The Hellfire Club

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 * caption=The Lords Cardinal
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 * name=The Hellfire Club
 * type=Social
 * head=Sebastian Shaw
 * xo=Emma Frost

The Hellfire Club represents the social and financial elite of the world and helps them with one thing: gaining more power. It's Inner Circle is dedicated to one other thing: Shaping the direction of the world at large and using its connections to assure that their version of the future is the one that comes to pass.
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The Lords Cardinal
The Black Court

Regular Members
The Hellfire Club represents the social and financial elite of the world and helps them with one thing: gaining more power. It's Inner Circle is dedicated to one other thing: Shaping the direction of the world at large and using its connections to assure that their version of the future is the one that comes to pass.
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The leaders of the group are the Lords Cardinal, also know as the Inner Circle. It is divided into two groups; the White and Black sides. Each side have the following positions: King, Queen, Bishop, Rook and Prince(ess). They determines the agenda of the club, but the Lord Imperial has authority above even the Inner Circle and can veto any decisions made by the Inner Circle.

Members of the Lords Cardinal are chosen through the patronage of two existing members of the Inner Circle or by the Lord Imperial alone. The position of Lord Imperial is made by a popular vote of the Inner Circle, when the position is empty. The only way the Lord Imperial can loose his position is by death, resignation or a unanimous vote of the Lords Cardinal.

One becomes a member of the public Hellfire Club in one of two ways. Through inheritance or patronage. All descendants of a member of the club is considered a member unless disowned by there family (Any of the Lords Cardinal can overrule that) To be inducted into the club, they must are sponsored by two members of the regular club or one member of the Inner Circle. As a general rule on the rich, elite or exceptional are allowed in the club. Once accepted into the club a member can only cast out by the Inner Circle. Inner Circle members can only be removed by a popular vote by the Circle--even the Lord Imperial cannot just cast them out.

OOC rules: Since the Hellfire Club is a social group, with the Inner Circle being the only part that is even remotely a traditional "team," membership in the main group is made by approval of the OOC Head or XO. Members can be removed if they cause trouble or drama among the members by appealing to the OOC Head and XO, who will handle the dispute and remove the member if the situation cannot be resolved internally.

Changing the OOC Head or XO can be done by a popular vote of all the current members on the grounds of the OOC Head or the XO ignoring their duties, being hostile, or playing favorites.

The duties of the Head and XO are as follows:


 * To bring members in to the Club who request such.
 * To promote RP among Club members
 * Deal with OOC conflicts before they become issues.
 * Run +events based on the Hellfire Club, both Inner Circle and normal members.

Clubhouses
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There is a clubhouse to the Hellfire Club in every major city in the world, though the most notables are the ones in Paris, London and New York City. While the layouts and looks of each are very different they generally are large mansions, that serve as a potential home for the Inner Circle as well as the location for the social gatherings of the club. The most popular is the one in New York City which is located near Central Park and is open nightly as a sort of high society 'gentleman's club' as well as it other more large events. It is attended by a full service of waiter, waitresses, gourmet chefs, bartenders, security, and private entertainers (both male and female.) The New York City Hellfire Club has a secret entrance through a tunnel accessible from the Subway system and sewers to allow for discreet entrances and exits.

Connections

The Hellfire Club has members in every high society, government and religion around the world. Any member just need to talk to the right member here or there to find the connections they need to get a hold of anyone else they may need the ear of. This is used primarily by it members to facilitate business deals or to make sure the right people come to the right party at the right time.

Mercenaries

Every member of the Inner Circle has access to the private military company that the Hellfire Club has employed for decades. They are equipped with state of the art poly-molecular ballistic body armor and prototype energy weapons. They can be deployed in groups of ten at a time. They are often used as additional security to keep people out of sensitive areas of the clubhouses during more public functions.

Body Armor: 5 Energy Weapons: 5 This resource is only available to the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club.

Transportation

The Hellfire Club owns a fleet of cars, jets, yachts and other vehicles that are always available to the Inner Circle whenever they need them. In addition the clubhouses themselves have a "transport room" that teleport directly to the other clubhouses around the world. These transports are keyed to the biometrics of the Inner Circle and can not be used by anyone else.

This resource is only available to the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club.

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