Circle of the Golden Rose

One of the oldest factions of the Great Order of Paladins and Clerics, who follow the teachings of the Goddess Isara, Goddess of Justice, delving into Sacrifice and righteous Charity. Founded on the sacred land of Delvania, to which mythology of which teaches us that the land holds the lost and secret name of the Great God hidden within it, which has been lost into history. It is to the North East of Tirianda, over the Fisaga Mountains, past the Badlands of Crevilia, on the continent of Gulranda. It has been the training place of Paladins and Clerics for centuries. In times past, the Paladins and Clerics were trained and stayed in the place until they were needed, but the last great war against Graz’zt, the College of Clerics and Paladins made a pact that the old tower would be renamed after the mighty warhammer Rose, the legendary weapon brought to the final and glorious battle with Isara, The Order of the Circle of the Golden Rose.

The temple’s whole purpose from that day forward, was to train teams of one Paladin and One Cleric, preparing them to travel the whole continent of Gulranda. When one set either dies, or reaches the age of the Elderly, they are replaced. Upon reaching the age of the elderly, clerics and paladins return to the temple to teach and place wisdom upon the young up and coming Paladins and Clerics.

In their ventures, each candidate has to go to the proving grounds, it is the courtyard of the temple, where hundreds of candidates try to show what they have. Once selected, they are brought into the temple, where they live and stay until they reach the rank of either Master Paladin or Master Cleric. During the process, they are paired with a suitable counterpart, one cleric and one paladin. Than once they pass as master, the Councel of Eight, four Paladins and four clerics give them their assignments, sending them out unto the world to find and root out evil, while spreading the good news of Isara everywhere they go.

To become a Cleric or Paladin of the Order, one must have been a priest or priestess of Isara for 5 cycles, and know and understand the teaching of the Goddess, including the legend of her final days as a mortal. Both Paladins and Clerics can marry couples, under the authority of Isara, but only Clerics can proceed over funerals for the departed, except in the case where the Cleric dies but the Paladin remains, than the Paladin has unto them the strict rituals with which to proceed. Paladins and Clerics have a very strict ritual, asking the Goddess Isara to grant unto them, the honor of White Knight, or guard to the Goddess herself in the Temple of Heaven.