Crius Vindica

Crius Vindica is a secret guild whose purpose is to ensure the Four Crux never unite. The guild and its members play a central role throughout the story of the trilogy.

Origin
The history of Crius Vindica goes back more than four hundred years. It was established by a Royal Captain named Pontum Oblivitis who was visited one evening by an Orakur instructing him to seek out a secret chamber deep in the Coppervein Mountains. There he found pictographs which described the existence of four powerful gemstones, called Crux. It was revealed to him that these gems contained a new type of energy, and that uniting them would create a terrible device of unfathomable destructive power. He was told by this shadowy figure that it was his burden to never allow this union to occur. It was then that Pontum swore an oath to this mysterious being and established the Vigilance of the Crux, or in the old world language, Crius Vindica.

From that moment and forever since, Crius Vindica has existed as a secret society whose members have pledged a life oath to serve the purpose of the guild - to prevent, at any cost, the joining of the Crux.

History
During the goblin invasion of Thaermore when the Crux of Ages was stolen, to prevent the Crux of Ages from possibly being united with the other Crux in the hands of the goblins, the Crius Vindica sent two agents - the protagonist and their brother - to Thaermore to secure it. The latter was caught by the goblins, forcing the former to erase their own memory to cover up their past and protect the guild. However, the protagonist was able to to follow the traces that they had set up for themself and eventually managed to return the Crux of Ages to Bastion Spire, even though they no longer had any knowledge about the guild's existence.

After the fall of Thaermore, the protagonist escaped to Mistfell and began a new life in a cottage outside the town of Eastwillow. Unbeknownst to them, it was the Taurax who orchestrated the goblin invasion. They managed to overrun Thaermore and capture the Crux of Ages, which was brought to Talushorn, their stronghold in Amireth. As the situation became critical, the guild sent another agent, Darus, to Eastwillow to recruit the protagonist back into the guild. Howerver Darus was abruptly assassinated, leaving them to search for the guild on their own.

Speculating that the Taurax were trying to complete the Crux Tetrad, Crius Vindica's Guild Master Korren activated the Terminal Contingency plan wherein two Crux - in this case the Crux of Ages and the Crux of Fire - are used to destroy each other, in a desperate attempt to ensure that the Crux can never be united. The protagonist managed to bring the Crux of Fire and Korren to the chamber where the Crux of Ages is kept in Talushorn. Before they could make their next move however, the One appeared and killed Korren, then struck the Crux of Fire in the protagonist's hand, teleporting them away.

Known members

 * Pontum Oblivitis (founder)
 * Korren (guildmaster)
 * Erubor
 * Darus
 * Sparrow