The Wanderer's Corps

Not very prominent inside the Shayador Empire where the roads and wilds are heavily patrolled by the imperial army, the Wanderer’s Corps is a loosely organized group of individuals (mostly rangers and druids, but not entirely) who have made it their goal to protect travelers from the things that go bump in the night.

Structure

Organization is not a thing the Corp does. While there is a leader, titled the First Ranger, she has very little communication with the individual units of the corps. In a very real sense each member of the corps operates as an autonomous unit and is given complete discretion to act according to their own judgement in the execution of their office.
Once every five years there is a Wanderer's Gathering in North Equikora, where any member of the corps who can make it is invited to do so. Here the corps discusses the possibility of electing a new First Ranger (when needed) and they share the findings of their travels in an effort to keep the entire corps up to date on any important trends seen while traversing the wilds.

Public Agenda

By way of goals or objectives the Corps is, functionally speaking, a privately funded and operated police force for the roads and the forests. Their goal is protecting the roads and making sure that the people of Unorrea can feel safe traveling the roads to the various settlements and destinations they travel to.

Values

The Wanderer’s Corps’ beliefs can be summarized as follows:

• Society is in danger from the wilds, but so too are the wilds in danger from society

• Nature is a Creation of the Forces and should be preserved to some extent

• All of the Force’s Creations are to be protected, and the twisted corruptions of Maferath should be exterminated

Assets

They maintain a chain of safehouses, and ranger stations along the road and throughout the wilds where travelers can find a well stocked cache of medical supplies, food and water and other necessary supplies. By necessity these stations are very well hidden and usually not able to be found without the help of a Corpsman. Nor are there any maps depicting their locations, instead there is a very intricate and consistent pattern that is employed when deciding their location that each corpsman is trained to recognize.

History

A rather new organization, by the standards of the world, the Corps was created out of necessity for protection of the roads and highways than connect the myriad settlements of mortals since the dawn of the Age of Peace. In the last few centuries since their organization, the Wanderer's Corps has made quite a name for itself and rapidly risen to the ranks of a world organization.

Protect the people from the wilds, the wilds from people and the people from people.

Founding Date

22 of Felcor, 298 Peace

Type

Military, Paramilitary/Militia

Training Level

Semi-professional

Veterancy Level

Experienced

Demonym

Wanderers

Leader

First Ranger Titania Silverheart

Location

North Equikora