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| |image=http://imgur.com/xC6zdby.jpg | | |villagename = Guild of Knights |
| |godname=Lorielan | | |image= |
| |realm=''Knowledge and Order'' | | |leader = Aerek Ancyrion |
| |symbols=''none'' | | |patron = |
| |allies=''none'' | | |founder = Mayapple Xanatov |
| |enemies=[[Sartan]], [[Twilight]], [[Eris]], [[Babel]], [[Keresis]], [[Aegis]], [[Indrani]] | | |discoverer = |
| |ordername=the Samatha | | |allies = [[Aster Town]] |
| |temples=[[Siorraidh]], in the [[Shamtota Hills]]}}
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| '''Lorielan, the Jade Empress''' holds the domain as Goddess of Knowledge, and was a member of the esteemed [[Te'Serra Alliance]]. | | The '''Guild of Knights''' was refounded in 889 AF, built upon the vision of its original namesake and pledged to safeguard the legacy and traditions of knighthood. |
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| == History ==
| | In the modern age, the surviving chivalric orders united to refound the Guild of Knights, headquartered in the former Imperial Duchy of [[Aster Malik]], to preserve the Code of Chivalry and dawn another golden age of Honour. At present, the guild's six member orders include the Knights of Hashan, the Order of Thurisaz, the Infernal Rite, the Gaian Knights, the Doomguard, and the Eastern Sacraments. |
| Lorielan is one of the [[Elder Gods]] from the early days of [[Creation]]. She took no realm and was loved by [[Proteus]], leader of the Elder Gods. During the [[War of Humanity]], She plotted with [[Khalas]] and [[Agatheis]] to overthrow Proteus. When Their [[Triumvirate (mythology)|Triumvirate]] failed, Lorielan was sentenced to exile in the [[Crystal Plane]], where She ruled for three millennia as the Jade Empress. In the [[Modern Age]], Lorielan repented of Her sins and was forgiven by [[Sarapis]], Who allowed Her to leave the Crystal Plane. She became the Goddess of Knowledge.
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| At some point, the Goddess once again returned to the Crystal Plane and its [[Kx'Khrah]] people. During Her stay there, She became dissatisfied with the neutrality and moral ambiguity of that realm; She no longer wished to merely accumulate knowledge and turned Her focus instead on analysing and using the information She had attained. Her time spent in introspection gave Her a desire to ensure Knowledge was being used to benefit others. This has created a natural alliance between Her ideals and the concepts of Light, Righteousness, and Virtue. To this end She later emerged with the epithet 'the Enlightened'. During this time she was a stern but stabilising influence over [[Shallam]] as the fourth member of its divine alliance and cultivating a devout order of scholars called the '''Samadhi'''.
| | ==History== |
| | The ancient Guild of Knights was founded to preserve the empire through individual adventure and knight-errantry, rather than actual military affairs, and took its duty in defending the honour of its monarch very seriously. Based out of its ceremonial fortress in [[Seleucar]], the [[Castle of Twelve]], its knights were private citizens who took pride in standing as example to both noble and commoner alike of Honour and Chivalry. Though it had a long-standing friendship with the [[Holy Church]], it was historically founded as a secular organisation. |
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| In the year 476 AF, She returned from the Crystal Plane, concerned by the rebirth of [[Babel]] and the subsequent resurgence of [[Chaos]] in [[Achaea]]. Despite having returned, She remained aloof to ideologies dissimilar to Hers - although [[adventurers]] who are both intelligent and deeply devoted to [[Good]] were able to gain the Lady's notice.
| | Notable members included aristocratic luminaries of the empire such as Lord [[Damen Kephry]], Lord [[Drago]], Lord [[Kyralos]], and Lord [[Odysseus Rani]]. The old guild fell to infighting with the first [[Wars of Succession|War of Succession]], and while it was Damen Kephry's dream to reestablish the guild, he died before the chance arose. |
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| Around the turn of the 7th century the blight of [[Babel]] reached to the crystal realm and Lorielan travelled there to turn it aside for a time. She was not heard from for many years.
| | ==Knight Arbiters== |
| | Led by a Knight Arbiter elected by a council representing each recognised order, the Guild sets the standard of chivalry for all Knights of the realm. Holding order over enmity, each is held accountable to their oath, governed by the authority of the knighted, under the banner of [[chivalry]]. |
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| With the rise of [[Bal'met]] and the deaths of Her colleagues in 610, Lorielan soon became the last Divine of the [[Te'Serra Alliance]]. A Shallamese summoning ritual in Siorraidh saw Her brief appearance, but their cries for aid against the rogue God fell on deaf ears. Before the supplicants she named Herself Jade Empress once more, renounced Her ties to them, dissolved Her Samadhi Order, and abandoned them to their fates.
| | :890 AF - Dame Mayapple Xanatov |
| | :908 AF - Ser Aerek Ancyrion |
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| The Jade Empress surprised Achaea with Her return in 666AF. She reclaimed dominion over the realm of Knowledge and knowledge-seeking, founding the Samatha Order to ensure its studious pursuit.
| | ==Aster Regents== |
| | In absence of a duke a member of the guild, named the '''Aster Regent''', is elected by the [[Aster Town]] guardians to serve as ducal surrogate to oversee the well-being of the town at large. The regent holds civic authority but does not exercise power in guild matters. |
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| In 805, Lorielan appeared at a debate for the [[Worlds' Fair]] along with Her fellow Elder, Lord Twilight, in a surprise to all onlookers. She made the case that Her punishment regarding the Triumvirate's actions was just. Notably at this time was the presence of many Divine felt throughout the land - Neraeos, Vastar, and Aegis were also in the realms then.
| | :890 AF - Aerek Ancyrion |
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| == The Samatha ==
| | [[Category:Guilds]][[category:Organisations]][[Category:History]] |
| The Samatha is the devout order of those sworn to the Jade Empress, but little is known of them outside of Samathan circles.
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| == Divine Symbols ==
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| The symbol of the Lady Lorielan is a looped ribbon undergoing a half-twist.
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| [[Category:Gods]] | |