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May 29[edit]

Secret societies in video games?[edit]

What are some examples of video games which prominently feature secret societies that take it upon themselves to expose and fight against corruption? I personally know of 2 such examples: Infra (Raven Research Institute, which investigates the evil doings of the SNW and which had secretly co-opted Mark's boss Paul Lauwens to be their informant), ~~and Lily's Garden (the "Order of the Ascending Eye", which helps Lily save her aunt Mary's estate from being wrongfully seized on made-up charges of tax evasion)~~ -- are there others? 2601:646:8A81:6070:A06F:E878:4A1E:5C04 (talk) 02:57, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

See the TV Tropes entry for "Benevolent Conspiracy" for video game examples. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:01, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll check it out! (Oh, and I kind of jumped the gun about Lily's Garden -- it turned out later on that the "Order" is nothing more than an invitation-only chess club (of all things) and they don't actually help Lily save the estate, and that that one guy who said he was from the Order and was sent to help her actually turned out to be ~~nothing but a fraudster~~ a spy (who apparently does help her after all, just not on behalf of the Order -- and at a price). I really shouldn't assume anything about this story -- it's far more convoluted than anyone can imagine, I think even the devs were coming up with it on the fly!) 2601:646:8A81:6070:182C:EF1D:CA5E:7351 (talk) 05:41, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]