The Silver Blade are a covert Verbena faction formed by Nightshade to combat infernal Verbena.
Overview[]
During the early days of the Tradition, many members became consumed by the need for revenge against the Cabal of Pure Thought and made pacts with demons and dark gods. In response to this, Nightshade formed the Silver Blade. A formal witchhunt would have torn the Tradition apart, so the very existence of the Silver Blade was - and still is - a closely guarded secret, known only to the Tradition leader (Nightshade and her successor, Lady Charlotte Quay; a new leader has yet to be named) and a handful of her closest and most trusted advisors.
Because of their pragmatism and their unlikeliness to be mistaken for Christian inquisitors, the original Blades were chosen primarily from among druid judges and Nordic spae-crafters (earning them a place among the Twisters of Fate, for those Verbena who actually pay attention to such political divisions). Modern Blades still recruit from among those sects, but Caribbean Voudounistas, Zulu isanusi (witchhunters) and even modern technomancers find their way into the secret society.
Because the Silver Blade is so covert, they never act publicly. While some prefer to anonymously forward evidence of corrupted Verbena to House Quaesitor or to the Golden Chalice, others prefer a more direct approach and simply arrange for the fallen mage to run afoul of the Technocracy or to meet with a fatal "accident."
References[]
- MTAs: Book of Madness Revised, p. 77