The Brothers of the Seven

The Brothers of the Seven were a quasi-secret society of investors and entrepreneurs derived from Magnimar's nobility. At various times the organisation has included influential figures such as Justice Ironbar and Vorel Foxglove. The Brothers had a variety of holdings and interests throughout the city, so much so that they paid a hefty sum to Magnimar's bureaucracy to ensure the privacy of their files. This ensured that the various plans of the Brothers could proceed unimpeded, without the interference of their business rivals.

The Skinsaw Cult
While the Brothers of the Seven were certainly not a well known group, the group concealed within it an even more secretive organisation. The Skinsaw Cult, a splinter of a larger cult to Norgorber (in his guise as Old Father Skinsaw) originating in Cheliax, The cult believed that, by killing select targets at the right time, and in the right manner, they could shape society to their whim. Given the significant influence that each member of the cult seemed to have in Magnimar, it appears as though this worked- to a degree. In 4707 AR, Justice Ironbar, the current leader of the cult, met Xanesha in her guise as a human woman. He was entranced by the serpentine witch, and fell under her sway. Xanesha assumed her position as the shadowy leader of the Cult, instructing its members to change their methods. Rather than killing to shape society, they would kill specific targets identified by her, those who were visibly greedy. The killings would follow a specific, ritualistic method, no longer concerned with having an impact on wider society.

The Skinsaw Cult were exposed when they attempted to kill several targets on the Feast of Seven Veils, at a great masked ball at Ironbar's manor, Briarhall.