Knights of Furyondy
The Knights of Furyondy along with other nobles form the "Knightly Conclave" in Chendl. This conclave is a semi-parliamentary group that considers more or less any issue it wishes, and then offers its opinions to King Belvor IV. The Knights of the Hart are influential in this conclave. King Belvor doesn't have to listen to the conclave's advice, but he needs their support to implement his decisions. This does give them power and influence within the Kingdom. There is one major rift between King Belvor and the knights. The Knights of the Hart generally regard the Knights of Holy Shielding, the Shield Land migrants, with contempt. They see the pride and incompetence of the Shield Land leaders during the war as culpable, and consider the Knights of Holy Shielding "witless intruders". Some are incensed that Belvor made Count Artur Jakartai (a very powerful Knight of Holy Shielding) ruler of Crystalreach, and have expressed their discontent to Belvor in person and in the Knightly Conclave. King Belvor offered the assistance of Furyondy to the Shield Land leaders during the war. They refused his help, and many regard this as the main reason why the Shield Lands fell quickly during the Greyhawk Wars.
The knights' primary defenses are along the northern border with "Old Wicked" (Iuz), although some knights argue the southern shore of Whyestil Lake is a much more defensible boundary. They argue for an offensive to recapture lost land. King Belvor may have taken this to heart. He has proclaimed a perpetual and never ending war with Old Wicked, and just recently has begun to mobilize forces into the lands of Iuz, primarily around Molag.
The Knights of Furyondy are the largest of the three orders, with 169 knights at its command. The primary concern now is the recruitment of new knights, without lowering their standards. This is due to the deaths of around fifty knights in the Greyhawk Wars and the Great Northern Crusade. Their coat of arms is a pair of antlers on azure.
by Brian Benoit
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