Idealists

Idealists. It sounds harmless, serene, but an idea against a political body Is a dangerous sword. The word spreads and soon it is on the minds of All the citizens. The idea is a virus. Or so the Hierarchy believes. It wages a war upon these Renegades that is made up of scare tactics and Gestapo tricks. The Idealists know this, yet they are more concerned with your freedom than their own. They spread their ideas through street-preaching, late night meetings, and entertainment.

Common Archetypes(Ranked by frequency)
Martyr
Caregiver
Leader
Mediator
Dreamer

Common Shadows(Ranked by frequency)
Martyr
Leech
Parent
Teacher

Social Attributes are primary, and anything can be secondary.

Common Abilities
Expression
Performance
Empathy

Common Arcanoi
The most common and useful arcanoi are Keening and Phantasm. Both are used to get the message to the masses.

Methods:
The methods of this group are as varied as the messages they preach.

Streetpreaching- This method involves the wraith standing on a corner or other busy area Of a Necropoli and shouting anti-Hierarchy propaganda to passerby's. Keening is very useful here as well as expression and performance.
What it'll get you: Usually the Hierarchy will disperse the crowd and take the preacher to HQ. There they'll try and scare him into not doing it again. If it happens again he can expect a beating within an inch of his corpus.

The Secret Meeting- This method is very involved. A renegade will watch a prospective "rebellious" citizen for a time. He will then approach the wraith and discuss Hierarchy evils with him. If the wraith seems interested, the wraith will take him to a meeting with his Thought mates. Here they will try and convince the wraith to work with them.
What it'll get you- If you aren't careful, this could blow up in your face. Most Thoughts do not engage in this sort of recruitment. It is far too dangerous to try.

The Reporter- This method has a wraith follow(hopefully very stealthily) a patrol of Legionnaires. The wraith will Keen out the patrols whereabouts every block or so. This will allow any renegades in the area to vacate to safer ground.
What it'll get you- Beaten very badly. Also some patrols see this as high treason and will destroy the offending wraith on the spot.

The Entertainer- This involves a wraith writing a dreamplay with an anti-Hierarchy message. Phantasm, expression, and good actors make this a winning technique and usually garners the support of citizens.
What it'll get you- Believe it or not, an entertainer is relatively safe from persecution. The citizenry love a good dreamplay and any actions against their favorite Sandmen will bring about a great stink about it.

The Makeup of a Thought
The membership of a thought is different for each. Most tend to agree on a message, and each member in turn uses his/her unique talents to convey the message. The ideal way of getting the message across is to diversify. Streetpreaching may work for some, while dreamplays work for others. Each member is important to the Thought and most allow input from each member. Some Thoughts won't allow a member to voice their opinions until they gain more experience.

Beliefs
The Idealists believe that an organization set up to fight Oblivion and protect it's citizenry is fine, but...the Hierarchy utilizes too many foul practices; slavery, subjugation, soulforging, and the denial of personal freedoms. The Idealists don't want to bring down the whole of the Hierarchy, they just wish to abolish it's crimes against all wraithdom. They wish to see a Hierarchy that allows it's citizens to voice it's displeasure, to allow it's citizens to choose their lot in death. The only way to change the Hierarchy is active participation by it's citizens. Each thought knows this, and tries to keep a Necropoli's citizenry well informed of what exactly is going on.

Guild Affiliation
While the Renegades are generally hated and feared, some guilds find them useful. These guilds use the Renegades to try to garner citizen support of the Guilds. They also use them for recruitment and as couriers. The Idealists have long been allied with, and supported by the Artificers, Chaunters, and the Sandmen Guilds. These guilds have helped by offering advice, oboli, and training in their respective arcanoi. Not all Idealists agree with being supported by these guilds. They see this as fighting one political body, while selling their souls to another.

Famous Thoughts
Revolution Online- This Thought is made up of wraiths who use the world wide web as the medium for their message. They help spread the word of reform, and help other Renegades keep in contact with each other.

The Screamers- This Thought has been very active in the New York Necropolis, and are hunted by Deter's men. Not only do they have a message, but they back up that message with violence against those who seek to silence them.

Theatrical Troupe of Hamlet- This troupe of Sandmen and actors travel from Nec. to Nec. Putting on their very popular dreamplays. What the Hierarchy doesn't know is that in these plays are various messages and signals used to communicate with other renegades. These messages include; patrol movements, locations of thrall trains, and other sensitive information.

Famous Idealist
Joshua Harris
During the fifties, Josh was the stereotypical beat artist. Hanging out at coffee bars, spouting decent poetry, he found his niche and enjoyed life. On a fateful night Josh was in a car accident and was killed. He found himself on a thrall train and was confused as to where he was going. When he was informed of what was to come of him, something inside him snapped, and Josh began to use his voice. He began to shout and yell, many of the thralls and his captors weren't ready for this and Josh escaped during the confusion. He has been spreading the word ever since.

Views of the Idealists-

Terrorists- "Violence isn't the first and only answer to this. They unwittingly destroy those who our message is for. I understand them, but wish they would try to understand us."

Subversives- "Knocking off Tyrants is a noble idea. The problem is that there is always someone worse or just as bad to take his place."

The Hierarchy- "While no government is perfect, this one is far off the mark. It's up to us to spread the word of revolution through the halls of Tyranny."

The Heretics- "Some of these cults are fine, and truly care about it's parishoners. While others are just as bad as the Hierarchy."