Order Church



The Order Church is a pandenominational religious movement with heavy influence in Deus Ex: Invisible War.

History and Characteristics
After the Collapse, Chad Dumier and Nicolette DuClare decided to revive the Illuminati to its former glory. However, based on experience with the way the world operates, they concluded that the best way to control the world would be to pit people against one another while they manipulate them in the shadows. This was based on the premise that people will willingly do anything if they have an enemy to contend with.

For this reason, Dumier became Chairman of the WTO, and DuClare founded and became leader (a.k.a "Her Holiness") of the Order Church. She spread the ideals of her church, which are reminiscent of New Age culture, including reverence for nature and spiritual enlightenment. Due to the despair abounding after the Collapse, people eagerly took on these beliefs, and the movement spread (as DuClare predicted.)

The Church adopted a hierarchial system, somewhat similar to the Roman Catholic Church. The highest tier is "Her Holiness", below which is the High Augur (Lin May-Chen - daughter of Maggie Chow and Red Arrow Triad leader, Max Chen; both being characters in the first game). The next lower tier are Luminons, the leaders of each Church (known as a "Shard"), and finally, below that tier, the Seekers (ordinary followers). Saman, the leader of the Knights Templar faction, is a former Luminon.

Due to their beliefs, the Order often comes into conflict with the WTO, whose capitalist ideals threaten the "sanctity of nature", as well as major corporations like Mako Ballistics and Panzerwerks (an industrial giant based in Trier, Germany). When the player (Alex D) moves through Trier, Seekers can be seen battling Panzerwerks technicians.

The player encounters Shards in Upper Seattle, Lower Seattle, Cairo and Trier.

Role in storyline
In the first level, Order Seekers invade the Tarsus facility in Upper Seattle to free the students (who are later revealed to be test subjects for biomodification.) These Seekers are enemies. As soon as the player leaves Tarsus, High Augur Lin-May Chen contacts and orders the player to investigate (and assassinate) ApostleCorp researcher, Leila Nassif, as well as investigate and halt Templar activity in Lower Seattle. She then orders the player to hire a pilot in Lower Seattle to go and investigate Mako Ballistics and its affiliation with the Templars. After this, she instructs Alex to investigate the Tarsus facility in the Cairo Arcology, as well as to fulfil his mission regarding Nassif. If the player goes to the Order Church in the Medina, he/she encounters Saman (who is revealed to be the Luminon of the Trier Shard, along with Billie Adams, who joined the Knights Templar.

Note that none of these missions need to be undertaken.

When the player discovers "Her Holiness" in the Black Gate Ruins in Trier, she reveals that the Order (as well as the WTO) is actually an arm of the Illuminati. Since then, the Order is no longer treated as a separate organization, but merely an arm of the Illuminati. If the player chooses to tell Lin-May Chen about the Illuminati conspiracy, she will openly chide the Order in the Cairo Arcology in the second Cairo level (this is the only time she is seen in person). If not, she will be found in the same area, but she will preach the Order's ideals.

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