Order Mercator Militans

This Holy Order trains Clerics, Fighters, Monks and Paladins to serve as Merchant Marines, mercenary ship guards who defend their assigned vessels and board enemy vessels.


Duties and Tasks:

• Defend assigned vessel against boarders
• Board enemy vessels and disable crew
• Hunt pirates and slavers
• Do acts of service or charity in port cities

Tenets of Faith

Oath of the Holy Mercator Militans:

Duty and Honor.
While in the employ of a captain or assigned to a vessel, duty to that ship or crew is paramount and should be considered before any other concerns.
When not serving on a ship, my life is my own.


No Greater Life than a Life Lived Free.
One should be free to chart their own path without oppression. Those who would exert their power to dominate others shall be smote.


Trust the Skies.
The guidance of a strong breeze. The rumbling warnings of a coming storm. Nature is a source of portent and council that should be heeded.


Adapt Like the Water.
The ocean can shift around any obstacle?or become the most impassable obstacle of all. It can carve away the land to reveal the secrets of the past, or swallow the truth and hide it forever. To embrace this fluidity is to be ready for any challenge.

Worship

When members take their oath, they are given a Call Sign; a unique two or three word nickname. This call sign is taken as the members new name, and used to identify them as open and active members of the order.

Founding Date

113 CE

Type

Religious, Holy Order

Alternative Names

Holy Merchant Marines

Predecessor Organization

• Temple of Tide and Tempest

Training Level

Semi-professional

Veterancy Level

Trained

Demonym

Mercator (Mer-KAY-tore)