Order of the Sacred Heart

Unfinished WIP

  The Order of the Sacred Heart is a Holy Order dedicated to Deo, sworn in service to both the Protector of All and the realms of Eltharia as champions against evil. While the classical interpretation of knights in shining armor may come to mind when hearing of such an organization, the people of Eltharia know the Order as a different kind of chivalric group. Anyone with personal prowess, a conviction to protect the innocent from harm, and a sincere belief in Deo may attempt The Holy Dive; a series of challenges to prove ones merit and worthiness to wear one of the colored tabards of the Order. This group of champions is composed of individuals from all walks of life and all traditions; everyone from privileged graduates of Wizarding schools, Barbarians of passionate rage, Paladins of the highest chivalry, and a menagerie of bards, rogues, and former ne'er-do-wells that have chosen a different life path.   The Order has given itself the lofty task of protecting all of Eltharia from harm, and to do so, they are organized into seven companies, lead by seven commanders known as the Rainbow Guard. Each of these commanders holds a keep in the region that they are charged with protecting, while the Lord Commander of the Order resides upon the Island of the Council. Due to concerns from the Nobility of Eltharia that the Order could grow powerful enough to challenge the sovereignty of their nations, the Order relies solely upon its champions to carry out their mission, and has no rights, legal or otherwise, to call upon peasant levies or national standing armies in pursuit of their goals.   While a prudent and understandable concession from the Order, this requires them to function more as a loose group of adventurers and knight errants doing individual deeds in service of the Skald King, rather than a concerted military effort to suppress all evil in the world. Save for the seven strongholds of the Order, Champions are rarely seen in numbers greater than a handful, and were it not for their distinctly colored tabards, they may be mistaken for a common adventuring party.       Yellow - New Lithandrial, Claiston Ruins, Begh Kaldur, West Khajobe Desert, Abandoned Lithandria
Green - Mimbre, Curashria, Dacia, Amoxcatl
Blue - Land of Always Winter
Indigo - The Northern Rim Kingdoms, Dunedar Mountain Kingdoms
Violet - Hesdor, Brastle Plains, Free People of Solis