Ordis Magnetismus

The **Ordis Magnetismus** (also known as the **Order of Magnetism**) is one of the **Lost** **Orders** of the **Church of Iron**.

## General Overview

Originally formed along with the rest of the **Church of Iron** on **Aventis (Aventis II)** within the **Aventis Empire**, the Ordis Magnetismus came into conflict with the rest of the church **Orders** over **75 Years** ago and formally left the **Church of Iron**.

Opposing the Church's theological tenants of replacing body parts with mechanical components, the Ordis Magnetismus struck out on their own, eventually founding an **Asteroid Colony** on the border of the **Zeta** and **Omega Quadrant** which has remained a closely guarded secret to this day.

Founded by **Legendary Aventis Knight**, **Arthur Cantrell** who originally became discontented with the growing corruption within the Aventis Empire under **King Tavus V's** advancing age, the Ordis Magnetismus was shaped around a religious experience that **Ser Cantrell** had experienced during **The Battle of the Forked Tongue**, a short battle between the **Aventis Empire** and the **Sobekka Hegemony** due to a breakdown in trading relations between the two powers in **2378**.

While engaged in a fierce ground battle on **Yit'rash IV**, a planet where the **Aventis Empire** had established a small illegal trading outpost under **House Rumania**, which had been opposed by the Sobekkans who considered the world to have spiritual significance, Ser Cantrell was saved through what he described as a **"Miracle"**, when a **Communications Antenna** almost fell on him during the battle.

However despite being crushed, the Antenna supposedly "stopped" and "floated" in mid-air, giving time for Cantrell and his men to get out of the way. Later that knight, Ser Cantrell declared a vision that had come to him of a **"being that could control the laws of electromagnetism"**. The being did not communicate with him directly but Cantrell was shook by it's majesty, appearing as a **"Giant White Saldenbeast, made from lightening in the sky"**. A **Saldenbeast** is a flying animal common on **Aventis Prime**, a large flying rodent, reminiscent of a mixture between a **Terran Koala** and a **Terran Bat** with a considerably large wingspan.

Despite being refuted by his men, who claimed not to have seen the vision, Ser Cantrell was compelled to return to Aventis and raise followers to share in his revelation. Over the next few years, he gathered a significant amount of followers despite numerous attempts to dispute him from the **Church of Iron**. Ser Cantrell became convinced that he had been saved in a miracle to spread the message of this **"God of Electromagnetism"**, that could control the magnetic forces that bound the **Black Eye Galaxy** together. Leaving the service of the King and Aventis entirely with his follows to find their own meaning, after the Church of Iron attempted to supress his **"heresy"**.

Despite Ser Cantrell's death in 2419, the Ordis Magnetismus continues to be a wandering force within the Black Eye Galaxy. Still hunted by the Church of Iron for their perceived heresy for their promoting of the potential locked inside the natural form, rather then augmentation through technology, the Ordis Magnetismus still maintain a respectable amount of followers, who are encouraged to travel the galaxy, assisting other species in humanitarian crisis.

**"The Pilgrimage of Grace"** is the single greatest tenant of the Ordis Magnetismus, involving **Knights of the Order** to embark on a long pilgrimage, accruing **"Heroic Deeds"** along the way, assisting in helping others with no thought of rewards for themselves. Ser Cantrell taught that;

*"One must flow... like electricity... From one place to the next... invisible but still leaving its mark in the better place that we leave behind. We must help people, even through the smallest acts of kindness and compassion as Electricity neither gives or receives... it merely is omnipresent... bringing the light of civilisation to the entire galaxy."*

As a result of this philosophy, the Ordis Magnetismus embraces an extreme form of **Altruism**, with **Knights** of the order encouraged to give up their sense of self and act completely without thought to themselves to protect others. The Order believes that only through destroying the selfishness, the true evil in our souls according to the **Holy Scripture**, written by Ser Cantrell can we rid the galaxy of pain and death. The Ordis Magnetismus believe in the bonds of the friendship and compassion as a form of **"Magnetism"** and therefore Knights are encouraged to form platonic bonds, as anything other would become ultimately self-defeating and corruptive.