Brotherhood of Maccabeus

From Honorverse

The Brotherhood of Maccabeus was an extremist group on the planet Grayson, secretly in league with Masada. Their leader was code-named Maccabeus.

[edit] Maccabeus

Maccabeus was discovered to be Jared Mayhew, third in line to be Protector and the Minister of Industry. This position was used to place Maccabean agents on various freighters to help Masadan agents move and leave from Grayson.

[edit] History

In 1903 PD, they organized an assassination attempt on Protector Benjamin Mayhew IX and his family. They used fake Palace Security uniforms to infiltrate the Protector's Palace, but was stopped by Captain Honor Harrington and Nimitz. They, also, used disruptors to discredit the Star Kingdom of Manticore, and blame them for trying to conquer Grayson. They were going to set-up Jared as the new Protector.

The Brotherhood helped Masada build a base on Blackbird, a moon of Uriel.

Jared confessed to being Maccabeus, after many of the assassins were captured during the assassination attempt.

Captain of the Faithful Williams was privy to the information about Maccabeus, because he was the commanding officer at Blackbird.

Maccabeus played his role so smoothly that the Grayson authorities did not even get wind until the failed assassination attempt. (HH2)