Talk:The Order of Damaris' Hand
The Order of Damaris' Hand
The God Damaris
many within the order consider Damaris to be their patrons saint. even though this is highly present within the order it is not a requirement for members to solely worship Damaris.
Mission Statement
The goal of Order of Damaris' Hand is to acquire ancient knowledge and power. It seeks to infiltrate all royal courts, orders, and militia units. Order of Damaris' Hand also takes special operations contracts. The decision to accept the contract is based solely on compensation and not on political or moral agendas.
Unclassified Charter
Section 1: goals and purpose. the goal of the Order of Damaris' Hand are to aquire ancient knowledges, and our purpose is infiltration into any and all royal court's, orders, and militia units as well as to complete specail operations contracts if hired to do so.
Section 2: Governing structure Order of Damaris' Hand is a infiltration, information gathering, and social order which it's head quarters are based in crossing, but has outposts in each of the provinces. as such, we are loyal to no one particular province or royalty, we are loyal to each other above all others. we operate in utmost secrecy for if the royal hiearchy's learned of our operations within their provinces they would likely have us all exiled from their lands, or worse off dealt severe punishment which we could not hope to return from. Order of Damaris' Hand is governed by 1 leader known as shadowmaster who remains unnamed.the shadow master meets with the head of the High Council, which is named the master of the Council and they discuss the direction of the order. the master of the Council then conveins with the High Council to give direction of the order's buisness. the High Council conviens and votes on all official buisness of the order. each claw is a self supportive operation, and each claw is headed by a leader which is named legatus. the shadowmaster has the veto power over the vote or goes along with the vote and issues orders to the master of the Council . if a veto is given to the High Council it will go back for another vote to decide a different course of action to take. the legatus and his second and third also votes in prospects for membership. prospect needs atleast 3 votes to be gained access to their recruitment phase from High Council. a quorum of two-thirds of the High Council is needed to pass any vote, unless over ridden by the shadowmaster.
section 2b: order meetings, and council meetings. the High Council will meeet twice a month to go over order buisness. each claw will meet within their alotted time they decide upon. order meetings will be held once per month. in the instance of a order meeting each member will have to use a secondary character, as to hide the true identity of the member, and come to the meeting as their secondary character. if the member then introduces's him/her self as the members secondary character, then the member must attend each meeting as him/her self instead of their secondary character.
section 2c: the High Council
the High Council decides daily buisness of the order. the High Council also takes direction from the Shadowmaster. the High Council is made up of all the claw legatus's.
Section 3: Selection of officers to the High Council .
The High Council is made up of 10 Officers holding the title of legatus. each officer heads up his own perspective unit which is called a "claw" each officer is promoted to officer status by means of deed, or time served. an officer can be removed only by a 3/4 vote of the High Council, thus being replaced by a member that has been voted up to legatus. a member of the claw can become a officer with a vote of the High Council. if the member is promoted to officer within his claw, thus the High Council has voted that it gives rights to the member to recruit his own claw, and that claw becomes a sub claw within original claw.
section 3a membership:
membership is open to all who earn the rite to be called "hand of damaris". A minimum requirement for acceptance is circle 20,preferrably no affiliation with other orders, militia, royal courts but is optional.once the rite is earned the prospect is welcome to become a member of Order of Damaris' hand. and be granted fellowship of all members within and without our order. as we are a order of the shadows most members are not easily sought out. we will maintain our thieflyness and steal from the rich and give to the order. the order will inturn give to its members. we will infiltrate all organizations and compile the most top of the line in depth information of all goings and comings of all organizations, royal heirarchies in the realms. upon recruitment the prospect will be assigned a sponsor. that sponsor will be intrusted to teach the recruit the ways of the order, instruct in the Order's ideals, laws, and history, and be held responsible for their prospects actions and learnings. Returning members must go through the recruit process, the exception being a returning founder of the Order, or High Council member.
Section 4 laws:
1 members are expected to participate in order events, hunts, and jobs. members are alos expected to post once per month on order scrolls(forums), accumilating absences from Order activites without communicating a reason for such, may be cause for removal.
