The Society of the Bond claims its descent from the prophet Kondo as outlined in the Myth of the Bond.
Today the Society of the Bond has its headquarters in the Kingdom’s capital city. There are those who say that it is merely a tool of the king. What no one desputes is that it has become a political as well as religious organisation.
The Society of the Bond is ruled over by a figure elected for life known as the Archonon.
The Archonon has complete control of the society and can rule on matters of doctrine and of heresy. The Archonon, who can be male, or female is elected by the Council of the Ungrateful. Named after the fact that the prophet Kondo was said to be ungrateful when he refused to sanction the bringing to life of a statue of King Cree by means of infernal technology and magic. There are twelve council members known as Councilmen and Councilwomen.
The Council of the Ungrateful rules over the Heads of the Two Orders – the Order of Natural Scientists and the Order of Holy Justice. In turn each Order consists of three offices.
In the Order of the Natural Sciences the Technical Office studies, researches and regulates the use of technology, the Biological Office regulates and studies sciences like cybernetics and genetic engineering, and the Administrative Office deals with the administration of the whole of the Society of the Bond from managing the budget to hiring freelance staff, from keeping files ordered to dealing with any complaints and disputes although these might ultimately be referred up the hierarchy and if important enough could be decided by the Archonon themselves.
In the Order of the Holy Justice, the Office of the Infernal Finders deals with routing out infernal magical influence, hunting down law breaking magic users and lifting curses. They wear long hooded robes with broad sleeves and masks that show patterns rather than the features of a face.
The Archonon's personal guard that make up part of the Office of the Guardians of the Archonon have an even more distinctive uniform. These trained killers wear tall hats with straw rims and a medallion hanging off them. They too wear a mask but theirs have eyes and large toothy oversized grin. They carry a holy blade known as a panthka on the black chest plates in a diagonal white cross. They are the enforcement arm of the organisation.
Finally, the Office of Theology that define the theory and doctrines of the creed. They too wear broad robes like their brothers in the Holy Order of Justice but instead of a mask they show their true face.
Within the offices there are variety of jobs to varied and numerous to rank but generally speaking their titles show their status in descending order: Officer, Ranked Man, Labourer and Runner.
STRUCTURE OF ‘THE SOCIETY OF THE BOND’
The structure of the Bond with links to each of the Towers at Bond Tower that serves as their headquarters.
Archonon
Council of the Ungrateful
Order of Natural Sciences
- Technical Office
- Biological Office
- Administrative Office
Order of Holy Justice
- Office of the Infernal Finders
- Office of the Guardians of the Archonon
The Tower of the Guardians of the Archonon
- Theological Office