Fraternal Order of the Raven

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The Fraternal Order of the Raven are a group that features in BioShock Infinite.

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History

The Fraternal Order of the Raven

Booker first encounters the Order of the Raven while en route to Monument Island, comparatively early in the game: having been journeying across Columbia by skyhook, he soon finds his way blocked by the massive Lodge, and ultimately has no choice but to venture inside. Having already been recognized by most of the city's populace as "The False Shepard," Booker is attacked on sight by the lower members of the orders, turning the gloomy lounge and dining hall into a battleground; venturing upstairs, he locates a congregation of higher-ranking members of the Order gathering to hear one of the Zealots give a speech on the history of Columbia. However, though Booker is able to wipe out these lesser cultists without much effort, the Zealot dissolves into a flock of crows and escapes through a side door.

Overview

Members of the Order cloak themselves in hoods and robes reminiscent of the real-life Ku Klux Klan, with lesser members wearing indigo and leaders wearing black. The Order believes that Columbia's racist ideals make it and its citizens superior to the rest of the world, and they seek to enforce a doctrine of racial purity.

The key motivation of the Order is to ensure the purity of the races and maintain the supremacy of the white Founders, championing Comstock's ideology through statues of the Prophet wresting with "The Serpent of Nations" and murals displaying America's role as a beacon of enlightenment in a sea of racist caricatures; for good measure, they seem to have refined racism to an exact science through systems of measurement akin to phrenology, as slideshows in the lodge display. Though the Founders are generally racist and xenophobic by nature, the Order are extreme even by their standards, kidnapping innocent civilians and torturing them to death for the slightest infractions of their laws - crimes most Founders would only punish through public humiliation and imprisonment. As such, though the Order are respected by the majority of the populace, they are looked upon with a considerable degree of fear and suspicion for their secretive ways; some citizens even attempted to steal from them, believing that the "feathered brothers" were hording treasures within their lodge.

Members

  • Charles :

Notes

  • The Fraternal Order of the Raven was created by Irrational Games where they featured in the setting of the BioShock universe.

Appearances

  • BioShock Infinite: (2013)

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