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== Organization ==
Believe it or not, there ''is'' some method to all this and they do not always agree.

The best way to describe traditional Ecstatic organizations is that they come into two categories: Agree with the Code, or Disagree with the Code. Those who agree with the Code of Ananda teach it as part of their already existing practices, and those who Disagree...do not, and instead seek to transcend even those rules put down by Sh'Zar. Modern organizations hold equal standing with the most ancient of all and are listened to for wisdom just as much (it would not make for good Ecstatics to be judgemental), though the modern factions are hyperfocused on the Sphere of Time, and furthermore are more interested in messing around with shit already thought to be pretty dangerous by both sides of the Code argument. Still, everyone has time to pass around the rails of cocaine.

The Code adherent Factions are:
* '''Joybringers''': Largest modern faction, born of the old Cult of Bacchus that fell in the 19th century. They're one of the strictest about the Code, but for the most altruistic reasons of wanting to ascend humanity all at once rather than one at a time.
* '''K'an Lu''': An ancient sect of Taoist monks who introduce themselves to extreme physical sensation in order to better perfect themselves and to bring themselves into an ultimate balance that ends in their ascension. While extremely rare these days, they've had a big impact on other Code-adherent Sects, even if the others simply cannot keep up with their rigid and often quite painful methods of self-enlightenment.
* '''The Fellowship of Pan''': Largest ancient faction due to their goals largely aligning with the Joybringers. They're the traditional bacchanalian sect that's all about wine and fucking, but largely for the purpose of getting man down to his basest possible elements, beyond pure instinct, where the shared heartbeat of humanity is said to lie. Because of this, they're actually considered excellent healers as they can cool off the angry, and inspire the hopeless. Just expect a hangover afterwards.
* '''Vratyas''': The most insular of the code-adherent; having never left their Nepalese monastaries. They are considered the world's foremost masters of Tantra, and are said to be the men that Sh'Zar himself met in order to first unlock the secrets of Ecstasy. They reveal extremely little of their craft to outsiders, but are rumored to be taught from birth on how to best maximize the potential of the human body.
* '''Erzuli Jingo''': A very lost and dying Dreamspeaker cult that forgot where it was in the middle of it's religious experience generating and spirit calling. Not really very powerful anymore.

The Non-Code adherent Factions are:
* '''Acharne''': The worst parts of college fraternities and secret societies all in one awful place. They lionize mental and physical suffering, and will put their adherents through hell just to join, and fuck up their lives just to see if it can be done. They work primarily with the Mind Sphere as opposed to the Time Sphere, and are sometimes called Durdenites in the modern day due to them largely being the kind of person who watches Fight Club and thinks Tyler Durden is the hero.
* '''Aghoris''': The oldest Non-Code sect, and ironically one of the greatest masters of Ecstatic magic...though they get there in a less than ideal way. The Aghoris understand life to be an illusion, and the self to be the greatest illusion of all, which means they practice an unbelievable amount of harm to each other and others in order to achieve enlightenment. They have also lost most of the masters that kept them in check, they have mostly degenerated into being the most Slaaneshi of all Ecstatics and most don't really like hanging out with them.
* '''Dissonance Society''': Anarchists and Communists who want to completely reboot society by either convincing people to help restart it or actively destroy it. Initially born from within the Joybringers, they bend the Code way too often to ever be considered truly adherent in the name of saving humanity...though usually by causing a ton of trouble.
* '''Hagalaz''': Straight up Vikings who didn't really take to Christianity and modern life, and honestly got ''very'' mad about all of it being imposed on them and joined the Ecstatics using traditional norse runic magic as a base for their berzerker fury. They have ties to the Verbena, but even they have their limits on how much they're willing to hear out the Sons of Wotan in their fatalistic rampages. Great to have in a fight however.



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