Dauntless
"We believe that cowardice is to blame for the world's injustices. We believe that peace is hard-won, that sometimes it is necessary to fight for peace" — Dauntless Manifesto The Dauntless faction dedicates itself to virtues such as courage, bravery, strength, intimidation, and fearlessness, and as such their training involves weapons use in order to prepare their minds and bodies to respond quickly to threats and challenges. This is necessary for life as a member of Dauntless as they are the physical protection for the city. Dauntless was founded by a group of people who blamed fear and cowardice for the root causes of the genetic impurity problems. The leaders believe that being prepared and facing one's own fears is the key to overcoming cowardice; during initiation, the potential initiates are worked to both their physical and mental breaking points to achieve this preparation. Instead of using money to buy things, each member of Dauntless receives a certain amount of points they are allotted to spend per month; most faction members spend their points on clothing or other resources at their own discretion. Members dress in black or dark colours, often times wearing deep red as well. Their clothing is usually made of tough material, but it is also easy to move in; generally, you'll see most Dauntless members wearing a light shirt underneath a tough (usually leather) jacket, form fitting pants, and boots. It is also traditional for many of the members to also have piercings or tattoos, often times they'll have both. In more casual settings, the Dauntless women often wear provocative clothing items and sometimes dark makeup whereas the men usually wear a black shirt and fitted pants. Their hairstyles are either practical and natural (in a ponytail or cut short) or in loud extravagant styles (bright colours or mohawks). Dauntless members are all physically very fit, so most of the Dauntless members, especially those born in the faction, are tall, broad-shouldered and muscular. Politically, especially in the more recent years, the Dauntless leaders are often in dispute of how Dauntless should be lead, and the faction has taken a turn towards more brutal behaviour in the last few years. Eric, the youngest Dauntless member to ever be made a leader (he was 17), insists that initiates need to be prepared to die for the faction; thus his training methods with the initiates involve much more dangerous tactics. Quite the opposite, Four will discretely work against Eric's methods in an attempt to shape the Dauntless members into the faction it used to be. The traditional jobs of Dauntless include but are not limited to: Fence Guard, City's security force, tattoo artist, weapon maker, fighting for entertainment, initiate trainer, or as a Dauntless leader. Some members of the faction volunteer to do jobs that would traditionally belong to other factions in order to keep their faction more close-knit so they won't have to search out people in other factions for help; this includes jobs such as nurses or doctors. It should be noted that there are no elderly in the Dauntless faction. Because of the dangerous and rocky physical terrain of the Dauntless compound, when a member of Dauntless has passed their physical prime, they must leave the faction. They may either choose death or to become factionless. Traits: Bravery, courage, strength, and physical skill Leaders: They always have more than one leader. Leaders have included Max, Eric, Four, Tori Wu, and Harrison. Ceremony Bowl: Hot coal Serum: Simulation Serum Flaw: Cruelty, Pride |