The Order of the Ruby Rose

A knightly order affiliated with the Church of Sune, primarily made up of bards, fighters, and paladins. Their primary mission is to guard Sunite temples and holy sites, and occasionally accompany clerics doing good works or questing for something important to the Lady of Love. Initiation into the order and rising through the ranks, similar to the church itself, is done by standing vigil in a temple of Sune for an entire night. If the goddess shows her favor by granting a vision or some other boon, the candidate is accepted into the order. The ranking structure of the order is as follows: Initiate, Squire, Knight, Knight-Captain, and Knight-Commander. The Knight-Commander oversees the knights and is on equal footing with Rubyholders, though the order tends to act independently of the main church.   While the order members are highly mobile, they have a headquarters known as the Rou Acropoli, a midsize stone fortress set beyond the northeast border of the city of Acropolis. It was built and named in centuries past, but its repairs and upgrades have been kept up-to-date. It has even become somewhat of a tourist attraction in recent years. The fortress gets its name from ancient Sunite texts meaning ‘the Ruby Citadel.’  

Noted Members

• Knight-Captain Brandash Alkite (see: The Foe of Many Faces Returns NPCs) - Knight-Captain and Paladin of Sune c. 150AL
• Knight-Commander Taliesin Baudelaire - Knight-Commander and Paladin of Sune, who disappeared on an mission for the Church in 224 AL
• Interim Knight-Commander Aurelian - Knight-Captain made temporary Knight-Commander upon the disappearance of Knight-Commander Taliesin Baudelaire in 224 AL
• Knight-Captain Thea Enkavma - Knight-Captain and protector of Rubyholder Evelyn Enkavma, her mother in 224 AL
• Squire Brandash Alkite III - squire of Interim Knight-Commander Aurelian, who died under their leadership via a lesser death dragon in 224 AL