Bleak Cabal - Revision history

107.189.8.16 at 12:44, 20 May 2026

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	{{Infobox Planescape Faction		{{Infobox Planescape Faction
	\|Name = Bleak Cabal		\|Name = Bleak Cabal

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	[[File:Bleak cabal FM.jpg\|left\|thumb\|"Welcome ~~the~~ the Bleak Cabal. How bleak are ya?"]]		[[File:Bleak cabal FM.jpg\|left\|thumb\|"Welcome to the Bleak Cabal. How bleak are ya?"]]
	{{topquote\|Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?\|Sam Harris}}		{{topquote\|Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?\|Sam Harris}}
	{{topquote\|Life's a bitch and then you die.\|Anonymous}}		{{topquote\|Life's a bitch and then you die.\|Anonymous}}

1d4chan>Nubnuber at 19:26, 26 January 2022

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	\|Name = Bleak Cabal		\|Name = Bleak Cabal
	\|Symbol = [[File:Bleak cabal symbol.png\|200px]]		\|Symbol = [[File:Bleak cabal symbol.png\|200px]]
	\|Aliases = Bleakers, Bleakniks, Madmen, Creators, Drowners		\|Aliases = Bleakers, Bleakniks, Madmen, The Cabal, Creators, Drowners
	\|Plane of Influence = [[Pandemonium]]		\|Plane of Influence = [[Pandemonium]]
	\|Headquarters = The Gatehouse, Hive Ward, Sigil		\|Headquarters = The Gatehouse, Hive Ward, Sigil
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	\|Factol = Lhar		\|Factol = Lhar
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	[[File:Bleak cabal ~~member~~.jpg\|left\|thumb]]		[[File:Bleak cabal FM.jpg\|left\|thumb\|"Welcome the the Bleak Cabal. How bleak are ya?"]]
	{{topquote\|Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?\|Sam Harris}}		{{topquote\|Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?\|Sam Harris}}
	{{topquote\|Life's a bitch and then you die.\|Anonymous}}		{{topquote\|Life's a bitch and then you die.\|Anonymous}}
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	Faction drawbacks are a daily D20 roll to avoid succumbing to despair, the potential to end up in the Gatehouse as a result of that leading to the Grim Retreat, and a sizable loss of lifespan depending on race; 10 years for humans and tieflings to 400 years for gray elves.		Faction drawbacks are a daily D20 roll to avoid succumbing to despair, the potential to end up in the Gatehouse as a result of that leading to the Grim Retreat, and a sizable loss of lifespan depending on race; 10 years for humans and tieflings to 400 years for gray elves.

			==Gallery==
			<gallery>
			Bleak cabal member.jpg
			gatehouse FM.jpg\|The Gatehouse
			gatehouse map FM.jpg
			howl of pandemonium FM.jpg\|A mage casting ''howl of pandemonium''.
			Morvun and phineas Uncaged.jpg\|A Bleaknik reciting poetry with musical accompaniment
			</gallery>

	{{Planescape-Factions}}		{{Planescape-Factions}}

1d4chan>Nubnuber at 02:52, 30 January 2021

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	The '''Bleak Cabal''' is one of the Factions that contest for the minds and souls of [[Sigil]]ites in the [[Planescape]] setting for [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. Well... sort of.		The '''Bleak Cabal''' is one of the Factions that contest for the minds and souls of [[Sigil]]ites in the [[Planescape]] setting for [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. Well... sort of.

