Regula Magistri Orientalis
Chapter I | Purpose and Basis of Common Life
Before all else, brothers, follow the Storm Wind Lord of the East and then follow the rules of your king, because these are the chief commandments given to us.
The following are the precepts we order you living in the monastery to observe.
The main purpose for you having come together is to train harmoniously in your house, intent upon your training in oneness of mind and heart.
Call nothing your own, but let everything be yours in common. Food and clothing shall be distributed to each of you by your superior, not equally to all, for all do not enjoy equal health, but rather according to each one's need.
Those who owned something in the world should be careful in wanting to share it in common once they have entered the monastery.
But they who owned nothing should not look for those things in the monastery that they were unable to have in the world. Nevertheless, they are to be given all that their health requires even if, during their time in the world, poverty made it impossible for them to find the very necessities of life.
The rich, for their part, who seemed important in the world, must not look down upon their brothers who have come into this holy brotherhood from a condition of poverty. They should neither be elated if they have contributed a part of their wealth to the common life, nor take more pride in sharing their riches with the monastery than if they were to enjoy them in the world.
Chapter II | Prayer is the Pursuit of Power.
Train to increase your ability to withstand the power of the Wind Lord's Storms. Seek out his power through training and testing yourself, at the hours and times appointed.
In the Lightning Cage, train to withstand and train to deliver, with maximum power.
Domination of self leads to domination of all.
Train to endure power and to deliver it back ten fold. When reaching a named master level - you must fight to defeat your predecessor - only with submission to your power will you be shown victory.
Train only what is prescribed for training; moreover, let nothing be trained unless it is so prescribed.
Chapter III | Safeguarding Secrets
Do not teach what is known to those who do not know.
Do not seek that which is not known when it is not the right time to know.
Safeguard the Red and Green Books - show them to no one from outside the order (the un-ruled and demi-ruled). Their content may be turned against you - so keep them secret at all times. No act of keeping them secret can defile them - only their exposure to the un-ruled can defile them.
The wind-lord of storms chooses when to strike - and no one can predict when or where the strike will come - so it is with your strikes.
There should be nothing about your clothing to attract the attention of the wind lord ahead of your appointed time.
Whenever you go out, walk and ride with your fellow brothers seek to spread out - like a storm covering the heavens, but when you reach your destination, stay together, gathering strength like a bolt of lightning.
In your ride or walk, deportment, and in all actions, let nothing dissuade you from expressing your power and enforcing conformity. , but only what becomes the order.
Do not share any elements of training or teachings with any outsider to the Order nor to any Member of the Order who has not been trained to the same level as yourself.
Chapter IV | The Care of Goods
Keep your clothing in one place with your equipment and have it ever ready. None know when the strike will occur - so you must be always ready.
Train hard and care for the weapons given - ensure they are cleaned at the end of each session.
Maintain yourself - stay in strong health and do not let any weakness show.
If anyone brings something for their sons or other relatives living in the monastery, whether a garment or anything else they think is needed, this must not be accepted secretly as one's own but must be placed at the disposal of the superior so that, as common property, it can be given to whoever needs it. But if someone secretly keeps something given to him, he shall be judged guilty of theft.
All items earned by a brother in battle are those of the brother and are a sign to all of his success. None shall seek to take them from him - even his superiors.
Items earned in the order's battles are gifts to that brother from the Wind Lord himself.
Care for all steeds brought before you - and all the Order will be with you - harm any steed and all the Order with
Chapter V | Code of Conduct
You will follow the Code of Conduct established for each situation in Monastic Life. You will receive two books - the Red and the Green Books.
Whilst in the Monastery you will follow the rules of the Green Book.
Whilst among the Un-ruled and Demi-ruled (those Outside the Order), you will follow the rules of the Red Book.
If any situation not covered in the green or the red books is encountered you will start a Blue book and document the situation and outcomes for later assessment of the lawfulness of your actions by a trial of your peers.
Never doubt, keep in mind the principle that: Lightning never strikes from below - an underling must never seek to upstage or correct their social betters. Enforce this swiftly.
Chapter VI | Governance and Obedience
The superior should be obeyed as a master with the respect due him so as not to offend.
But it shall pertain chiefly to the superior to see that these precepts are all observed and, if any point has been neglected, to take care that the transgression is not carelessly overlooked but is punished and corrected. In doing so, he must avoid whatever exceeds the limit and power of his office, and defer it to the master who enjoys the greater authority among you. Failing this - a test of judgement shall be undertaken in the lightning cage.
Let the master uphold discipline while instilling fear and using power. And though both are necessary, he should strive to be feared, ever mindful that he must give an account of you to the wind lord.
Chapter VII | The Ranks of the Noble Order of the Wind Lord of the East, Euros
| Level |
Rank Title |
Skill Gained |
| 1 |
Novice |
|
| 2 |
Initiate |
A |
| 3 |
Farrier |
C |
| 4 |
Disciple |
H |
| 5 |
Immaculate |
B |
| 6 |
Junior Master |
I |
| 7 |
Master |
G |
| 8 |
Equine Trainer |
J |
| 9 |
Horse Master |
R |
| 10 |
Charger of the West |
K |
| 11 |
Destrier of the West |
L |
| 12 |
Racer of the West |
S |
| 13 |
Tarpanic Master |
N |
| 14 |
Steed Master |
D |
| 15 |
Herd Master |
P |
| 16 |
Astral Master |
Q |
| 17 |
Western Grandmaster of the Compass |
W and X |
Chapter VIII | Observance of the Rule
The Wind-Lord grant that you may observe all these precepts in a spirit of clarity and focus of mind to seek out the ways of power and to enforce the correct social strata around you.
Maintain your adherence to the Code of Conduct outlined in the Green and the Red Books as necessary. Be prepared for judgement of your actions at all times.
Be on guard for the future, pray and train to be ready in an instant to right the wrongs of others.
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