Illuminati (Secret World)

"It's all about power.

Grabbing it, keeping it, using it. Power is our currency. Our DNA. Our god. We control the world. We provide the blueprint and we give the instructions. We're the people in grainy photos on grassy knolls. We're the shadowy faces in smoky backrooms and darkened board rooms. We're right here, hiding in plain sight, buying and selling favors. Blackmail, treason, deceit, these are our stock and trade. We work the magic of the drunken evenings with senators and chiefs of staff. We shake down demons and negotiate with sorcerers. We have stocks in hell, and compromising photos of angels. We use any means necessary regardless of the cost because the world is a bad place, and you can either do or get done.

We're the Illuminati, and we're not done."

The Illuminati are one of the three main factions in the MMO known as Secret World and are based on the urban legend of a New World Order : unlike the Templars the Illuminati are ruthless and cut-throat individuals out for personal power and wealth at all costs, which means that of all the factions the Illuminati and Templars tend to fight the most (while the Dragon manipulates both for its own goals).