Combat Masters' League

The Combat Masters' League, otherwise simply referred to as The League, was an organization of Combat Masters dedicated to preserving the stability of the universe and protecting the safety of universal inhabitants.

Early Years
The Combat Masters' League originated in the private political armies that fought during the First Great Infinus War, and was founded by orders of Kronos] in order to protect Infinian society and preserve its stability in the wake of the War. The first members of the Combat Masters' League, who helped setting up the organizational structure, were Hendrax, Electrax, Filius and Titanus.

The initial vision of the Combat Masters' League was that of an organization dedicated purely to peacekeeping and preservation of law and order, but the organization extended and grew as it took on new tasks, including a lawmaking branch and a Combat Masters' Council to preside over the organization's most important decisions.

From then onwards, it quickly expanded to assist the Order of the Infinus in daily politics, becoming an unofficial part of the executive branch of the Order of the Infinus and one of the most powerful political organizations on Infina Magna. The growing powers and vested interests of the League led to a group of sceptics criticizing the organization's lack of government regulation and its organizational independence from the government, leading many to fear that the group may be plotting a takeover at some point.

Second Great Infinus War
When, at some point, the Combat Master Titanus formulated a plan to take hold of the Key to Infinity and make the Combat Masters' League the ruling organization of the universe, his ideas were met with mixed reactions by the Council, whose members were split on whether or not it was ethical for the organization to do so. Titanus believed that taking hold of the Key to Infinity would help them reshape the universe into one where the elements would coexist in perfect balance, allowing for the prevention of the universe to fall into anarchy and chaos.

Filius was a vocal critic of Titanus' plan, and he believed that it would not lead the world into prosperity, but into "chaos and war". When a vote was held, the votes came out as a tie, with Titanus, Velnax and Sol in favour, while Acritus, Filius and Electrax voted against the motion. Hendrax, unconvinced by either side, ordered the council session closed and would later come back on the issue.

As a result, Titanus attempted to persuade the Toa of Light to acceding to his plan and agreeing to go on. When Filius heard this, he stepped in and called Titanus a "scheming traitor" to the Order, and a fight between the two Combat Masters nearly broke out as a result. When Titanus nearly corrupted Filius into Darkness, Hendrax called on the dark Infinus to stop, and said he was not willing to vote for a plan if it was to be executed in the same violent fashion in which Titanus had acted against Filius.

The next Council session was marred by the fight that had taken place between two of its most prominent members, and, when Hendrax announced his refusal of the plan, Titanus, Velnax and Sol walked out in anger.

When the Council caught word of the three executing their plan under the League's banner either way, they were called to turn up at the next Council session in the Combat Masters' Palace. When the three turned up, they started demanding the other members of the Council to reconsider the plan or consider themselves done with. Filius sternly reminded Titanus that the council vote was over, but Titanus, questioning it, revealed he had built up a support base of beings that were angry at the League's powers.

In the ensuing battle, much of the Palace was destroyed or lost, and the remains of the Combat Masters' Council were forced to regroup elsewhere, before fleeing Hava Infina altogether.

Not long afterwards, Titanus and his forces were revealed to have built a support base in cities outside of Hava Infina, and declared war on the capital of the Infinian state on the basis of Hava Infina having too much power over the political system, with the remaining cities being virtually unseen and unheard of.

Eventually, the Combat Masters' League were able to convince the local population of Hava Infina that they, in fact, were not the instigators of the war. After a rousing speech by Filius, the capital's population turned over to support the League in their crusade against Titanus and his Coalition of Independent Infinians.

Taking city after city, the Combat Masters' League became the elite fighting force of the Order of the Infinus' Army, spearheading important offensives on all fronts. During the gruesome Battle of Hava Dersa, the Infinus of Light, Sol, finally betrayed Titanus in reaction to the latter nearly killing Filius. The three fought valiantly, but Titanus' sheer power forced the other two to go back into hiding.

