Silver Knights of Sehanine

The Silver Knights of Sehanine
[Aelthir Lari] is the military arm of the church of Sehanine.
== Duties ==
- Suppress and guard against Undead incursions
- Retrieve bodies of elves dead in foreign
lands for proper funeral rites
- Travel to conduct funeral rites if other
clerics are not present
== History ==
During the Invasion of Kyuss 40 years ago, the
elder abomination brought in an army of a hundred thousand undead to the gates of Caldor. Once he and his generals were defeated, however, this undead army
fled and dispersed into the countryside, terrorising and laying waste to the
land. This dark period became known as the Hording, and it took five years before the weakened human armies were able to declare the return of peace.
The undead spread across the land in search of
brains and destruction, and many of them fled into the shade of the Elairana Forest. The scattered outer settlements of the elves were unprepared for this onslaught and fled in the face of the Hording. The elves initially struggled to regain
their footing against this invasion, until the Elders granted the Church of
Sehanine emergency powers to organise and lead the protection of the elven
communities. It was with this act that the Silver Knights of Sehanine was born,
a rare military organisation of the Elves.
The founders organised and trained their
members to the art of killing undead, created new weaponry, and taught isolated
settlements how to prepare and defend themselves against the invasion. They
fought hordes of undead and stealthily tracked lone survivors who slipped
through the net. To halt the spread of infection,
they inspected and corrected the funeral rites made by the population, to
ensure that there were no chances for the dead to rise again and infect the
living. At its height, the order boasted 7000 knights spread across the border
of the elven lands. Each member held enough respect to guide and lead the
defences of small settlements, though they usually deferred to other
clerics on any matter other than fighting.
After the Hording ended, the need for the
Silver Knights diminished. Reduced to less than half their strength, they
nevertheless still command respect from the population in honour of their
services. They assist the Clergy of Sehanine to the best of their ability, and retain
a watchful eye on the world, ever wary of a second Hording.
== Abilities ==
All the members of the Silver Knights are some version or another of clerics and paladins, rarely pious rangers. Most members are at least level 5 characters. They carry high-quality
weaponry crafted out of Baeltas Mournlode (longsword, composite longbows, razorwing arrows). They wear medium or heavier armour
with forest-shroud tunics. Experienced clerics of the order carry a runestaff containing Dust-to-Dust (2) and Gentle Repose (3). Uniform
is grey and silver.
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