Sect of the Fallen One

The Sect is one of the oldest factions on Iteria. It held very big significance in the plot of Arc 1.

Lore & Purpose
Arc 1

The Sect of the Fallen One was created by Purity. According to him, the Sect was meant to stay morally grey and not act as the evil faction of the server. At the very start of the arc, Mulac stole the Heart from the Tree and "hid" it in a barrel at the Sect's camp. The main goal of the Sect was freeing their god that was imprisoned in the Heart of Nature, and along with this, releasing the Heart's power (which included returning greenery to the world).

However, during the arc the sect became viewed as the evil faction - the main antagonists, for having stolen the Heart (which only Mulac did) and taking the greenery out of the world. In reality, the Sect did intend to bring greenery back - even better and stronger, having released the god's power, it only would have taken some more time.

Full lore (written by Purity): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BoIPVoTHTHVo-HGN1xFihzPZTfgxPCTUTgPKQFDoYrM/edit

Arc 2

After escaping to the End, with the Heart being sealed in the Tree, impossible to steal again, the Sect lacks a real purpose. Purity has proposed a few ideas - being based on religion, going on a conquest, but it has not been decided for sure yet.

History
Early into the Arc, the Sect of the Fallen One merged with the Shadowhoods and became The Sect of Shadows, finally reaching the tier of a guild along with Othium.

For the purpose of freeing the god, the Sect started building the Forge. It was meant to be a place where the members could start researching the Heart and experiment with it, hoping to corrupt it and free the god. However, the Forge was not completed in time, and only a small part of the god escaped the prison of the Heart until it was returned to Sakari Order by a spy. Part of the god is currently possessing Purity and is one of the reasons behind his suicidal tendencies.

During the final battle 5 members of the sect were ready to fight inside the Volcano/the Forge. When the fight itself started, the members completed and jumped into the End Portal, being the first ones (technically) to explore the new dimension. During the fight, 3 members of the Sect were killed, but Teri and Purity managed to escape through a gateway. According to the information about Arc 2, members of the Sect are currently trying to strenghten their forces in the depths of the End. (That is not completely true, the Sect still lives at the camp, often doing fun part time group events, such as punching the Ender Dragon to death while drunk, going to mine sand and sandstone in a desert far away, and digging out almost an entire mountain to build a temple inside it).

After the first arc, the Shadowhoods partly left the faction due to Purity announcing that the Sect is being disbanded (and taking it back shortly after).