Crimson Oath

The Grandmaster sets strategy and oversees the order. Knight Commanders lead divisions; Inquisitors investigate dark magic and criminal activity.

Grandmaster — Directs operations and enforces the order’s values.
Knight Commanders — Lead divisions, patrols, and operations.
Inquisitors — Investigate dark magic and criminals, including sensitive missions requiring stealth.
Paladins and Knights — Patrol, protect residents, and take part in public ceremonies.
Squires — Train while assisting knights and paladins.

Patrols — Protect residents and respond to criminal threats.
Investigations — Pursue dark cults, cursed relics, and forbidden magic.
Divine defense — Fight supernatural threats with martial and divine support.

Increase patrols against the Black Veil and dark cults.
Investigate forbidden magic and cursed-relic operations in the underworld.
Strengthen alliances with lawful factions.

Eliminate the Grim Court and other dangerous dark cults.
Expand beyond Altoria and establish temples and shrines for future paladins and knights.

Members commonly come from noble families, devout communities, or military backgrounds. A sacred vow binds each to the defense of the weak; warriors seeking redemption may also join.

Prove dedication to the order’s code and train as a Squire.
Swear the sacred oath before the Grandmaster and assembled knights.

Access to holy relics and divine magic for combat and healing.
Combat training, tactical education, and divine instruction.

Patrol Altoria and protect vulnerable residents.
Live by the code of honor, duty, and sacrifice.
Attend rituals and renew vows; breaking the oath can bring excommunication or divine punishment.

Sacred Oath Ceremony — New members swear their binding vow before the Grandmaster and knights.
Vigil of the Crimson Flame — Members renew their vows during an annual night-long vigil before the sacred flame.
Rite of Judgment — Before fighting dark forces, a senior knight asks the gods for blessing and protection.

Aric Valorwind — A veteran Grandmaster who has fought dark forces and holds the order to its moral code.
Selene Vaeloria — A diplomat and tactician who brokers alliances and advises the Grandmaster.
Kael Everbright — An Inquisitor who leads operations against dark-magic practitioners, criminals, and cults.

Imperial Academy of the Arcane — collaborates to control dangerous magic and prevent forbidden practices.
Celestial Order — joins missions against dark forces and magical corruption.
Grim Court — the Oath hunts its members to stop necromancy and forbidden rituals.
Black Veil — the Oath seeks to eradicate its criminal operations.

The Hall of the Crimson Flame in the Ironclad Ward combines barracks, training grounds, and a chapel. Members train, meditate on their vows, and conduct holy rites there.

History

Paladins founded the Crimson Oath centuries ago to counter corruption and dark magic in Altoria. Its early campaigns targeted necromancers, cults, and dark sorcerers.