The Thirteenth Sign

Author's note: Hey guys, this is just an extra chapter as I thought it would be better if you guys know what each factions do (so it wouldn't be so confusing heheh). Hope you guys enjoy it. Oh, and it's supposed to be like an official document from the Celestial Order muahaha. Hope you guys enjoy it <3

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(Official Document from the Celestial Order – Restricted Access)

Excerpt from the Celestial Order's Foundational Archives

Classification: Internal Use Only

Author: High Council of the Twelve

"To maintain balance in Aetherion, each citizen must serve their designated role. The Zodiac Order is absolute—each sign governs a faction, and each faction governs an essential function of our world. Those who question this system question the foundation of our survival. Below is a sanctioned record of each faction's responsibilities, to be referenced by authorized personnel only."

Fire Factions: Strength, Leadership, Expansion

Aries – The Vanguard (Military & Combat Specialists)

Primary Role: Aetherion's military power, serving as frontline warriors and enforcers.

Responsibilities: Defend Aetherion from external and internal threats. Train in combat, tactics, and direct enforcement. Execute military campaigns and suppression operations.

Common Professions: Soldiers, combat instructors, riot enforcers, security captains, tactical commanders.

Leo – The Rulers (Governance & High Command)

Primary Role: Oversee political affairs, military command, and high-level leadership.

Responsibilities: Manage government and faction rulership. Maintain Order-approved propaganda and morale. Oversee large-scale conflicts and diplomacy.

Common Professions: Council leaders, war generals, governors, political strategists, figureheads of state.

Sagittarius – The Nomads (Exploration & Intelligence Gathering)

Primary Role: Discover new territories and hidden knowledge beyond Aetherion.

Responsibilities: Navigating uncharted regions and maintaining long-range surveillance.Act as foreign diplomats and trade negotiators. Gather intelligence on potential external threats.

Common Professions: Cartographers, explorers, black-market traders, foreign envoys, rogue operatives.

Water Factions: Secrets, Medicine, Espionage

Cancer – The Healers (Medical & Psychological Warfare)

Primary Role: Handle biological and psychological well-being, including medical advancements and mental conditioning.

Responsibilities: Develop advanced healing techniques and medical treatments. Oversee psychological conditioning for loyalty enforcement. Conduct human trials for biological enhancements.

Common Professions: Medics, surgeons, psychological interrogators, poison specialists, experimental scientists.

Scorpio – The Assassins (Espionage & Covert Operations)

Primary Role: Eliminate threats to the Order and handle classified intelligence.

Responsibilities: Conduct assassinations, interrogations, and disappearances. Monitor and control underground movements. Operate outside public law to maintain Order control.

Common Professions: Spies, executioners, bounty hunters, intelligence analysts, underground informants.

Pisces – The Oracles (Foresight & Hidden Knowledge)

Primary Role: Handle visions, dream-walking, and subconscious exploration for intelligence-gathering.

Responsibilities: Interpret celestial alignments for future outcomes. Extract secrets through dream-walking and subconscious manipulation. Maintain hidden knowledge repositories.

Common Professions: Prophets, dreamwalkers, vision interpreters, mystics, Order seers.

Earth Factions: Stability, Structure, Resource Control

Taurus – The Architects (Infrastructure & Economy)

Primary Role: Manage wealth, construction, and resource distribution.

Responsibilities: Oversee Aetherion's economy and industrial operations.Control land, agriculture, and material production. Develop new city structures and sky fortresses.

Common Professions: Wealth managers, industrial engineers, land barons, mine controllers, city planners.

Virgo – The Enforcers (Law & Discipline)

Primary Role: Serve as internal law enforcers and judicial investigators.

Responsibilities: Maintain absolute discipline and faction loyalty. Oversee interrogations and truth enforcement. Ensure the Celestial Order's rulings are carried out.

Common Professions: Investigators, council enforcers, intelligence officers, elite interrogators.

Capricorn – The Strategists (Long-Term Planning & War Logistics)

Primary Role: Plan military, economic, and governmental strategies.

Responsibilities: Ensure long-term faction survival through calculated decisions. Oversee war logistics and contingency planning. Manage high-stakes political maneuvering.

Common Professions: Master tacticians, war strategists, logistics overseers, Order advisors.

Air Factions: Intelligence, Communication, Innovation

Gemini – The Messengers (Information Control & Trade)

Primary Role: Manage coded communication, trade, and information networks.

Responsibilities: Transmit and decode classified messages.Control Aetherion's news, ensuring Order-approved content. Oversee merchant trading and underground transactions.

Common Professions: Envoys, information brokers, codebreakers, trade regulators, news publishers.

Libra – The Judges (Legal Interpretation & Historical Record-Keeping)

Primary Role: Serve as lawmakers and historians, ensuring Order laws are upheld.

Responsibilities: Interpret past rulings and advise on legal decisions. Maintain the Celestial Order's historical records and legal archives. Settle high-profile faction disputes.

Common Professions: Judges, legal scholars, historians, document archivists, Order advisors.

Aquarius – The Innovators (Technology & Forbidden Research)

Primary Role: Lead scientific advancements, engineering, and experimental knowledge.

Responsibilities: Develop new technologies for Aetherion's survival. Conduct high-risk experiments in bioengineering, weapons, and energy. Oversee artificial intelligence and forbidden knowledge research.

Common Professions: Scientists, skyship engineers, researchers, forbidden scholars, technological inventors.

Closing Notes (Classified)

"Each citizen must serve their role. Those who stray threaten the balance. Those who seek what was erased… will meet the same fate as those before them. The Celestial Order is eternal."