Description: The Knights of the Iron Throne
originated from the shattered remains of Michael Roeles elit units, (the one that
campaigned with him in the Shadow World). They felt like they had faild their task of
keeping Michael Roele alive and they also felt like they had betrayed him.
To redeem themself they have taken it upon themself to find the
new emperor. The Knights of the Iron Throne is a semi-secret order, it is known that the
order exist and that is members are the finest, bravest and best knights in the whole of
Anuire. To become a member one must first be sponsored by an already exsisting member then
the pledge is given the sacret quest of finding one person worthy of becomeing the the
next emperor and they must also atone (as a paladin would when he has commited a sin) for
each person of Anuirean decent that they have killed.
The order don't have a "leader" instead all members are
given "one vote" and the decissions are then taken by a wote and the ones that
have 2/3 majority are passed. This will not always be so. It is stated that the one that
"found" the person that becomes chosen by the Chamberlain as the new emperor
will become the head of the order, this gives the members an incentive to chose only worty
candidates when they are on their initiation quest. They have given no leader since they
are all equal and only take orders from the Emperor. They have different titles, such as
Knight Commander, Knight Prefect, etc., but in the end they all have an equal say in
decisions that affect the entire order. They do have an "unofficial" leader and
that is and will always be the Knight that has served the longest time in the order and
that Knight will try to stay as close to the Chamberlain as possible to serve as some sort
of communications channel between the order and the Chamberlain
The reason for the atonement is they no knight of the order may
take the life of a person of Anuirean decent. This is because, as they see it, every
Anuirean is a potential emperor. This is mainly because of three reasons:
a) The person who rules the Anuirean empire should be of Anuirean
decent.
b) Since anyone can get a Andurias bloodline through bloodline
investiture even unblooded individuals can become blooded and therefor anyone can become a
regent.
If they take the life of a person of anuirean decent after
they have been initiated into the order they will imidiately be made to leave the order
and the only way that one may leave the order is by death. This has it's root in the
battle when the last emperor died and every member of the order took an oath, which they
still take to this day, that says that the only thing that can releave a Knight of the
Iron Throne from his duties is death.
This also makes the knights fanatics. They will never ever suffer
a falback result and if they are subjected to a rout result they will instead suffer two
hits. For rout resluts caused by magic the knights get a saving throw, if they succed they
will only suffer a hit, if they fail the save they will suffer two hits instead of the
rout result. If the rout result results in the elimination of the unit they will make a
"last stand", this means that they are allowed to make one last attack before
the die. This last stand is because to rout would be to fail in their duties and since the
only thing that can releave them of their duties is death, they see it as thier duty to
die before they can be allowed rout. Because of the skill and prowess of the members of
the order they save against spells as knights and they get a +4 bonus to their saveing
throw.
Another benefit they get is a +1 bonus to all attacks against
units personally commanded by awnsheghs. If the amnshegh should happen to be the Gorgon
they are always concidered to make their saves against any spell cast against them by the
Gorgon or anyone of his minions, they aslo get an extra +1 on their movement and
they must charge the unit which the Gorgon commands. This fanatical charge against the
gorgon is because they see it as a chance to once and for all clear the name of the order
from their shamefull failure the last time they confronted the Gorgon.
It is not known how or why any Anuirean that is
"killed" by the war card is just made to leave the battle. The only theory is
that since they are protectors of the Iron Throne (the throne of Anuire, Haelys people)
they are in some way blessed by haelyn so that they can help the Chamberlain. This theory
has come about since Haelyn is the lord of noble combat the opponents aren't killed but
merely made to see that they have lost the battle an aren't allowed to continue to fight
in that battle. In game terms this means that any Anuirean unit that is destoyed by the
Knights of the Iron Throne isn't killed and will be returned unharmed to the controlling
regent after the battle is over.
Since their is no emperor at the moment but they still see
themselves as servants of the empire they will only take orders from the Chamberlain or
another high official of the empire.
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