Board Thread:Fanon Canon/@comment-2089817-20151211030148/@comment-3403804-20151211220147

Right, since this was originally my suggestion, I'll tell everyone what I had in mind, and before I begin it's important to say that the Coven is inherrently villainous. Their goal is quite simple, they wish to overthrow the Central 46, and they wish to turn Soul Society into a Magocracy. They believe that magic is the future of all worlds, and believes that in this crisis, it's the only force anyone can trust.

As I mentioned the word Magocracy, I'll explain it now, a magocracy is a fictional form of government where ones ability within the art of magic dictates how much influence you have. The most powerful and knowledgeable mages naturally have the greatest amount of power, beneath them the rest of the hierarchy follows, with those unable to, or even worse, unwilling to use magic at all being considered second class citizens.

It's extremely important that they're NOT simply well-intentioned extremists, because that's something that is inherrently limiting and doesn't make for that much conflict, the Coven is small, but each member is a Kido Master worthy of a Master position within the Corps. Not all of them are good fighters, per se, but they might very well prove a threat to humanity all the same - rest assured, the Coven is NOT nice. They're able to do terrible things for the purpose of righting this perceived injustice, and ushering in an era of magic where Zanpakuto are, for lack of a better word, deposed.

Here's an example of just how far they might go to fulfill their self-made dogma. As the Coven consists primarily of defectees from the Kido Corps throughout the centuries, they've been hunted by the Yorutai. To put an end to this, they threatened the Kidou Corps with a catastrophe of great proportions that they would inflict on the human world. The catastrophe would in all likelihood be a zombie apocalypse - because you see, to most of these people, human life is not at all worthwhile. It's a valuable commodity to be spent with restraint to further their advancements within magic.

Humans too nosey to know what's good for them would be kidnapped, and then erased from the memory of whomever knew them. They'd cease to exist to the rest of the world, and be used for diabolical experiments in the Coven - who'd dismiss any sense of guilt by referring to their personal dogma of "all for the arcane".

They'd seek to get their hands on the soul fragments in order to create a new Soul King of their own, a puppet they might use to force Soul Society to surrender. For if they manage to keep the pieces to themselves and assimilate them to create a being that would heed their commands, well, balance is tantamount for Soul Society, even if that means that the entire structure changes as a result.

So, what does this mean for residents of the human world and the Rukongai if these individuals come to power. For humans, it'd be a disaster, and it would create a dystopia where humans are kept protected against their will, a world where their freedom is greatly limited. The coven would protect them from Hollows by erecting extremely powerful barriers around their countries and their cities, locking them inside what essentially boils down to extremely large cages. They'd be unable to cross those borders for whatever reasons, no more wars, and no more international travels, you're forced to remain within your own country or region - nothing else is permitted.

For Rukongai citizens, they would allow the opportunity for them to be taught in the ways of magic, and following the magocracy school of thought, they could therefore improve their own standing simply by learning a spell or two. This is just a bit of basic thoughts I had on them, they're all up for debate.