Secret society carrying out the objectives of a globe-spanning organization with prior aspirations to world domination, using deception when necessary. Historically have meddled in nations' affairs. Their most disruptive actions were during the Middle Ages (assassinations), but an entity like their order is better analyzed in terms of centuries rather than decades.
What's wrong with the Jesuits?
Secret society carrying out the objectives of a globe-spanning organization with prior aspirations to world domination, using deception when necessary. Historically have meddled in nations' affairs. Their most disruptive actions were during the Middle Ages (assassinations), but an entity like their order is better analyzed in terms of centuries rather than decades.
They were also involved heavily in trying to influence Japan I believe, look up the black ships of the Portuguese for those that don't know.
Interesting.
I only know of them tangentially because they still supply priests to some of the Indian reservations I sometimes frequent.
They were essentially the first ones to make contact and live among them many centuries ago.