Dragon (The Secret World)
The Dragon is a secret society that features in The Secret World.
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History
The Dragon were an Asian based secret society that was the most secretive of their ilk that operated in the world. The philosophy of the Dragon may have been started during the 1st Age, and had followers ever since that time. Few chronicles exist from previous cycles; evidence suggests that they played a roll in the fall of the Tower of Babel, the Mongol hordes, the death of Caesar, and the French Revolution.
They were noted to had dissolved and reformed through out history.
In recent years, they were noted to had taken root in a nameless district in Seoul, Korea. It was said to had reformed following the end of the previous generation where they emerged at the end of the second world war.
Overview
In appearance, the Dragon was a secret society with no fixed territory or structure who believe that a controlled society was a sick society. They believed that it was only through collapse and rebuilding could the world be in harmony via the natural chaos of life. To outsiders, their strategies were incomprehensible as they delved into fractal patterns, chaos theory, random numbers and unrelated events. The Dragon believed there was no pattern and that only acts of great change must be committed. They divined that various incidents could change the course of everything with them seeing it as acupuncture applied to a paralysed world.
Its members had practiced martial and mental arts where they were attuned to the true harmony of the world where they wielded the most dangerous and unpredictable magics.
The body of the Dragon is formed by two sets of people. The first, used by the Dragon to cause small actions weaving into a greater whole. And the second, members who are not voluntarily recruited but are instead chosen for service. Abducted by the Mute Monks, new recruits are deposited in a neighborhood in Seoul, trapped until they discover the clues that lead them into the headquarters. Few direct orders are ever issued; instead members to are expected to follow the tenets of the Dragon and to instinctively understand how to meet their goals.
A proverb of the society was, "True harmony is described in the moment the rake passes through the Zen garden".
Members
- Golden Child :
- Bong Cha :
- Jin Jae-Hoon :
- Dae-Su :
- Akma :
- Mei Ling :
- Gozen :
- Akma :
- Dylan Keane :
- Mei Ling :
- Mizuki Koga :
Notes
- The Dragon was created by Ragnar Tørnquist and Funcom where it featured in the setting of The Secret World universe.
- Writer Ragnar Tørnquist noted in an interview that, "These guys believe that the world needs to descend into chaos before achieving balance. They're unknowable...they are chaotic...they are like the Chinese puzzle box - secrets within secrets within secrets."
Appearances
- The Secret World:
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