Hellknights
The Hellknights are affiliated knightly orders devoted to the swift, merciless enforcement of law. These crusaders of lawful neutral ideals care nothing for goodness, evil, or exceptions. Theirs is the path of unflinching obedience to the law, vicious defense of social order, and the tenacity to punish the servants of chaos.
The Hellknights and their vision of order owe allegiance to no single nation. While most of their grim citadels lie within the borders of Cheliax, they do not serve that nation and their sense of order is derived from a compilation of severe strictures known as the Measure and the Chain.
Order of the Nail - It concerns itself with quelling "savage" practices and bringing their idea of civilization to the inhabitants of the wild frontier.
Order of the Pyre - This Order seeks out fanatical and blasphemous witches, warlocks, cultists, shamans, mystics and madmen throughout Avistan and purges them with flame and steel.
Order of the Chain Counts among its ranks the greatest Hellknight bounty hunters and jailers. Believing that everyone has a vital role to play in society, the order seeks to remove those who irredeemably deny their place and who actively impede civilization's progress.
Order of the Gate - Is a Hellknight order that specializes in summoning and treating with fiends from the Great Beyond, tasks that make even the other Hellknight orders nervous.
The Order of the Godclaw - Is a Hellknight order that extols the virtues of five deities, distilling select tenets into a dogma far from any one god's faith. (Abadar, Asmodeus, Iomedae, Irori, and Torag) The Hellknights follow revised doctrines to stamp out disorder, particularly its divine embodiments and beings of absolute chaos, with religious zeal. The order sets its eyes on supporting lawful crusades (such as the wars fought by Molthune and Mendev) and being at the vanguard of battles against the forces of chaos.
Order of the Rack - has a reputation for raiding the homes of those who speak out against the status quo, and for breaking up groups of malcontents before they become guilds, unions, or revolutionaries. They are the enemies of foreign ideals and innovations, not because they lack merit, but because they detract from what these Hellknights perceive to be the traditional values of southern Avistan. Art and technology are viewed as wasteful or dangerous, especially when they meet in union.
Order of the Scourge - Combats the lawless tendencies within mortal hearts through ever-present watchfulness and brutal reminders that no crime goes unpunished.
The Hellknights and their vision of order owe allegiance to no single nation. While most of their grim citadels lie within the borders of Cheliax, they do not serve that nation and their sense of order is derived from a compilation of severe strictures known as the Measure and the Chain.
Order of the Nail - It concerns itself with quelling "savage" practices and bringing their idea of civilization to the inhabitants of the wild frontier.
Order of the Pyre - This Order seeks out fanatical and blasphemous witches, warlocks, cultists, shamans, mystics and madmen throughout Avistan and purges them with flame and steel.
Order of the Chain Counts among its ranks the greatest Hellknight bounty hunters and jailers. Believing that everyone has a vital role to play in society, the order seeks to remove those who irredeemably deny their place and who actively impede civilization's progress.
Order of the Gate - Is a Hellknight order that specializes in summoning and treating with fiends from the Great Beyond, tasks that make even the other Hellknight orders nervous.
The Order of the Godclaw - Is a Hellknight order that extols the virtues of five deities, distilling select tenets into a dogma far from any one god's faith. (Abadar, Asmodeus, Iomedae, Irori, and Torag) The Hellknights follow revised doctrines to stamp out disorder, particularly its divine embodiments and beings of absolute chaos, with religious zeal. The order sets its eyes on supporting lawful crusades (such as the wars fought by Molthune and Mendev) and being at the vanguard of battles against the forces of chaos.
Order of the Rack - has a reputation for raiding the homes of those who speak out against the status quo, and for breaking up groups of malcontents before they become guilds, unions, or revolutionaries. They are the enemies of foreign ideals and innovations, not because they lack merit, but because they detract from what these Hellknights perceive to be the traditional values of southern Avistan. Art and technology are viewed as wasteful or dangerous, especially when they meet in union.
Order of the Scourge - Combats the lawless tendencies within mortal hearts through ever-present watchfulness and brutal reminders that no crime goes unpunished.
Culture
Hellknight Philosophy at a glance: Hellknights seek to embody supreme order, refuse to compromise their ideals, and do everything they can to uphold their philosophies. People and circumstances that don’t fit into their definition of order must be stamped out to meet their vision of progress. For some, this extends to whole religions, cultures, or philosophies.
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