Order of the Golden Dawn (Earth-616)

Order of the Golden Dawn
Name	Order of the Golden Dawn
Aliases	Five Weapons Society
Members
Leader(s)	Fu Manchu
Former Member(s)	Fu Manchu
Affiliation and Identity
Identity	Secret
Allies	Celestial Order of the Si-Fan
Enemies	Shang-Chi, MI6, Fah Lo Suee
Origin and Status
Status	Defunct
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Formation	South America
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Doug Moench, Mike Zeck
First	Master of Kung Fu #83 (September, 1979)
First	Master of Kung Fu #83 (September, 1979)

History

The Order of the Golden Dawn was founded by Fu Manchu at a pre-Colombian temple in South America. He brought various secret societies and cults into one single organization dedicated to bringing about a new world order. It consisted of the Celestial Order of the Si-Fan (China), the Twenty-Third Sect, the Leopard Cult (Africa), the Phansigars, Thugees and Dacoits (India), the Knights Templar (Europe), the Hashishin (Middle East), the Left-Hand Path (satanic cult), the Three-Cornered Sight, and the Light-Seekers. When Shang-Chi and his allies invaded the temple, they were attacked by representatives of several of these groups.

During Fu Manchu's plan to bring about World War III, he sent the Phansigars and Si-Fan to prevent his son Shang-Chi and the MI6 from interfering which they failed to achieve. Later, when Shang-Chi and his associates invaded Fu Manchu's fortress in Honan, China, they were confronted by the Si-Fan, Knights Templar, Leopard Cultists, Phansigars, and Hashishin whom attempted to defend the fortress.

It was later revealed by Shi-Hua that the Golden Dawn, along with the Order of the Si-Fan and Order of the Hai-Dai were aliases used for the Five Weapons Society, much like how Fu Manchu was an alias for Zheng Zu.

Notes

• In Sax Rohmer's novels, Si-Fan, Dacoits and Thuggee are groups that serve Fu Manchu.
• In real life, Thugees and Phansigars refer to the same group, but they were portrayed in the comics as distinct groups.
• Thugees are recognized as worshipers of the Goddess Kali, this connection is not shown in the comics, but in Marvel Atlas #2, the Cult of Kali is said to be part of Fu Manchu's Si-Fan.
• After Zheng Zu's death, the Order was disbanded, however, he still had control of Dacoits, he sent Zaran with some Dacoits to face Shang-Chi and the Marvel Knights.
• In Marvel Knights #13, Shang-Chi says that the Jezails were one of the groups that served his father, it is possible that they were also part of the Order of the Golden Dawn.

See Also

• 7 appearance(s) of Order of the Golden Dawn (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Order of the Golden Dawn (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) of Order of the Golden Dawn (Earth-616)
• 1 image(s) of Order of the Golden Dawn (Earth-616)
• 5 member(s) of Order of the Golden Dawn (Earth-616)