Monastery of the Crimson Veil
Ervenian Era, 1051 AB
Pain burns away the false self. Anger, untempered, is weakness yet shaped in flame, it becomes justice. I wear the veil not to hide my eyes, but to remind you that I do not need them to see your guilt.Monastery of the Crimson Veil, known as Isk'thar Dorgûn, located within the flame-churned highlands and black-glass valleys of Sofel, nestled in a caldera formed by an ancient divine wrath, the Monastery of the Crimson Veil broods like a wounded sentinel. Its crimson-sashed monks are known across Theras as ascetics of pain, penance, and righteous fury.
Role in Sofelian society
While not political, the Monastery is feared and respected. Its monks often serve as executioners, duel arbitrators, and scourges of heresy. Yet they also protect the orphaned and helpless. The people of Sofel whisper prayers of gratitude to the Crimson Veil when raiders or witches fall to silent red-cloaked figures under dusk.Culture
Unlike the passive serenity of the Aeonic Monastery , the monks of the Crimson Veil train through ordeal. They believe pain purifies. Their meditation includes fasting, heat exposure, and controlled combat trials. Mercy is only given to those who earn it - discipline is never comfort.
They wear blood red veils over their eyes in training, symbolizing the rejection of vanity and the acceptance of internal clarity. Their fists are wrapped in crimson cloth soaked in salt and dragon's bile, hardening both skin and spirit.
History
The Crimson Veil traces its lineage to the schism from the Aeon Monastery, when a disciple known only as Sa'kir the Bladed Tear broke from the contemplative silence of the Aeon Masters and wandered into the ash plains of Sofel. There, among ruins scorched by fire elementals and cultic wars, he found clarity in rage and penance.
Sa'kir taught that enlightenment was not only in balance, but in embracing righteous fury to protect what could not defend itself. His monastery was built as both a sanctuary and crucible, thus welcoming the broken, the wrathful, and the disgraced and forging them anew.
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