The Stone

One of the first qabals to assume the mantle of the Defiance, the Stone grew powerful in 6th century Britain, during the reign of the king legends now name as Arthur Pendragon. The storied adept Merlin, said to be descended of fiends yet dedicated to the cause of good, led this qabal until his unexplained disappearance.

The Stone persisted for centuries, lasting into the era of the Holy Roman Empire. Eventually, however, authorities were corrupted and manipulated into persecuting the qabal’s members. At the same time, creatures of the Red Death began assassinating key leaders, and the Stone was finally crushed. However, it is said that disciples of the Stone’s teachings later founded successor qabals such as the Circle (which persists today as the Ghost Circle) and the Scions of Alchemae.