The Marshal directly serves the liege or elder. The highest ranking member of any military order is the Marshal. Military orders include both the defenders of churches and towers as well as adventurers seeking to further the goals of their temperament/order.įighters sworn to the service of a liege are called knights and the knights of each noble constitute the equivalent of a military order. Military orders are the crusader branches of any given temperamental order-including paladins and eldritch knights, but open to any class. Ignatius, and the Reorganized Disciples of Gygar), the most senior Prelate takes the title First (or First Prelate), which is similar in authority to an Archon or Cardinal Prelate. Among the orders of the Akhnaphar (the Order of St.The Archons of the South and East are the six "Chief Prelates" of the Metropolitan Orders-one for each temperament, presiding over its four orders (one for each archsaint).Only a Prelate of an archsaint may serve as the order's Cardinal Prelate. Each Prelate represents one of the archsaints and folk saints recognized by the Universal Orders. The leader of each order is, therefore, called a Cardinal Prelate, and the others are Ordinary Prelate. Due to the size of the Universal Orders, each has more than one Prelate.When elevated to Pontiff, a new Prelate must be appointed to that Order. The Pontiff is "elected" from the Cardinal Prelates of the five orders to serve a life term.
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The Pontiff at Senar is the supreme head of the five Universal Orders.
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Where multiple orders operate under a single denomination (such as the Universal an Metropolitan orders), there are other tiers of leadership-all of which are variations on the Prelate: While teachers typically assist ministers or oversee small congregations of the order, some may we wandering proselytes or even chaplains to crusaders.īelow the teachers are the novicesof the order. Teachers are initiates who serve as guides in the ways of the temperament.: Aeragogue, Hieragogue, Hydragogue, Lithagogue, Necragogue, and Pyragogue.