“Perhaps the most infamous elite organization on the planet, Pantheon is a threat to world security.  They are an organization of zealots and supremacists. Their ideals are based on bigotry and the oppression of those they feel inferior to themselves. What does Pantheon stand for?  The same ideals that any terrorist organization stands for: terror.  They inflict terror upon the baseline populace and expect their demands to be heard. Their rhetoric is tired and old and, in the end, pointless. They are evil miscreants and they will be rooted out and brought to justice for their crimes…”

- Paragon at a Justice Elite press conference

“I don’t like Pantheon, per se, but I think Razor, that is his name right?  He's pretty cool.  I mean, anyone willing to screw with the Justice Elite has to have some balls, right?  I hear they want to destroy the world, though, or some crap.  I just hope they destroy my school; I really hate my teachers. Razor is cool though, real tough.  Even if he is a bad guy, he is still cool in my book.”

- Richard Dawson, Middle School student

Just what is Pantheon? Pantheon is an elite organization, a group that espouses elite superiority to baselines.  The core philosophy behind the Pantheon movement is that elites are the next step in evolution, and therefore are the superior species to baseline humanity. By that right, baseline justice and law do not apply to them; they are above such things, and they see baselines as mere insects.  Certainly the power distinction between humanity and an insect is quite distinct, even though insects outnumber humanity, humanity is the more dominant species.  This is the same with humanity and elites, even though baselines are more numerous, elites are the dominant species of Earth.  It is elites that will lead the way into the next century, not baselines, who will simply follow in the wake of the elites.

At the heart of Pantheon is the mysterious elite who goes by the name of Cardinal, styling herself as both a political and religious leader.  Deeper into the Pantheon mythos, one finds a quasi Judeo-Christian belief system that espouses that elites are the chosen of God, and they shall inherit the Earth and usher in a time of prosperity and peace.  But first there will be the Time of Chaos, the Long Night before baselines accept the superiority of elites.  Cardinal has gathered around herself a loyal cadre of followers she calls her Acolytes, the most loyal and powerful of her followers, of which it is known that there may be as many as ten and as few as six.  Information about Pantheon is still sketchy; outsiders have yet to pierce the inner veil that shrouds much of the inner circle.  Cardinal has been at large since the group went public, back in 2006, with the defilement of the DC monuments.

The Acolytes form the ring of influence around Cardinal, they owe their allegiance to only Cardinal.  They do not always agree with each other, but try to do what is best for Pantheon for the movement so that they can attain their goal, which at the moment seems simply to defend elites from baseline exploitation, and to counter any baseline actions to curb or limit elite activity.  Pantheon has clashed with Justice Elite, and several other baseline and elite agencies across the globe, on several occasions. Their general modus operandi for their exploits is that they attack baseline operations, agencies that support baseline exploitation of elites, and threats to the elite way of life.  They are not above using violence and terror to forward their agenda, and see violence against baselines, as most baselines see violence against animals.  Such violence is a necessity at times to solve a given problem, for the greater good of the elite species.  In the end, baselines are the inferior species and are therefore simply tools to be used and disposed of as needed.