-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- they are the sinister of the most sinister as revered throughout the local community and hidden away in complete darkness until they strike in furtherance of their agenda , a sense of higher nobility for themselves at the expense of innocence lost and life squandered , they protected the artifact that represented the greatest secret and power of the ancient world , a might of a long-lost civilization , they are the forbearers of grief and sin , but their own honor and righteousness .