	One of the more out-there Factions, and probably something that would have been written better if Planescape had come out a couple of years later, the Bleak Cabal's philosophy is essentially one of absurdism (in the vein of Albert Camus) and/or existentialism. The Bleakers believe that there is no "great plan" to the multiverse; there is no "purpose" to anything. This is similar to, yet distinct from, the "the universe is random" philosophy of the [[Xaositects]] or the "everything exists to fall apart" philosophy of the [[Doomguard]]. It bases itself around the idea that the only meaning the universe has is what a person chooses to give to it. (which in a ~~stange~~ way gives validity to all other guild's philosophies)		One of the more out-there Factions, and probably something that would have been written better if Planescape had come out a couple of years later, the Bleak Cabal's philosophy is essentially one of absurdism (in the vein of Albert Camus) and/or existentialism. The Bleakers believe that there is no "great plan" to the multiverse; there is no "purpose" to anything. This is similar to, yet distinct from, the "the universe is random" philosophy of the [[Xaositects]] or the "everything exists to fall apart" philosophy of the [[Doomguard]]. It bases itself around the idea that the only meaning the universe has is what a person chooses to give to it. (which in a strange way gives validity to all other guild's philosophies)

	This is seen as a very bleak and grim outlook and is reflected mechanically by the idea that Bleakers are at severe risk of falling into melancholy-induced catatonia called the Grim Retreat since they have no "higher meaning" to hold onto. Active proselytizing isn't something they place a lot of emphasis on; most people are drawn to the Bleak Cabal of their own, rather than coaxed into joining. By this, it means that entry into the Bleak Cabal isn't as simple as just walking up to one of their soup-kitchens or the Gatehouse and saying "I want to join". Technically it is that simple, but the thing is that no Bleaker will pay the prospective member any attention. At most they'll occasionally try to dissuade them from joining. Only someone who can tolerate this apathy-hazing which lasts an average of 6-12 months will be accepted and recognized as a namer, which requires dropping all parts of their name but their given name, to symbolize their rejection of meaning.		This is seen as a very bleak and grim outlook and is reflected mechanically by the idea that Bleakers are at severe risk of falling into melancholy-induced catatonia called the Grim Retreat since they have no "higher meaning" to hold onto. Active proselytizing isn't something they place a lot of emphasis on; most people are drawn to the Bleak Cabal of their own, rather than coaxed into joining. By this, it means that entry into the Bleak Cabal isn't as simple as just walking up to one of their soup-kitchens or the Gatehouse and saying "I want to join". Technically it is that simple, but the thing is that no Bleaker will pay the prospective member any attention. At most they'll occasionally try to dissuade them from joining. Only someone who can tolerate this apathy-hazing which lasts an average of 6-12 months will be accepted and recognized as a namer, which requires dropping all parts of their name but their given name, to symbolize their rejection of meaning.

1d4chan>Nubnuber at 03:37, 12 January 2021

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	{{topquote\|Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?\|Sam Harris}}		{{topquote\|Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?\|Sam Harris}}
	{{topquote\|Life's a bitch and then you die.\|Anonymous}}		{{topquote\|Life's a bitch and then you die.\|Anonymous}}

1d4chan>Nubnuber at 23:42, 11 January 2021

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	\|Name = Bleak Cabal		\|Name = Bleak Cabal
	\|Symbol = [[File:Bleak cabal symbol.png\|200px]]		\|Symbol = [[File:Bleak cabal symbol.png\|200px]]
	\|Aliases = Bleakers, Madmen, Creators, Drowners		\|Aliases = Bleakers, Bleakniks, Madmen, Creators, Drowners
	\|Plane of Influence = [[Pandemonium]]		\|Plane of Influence = [[Pandemonium]]
	\|Headquarters = The Gatehouse, Hive Ward, Sigil		\|Headquarters = The Gatehouse, Hive Ward, Sigil

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 {{topquote|Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?|Sam Harris}}
 {{topquote|Life's a bitch and then you die.|Anonymous}}
 The '''Bleak Cabal''' is one of the Factions that contest for the minds and souls of [[Sigil]]ites in the [[Planescape]] setting for [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. Well... sort of.

