"Gold, as it turns out, doesn't offer much protection at all. But then, our lives aren't the ones we're meant to be protecting." - Colette Fortin
The Gold Clad serve as the elite guard to the
Oreion Inquisition's Grand Inquisitor and the family of the ruling Great House. The order was created around 600 3A, when
Theoretically, the Gold Clad are hand picked by the Grand Inquisitor, and are meant to be made up of the most skilled warriors in Oreion (and possibly beyond). The Gold Clad spend most of their time patroling the grounds of
The Wolf's Head, or a member of the royal family in any of their travels.
Members of the Gold Clad swear an oath of loyalty to the ruling house, and must be willing to lay down their lives in order to protect their charges. While being a Gold Clad comes with great reward, prestiege, and honor, it is also not without consequence. Members of the order are expected to devote their lives to the protection of the royal family; essentially discarding their previous life. Failure to perform their sworn duty also comes at a high costs; an expelled Gold Clad is stripped of any property, titles, and wealth they possess, and is then publicly shamed. These ex-gold clads often go on to become sellswords or are swept up in the criminal underworld, having no other career opportunities available to them.
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