House of Helekar

House of Helekar was the prime chantry of the Consanguinity of Eternal Joy.

Overview[]

The House of Helekar was founded by Grand Harvester Helekar, as means to drive off invaders and solidify their hold on the realm. After the Grand Convocation, the zeal of the Consanguinity was directed against the enemies of the Council of Nine in the Ascension War. In 1709, Voormas became the new Grand Harvester after besting Helekar in a magical duel and the Consanguinity became darker. While still on the side of the Traditions, they focused on Jhor and murder for murder's sake, falling victim to the same taint they had fought for centuries.

Cabals[]

The Consanguinity of Eternal Joy is composed of three cabals and a dictator who belongs to none of the cabals. While the names, nationalities and methods have changed, the cabals' motives remain the same. These mages are penultimate fanatics ready to die and kill at a single word from their leader's lips.

The Grand Harvester[]

The Chantry is dominated by one figure, the Grand Harvester of Souls. His name is Voormas and he is very, very wicked. Voormas is the dictator of the Chantry and claims to be in contact with the Oracles of Entropy. In fact, he does venture into the Shard Realm of Entropy and returns bearing "orders." Other strange human figures are seen entering the Shard Realm, though none of the mages have approached them, fearing it would be an insult to the Oracles.

Voormas is a master death-dealer and the sole authority among the 13 mages of the House of Helekar. All the cabals answer to him. Though he gives them missions, he does not stand over them. The mages are allowed a great deal of freedom, for they would not abuse it, not would they make mistakes. They know the punishment for such stupidity are swift and merciless.

The Abyssians[]

This cabal was founded in India centuries ago as a Thuggee sect. The name has changed as language evolved, but it has always meant "those who sit over the vast pit of nothingness." The Abyssisans quickly climbed the Chantry's ranks and soon became the top cabal.

The Abyssians are the brains behind the Chantry and carry out all the extortion and spying. They collect and examine information, and determine what needs to be done and who needs to be killed next. They report their findings to the Grand Harvester, who has final say. While the cabal members are trained assassins, they do not usually perform the actual physical slayings.

Ulku Baydar - Euthanatos
Eugene Clemens - Euthanatos
Serge Pajak - Euthanatos
Joseph Russo - Euthanatos

Friends of the Soul[]

The Friends of the Soul are the mages who seek out those who deserve the Good Death. They have more leeway in how they conduct their missions than does the Freedom Razor. These mages perform most of the long-term missions for the Chantry

Jorge Salbon - Euthanatos
Fleta Natrajan - Euthanatos
Richard Somnitz - Euthanatos, Died
Rosa Zlonstreth - Euthanatos

The Freedom Razor[]

The Freedom Razor is charged with the task of handling most standard assassinations for the Chantry. The cabal is made up of the youngest of the Consanguinity's members. What they lack in experience they more than make up for in fanaticism. The cabal was originally founded in Persia in the 800s as a Euthanatos assassins' cult. The cult joined the Consanguinity shortly after the latter's formation. While the names and faces have changed, the cabal still upholds many of its old customs and ceremonies, vile though they may be.

Ayman Loufi - Euthanatos
Virginia Adams - Euthanatos
Shelton Bruntee - Euthanatos
Theora Hetirck - Euthanatos, Ex-member of the Freedom Razor

Nodes[]

Dachau Death Camp: This despicable place of human atrocity now serves the Chantry as a place of magickal power. The disgusting energy of the death camp is very great, and no other Tradition (or Convention) would employ such a place as a Node.
Rothchild's Wax Museum: The Euthanatos built this wax museum in Winchester, England over the Node site where an ancient temple once stood. The wax museum is used to embalm and coat in wax the bodies of those who have been given the Good Death. The bodies are altered to look like famous historical figures. Some actually are famous historical figures.
The Obelisk to Thanatos: This Node is located in Jordan and kept well hidden by faithful members of the cult. It is a large, bluish-black, rectangular marble column standing 30 feet high. It is adorned with carvings and has a stone door. Anyone who steps into the small black chamber behind the door and closes it will receive a vision. The vision is that of someone's death. Often it is the person's own death; at other times it is that of someone whom the person must kill to accomplish his personal goals. The death scene is enacted before the mage's eyes, as if it were an illusion. In fact, if the mage actually commits the murder, he often feels as if he is being watched (possibly by himself from another time and place).
The Necropolis of Burjhi: This Node is located in India below the streets of Old Delhi. The necropolis is accessible only through a special entrance located under an old building. The entrance tunnel leads into a maze filled with all sorts of deadly traps.
The Necropolis of Burjhi is a huge underground city filled with strange creatures who feast on the ancient bones of a former civilization. The creatures also hunt and eat one another. These creatures, called Crypt-fiends, are gargoylelike humanoids with skin ranging from moldy gray-green to dusty-brown to greasy black. The creatures' glowing red eyes allow them to see in absolute darkness.
Beside the Crypt-fiends, the necropolis is filled with countless streets, buildings and bridges. There is a dark lake of brackish water near the middle of the necropolis; who knows what lives in it?
The Monkey's Heart: This Node is a gigantic red rock in the shape of a monkey's heart. The Node is located in present-day Cameroon, Africa. The Node holds great powers for those who know how to use them. If the correct ritual is known, a body is placed at the foot of the Monkey's Heart may be brought back to life. The victim will suffer any ailments he had at the time of death, and will most likely have rigor mortis, which must be cured through magick. If the body has been embalmed, the victim becomes an animated, zombielike corpse.
The Nameless Pit: This former Black Spiral Dancer caern was captured by the Euthanatos nearly 40 years ago. It is located in northern Kentucky. Its upper levels resemble a huge cave complex, but once the lower levels are reached, the tunnels become more uniform. A ward put in place by the mages protects the place from the minions of the Wyrm. This alone prevents it from being overrun by Wyrm-things from the lower depths, or from being haunted by the slain Black Spirals, whose spirits are now trapped in caverns below the actual Pit.

Allies and Enemies[]

The House of Helekar is allied to the Ancestral Chantry in Calcutta. It is also allied to two other Euthanatos Ancestral Chantries, but these are merely formal links. The Consanguinity will not aid either of the allied Chantries unless it is to the subcult's advantage.

The Chantry is also allied to a Black Spiral Hive and a Sabbat Cardinal. In addition, the Chantry controls human cults in Miami, South Africa and Baghdad. The cults are called the Brotherhoods of Consanguinity.

The enemies of the Chantry include Autochthonia, MECHA, one Progenitor construct, two New World Order Reginal Headquarters, and one multi-Convention Construct. Other enemies include Galtharak the Gnasher of Bloodied-Souls (a Nephandus of great power) and its cabal of corrupted mages, Amen Khal (a mummy, whom the Consanguinity views as an abomination against death), and Chih Sung-tzu (an Umbrood Lord).

References[]

MTAs: The Book of Chantries, p. 42-50
MTAs: Euthanatos Tradition Book, p. 5-6, 15, 25, 52-53
MTAs: Tradition Book: Euthanatos, p. 35, 74
MTAs: Tales of Magick: Dark Adventure, p. 65-67
MTAs: Ascension, p. 88