Esoteric Affiliates ARE NOT permitted to openly act against one another maliciously. While disputes settled with conflict are permitted between agreeing parties to settle an issue, active intent to undermine or otherwise disrupt another Hunter's operations openly are forbidden.

Publicly discussing or broadcasting the more controversial elements of the Esoteric is strictly forbidden. The security of the group is based on inherent secrecy and trust of its Hunters.

Acts of trafficking sentient beings in any way is strictly forbidden. This includes slavery and forced sex trafficking. The Esoteric will not sanction such activities within its organization.

Void-Magic and it’s practice is allowed within controlled atmospheres of the Esoteric. While we do utilize the tools of our enemy against them, they are highly monitored and done in a manner which does not progress the inherent threat we seek to destroy. As such, all Void related and occult magics are regulated through the Revenants and Executors.

Business between Hunters is conducted solely between them and what is agreed upon. The Esoteric does not regulate nor dictate the manner of how it’s Hunters wish to contract each other so long as they abide by the Doctrine.

Hunters are free to join regardless of whether they already are committed to another faction. The Esoteric does not force Hunters to leave or abandon their prior commitments or loyalties. However, they are expected to abide by and listen to authority figures when it pertains to Esoteric business, jobs, or contracts they are participating in.

Civilians, or individuals who are not the focus of a job, are NOT to be harmed or utilized in any way. This refers to the use of them as hostages, shields from harmful intent, extorting them for Gil, or anything that puts the general populace as the focus of a job. While guards and security might be dealt with accordingly the workers and civilian populace who pose no threat are not to be harmed, but removed with less than lethal alternatives.

Communication: Specially designed linkpearls mixed with magiteck connect the Esoteric together shared on an encrypted frequency. This allows for discrete discussion amongst its members to connect without issue. The user attunes their personal aether to the device in order to power it. If they stray too far from it, or die, the device shatters.

Contract Boards: The Esoteric offers a place for people to post contracts they wish accomplished and for those seeking to make Gil to take through its Contract Boards. Any hunter can post a request for anyone else to take. This can range from a simple hunt job, to the raid of an occult hub, or an investigative delve into ruins for resources depending on the contract. These are combative or non-combative stories in which individuals can apply themselves to.

Interactive Ranks and Trials: The Esoteric offers a series of ranks of which Hunters may rise within to show their status, capabilities, and proficiency within their selected trade. However, each rank involves a subsequent trial that a Hunter must endure and pass in order to reach the next. These will be in for the form of events, hunts, training, or tasks which must be done through Role Play in order to offer a sense of accomplishment for their character. Each trial is tuned to lead into the responsibilities and principles of the next rank and completion offers IC rewards in way of equipment specialized to that character to add to their Character Sheets.

Training: Hunters within the Esoteric are afforded training from higher ranking members upon first entering the organization. These training arcs are cultivated and created via the trainer as their own specialized events newer members will go through of which will be unique for each member. This allows for each member to have their own personalized entrance to the Esoteric as well as help breed a story more fitted to their intents and personalities.

The Revenants: As a way to cultivate and breed elements of story unique to the Esoteric, an organization known as the Revenants exist for those who truly wish to delve into the darker depths of the occult. The Revenants are smaller section that exist in the Esoteric, offering all the same concepts, ranks, but their stories sink deeper into the study, cultivation, and production of more occult magics. While some of what they do is shrouded in mystery, the Esoteric and them are not mutually exclusive. This is where Dark Knights, Black Mages, and Reapers will find their home dare they wish to delve deeper than the surface as well as those intending to utilize and study artifacts and practices of the Void. They are not, however, an exclusive element. All members may partake, and understand their missions to a certain degree. However, to find out what they are truly doing, one must apply themselves to this order.

Talk and chatter of a Void Hunter organization which uses less than ethical methods to remove Void Sent and friendlier towards those of a darker disposition based out of Ul'dah.

Those affiliated with the underworld, the occult, or Void related might have a subtle understanding of the Esoteric and of a group who houses those who are inclined to such things in an effort to remove the more problematic Voidsent, cults, and organizations.

In more controversial cases it is possible to investigate and discover the Esoteric, but will need to be thoroughly discussed as to how.