1d4chan>Its never spiders at 13:21, 7 September 2020

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	{{topquote\|Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?\|Sam Harris}}		{{topquote\|Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?\|Sam Harris}}
	{{topquote\|Life's a bitch and then you die.\|Anonymous}}		{{topquote\|Life's a bitch and then you die.\|Anonymous}}

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	The '''Bleak Cabal''' is one of the Factions that contest for the minds and souls of [[Sigil]]ites in the [[Planescape]] setting for [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. Well... sort of.		The '''Bleak Cabal''' is one of the Factions that contest for the minds and souls of [[Sigil]]ites in the [[Planescape]] setting for [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. Well... sort of.

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	This is seen as a very bleak and grim outlook and is reflected mechanically by the idea that Bleakers are at severe risk of falling into melancholy-induced catatonia called the Grim Retreat since they have no "higher meaning" to hold onto. Active proselytizing isn't something they place a lot of emphasis on; most people are drawn to the Bleak Cabal of their own, rather than coaxed into joining. By this, it means that entry into the Bleak Cabal isn't as simple as just walking up to one of their soup-kitchens or the Gatehouse and saying "I want to join". Technically it is that simple, but the thing is that no Bleaker will pay the prospective member any attention. At most they'll occasionally try to dissuade them from joining. Only someone who can tolerate this apathy-hazing which lasts an average of 6-12 months will be accepted and recognized as a namer, which requires dropping all parts of their name but their given name, to symbolize their rejection of meaning.		This is seen as a very bleak and grim outlook and is reflected mechanically by the idea that Bleakers are at severe risk of falling into melancholy-induced catatonia called the Grim Retreat since they have no "higher meaning" to hold onto. Active proselytizing isn't something they place a lot of emphasis on; most people are drawn to the Bleak Cabal of their own, rather than coaxed into joining. By this, it means that entry into the Bleak Cabal isn't as simple as just walking up to one of their soup-kitchens or the Gatehouse and saying "I want to join". Technically it is that simple, but the thing is that no Bleaker will pay the prospective member any attention. At most they'll occasionally try to dissuade them from joining. Only someone who can tolerate this apathy-hazing which lasts an average of 6-12 months will be accepted and recognized as a namer, which requires dropping all parts of their name but their given name, to symbolize their rejection of meaning.

	At the same time the Bleakers are one of the most sincerely altruistic factions in all of Sigil~~; there~~ is no real reason to be good and kind ~~then~~ that means it's all the more important when you choose to commit kindness, because you're making the choice to do so in spite of that lack of reason. The Bleakers operate the sanitariums, hospitals, and soup kitchens of Sigil, struggling constantly against the indifferent cruelty of the city around them to make the lives of the poor a little less miserable. The current Factol of the Bleakers is a half-orc named Lhar. He's planning on greatly expanding the facilities of the Faction to prepare for what he believes to be a great influx of Bleakers who undergo the Grim Retreat, as well as build a political network for the normally apolitical Faction. After this Lhar plans to succumb to the Grim Retreat. He is fully intending to return from it, which would make him the very first person to do so. To this purpose he has enlisted four members of the Faction to see him through this approaching madness.		At the same time the Bleakers are one of the most sincerely altruistic factions in all of Sigil. There is no real reason to be good and kind, that means it's all the more important when you choose to commit kindness because you're making the choice to do so in spite of that lack of reason. The Bleakers operate the sanitariums, hospitals, and soup kitchens of Sigil, struggling constantly against the indifferent cruelty of the city around them to make the lives of the poor a little less miserable. The current Factol of the Bleakers is a half-orc named Lhar. He's planning on greatly expanding the facilities of the Faction to prepare for what he believes to be a great influx of Bleakers who undergo the Grim Retreat, as well as build a political network for the normally apolitical Faction. After this Lhar plans to succumb to the Grim Retreat. He is fully intending to return from it, which would make him the very first person to do so. To this purpose he has enlisted four members of the Faction to see him through this approaching madness.

	After the [[Faction War]], the Bleakers simply shrug their shoulders, say "okay, we're not a faction", and just keep on working the same as they did before.		After the [[Faction War]], the Bleakers simply shrug their shoulders, say "okay, we're not a faction", and just keep on working the same as they did before.