Golandri

The Golandri are elite order of clerics and paladins that were formed to seek out and destroy all magic users in the Lordosi Empire. They are responsible to the decline of magic use within the continent of Wendos. 
== Formation ==
The Golandri was formed by the eleventh Lordosi Emperor,
Caldoran the Zealous. The Lordosi people had been exiled from their homeland by
the wicked mages that ruled there and so, the Lordosi despised all those who
practised magic. 
Before Caldoran’s reign, the empire had spread into the north,
conquering the city states of Torland. These cities were built by some
ancient civilisations and contained many libraries filled with magic texts.
Practising mages used to be fairly common in these cities, but the encroaching
Lordosi Empire made it difficult for them to remain in the open. These mages
went underground, hiding from the Lordosi troops while still plying their
craft. Word had reached Caldoran of these secret magic users and he declared a
holy vow that he would stamp them out. So he created the Golandri, the most
zealous and fearsome fighters would undergo rigorous training so that they
could sense magic energies and destroy their sources. 
== Expansion ==
As the Lordosi Empire expanded, so did the power of the Golandri. With each new city that fell to the Empire, a bloody inquisition would be launched to root out any mages that existed in the conquered territory. They swept through the cities, capturing folk and torturing
them for information. They held trials against those accused and executed the
guilty in horrific ways. A convicted mage would have their tongue cut out, their
eyes plucked from their skull and their hands chopped off so that they could
not weave their incantations. They would then be strapped to a pyre and burned
alive, so that their wicked magic could be purged from their soul. 
The Golandri were very successful, they drove
the mages out of Torland and into the north. To this day no mages exist
within the Lordosi Empire. 
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