Orders
The Hidden Priests
Spoken of in Legion, in Rumore, and in the unknown.
The Hidden Priests are the inner counsel of the Basilica. They are spoken of in Legion, where their judgements pass as orders without signature. They are spoken of in Rumore, where the kingdoms whisper of a hand behind the hand. And they are spoken of in the unknown — the long unwritten margin of the Chronicles, where what is true is also what is not permitted to be named.
Their names are not entered in the open chronicles. Their faces are not seen in procession. They confer in the lower aisles of the Undercroft and they advise the Order on matters too grave or too delicate for the public record.
Most of the Priesthood does not know who they are. The few who suspect do not say. This is itself the discipline by which their counsel is kept honest — they have nothing to gain from being known.