House of Order is a part of Erstes Imperium.
The Captain of the Zenith Legion has many Lieutenants that serves them, and is the go-to figure in all matters of the Legion.
The Fourth Among Knights is a battle proven and powerful entity of the House of Order that leads a Legion into battle. Often seens at the Imperial Court where they keep the peace.
This position exists mostly for logistical purposes of assigning, creating and modifying ranks and holds no reflection on the individual's political power.
The First Among Knights commands the highest authority in the House of Order. They are a master of one of the Courts and a Captain of their own Legion.
The Second Among Knights is a powerful entity of the Imperium, and acts as captain of an Army Group. Also acts as Coordinator between Realms. They command the Courts of Order and lead their own Legion.
The Third Among Knights is a battle proven and powerful entity of the House of Order that leads a Legion into battle. Often seens at the Imperial Court where they keep the peace.
The Knight of Five leads the Courts of Balance, and is in charge of one of the Forward Legions. Battle-proven and extremely powerful.
The Knight of Five leads the Courts of Balance, and is in charge of one of the Forward Legions. Battle-proven and extremely powerful.
The Master of the Courts of Chaos has the final say in all activities under their reign. A position of prestige as well as reflecting in the power they wield.
The Master of the Courts of Order has the final say in all activities under their reign. A position of prestige as well as reflecting in the power they wield.
The Captain of the Tharsis Legion has many Lieutenants that serves them, and is the go-to figure in all matters of the Legion.
The Captain of the Locust Court Legion has many Lieutenants that serves them, and is the go-to figure in all matters of the Legion.
The Captain of the Whisperreap Legion has many Lieutenants that serves them, and is the go-to figure in all matters of the Legion.
The Captain of the Forward Legions is among the most powerful entities of the House of Order, in league with the Masters of the Courts- they are given the most dangerous and difficult task of establishing a forward Fortress.
The Master of the Courts of Balance is a highly prestigious position in the House of Order- given to those of extreme ability.
The Shadow of the First is the Leader in Shadow. Sometimes they fill the role of the diplomat, sometimes the role of the spy, but usually, they direct from behind the scenes, and together with the First, who is the 'Light', they form a complete entity of unfaltering wisdom.
The Captain of the Forward Legions is among the most powerful entities of the House of Order, in league with the Masters of the Courts- they are given the most dangerous and difficult task of establishing a forward Fortress.
Lieutenant, and second in command, of a Forward Legion and in charge of a Forward Fortress.
The House of Order began as a military arm of the Provectus Tormenta, an organization that was the successor of the Midnight Legion, charged with the destruction of Distortions and Abominations.
After the Civil War it transcended it's original designation as a sub-organization, and became the only one of it's kind, while retaining it's objectives and purpose.
Though, only a select few are members of the House of Order, it competes for the title of the deadliest and most powerful military organization in existence, with only one other contender.
Most of it's members are remnants of the Midnight Legion, and as such they have millennia of military experience of fighting against the Gods themselves, which is often touted as the reason behind their effectiveness in combat, bringing in tactics to the field never seen before, leaving only scant few survivors, often too traumatized to tell the tale.
STRUCTURE
The House of Order follows a loose organizational structure. It is divided into three 'Courts', each with two Fortress Cities. The Captains of each Fortress City has Lieutenants whom serve them. There is no leader per say, but the First Knight and the Shadow usually direct the organization, but all Captains and Lieutenants have semi-executive say. Freedom of action and information is the main-stay of the House of Order. The numbering of the Knights has no reflection on their political power, or ability, but the title of the First is usually given to the most powerful entity.
CULTURE
Carrying not only a rich history from it's days as the Midnight Legion, the more recent Imperial Civil War added to the House of Order's long list of achievements, and set it apart from any other organization in the world, in that it showed the world some of the strange practices of it's members. Every member of the House of Order is required to wear a mask, and respond only to a name given to them. The name itself is not a name, but rather a series of words, believed to correspond to some greater purpose of the individual.
RUMORS AND MYSTERIES
Rumors are abound that the House of Order practices strange magics, never seen before. Besides wielding weapons and armor of magical nature, it is believed that the House of Order in general, has the ability to see into the future, leading to their success on the battlefields. Though it is more likely that the experience of it's members gives them a strategic advantage, which could seem like prescience.
The House of Order uses a 'Naming Ceremony' ritual to accept new members into their organizations, often believed to be a ritualistic destruction of the initiate's name and past.
They are believed to be following a religion or code referred to as 'The Aelwyn Tradition'. Some tenets of this tradition are known, and identifies the House of Order most strongly: The protection of the Spiral, which they believe is the mechanism of death and rebirth.
The Aelwyn Tradition that with every discordant deed done out of malice, the Spiral warps further than it already is. Warmongers and schemers whose actions result in the loss of many innocent lives are the prime culprits who warp the Spiral- they are referred to as Abominations.
The Aelwyn Tradition also states that as a result of the warping, souls that are reborn take some of the malice with them into their new life, and as a result, go down a similar path as abominations. They are referred to as Distortions.
They possess magic of cleansing the Void, and are unaffected by it.