Liars Club

"Beaten or Broken, we're still here". - The Liars Club's motto

The Liars Club was a cultural revolution-driven group of influential young people trying to spread personal liberties and defy authoritarian rules against all odds in a desperate era. They were the main protagonistic group in Don't Let the Darkness Consume You.

History
In February 1963, Thomas Barton, a revolutionary writter, was writting a series of books about how authorities fail to represent society and get easily corrupted by power and greed, such as "The Art of Corruption and Lies". Many people who read these books were shocked by the sayings of Thomas, and eventually took his side. The reason behind this book was a response to the Hiroshima Bombings in 1945, that eventually led to the end of World War II, because Barton was a pacifist revolutionary and never wanted innocent people to die and have a catastrophic event to take place.

Although Thomas gained a lot of support, these books were censored by the major authorities. As a result of the censorship and taking advantage of his bad reputation, Thomas started a revolutionary art-themed group called "Liars Club" on November 9, 1963. For years, he explained his vision to his son Matthew and the Murray family, who were close to the Bartons, and they eventually joined the club. Some scholars from California also took the Liars Club's side and eventually, this triggered many movements all around the United States, suchs as feminist and other political protests, and also creating new ways of art and music.

In 1984, after professor Alfred Lennox from T.L.S. organized a mental health talk at the City College of San Francisco, where college student Mary Jane Fitzgerald delivered a emotional speech that was acclaimed by the audience and the organization, the Liars Club got attracted by her vision of society, and sought to make her join the club to clean their bad reputation. They also noticed that Mary Jane also failed to connect with society, and Jay Ambrose was successful on attracting Mary Jane's attention. After organizing a texas-style barbecue and chilli in the Night Ridin' Bar, Mary Jane eventually joined the Liars Club.

Description
The Liars Club is a group of revolutionary artists that are driven by the fight for free will and freedom of expression. Their colors are the black, gray and white. The club's symbol is a moon in its waning quarter, with a war axe behind the moon, and a eye. This can imply that the club are watching every move that the higher authorities make. The Liars Club's mission is to spread personal liberties, open minds, find the common sense in certain topics of the political world, and take down the injustices like police brutality or corruption. The Liars Club are against censorship and are supporters of the sex revolution, and want the success for what they consider a "silent majority" in the country.

The Liars Club also supports the free will and the explicit art, and want to evolve society's closed mentality to a more modern, open mentality. They also support the equality of rights between men and women, which is the reason that they were also searching for women that can support their cause. They claim to be a group of leaders, business magnates, innovators, artists, scholars, and other influential members of the world, implying that there were other members in the club rather than the current students. Due to their reputation with the authorities, the members also consider themselves as the worst of the worst, the rejects, the revolutionaries, the beaten and broken, because they want to change the world and are not afraid of taking a risk.

Members

 * Thomas Barton (founder and first leader) †
 * Bray Murray †
 * Jennifer Murray †
 * Matthew Barton (second leader) †
 * Ashley Murray †
 * William Sullivan †
 * Jay Ambrose
 * Casey Lombardi
 * Kenneth Palmer †
 * Shawn Reynolds †
 * Mary Jane Fitzgerald

Other Known Members:


 * Betty Friedan
 * John Baldessari
 * Gloria Steinem
 * ... many other influential members