ARMA
COMPOSED PRIMARILY OF THE REBEL MAGES OF THE FORMER NEW YORK ORDER OF FIRST LIGHT, THE MEMBERS OF ARMA HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO THE DEFENSE OF THE WORLD FROM ALL THREATS. THEY ESPECIALLY OPPOSE THE ORDER AND THE ARCHMAGI AT THE VATICAN - MANY HAVING SUFFERED PERSONALLY AT THE VATICAN'S HANDS. ARMA WAS FOUNDED ON AN IDEALISTIC PRINCIPLE: THEY WILL BE THE SHIELD THAT PROTECTS THE INNOCENT FROM ALL THOSE WHO WOULD DO THEM HARM, WHILE REMAINING AS NEUTRAL AS POSSIBLE. APART FROM THIS GOAL, THE MEMBERS HAVE DIFFERING IDEAS - THEY RANGE FROM THE NAIVE TO THE RUTHLESS, RECKLESS TO SOME AND HEROES TO OTHERS. THIS DIVERSITY MAY BE LEADING TO THE INSTABILITY CREEPING INTO THE FACTION. IN THE LAST YEAR THE ORIGINAL FOUNDERS THAT SPLINTERED FROM THE ORDER HAVE GONE MISSING NOW EITHER PRESUMED OR CONFIRMED DEAD. IT HAS LEFT A VACUUM OF POWER THAT EVEN THE PUBLIC HAS STARTED TO NOTICE AS THEY BECOME LESS AND LESS ORGANIZED. MORE RECENTLY THE FRACTURES HAVE WIDENED AS THE UNSTABLE ORDER HAS BEEN POINTING FINGERS AT ARMA ON WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RECENT ATTROCITIES OF EXPERIMENTATION ON THE VIRUSES WHILE ARMA BLAMES THE ORDER.
