Octopass (Chinese: 八方商会) is an ancient international profit-driven spirit animal association that embraces moral nihilism. It amasses vast wealth through finance, rent-seeking, and vested interests, wielding considerable influence across politics, media, and the judiciary — shaping both human and spirit-animal societies in the shadow.
Within it lies the secretive cult-like society “Octopus.Org,” centered on sinister, arcane rituals. This group once fully controlled the association and committed numerous atrocities. In recent years, a rising reformer faction and relentless negative exposure have plunged Octopass into internal division and external pressure.
History
Octopass is the earliest known spirit-animal association, originating in ancient Egypt. Founded by Sariel the Spirit Sheep — a participant in the slave uprising and Exodus movement — to provide low-interest loans to spirit animals in need or seeking to start businesses. The name “Octopass” came from the vision of “Canaan merchants trading in all directions”, which it succeded by expanding its network globally in later years.
Sariel, based on his own grassroots experiences, established the “Sariel’s Code” to ban political interference, usury, additional conditions, and violent debt collection. But his successors, growing distant from those roots, abolished the code for more profit and erased its history.
Since the Industrial Revolution, Octopass has grown powerful — and corrupt. The internal cult-like group “Octopus.Org” seized control, making Octopass a vessel for its atrocities. Recently, reformers have emerged to reverse this trend.
Legal activities
Octopass operates banks, investment firms, insurance companies, and media enterprises — primarily serving humans, with spirit animals making up a small client segment. Still, Octopass offers spirit animals select conveniences and discounts, and is a highly-valued business partner for many spirit-animal-focused enterprises.
Octopus.Org
Octopus.Org is a secretive, cult-like inner society embedded in Octopass since the Victorian era. Composed of high-ranking figures across the association, it once seized de facto control.
It follows sinister, arcane traditions — seeking to resurrect an ancient “octopus” deity (likely inspired by the phonetic and visual resemblance between “Octopass” and “octopus”). Its rituals include spirit-animal sacrifices and other atrocities.
While Octopass prioritizes profit and believes in moral nihilism, it historically upholds basic decency to ensure smooth operations. Octopus.Org, by contrast, treats evil acts as proof of loyalty and competence — its moral threshold having shifted from “any means for profit” to “any act for pleasure.”
Under Octopus.Org’s leadership, the association ran unscrupulous businesses, sham charities, and transnational criminal networks. Modern economic crises, armed conflicts, and major scandals are widely linked to it — its crimes too numerous to fully document. Recently, its escalating brutality triggered fierce backlash from Octopass reformists and the World Spirit Animal Alliance.
Reform
Within Octopass, many spirit animals had long been dissatisfied with Octopus.Org’s actions — some out of conscience, others fearing harm to long-term business and the collective interests of all spirit animals. Yet with Octopus.Org firmly in control, reformers remained quiet, biding their time.
Several years ago, the lost chapters of “Spirit Animal Chronicles” resurfaced, including the biography of Sariel the Spirit Sheep — which revealed key historical facts for the “Sariel’s Code” — a first time in modern spirit animal publications. This sparked renewed interest, bringing buried history to light. Meanwhile, Octopus.Org’s atrocities — widely documented and shared in the information age — ignited broad backlash across the spirit animal community.
Seizing the moment, Octopass reformers — now calling themselves the “Sariel Faction” — launched a campaign under the slogan “Reclaim Our Conscience,” allying with the World Spirit Animal Alliance to dismantle Octopus.Org’s influence. The struggle is still ongoing.
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