The Knight's Oath, The Vision, and Magic
The OathBoth the Knights of Kethenica and the Knights of Takimit swear to an Oath, but the Oaths differ slightly in certain areas.
Knight of Kethenica
1. My Life Before My Honor (Ones honor is more important than one’s life)
2. Always protect the weak.
3. Never attack an unarmed foe.
4. Never lie to anyone.
5. Honor the dead, even if they were your enemy if they fought with honor they deserve an honorable burial.
6. Never sneak up on the enemy, address your opponent in battle before fighting.
7. If you swear on your honor as a knight you will do something regardless of what it is you must do what you promised or lose your honor, rank, and are then discharged from the knights for breaking your oath.
Knight of Kethenica Sects
Knights of the Crown: Dragon riders
Knights of the Rose: Clerics of Baladine
Knights of the Sword: Fighters/foot soldiers and cavilry
Knights of Takimit
1. My Life Before My Honor (Ones honor is more important than one’s life)
2. If you swear on the Vision or your honor as a knight that you would do something regardless of what it is you must do what you promised or lose your honor, rank, arrested, then executed for breaking your oath.
3. Never attack an unarmed foe.
4. Never lie to anyone.
5. Honor the dead, even if they were your enemy if they fought with honor they deserve an honorable burial.
6. Never sneak up on the enemy, address your opponent in battle before fighting.
7. If you invoke the Vision by stating 'I wish to invoke the vision in this matter' you are free to speak your mind even to a higher officer freely. This is not to be taken lightly. Invoking the vision should only be done when defending a fellow knight whose honor is being put to question or similar scenarios.
The Vision & The Knights of Takimit
The Knights of Takimit aren't just warriors and clerics like the Knights of Kethenica. The Knights of Takimit are broken up into 3 different sects each a different class. Knights of the Lily (Fighters), Knights of the Thorn (Gray robed wizards), Knights of the Skull (Clerics of Takimit). Though the sects are of different classes they work together as a whole which is probably why they have been winning in the most recent war, but they all share something in common, The Vision. Once someone becomes a Knight of Takimit they receive a vision from Takimit herself showing them their destiny. Each person has their own vision, some more confusing than others.
Magic
Wizards
White robes: These wizards worship Lunitari and draw power from the sliver moon (Lunitari). They use white magic and are only able to use spell components for white magic and basic spells.Red robes: They worship Solinari and draw power from the red moon (Solinari). They use neutral magic and are only able to use spell components for neutral magicBlack robes: They worship Nuitari and draw power from the black moon (Nuitari) that only they and gray robes can see. They use black magic and are only able to use spell components for black magicGray robes: Knights of the Thorn are hated by the other wizards because they exploit the power of all three moons and can use all forms of magic white, neutral, and black.Aside from the Gray robes each wizard sect has its own Tower of High Wizardry to teach young wizards magic, but the wizards who make the decisions are the Archmages of these towers, they meet at the Tower of Wayreth and are known as a collective. "The Conclave." They only meet in times of crisis or when new wizards take "The Test." Before a wizard offically become a wizard they take "The Test." The Test is when the members of the Conclave make a very intrecate illusion and during this illusion the would be wizard is given a choice. Depending on what the person does what robe they wear will be decided.
Sorcerers
Dragon Magic: Dragon Magic Sorcerers are called such because they have the ability to use breath weapons like dragons. They wear robes that are the same color as the chromatic dragon breath weapon they first mastered. (Ex:
red=fire,
blue=lightning,
green=poison gas,
white=ice, and
black=acid)
Chaotic Magic: Chaotic Magic Sorcerers can control the elements in their magic as well as certain life forms to an extent (summoning). They wear a robe of mixed colors.Sorcerers don't have a powerful group like the wizards, however the few there are set up the Magius College. To train all magic users in the art of Magic Sorcerer or Wizard, unfortunately the wizards turned down joining even though the college was named after the most powerful wizard as a show of good faith.