Grey Order

## Grey Order(*Faction*)

The Great Bird of the Sky

The **Grey Order** is a prestigious faction that inducts great heroes and sometimes villains of Urz to help enforce the Covenant of the Ascended in the planes outside of the Material Plane.

## Tenets

Above all, the Grey Order enforces the Covenant of the Ascended, assuring that divine powers cannot directly interact with creatures on the plane of Urz. This primarily bars the Warring Triumvirate and divine powers from entering Urz, but, due to the ancient nature of the plane of existence, ancient means of connecting to the world are hidden about it.

## Organization

### Founding Members

* **Drison Khila**. A high elf wizard that has fought for balance his entire life.
* **Nalan Balcard**. A living weapon formed with divine power that helped save the world of Urz from the Warring Triumvirate.
* **Thorn Stacianodel**. A moon elf cleric to a moon goddess that was drawn into the realm by his journey.

### Members

* **Alva the Wayfarer.**
* **Cypress Treeheart**.
* **Elamroth Lassesul.**
* **Hiro Rockscale**.
* **Galen Edthow**.
* **Gideon Corso.**
* **Jubel Dragoneater.**
* **Lina Brief.**
* **Melik Daefir.**
* **Miurgen Malvendaroth.**
* **Rooklyn d'Bansur.**
* **Shadow.**
* **Shaed Thaithose.**
* **Skerkan.**
* **Thorn Stacianodel.**
* **Wenviiron Reynoso.**
* **Yenlorin.**

### Honorary Members

* **Alachia Negai.** Former Demon Prince of Lust and sister of Nalan Balcard.
* **Avatar of Atavius.** A physical projection of the God of Law and Chaos. Also known by the names Atavius Gratiarus and Twenty Goodmen.
* **Beldandar.** A divine power of the dwarves that sided with the Order instead of the Warring Triumvirate during the Covenant of the Ascended.
* **Jai Mahknos.** Current Demon Prince of Lust who aided the Order to recover the Resonance Stone.
* **Tak.** Demilich planeswalker that aided the Grey Order during the Divine Conflict.

### Former Members

* **Felix Bairnhill.** A young human warrior that had heroic power granted him during a conflict in a Schism. Died at the Battle of Ancient Mind.
* **Inari Rainbrand.** A water genasi swordmage that was a member of the Guild of Malebranche and a Patron of Magic. Died at the Battle of Ancient Mind.
* **Musei Kaze.** A kenku shinobi that once had the right hand of the Shedim Armor Set before becoming an Esperedge. Died at the Battle of Ancient Mind.
* **Ritkov Oakhorn.** A dwarf sharpshooter that has proven through grit that he is unstoppable. Left the Order and returned to Urz and is presumed to be wandering the world.
* **Xelbor Whitehand.** A tiefling bard that helped break the Curse of Tovesh'naernon. Died at the Battle of Ancient Mind.

## Activities

### Initiation

For an individual creature to become a member of the Grey Order, a current member must see them as being worthy of initiation and bring the possible inductee forward to the founding members. The individual is then considered regarding their nature and scouted to determine if their nature corresponds well with the goals of the Order.

### Tactics

The Order focuses on the capabilities of its members to form strategies perfect for their response to infractions of the Covenant. For most minor instances, an individual member or small team is sent to the source to investigate. If the matter can be resolved by this initial response, the members perform whatever actions are needed to stop and correct the infraction. If the initial response cannot resolve the matter, they return to the Bastion of Tabernae and report what was found so a more appropriate response can be mustered. A common tactic for the Order is to send Shaed Thaithose by physically catapulting him from the Bastion to the location of the infraction. Shaed streaking across the sky as a burning red line is sometimes seen as a fiery red comet or meteor by the peoples of Urz and stories about this abound throughout the Material Plane.

## Possessions

### Magical Items

* ***Communication Device.*** Initially implemented during the conflict with Ashmadia, these devices are a piece of artifice perfected by Gideon Corso that allow seamless communication between Grey Order members across the planes inside of the Spiralspace crystal sphere. All an Order member need do is speak or think the words they wish to relay to another member and the desired recipient receives the message and can reply if they have a working Communication Device.
* ***Grey Order Return Badge.***

### Artifacts

* ***Black Blade***. Returned to Thorn Stacianodel by Drison Khila in 992 CA.