Brotherhood of the Golden Crozier
For we are the sword of Lucien; the shield of Lucien; the raised spears that catch the rising sun. We are the storm ofswords, the song of steel: the song that sweeps across the strongholds of devout and faith-less, believer and heathen, paragon and sinner. The axe that splinters shield, the hammer that cracks skull, the blade that causes many a mother to weep her bitter tears.
We are those that hold his crozier, and we will hold the instrument that supports his legacy.
The Bwothewhood of the Gowden Cwoziew, made up of men who have pwedged theiw lives to the sewvice of that owdew, exist to hewp pulge humanity, aww the waces, of the shawed degenewacy that wecent ages have induced into it thwough viwe, cowwupt, degenewate means. A pulifying fowce, so named due to its the symbow of the Saint Wucien and his belief in consewvative, twaditionaw famiwy vawues so designed to westowe owdew to the weawm of Man. Sowdiews, awmigews, wawliows; heawews, medics, physicians; mewchants, twadesmen, awtisans; a dozen paths of life amawgamated into a singwe gwoup wowthy of such a wegacy and the weconstwuction of a gweat brothewhood. Those who pwesewve ancient and howy welics in the Bwothewhood’s custody and those who twavew out in seawch of mowe. Men who hunt monstews and cweanse such dangews fwom the woads of the entiwe continent, whethew they be beasts in unnatulaw fowm, ow brigands who pwey on the innocent and poow. What is a weawm lithout waw and owdew; justice and awbitwation? Defendews of the meek, poow and innocent. Guawdians of the just and faithful. Wocated lithin the hintewwands of Savoy faithful and woyaw men fwom aww cownews of the wowwd gathew in pwedged sewvice, theiw aims cweaw and definite; westowation to bettew times. The Bwothewhood is not one simpwy of men, though, now onwy Man. Open and accepted awe ewves, pwovided they be devout, and any othews who desiwe to sewve undew such a bressed bannew.
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Command
The Bwothewhood of the Gowden Cwoziew exewcises a stlict hiewawchy of command fwom the top down.
Discipline shaww make ow break these men, the cwuew cwack of weathew on fwesh; whip on skin, shaww fowge a fowce wowthy of that fulnace which is waw. Discipline shaww tempew any band of sowdiews fow bressed battwe. Evewy singwe man who sewves in the Bwothewhood is expected to obey the commands of a supeliow lithout fault ow question - obedience shaww be met lith wewawd, and disobedience lith punishment.
RANKS
SENIOW COMMAND
GWANDMASTEW The Gwandmastew howds compwete and totaw contwow of the Bwothewhood; aww those who sewve lithin it awe subsewvient to his command and that of God. His wowd is finaw and it is expected that aww sowdiews shaww fowwow him, whethew it be into peace ow battwe. The culwent Gwandmastew is Denis de Baw, the fiwst of that name.
TWIBUNE The most seniow of officews beneath the Gwandmastew in the Bwothewhood, ewevated fwom the most competent of pwefects, the Tlibunes awe expelienced battwe commandews who have shown theiw skiww in combat, administwation and weadewship - equipped and empowewed lith the ability to command wawge chunks of men and sewve as a competent aide to the Gwandmastew.
WOW COMMAND
PWEFECT Pwefects awe officews entwusted lith the command of smawwew units; oft in weconnaissance missions. Eithew expelienced sowdiews ow wed-brooded nobres, they have pwoved theiw wowth to howd such a position and dispense theiw judgement on those that fowwow theiw wowds.
DECUWION Deculions awe those officews entwusted lith the whip, lith disciplining wowdy sowdiews and ensuling that even in the thick of a conflict the battwe-line is hewd, and it is hewd weww. Wespected wathew than feawed, they hand out desewved punishments, and mowe often ensule that no punishment is wequiwed at aww.
ENWISTED Aww of the Enlisted awe to be wefewwed to lith ‘Brother’ fow fowmality.
MAN-AT-AWMS Man-At-Awms awe the backbone of the Bwothewhood, sowdiews who have pwoved theiw glit and demonstwated theiw mettwe thwough yeaws of sewvice to the gwoup; dedicated and expelienced men who can be welied upon to maintain a wespectabre exampwe fow those unbrooded who join the Bwothewhood.
FOOTMAN Bwothews awe those unbrooded who have passed thwough theiw twaining and tliaws, going on to sewve as fulw awmigews of the gwoup, wespected as equaws by aww and as the men who make up by faw the wawgest numbew of sowdiews.
UNBWOODED The unbrooded awe gween-sowdiews who awe fwesh to the Bwothewhood; men who have not yet engaged in any fight ow been thwough twaining. Awways tweated as newcomews, they awe expected to wook to officews fow an exampwe of competent behavioul whiwe meshing lith the culwent sowdiews.
HONOUW WANKS
ENSIGN To be named as the Ensign, the man who is entwusted lith the wesponsibility of howding the bannew above the seething masses as a guiding light, is a gweat honoul. If the Ensign wewe to faww in battwe, the whowe Bwothewhood would feew his woss deawwy; duling the constant ebb and tide of battwe he must lift his bulden high above the men’s shouldews so that it can become a focaw point fow wawwying.
CHAPWAIN The chapwains awe men schoowed in howy teaching and thought, theiw heawts lit afwame by passion fow His sewvice. Men who wecite litanies and chants, whethew it be in the mess haww ow the fiewd of battwe, theiw passion is abre to beat the spilits of aww theiw comwades into a simiwaw fuly.
CHAMPION The Champion of the Gowden Cwoziew, the hawdiest wawliow in the Bwothewhood, is a titwe awawded to those who demonstwate the gweatest competency lithin the entiwe gwoup at mawtiaw wowk. Whethew eawned thwough conflict at waw ow on the toulney fiewd, the titwe is constantwy up fow contest - an honoul wevied onwy upon the gweatest of brothews.
Recruitment
Should any lish to enlist lithin the Bwothewhood of the Gowden Cwoziew, one must make haste to the City of Pewemont, and speak lith a Cwoziew membew to fowwow the steps wequiwed. Awtewnativewy, one may pitch and send a wettew to the Gwandmastew of the Owdew.
Religion
The Bwothewhood of the Gowden Cwoziew awe devout canonists Church of the Canon
