Order of Association

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*"Societa Vult" - the slogan/chant of Order of Association*

## **Description**

Order of Association is a subfaction of Golden Weld Association. They take care of the Association's work that can’t be done with just politics and conversation. The Order of Association recruits Knights from disbanded orders, such as wandering Knights, famous or proven mercenaries, deported/abandoned knights, or even knights that are currently serving for the kingdom. 3,462 Knights currently serve the Order of Association.

### **Roles**

Their operations generally consist of protecting the assets of the Golden Weld Association and tracking down "Enemies of the Association". But this does not mean that this is all their work. They also work as investigators when an incident/accident occurs for an unknown reason and requires investigation. And when a tomb, a dungeon, or even a region needs to be secured, the knights go to the indicated location and start a secure operation. Thanks to the knights' intelligence and speed, they sometimes arrive faster than the kingdom's forces that rule the area and deal with the situation.

### **Equipment**

Their equipment is usually steel/wootz steel full-plate armor and a two-handed sword. But Order of Association does not have standard issue gears because they are all from different countries so armors and weapons of them are all different by where did they come from. Most of the Senior Knights were wearing red dawn empire Knight armor because they joined the Association when the Red dawn empire started to collapse slowly.

## **Structure**

### **Standard Rank**

**Junior Knight of Association**

Junior Knights are the first ranks when they join the Order of Association. No matter how experienced they are, all new members must start from here. They are supplied with steel full-plate armor and a steel sword but they usually use their sword.

**Knight of Association**

The Knight of Association is the main force of the Order of Association. When a Junior Knight serves just over 3 years or has proven their loyalty to the Association, they become a Knight of Association. They are supplied with steel full-plate armor and Damascus swords, and these Damascus swords are the reason why the Knights of Association are referred to as a ‘Black Blade’. Black Damascus blades and full plate armor represent their affiliation.

**Senior Knight of Association**

Senior Knights are veterans and also field commanders of the Order of Association. When a Knight of Association serves over 5 years or proves their competency, they become Senior Knight of Association. They are supplied with wootz-steel full plate armor and Damascus sword. Due to Senior Knights being a field command and frontline unit, they are armed with the best equipment that the Association can provide. They usually lead 5~10 Knights at once, but when the scale of operation is large or an emergency, they need to command more units or even command the whole operation.

### **High-command rank**

**Association Banneret Knight**

Banneret Knights are the trustable and proven Knights of Association. Only Senior Knights that have proven their skill can be Banneret Knight. A great contribution to the Association, merited from Association, being the protagonist of the legendary story, neutralizing the many enemies of Association, heroic act, etc. They are fully supported by the Association. When they want any type of gear, the Association will make it or buy it for them. It's rare to see Banneret Knights fighting because they usually don't come out on the field. They are usually the head commanders of the operation and command every unit they are in charge of. But sometimes several Banneret Knights are being charged at a single operation when the size of the operation is large.

**Wing of Order**

The Wing of Order is the Order of Association's second in command. Only the two most experienced and competent knights can be within the Wing of Order, with the vote of the Executives of Association. The ‘Left Wing of Order’ takes command of standard ranked Knights. ‘Right-Wing of Order’ takes command of elite Knights, specialized members, task forces, and experimental forces like a project: MK and project: NG.

**Leader of Order**

The Leader of Order is Fredrick Wimbledon; the founder of the Order of Association. He has command of every member in the Order of Association and has the same influence as the Executives of Association in GWA. He usually appears on official occasions or meetings with other organizations, however, he most likely rests at the HQ of the order of Association, which is at frostheart mountain.

### **Special Rank**

**Association Elite “Black Knight”**

Black Knights are Senior Knights but more specialized at combat. When a Knight of Association serves 6 years or proves loyalty and competency to the Association, they can join Black Knights. They are supplied with gilded wootz-steel full plate armor that is colored black and several gilded parts. This is why their armor is focused on the design more than armor which is why they are usually seen in public as bodyguards of Executives of Association. This means they represent the image of the Order of Association, or just simply mascots. But this does not mean they aren't strong or skilled because Black Knights are the most experienced and powerful Knights of the Association, and their combat skill itself is better than any Association Banneret Knight.

**Association Combat Mage**

Association Combat Mages are combat-focused magicians. They are using ‘card magic’ which is part of flame magic and is specialized in mass destruction. They are usually deployed at large-scale operations because mages are a rare human resource and take a lot of time to train on the mage.

**Association Prototype ‘Project: Magi-Knight’**

[Classified]

(requires ‘Golden Weld Association’ role at the server)

**Association Prototype ‘Project: Next-Gen’**

[Classified]

(requires ‘Golden Weld Association’ role at the server)

**Associated Individual**

Not an official member of the Order of Association or Golden Weld Association, but friendly to the Association and contributed to the Association. The Names of Associated individuals can be classified by request of the individual and the needs of the Golden Weld Association.

List:

William Bloodborn[Classified in RP] (@joshua901111#2125)

Ma’Tuku[Classified in RP] (SlumpboyMikey#1212)

*Credit: cmj07245#5463*