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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guilt Puppy" data-source="post: 2723060" data-attributes="member: 6521">"The dove..." Cariel pauses in thought, but seems for once untroubled. "What you saw is not so strange."He reaches to throat, and fishes out a small pendant from beneath his own breastplate: A silver oval, with a white shield painted upon it."As I mentioned, members of our Order are not always in close contact with one another... We are too few and our duties too many, and this means our numbers are spread thin, and in constant movement. It is not unusual to have a knight go unheard-from for months, sometimes years... Without these," he says softly, holding the silver oval forward, "a knight could pass from this world unbeknownst to the rest of our order."He tucks it back into his breastplate, adjusting it until it falls comfortably."We have no hierarchy, understand, nor base of operations: The sanctity of our oaths is universal and equal, and so such things are unnecessary. In lieu of such a structure, we carry these pendants, whose bearers may communicate with one another over great distances, with relative freedom." He casts his eyes downward in some personal contemplation. "Should their bearer die, however, they are enchanted to take the form of a dove, and take flight to find the nearest member of the Order... This allows all to be informed of such an event, and further ensures that the pendant itself does not fall into the hands of another... And, of course, there is the commemorative beauty of such a flight, which is important in itself."Completing that thought, he turns to Nurthk, to respond to that suggestion."How long ago was it that the one you called Exantrius passed away? For I know of no other dove that has flown recently, and that may lend credence to your suspicion."</blockquote>

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