reforms and assassinated him. Skadikos, as Vandroiy, chose to kill their leader and condemn the others to wander the streets in robes covered with his blood, on pain of death. Later, Hiro chose to bequeath his AeI its own existence, which lead to its reincarnation as Optimei, who replaced Hiro upon his death in N.E. 39.