Eclipse Council
A shadow court whose influence on the Scape's politics is best measured by what does not happen in the open and who quietly ensures it stays that way.
Secrecy, Night, Long Memory
Tier 2 Political/Guild Power — operates through influence and indirection rather than declared presence
Vampire-class practitioners and those who have been drawn into — or chose — the Council's particular way of moving through the world
The Eclipse Council believes that the most durable power is the kind that does not announce itself. Its members understand patience as a form of force.
Where most factions in the Scape are legible — their creed, their banners, their aligned classes — the Eclipse Council is deliberately not. It is present in outcomes. It is rarely present in the room.
The Council observes Gatebound with the specific interest of something that has seen many arrivals and learned what they tend to become. Its response is rarely immediate.