In the final stages of the war, during the Battle for the Sacred Citadel, the leadership of the Combat Masters' Council, including Sol, travelled to the Sacred Citadel in order to confront Titanus himself and end his schemes. A strike team, consisting of Hendrax, Filius and Sol was sent to the upper levels of the Citadel when Acritus and his forces could no longer advance any further. Acritus and Electrax remained on the ground level in order to oversee the situation and fighting between their forces and Titanus'.

In the upper levels of the Sacred Citadel, a confrontation broke out when Filius tried to proclaim the war over, while Titanus proclaimed that it had "only just begun", before enclosing the three into a dark dimension, where they were confronted by 1000 Undead creatures.

Although defeating the Undead, the three were tired when they had to still fight Velnax, Titanus and Acidius, and the resulting confrontation was a long and harsh one. While Hendrax and Filius were having an exchange with Titanus, and Sol was battling Velnax, Acidius attempted to spawn another 1000 Undead in order to "finish them". When it caught Sol's attention, he temporarily blinded Velnax and hurled a blast of Light at the machine. The machine exploded violently in an outburst of Darkness, and nothing remained of Acidius' body.

Titanus, seeing what had happened, had Velnax take care of the other two while he himself took care of Sol. In the ensuing battle, Sol was thrown out of the room into the abyss, never to be seen again.

With Velnax now also sent flying into a wall, and Titanus himself tired, the dark Infinus made a final bid for power when he opened the Mirror of Infinity using the Key to Infinity. The Realm of Infinity opened, and Kronos appeared to all the beings in the room. He deprived Titanus of a body and exiled him into the Realm of Nothingness, and then exiled Velnax into the Realm of Darkness. Afterwards, Velnax ordered Filius and Hendrax to evacuate Infina Magna, ordering them to leave Electrax to remain.

Post-War
In the aftermath of the war, the Combat Masters' League shrank considerably, while its final members helped the Great Migration from Infina Magna into the rest of the universe. Infina Magna disappeared from the map, and the Combat Masters' League took its refuge in Dracia, at least for the time being.

After a while, realising they did not want to remain all in the same place, Acritus and Filius agreed to seek out new lands to restart the Combat Masters' League as a means of preserving the stability of the universe. They chose Arcturus Magna, though keeping the League's primary headquarters stationed at Dracia.

When Dracia fell as a result of the return of Darkness in the form of Zirix, Filius and Acritus agreed to disband the League.

The legacy of the League goes on in the Arcturan Law Enforcement Organization, which states that one of its main goals is to "ensure stability on Arcturus Magna and, by extension, the universe".

Organization
The Combat Masters' League was called by its members "an organization of equals", and operated primarily with each Combat Master equal to the other. It did, however, have a Combat Masters' Council to manage the most pressing issues confronting the League.

As a law enforcement organization on Infina Magna, the League's primary responsibilities were to ensure the Combat Masters remained peacekeepers only, and did not exercise any military authority. Although it was nominally independent from the Order of the Infinus, the League and the Council always took into account important decisions that the Order made, and also offered advice to the Order whenever it was desired.

The League's status as the Order's "unofficial armed wing" led to fierce criticism from pro-democratic forces within Infinian society, who called the presence of the League "a stain on the democratic nature of Infinian society".

When the League reformed after the Second Great Infinus War, it became more of a secretive organization, with its primary members being Hendrax, Filius and Acritus. The organization was used as a means of communication between the three, and to train new Combat Masters.

Known Members

 * Hendrax (formerly; founding member)
 * Electrax (formerly; founding member)
 * Filius (formerly; founding member)
 * Titanus (formerly; founding member; deserted)
 * Acritus (formerly)
 * Sol (formerly; deceased)
 * Velnax (formerly; disappeared)
 * Zirix (formerly; disappeared)

Trivia

 * The Combat Masters' League was in part inspired by the Jedi Order in Star Wars.