Cult of Diablos

The Cult of Diablos (ディアボロス教団) is a secret organization operating covertly to resurrect the demon Diablos.

For this task, they infiltrated many high-ranking positions and manipulated history so that the descendants of the heroes who originally sealed Diablos would get persecuted and abandoned by renaming the "Curse of Diablos" into Demon Possession. They managed to go unopposed for years until a new opposition called the Shadow Garden appeared.

History
Although the "Cult" organizations have a long dark history for thousands of years without being noticed by the public, cults are not a monolith, meaning that they lack any organized unity that forms a single and influential force.

Members of this organization have all sorts of opportunities to progress their pursuit of attaining the highest positions and cult higher-ups form their own faction sects with each of the members being the leaders, by naming their factions using their names. Each of these factions has continued in internal power struggles for centuries.

These organizations have always been at odds with each other due to the higher ups of the cult always wishing for eternal life and ruling the world from the shadows, as well as possessing wealth and fame. And they had not worked together for hundreds of years.

Children of Diablos
These members are orphans or young citizens that possess magic, even the smallest amount, that the Cult kidnaps and are raised them in a "Special Facilities". These children will undergo brutal harsh training and brainwashing. And then, They're loaded with drugs, and it's said that fewer than 10 percent of them manage to "graduate." They organize all "Children" in; 3rd, 2nd, and 1st.

The 3rd Children are those that survive the test who are deemed worthless, considered the failures of the graduates. They are only used to be a pawns for a sacrifice and abandoned. With their minds are too corrupted for them to leak any classified information, and their fighting prowess are more powerful compared to the average knight.

The 2nd children are mentally stable, while the 1st children in existence are said to be considered some of the most powerful warriors who possess very significant power by world standards and as such they are very few of them, because a quite limited in number compared to the 3rd and 2nd children.

Among the Children of Diablos, those who have provided exceptional contributions to the Cult are granted a name. Most "Named Children" are 1st, but 2nd being named is not entirely unheard of either.

Knights of Rounds
Furthermore, there are Named who have climbed into the ranks of the "Knights of Rounds". More like, within the organization, being Named is almost considered a requirement to be considered as a gateway for a position in the Rounds.

There are 12 members in Knights of Rounds because each year, each member of Knights of Rounds will take 1 drop Tears of Diablos to maintain their demonic strength and immortality. Tears of Diablos have a small production amount, 12 drops a year, coincidently the number of people in the Rounds.

There are also another requirement to become a candidate of Knight Rounds without being "Named" and for 1st and 2nd Children are allowed to participate. They will be nominated by their leader, which is a member of the Knight Rounds from their respective factions, if they have completed a very significant contribution to the operation mission given by the cult.

Claire Kagenou's Abduction
The first true meeting between the Cult and Shadow Garden would come when the Cult kidnapped Cid's sister, Claire Kagenou. Due to pure chance and the random luck of Cid, Shadow Garden was able to find the base Claire was locked up. The members of the Cult in that base were all killed and Claire was rescued. However, this would not be the last meeting between the Cult and Shadow Garden, or rather this was just the beginning of the Cult's first and biggest obstacle to their goal.

Princess Alexia's Kidnapping
The second meeting between the Cult and Shadow Garden would come when the Cult kidnapped Alexia Midgar. Shadow Garden then mobilize, simultaneously uncovering, and destroying many of the Cult's hideouts in the kingdom. Alpha defeated a rampaging monster made while Shadow rescued the princess. These events caused the world to become aware of the existence of Shadow Garden and the Cult of Diablos.

The Midgar Academy Terrorist Attack
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Holy Ground Infiltration
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The God of War Tournament
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Great Trade Alliance Conflict
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The Oriana Kingdom Civil War
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Midgar Academy Kidnappings
Despite the Oriana Kingdom operation ending in failure, the cult managed to minimize Shadow Garden's gains by creating a faux story of their puppet ruler, Rose, being a patricide who summoned the Black Rose in the first place, turning the nation into a pariah state.

At the same time, the cult had begun running out of the Tears of Diabolos that granted the Knights of the Round their immortality. As a result, they send out members to Midgar Academy, where Diabolos' arm was being stored, to get more samples of the demons' blood.

Equipment and Artifacts
With the passing of time, the cult has created, collected and stolen all kinds of artifacts, weapons, among other things to increase the power of its organization and that of its members throughout the magical world and at the same time, used the powers of powerful entities, as living weapons among other things, such as:


 * Pills or Tears of Diabolos (Used by cult members and their superiors which are the 12 Knights of the Round Table, also by their allies, Gettan)
 * Fire Arms (Anime only) (Equipment that are normal for the cult and its members to use and maybe improve)
 * Elven Invisible Sword (Used by Mordred, as his special weapon)
 * Eye of Avarice (Used by Lutheran Barnett, to cure his disease and gain magical power)
 * The Black Rose
 * The Holy Sword (Weapon that can only be used by Olivier's direct descendants or maybe the other 2 heroines )
 * The Sanctuary (Used by cult members and their superiors as territory they created, the last to use its power was Nelson, the 11th seat of the Round Table)

Knights of Rounds
The highest authority within the Cult; they consist of the organization's strongest knights and are the ones to received the "Beads of Diabolos", which granted their demonic strength and immortality.


 * Loki, Unknown seat
 * Hela, Unknown seat
 * Jormungand, Unknown seat
 * Fenrir, 5th seat (Deceased)
 * Mordred, 9th seat and the "Knight Beyond Men" (Deceased)
 * Petos, 10th seat
 * Nelson, 11th seat and the "Avaricious" (Deceased)

1st Children

 * Zenon Griphi, the future 12th seat (Deceased)
 * Rex, the "Game of Betrayal" (Deceased)
 * Kouadoi, the "Raging Gale" (Deceased)

2nd Children

 * Viscount Grease (Deceased)
 * Lutheran Barnett (Deceased)
 * Royal Chancellor Doem (Deceased)

3rd Children
These children are the 10 percent who are deemed worthless; bearing no names, and as such, will never be recorded below.

Allies

 * Venom (Deceased)
 * Gettan (Deceased)

Trivia

 * The Knights of the Round are based on the Knights of the Round Table from Arthurian legend, with some members even sharing the names of the real knights.
 * Within the Cult "Knights of Round" members, there are some names are also inspired by gods and divine beasts from Norse mythology, such as Fenrir or Loki. In the game The Eminence in Shadow: Master of Garden at "Seven Shadows Chronicles" story, there are two members' names revealed, namely Hela and Jormungand.