Adamantine Templar Order

The **Adamantine Templar Order** started as the military arm of the Adamantine Ministry, though it now falls under the jurisdiction of the magisters and the Adamantine Institute of Magic.

## Background

Mages in the Adamantine Institute of Magic are controlled by high-ranking magisters instead of the Adamantium's templars. Since the restoration of the magocracy, the Adamantine Templar Order falls under the authority of the magisters and thereby the Institute of Magic. Lord-Inquisitor Silas Reeve claimed that the Order has no real power in the Adamantium. In effect, this has reduced the templars' main function to merely enforcing Adamantine law.

In special cases, or with sufficient bribes, unique mages known as "justicars" step in, and take over for the investigating templars. Templars who wish to consult a mage for their case, but do not wish to be "walked over" by a justicar, may hire external help, such as private investigators.

While Adamantine templars may still intervene if a mage uses forbidden magics, and they retain the Right of Nullification at their disposal, they usually only act against mages who are weak, or have fallen out of favor with the magisters. Notably, the Adamantium doesn't consider the moderate use of blood magic inherently dangerous or forbidden, so long as it is restricted to the use of one's own blood, or that of a willing participant. That level of blood magic can only garner so much power, however, and Adamantine mages always seek more. The line is crossed when mages start using sacrifices, and demon summoning, and presumably any mage of rank does the forbidden kind behind closed doors while the others are quietly shut out of power, or have the templars sent after them.

Another key difference between the Adamantine templars and their northern counterparts is that there is no Adamantine equivalent for the Inquisition, which provides oversight for both templars and mages throughout the rest of Morgaea. Few, if any, Adamantine citizens are even aware that the Inquisition exists, or of the differences between Inquisitors and Templars.

## History

In **9A17**, a group of Adamantine Templars, accompanied by magister Urien Hirceles, clashed with a group of northern Templars as they hunted the same group of apostates close to the border with Maudet. The northern templars' leader, Lord-Inquisitor Silas Reeve, managed to defuse tensions through respectful negotiations before the situation could devolve into open conflict. In **9A27**, a group of Adamantine Templars led by Magister Urien, and aided by Ser Silas, orchestrated a coup against the Patron, arresting him, and five other high-ranking magisters, in a single night. After the resulting trials, Urien assumed the title of Patron.

## Abilities

The majority of Adamantine templars lack the ability to counter magic and are primarily utilised as soldiers. In fact, modern Adamantine mages invariably find themselves completely bewildered upon witnessing their magic being nullified by non-Adamantine templars, having never previously encountered such an ability within their homeland.

The templars can occasionally make use of weapons enchanted to subdue magic, though they are only meant to be used in specific, and approved circumstances.