Gedo Order
Be like fire, alive, breathe, grow, and destroy.
Be like earth, a force of will that of a mountain.
Be like air and be free unattached to world.
Be like water, formless, shapeless, a force of change.
—Zerthimon
Be like earth, a force of will that of a mountain.
Be like air and be free unattached to world.
Be like water, formless, shapeless, a force of change.
—Zerthimon
Structure
Within Ashdaron there are four levels.
In descending order:
Anarch:
These are the monks that have achieved Gedo. They are able to alter Limbo with but a thought and are often the constructers of the monastery. Because of their capabilities, anarchs are instructed to lead their own monasteries. Often, should two anarchs meet, their time spent apart has caused their philosophies to diverge. The resulting debate can be devastating. The anarch takes no formal students, but the surrounding zerths try to learn what they can from the master.
Zerth:
Zerths hold the highest seniority among the students at a monastery. Since there is ever only one Anarch, most zerths take on students of their own to pass on what they have learned. Though an anarch's abilities are separated from the best zerths by an order of magnitude, zerths still wield immeasurable power and prowess in the ways of Gedo. Zerths often go back and forth between the monastery and the outside world. They act as eyes for the order and portect it from outside threats.
Exarch:
Becoming an exarch requires an exiter to distinguish themselves in the eyes of their teacher. The decision to promote an exiter is wholly up to their senior zerth. Once a student has become an exarch, they may choose to leave the monastery and experience the world with their new abilities. They are encouraged to test themselves mentally, physically, emotionally, as a way to harden their bodies. This mission can last weeks, months, even years before the exarch returns to the monastery with a sense that they have become stronger in body and mind. It is then, that they are deemed worth to be tested by their teacher.
Exiter:
Exiters are the newest members of the Gedo Order. They have been taught the basic lessons of Gedo and are under strict instruction from their teacher, the zerth who initiated them. An exiter can often spend years before they are deemed ready by their teacher.
In descending order:
Anarch:
These are the monks that have achieved Gedo. They are able to alter Limbo with but a thought and are often the constructers of the monastery. Because of their capabilities, anarchs are instructed to lead their own monasteries. Often, should two anarchs meet, their time spent apart has caused their philosophies to diverge. The resulting debate can be devastating. The anarch takes no formal students, but the surrounding zerths try to learn what they can from the master.
Zerth:
Zerths hold the highest seniority among the students at a monastery. Since there is ever only one Anarch, most zerths take on students of their own to pass on what they have learned. Though an anarch's abilities are separated from the best zerths by an order of magnitude, zerths still wield immeasurable power and prowess in the ways of Gedo. Zerths often go back and forth between the monastery and the outside world. They act as eyes for the order and portect it from outside threats.
Exarch:
Becoming an exarch requires an exiter to distinguish themselves in the eyes of their teacher. The decision to promote an exiter is wholly up to their senior zerth. Once a student has become an exarch, they may choose to leave the monastery and experience the world with their new abilities. They are encouraged to test themselves mentally, physically, emotionally, as a way to harden their bodies. This mission can last weeks, months, even years before the exarch returns to the monastery with a sense that they have become stronger in body and mind. It is then, that they are deemed worth to be tested by their teacher.
Exiter:
Exiters are the newest members of the Gedo Order. They have been taught the basic lessons of Gedo and are under strict instruction from their teacher, the zerth who initiated them. An exiter can often spend years before they are deemed ready by their teacher.
History
The Gedo Order is made up of the remnants of an ancient figure named Zerthimon. He helped lead his people from slavery, but eventually, his philosophy differed from another with influence. His followers believed in his message of meditation and physical training in an effort to hone the body and mind into a perfect specimen. This training taken to its extreme unlocks an internal force, called ki which allows the wielder to exceed their physical limitations.
The Gedo Order is not the only one that has found a way to unlock this internal energy, but it specifically focuses on the energy that comes from elemental planes, the power of the Titans. Zerthimon believed and achieved a power called gedo. One may understand gedo as a "fifth" element or more accurately the recombination of all four elements. Understanding this facet of the world through gedo meditation unlocks the ki within the body and allows manipulation of the elements through the wielder's will.
The Gedo Order is not the only one that has found a way to unlock this internal energy, but it specifically focuses on the energy that comes from elemental planes, the power of the Titans. Zerthimon believed and achieved a power called gedo. One may understand gedo as a "fifth" element or more accurately the recombination of all four elements. Understanding this facet of the world through gedo meditation unlocks the ki within the body and allows manipulation of the elements through the wielder's will.
Gedo Al Gedeum
Type
Religious, Monastic Order
Alternative Names
Order of the Four Elements
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