Faction name: Bedlam
Faction type: Cult
Status: Defunct
According to Relic
An old anti-governmental cult that opposed the Tripower Kingdom and Vectorian Empire. It was interested in the downfall of governments and instating people's governments. It was mostly centered around gang and pirate oriented activities, led by Relic. Bedlam was closely tied to Shadow Thieves, and became almost a direct branch of the clan. A lot of Shadow Thieves "contracts" that dealt with Bedlam's main focus were taken care of by the cult itself.
The phrase "Ashes to ashes and dust to dust" played an important role in cult code. Often with the leader stating "Ashes to ashes", and the return of any Bedlam member would be "Dust to dust". The Bedlam organization was rich enough to have owned at least one airship. (Bedlam One)
According to The Jihad
Bedlam was a group of Cyricists and other maniacal Jenovese that did not believe The Truth. Rather, as the traditional histories claimed, they believed that The Apprentice was indeed insane, and that his world was indeed filled with anguish and strife. Bedlam's aim, like Jihad's, was to find ways of resurrecting The Apprentice- for very different reasons. They believed that when The Apprentice was resurrected, he would fill the world with strife, and Cyric would rise from his throne to assume his true form- as The Apprentice. They believed that Cyric was, in fact, already The Apprentice, and that The Prophecy was a prophecy of Cyric's ascension into Elder Godhood.
Bedlam pursues many paths to achieve their goals. One was to sometimes subvert the efforts of other Jenovese in order to prevent the fall of the RoK- which they believed caused far more strife still aloft in the sky than if it were to fall. Another, is their effort to gather the Four Elemental Swords of Ragnarok and to take them to the Temple of Light- and to use the powerful wish thereby gained to resurrect The Apprentice without the fall of the Rok.
Most, though not all, members of Bedlam did not pursue any interest in the other five Divisions of Jihad- instead, preferring to act independently as an unofficial sixth Division. The actions of Bedlam were not sanctioned by the Jenovese. In fact, when a member of Bedlam was discovered, that member was sent into exile, if not slain outright. Most Jenovese considered Bedlam a fanatical group beyond redemption.
