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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Velmont" data-source="post: 2418754" data-attributes="member: 13739">Order of CrianHistoryThe Order have been created to follow the ideal that have raised among the follower of Crian after his sacrifice to save the peninsula. The order have first been just a band of good willed knight, scattered around the peninsula, with a larger group in Crian's estate. During the firsts decades, the order fought the barbarian, stop bandits and tried to solve feud throught diplomacy, not using weapon against there own kind.When the second invasion happened, the Order start to fight, but there number was too small to stop the Slitheren and there undead minions. Gaile was able to unit the peninsula and push back the invasion. The Order was rewarded by Gaile, giving them the Rock, a small rocky island in the border of Caine's estate. This small island is, from that moment, out of the King juridiction, allowing the order to pay no taxes.After that, the Order mainly stop the barbarian invasion. Then came Roderick, last master of the order before the actual one, Roderick the second, son of Roderick. Roderick trasform the rock into a small factory of weapon to raise the funds of the order. Most of the best blacksmith, weaponsmith and armorsmith or the land came to the rock, working there arts for the order. Roderick also distinguish itself when the Sonraï, the great nation in the south, came to Gaile to take control of the peninsula. The war against the emperor Ghen was won just because of the great strategic mind of Roderick. All this brought some fame to the Order. Today, Roderick the second is mostly living in the shadow of his father.OrganizationThe order hierarchy have five level. From the top, the master, is the regeant of Crian's estate and the Rock. Named there by blood, the title have been taken by the lineage of Crian. The role of the master is to take care of the estate and maintain it.Then come the council. The council is made of four knights and the master. All decision is made by the council. The master is able to vote only in case of a tie between the knight. The council members stay in place for seven years. When a new council member must be named, the remaining people of the concil submit two candidate to the knights. The other knights vote for the one they want to see on the council.Then come the knights. The knights are the hands and do the task given to them by the council. They promote the ideal of Crian and try to find new knight through the peninsula.The squires are knights to become. They must follow a kinghts for at least 3 years, but it is not rare to see some squire for 5 or even more years before they become kinghts.The followers are all the common people: soldier, servants, merchants, craftmen that are working for the Order. The metalsmith are better viewed than other followers.Rock (aka Castle Crian)The Order of Crian have established themsleves on the Crian's rock, a small island a mile away from the coast line in the north west of the country. This land have been given to the order by Gaile. The rock have since been transform into a small forteress. The fort is reknown for the many blacksmith that have establish itself there, allowing them to have the best weapon of all Gaile. Another thing make the rock exceptionnal. The tide is so strong in this region that the coast line move about 2 miles between the low tide and the high tide. That make the fort almost impossible to siege, as during the high tide, land weaponry can't reach the fort, and during low tide, no boat can reach the fort, and neither can stay near the fort for long as the tide raise and go down.Important PeopleRoderick the second:Present master of th order, he is a good administrator for the estate, but have none of the military skills of his father and is mainly living in his shadow.Leopol Stone:Leopol Stone is the most famous knight of the Order. He has recruited many of the present knight, have lead many group against the barbarian with minimal loose. Some people compare his military skill to the ones of Roderick the first itself. He follow the ideal of the Order like no one else. He was one of the candidate to be member of the council during the last vote, but he has lost it, because he had asked to his follower not to vote for him.Jasper Kriegspire:Jasper have been the first squire of Stone. His recommendation by Stone have been badly recieved at first because of his criminal past that everyone knows about, even if he was never arrested. Some people still compare him more as a thug than a kinght, but his service to the order cannot be counted. His loyalty to Stone can only be compare to Stone's faith and nothing could broke the friendship of those two knights.</blockquote>

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