Catalogue of the minions loyal followers of the ancient Overseer Tectus.

we also might be getting some government funding so please keep an eye out. taking suggestions for official names.

Since reawakening into the caves, the Overseer Tectus has been gathering a small loyal following of gembound and valkhounds (singular valkhound) to serve as scouts, guardians, and assistance in the tasks given to her by Master Vargas and Master Astraea. She is looking to organize them a little more into a proper Task Force that will work alongside the Chaos Forge to bring something like organization and productivity back to the nest.

Purpose and Goals
To assist the powers of Origin Cave and bring back some of the structure of the old ways. This includes rebuilding efforts, surveillance, education, and light enforcement. There will be many positions available within the group to suit individual gembound/valkhound abilities.

Requirements
You cannot be ordered or infected with order. You cannot be in the Chaos Forge already (but don't worry, you can still get involved! we outsource when we need). You cannot be purposefully disruptive or a nuisance (flexible). No murder hobos please. Violence is encouraged if necessary, just not against your fellow underling. Attacking or killing each other will result in punishment.

How is this different from Chaos Forge?
Tectus and Vargas were very different Overseers, so Tectus will most likely have a very different way of running her organization. Chaos Forge rewards usefulness and strength, Tectus rewards loyalty and effort. There will not be a system of ranks or strict militarism and it may be more lenient when it comes to failure. We also don't breed monsters. You want that? Talk to Master Vargas.

GSS
I don't know. Taking ideas.

Positions
Rather then a ranking system, the Task Force will be built on a variety of positions suited for gembound abilities. To start off, there will be:

• Scout/Spy - keeping tabs on as many corners of Origin Cave as possible. This can be done with discussion OOC for simpler tasks, but for infiltration into other groups or more dangerous assignments, it should be done IC.
• Laborer - given the task to help rebuild parts of Origin Cave back to their original functions, starting with, most likely, Orion.
• Enforcer - both protection of the Task Force and their space as well as hunting down any rebels to the cause. At no time should Enforcers hunt down and start fights with innocent and uninvolved characters.
• Scribe - help with designation and taking notes on the task force's missions, as Tectus will look to give designations to every gembound the task force comes across to keep track of how many creatures are running around the caves.
• Generalist - general position, fulfilling any task given to them or often sent on tasksto help members in other positions. Generalists can be part-time group members as well.

Home Cave
Most likely Orion, particularly around The Tower, but depending on circumstances may be moved to Cepheus or another cave closer to Draco/The Palace.

Joining
Anyone that meets the requirements can join! In most cases, all that join will be known as Unproven and given a designation, which they will be referred to until they complete an assignment or somehow prove themselves loyal/useful to Tectus. Once they are proven, they will be given their position and considered a full member of the task force. A name can be earned with achievement. Personal invitations to join by the Overseer may allow a skip over being Unproven.

Being a member of the task force means you are protected. Should anyone come to harm you, Tectus will ensure you are defended or avenged. This does not include protection from anyone above her station, including any of the Masters so just be careful not to piss them off. But be loyal to Overseer Tectus, and she will be loyal to you.


Current (potential) Members
Oilstone T-One - Enforcer?
Bloodstone T-One (Moros) - Scout/Spy
Opal T-One (September) - Generalist
Umbriel - Generalist (part-time)
Chromite T-One - Scout/Spy/Enforcer?
Aethril - Boss
Daphne - Scout/Spy
Dravite - Scribe?
Bauxite-T-One - Enforcer?

I think The Tectus Task Force is an amazing name, but The Architects could work as a name? As in like, Nest Architects. Likewise, maybe the group spell/tactic could have to do with mending old structures? Like some kind of earth spell that basically just creates mortar/clay or otherwise just binds stone together.

Umbriel won't join the group officially but she WILL visit fairly often on Aethril's behalf to keep tabs on their progress and relay orders/important information. She would probably be willing to help out with certain tasks- especially in the beginning when the group is low on numbers. She's more suited to scouting/information based tasks but she'd be okay with doing anything that isn't 'beneath her' [mainly manual labor]

I have a valkhound planned that would've been meant as like, an arena champion/fighter in Orion's arena, so they'd fit into the group pretty well as an enforcer or generalist. I also have Arke but given his original plans I still feel like The Chaos Forge would be a better fit. But he COULD possibly work as a spy/scout or even an [magic-based] enforcer.

I have a couple of lost stones lying around [and I'm mostly likely going to end up with even more from the anniversary gacha] that could be revived and raised by the group.

I fully intend to shunt a not-yet-created RCS in here if you'll have it!

Mystery Character - assassin archetype, so probably enforcer and/or scout (it's more combat-oriented than a scout but not tanky and tough either). So far what I have is that it rarely talks, when it does speak it's kind of a mess of language (garbled/hissing), it's obedient to a fault, and is built for speed/agility/stealth. Basically it's a rogue, but instead of carrying daggers it's made of daggers.

edit: "mystery" not b/c it's a big secret. "mystery" b/c I have yet to actually think of a name

i said on the discord but just to repeat i had an idea for aethril to make a similar group (albeit way more focus on the Enforcing and Murdering part) so i'll just have her join this one!

the planned spell i had for that was called Hunter's Mark and it gave you a gps signal of one target. dark said that you'd need a way to dispell it which is fine (and i would like it to be very painful for the caster if it is)

other ideas i had for how it works:
you can only see through the target's eyes and you never sleep peacefully
you brand or mark the target physically so that they can cover it up and not be immediately pinged by another member (unless they were there obvi)
the target also has a gps on you so they know when you're getting close and has a chance to leave

if anyone doesn't have a character fitting for this aethril could make a valkhound for you if you wish but i don't want to abuse that power too much so be mindful!

I originally was going to see about Nikolai joining Chaos Forge but I'm tempted to throw him here instead. He's an enforcer through and through and was always made to be a soldier, but typically only to those that he trusts to lead well. If you want him to still join Chaos though, that's totally find, I have a backup!

If he doesn't work, my backup would be Daphne, she's more of a scout and is perfectly fine with bringing back information in exchange for shelter/food/etc.