Brotherhood of Tarn

The Brotherhood of Tarn is a powerful and dominant organisation within the confines of Gand that was established in 800 EoM when it split from the main The Church of Tarn. The spit came from a result of differing politics within the church stemming from attitudes towards magic-users. This attitude formed as a response to the Elven plague which wiped out thhe entire race within a two-year period. This plague is said to have began from elven mages using dark blood magic which corrupted them into illness. It seeded a deep fear within kitham that magic could be unhygienic for the soul and contaminate others, it also conjured fears that it was a punishment from Tarm for their huberis as Tarn, is the patron god or creation and toil and magic is able to accomplish far quicker what natural means may take.   The campion of this effort was a man named Nersi, who claimed that he was an apostle from the stars, he was able to communicate with and share visions with Tarn, the Cosmic Weaver through his dreams. He named himself the Godkin a rank meaning that he was more like Tarn above than any mere mortal. This bold claim set many in the church against him but Rowans, now declaring himself as Godkin Nersi proved himself to charismatic and persuasive. He slowly gained traction and with that followers. The split was formalised and for many years the brotherhood roamed Gand completing with the church. Leading to several skirmishes and a fight for territory.   After several years the Brotherhood came upon an old elven structure, a series of towers in the mountains that conjoined to the elven city network below. It was incredibly defensivable and a strong symbol. The brotherhood declared this would be their new home and called it The Keep with this the focus shifted, with the brotherhood no longer trying to expand across the land but to become more insular and devoted. Godkin Nersi would pass away in one of his final acts he would undertake the task of weaving his own shroud, this shroud he constructed not as a blanket but as a cacoon it encapsulated him and he suffocated on his own terms. The shroud is considered a holy relic and is stored in the crypt of the keep held securely behind locked doors. Before dying Rowans passed his tile onto the new Godkin Godkin Kilthrop.   Under Godkin Kilthrop the brotherhood became far more insulated the emphasis was no longer on speaking across the land but winning an ethical, moral battle against those not of their faith. Kilthrop encouraged new members but only on the grounds that they swear absolute devotion. He also raised the ban that would prevent women from joining and the members from having families his reasoning being that children consigned to the church agt birth had to be the most faithful. The more he grew the small devoted following the more began to fret for the souls of those not aligned. His greatest fear was that those not saved would not be able to join Tarn's wealth upon death and that their soulss were wasted. Under this he shifted to collective focus to conversion of the non religious, to do this he established the paladins to preach their law, and to interact with other citizens. These paladins became known for bringing back children and wayward youths to put their energy into the church. When Godkin Kilthrop passed away he nominated his steward Godkin Hossencroft to take over the role.   Godkin Hossencroft led the brotherhood into a far sterner era, his emphasis was on managing the scourge of sorcery and removing magic individuals from society. His first act upon receiving his title was to conduct a seige on the College of Wintrow wherein he destroyed the entire wing of magic-related texts and went as far to kill serveral students and scholars. He then shifted focus to gaining a political foothold working along side the powerful elite of the major cities for most notably alongsideKing Arvid . This is in part due to the establishment of the alchemist who, created a number of new technologies and resources which became fininacially viable.