Order of Serris

The Order of the Harada Serris is a prominent Maninist Order and voting member of Concourse. They take as their patron Harada the Gallatene Serris Noral, a magistrate in Sern in the final days of the Halyrate of Gallat. The Order's base of operations is the Councilhold in the High City of Sern. 
===History===
Serris Noral first entered public life as a magistrate in the year before the death of Caron Nuvor, and he consequently spent his career dealing with the chaos surrounding the collapse of the Halyrate of Gallat. Unlike many others, Serris never harboured any higher ambitions, and did his best to maintain some sort of order and stability in Sern, until being tragically murdered by the armies of an occupying warlord. The general rapine and mayhem that followed led to Serris quickly becoming a figure of cult admiration in the city, his tenure remembered as an island of stability. The antecedents of the Order were little more than neighbourhood watch organizations, as civic-minded citizens sought to follow his example and restore some security. 
===Practices===
Serris is considered to have exemplified the virtues of justice, devotion to duty, and integrity. Serris initiates are expected to uphold these virtues at all times. Serris holds typically act as centers of justice in their cities, and Serris initiates provide something approximating a city police force in cities where they are particularly numerous. The Order is most infamous for its practice of hunting down notorious criminals and bandits no matter the danger or distance, and for its aggressive stance against deists and monarchists - Serris has long been a close ally of the Sadorishi in the Smithist wing of the Faith. Serris associates tend to be urban labourers, craftsmen or miners.
===Organization===
Uniquely among the Synothal Orders, the Order of Serris does not have a solitary leader. Instead, control is exercised by the Guardian Council, the seven most senior members of the Order.  Beneath them are the Citylords, who oversee the Order's operations in a city and its corresponding hinterland. Also notable is the Hand of Serris, consisting of five individuals considered the best of the Order. A Finger of the Hand is typically dispatched to deal with particularly extraordinary matters, such as civil unrest, Cultist proselytizers, or high-ranking members of the remaining temporal elite. 
===Holds===
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