The House of Order

The House of Order are an organization of clerics, paladins and other holy warriors devoted to Beryllian. They offer their services as sellswords to law-abiding clients, typically acting as armed guards. Occasionally the House is hired as bloodhounds to hunt bandits, scoundrels and other unsavoury types.
The House maintains a seat of power within Castle Bastion in Crestfall.. Their crest is a sapphire crown on an iron grey field.
Members of the House of Order follow these key tenets:
Law: The law is paramount. It is the mortar that holds the stones of civilizations together and it must be respected.
Loyalty: Your word is your bond. Without loyalty, oaths and laws are meaningless.
Courage: You must be willing to do what needs to be done for the sake of order.

Rites & Traditions

Walk the Cobalt Road. According to House law, certain clergy members must make pilgrimage to the lair of a blue dragon and ask their judgement. In recent years this tradition has largely died out and been ignored, but remains a House law all the same.
The Declaration. An annual tradition held in Brighton. Months of preparation is required, culminating in a mass pilgrimage lead by the High Justicar, resulting in the conjuring of a celestial entity to deliver new testament and judgement on the House's affairs.

Benefits of Membership

Knights of the Order benefit from the House's protection and access the House armoury, blacksmith and stables to equip themselves.
Additionally, the House occasionally seizes illegally claimed land and, when no legitimate owner can be found, gifts the land and buildings to respected members typically ranked Captain or higher.
Knights Cordon have a contingent of knights available at their discretion whom they can assign to guarding territory, bringing bandits to justice or any number of other lawful tasks. Knights Cordon also have access to the guild's masterwork armoury and griffon mounts.

Structure

The guild is comprised mostly of Knights, holyfolk who have sworn their oaths to the Oathbinder and vowed themselves in service to the House. Before being sworn in, a knight must prove their knowledge of law, their courage in the face of danger and their fighting competency.
Accomplished knights are granted the rank of Captain for deeds in service to Beryllian.
Captains that continue to serve the House loyally are lifted to rank of Knight Cordon and granted new privilege, power and responsibility. Knights Cordon are permitted to swear in new recruits and are assigned a column of knights as their personal retinue.
The House is led by the High Justicar from Castle Bastion. The Justicar is protected by the Gauntlets: a pair of expert bodyguards chosen for their martial and mental prowess.
One or more Seekers also serve the House as honorary knights-adjunct, though they swear no official oaths to Beryllian.

Gaining Rank

To join the House of Order, a character must either: (a) taking the House of Order background at character creation or (b) Proving your knowledge of law, courage and competency before a member ranked Knight Cordon or higher.
A character already in the House of Order can improve their rank by serving the guild, see below:
Captain. A knight that spends a total of 5 weeks serving the guild* and accomplishes a 5th-level quest is assigned the rank of Captain.
Knight Cordon. A Captain that spends 11 weeks serving the guild* and accomplishes an 11th-level quest is assigned the rank of Knight Cordon.
*Only required in campaigns that use Downtime.

We are the gavel that passes Her judgment.

Guild Type

Knightly Order

Guild Crest

Sapphire crown on a grey field

Headquarters

Castle Bastion, Crestfall (Broken Colonies)

Alignment

Lawful Neutral

Founding Date

In the First age, date unknown

Parent Organization

The Empire

Guild Hierarchy
High Justicar
Knight Cordon	Gauntlet
Captain
Knight	Knight-adjunct

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