Bleak Cabal
"There's no meaning to it all," say the members of this faction, "so just give it up, poor sod. Whoever said reality had to make sense?" To these folks, the multiverse ain't even a cruel joke, because that would give it all meaning. Look around at all those fools in their factions, running around, trying to discover the meaning of something that's senseless. They'll waste their lives at it. And they call the Bleak Cabal mad - hah!
Here's the Bleaker credo: "The multiverse doesn't make sense, and it ain't supposed to." That's all there is to it, pure and simple. It ain't "The multiverse is without meaning," because that answer's a meaning in itself.
Look, the primes, petitioners, proxies even the powers don't have The Answer. Nobody here is for some higher purpose. Things just are, and whatever meaning there is in the multiverse is what each being imagines into the void. The sad part to the Cabal is that so many others refuse to see this. Looking for "truth," these people don't see it. Once a sod understands that it all means nothing, everything else starts to make sense. That's why some folks go insane - from hunting for the snipe that ain't there. 'Course, some folks just can't handle the truth. They're the ones that howl and rage, gibber in the corners, and plead with the powers, as if that would help them. Well, too bad for them. Bleakers know the hard truth, and if other folks can't deal with that, it's no concern of theirs.
For someone to join the Cabal, he or she (or it) has got to do three things: quit looking for meanings, accept what happens, and look inward. There's no meaning on the outside, so the question is, "Is there any meaning inside?"
Allies and Enemies
The Bleak Cabal isn't a group most others view neutrally. The Doomguard, Dustmen, Revolutionary League, and Xaositects all view the Bleak Cabal sympathetically. The Fraternity of Order, the Harmonium, and the Mercykillers all have great difficulties with the Cabal's nihilistic view, and so must be ranked among their enemies.
Powers
If the multiverse holds no meaning, why should a body listen to powers that tell him otherwise? It's just a peel, and any god who proclaims the way and the truth is trying to pull the wool over folks' eyes. The Bleakers don't look for comfort from their deities. They look for allies in the struggle of existence, and hope to find it in their mad gods.
Among this faction, the most popular powers are Cyric, Tharizdun, and Dionysus - a nod to the Rule of Threes. The trio embodies different aspects of madness, and the Bleakers embrace barminess in all its forms. But the Cabal also admires Ilmater of Toril, a god of suffering and endurance. Because they see life as a time of woe that leads only to oblivion, the Bleakers look up to a deity who can help them muddle through.