2 A one month absence will cause the master of the High Council to attempt to contact the member to determine the cause of absences. At this time a resolution will be found or an LOA granted. If by two months a member has not responded to attempts to contact, has not contacted the order or has not followed through with agreements to attend Order functions then their name will be submitted to the High Council for removal from the order. A leave of absence may be applied for and approved by the Shadowmaster or master of the High Council
3 Dues are requierd to be paid by each member once a month based upon level of circle or skill.
4 Conflict within the Order is discouraged, but is sometimes unavoidable. In the case of a dispute that cannot be resolved through mediation with Officers of the Order, members may choose the "rite of challenge". Failure to follow a High Council ruling may be grounds for dismissal from the Order.
5 Conflict with those outside the Order that results in defamation of the Order may be grounds for dismissal, exilement and the loss of many favors as you will be put on the "hit list" which you can only be removed by measure of payment or deed.
6 it will be important to the success of this organization that PvP stances should be at least guarded if not open, and we should have a strict no reporting rule. as well it is important of this organization that roleplay stance be set to heavy.
7 all members shall have their pvp stance set to a minimum of guarded, and role play stance set to a minumum of heavy. no report policy for pvp interaction. this rule strictly enoforced, and disregard to this subject will be grounds for dismissal
8 Behavior that disgraces or brings dishonor upon the Order may be grounds for dismissal.
9 In all matters regarding dismissal, any member may bring complaint, which will be investigated thoroughly by the shadowmaster and evidence heard by High Council. Testimony will be heard and fact discerned from hearsay. The member in question may speak in defense and hear the evidence in the matter.
10 in the rare circumstance members of individual claws are allowed to transfer between claws, as long as claw leaders of said two claws agree and both recommend to the High Council for the transfer, and the transfer is passed by vote from High Council
Section 5 ranks:
5a: legatus of war and defense
conducts daily and monthly reports on status of warriors, and status of Order of Damaris' Hand defenses. reports to Master of the Web. head of blood claw.
5b: legatus of specail operations/infiltration simply put head of specail forces division assigns specail operations contracts as well as follows up on completion of contracts. head of shadow claw.
5c: legatus of theft head of thievery for Order of Damaris' Hand organizes members thiefly contracts, and events sends detailed reports to Master of the web of items thieved and reports on resale and proffits of fenced items. head of black claw.
5d: legatus of operations handles daily tasks of the order. reports to master of the web. Salararius claw
5f: legatus of general membership heads the jade claw. is in charge of daily tasks to be performed by jade claw members.
5g: legatus of necromancers. heads up decrepit claw.. handles all tasks of the necromancers.
5h: Shadowmaster= leader of Order of Damaris' Hand Order. Speaker of council
5i: Master of the High Council= vice speaker for high council. second in command of order. Vice speaker
5j: legatus= claw leader or sub claw leader. claw leaders that make up High Council
5k: Tribunus= second secondary leader of a claw or sub claw. secondary seats on High Council .
5l: Praefectus= claw officer
5m: frumentarii= personal bodyguard to claw leaders
5n: Evocatus = soldier/claw member
5o: prospect= soldier/claw member in training
5p: cohort= non member-associate-contact- prospective recruit.
Section 6: Rites
section 6a: rite of advancement
is a ceremony in which the a member gains advancement withint the order , assumes position of which he/she is advanced to. or an officer that has been removed from duty threw vote of the High Council, and thus electing a new officer in his/her stead advances from claw member to High Council officer.
section 6b: rite of challenge
in the event of a dispute between claw members,concil members, claw officers a rite of challenge may be issued. issuing a rite of challenge must be presented to the council stating the issue, and the end result. if the council approves the rite of challenge, then the challenge my be conducted between two participants, in witness of the claw leader, and the council. no magic, no boosters, no guild specail ablities will be allowed within rite of challenge pure mono-e-mono.
Section 7: Claws & and leaders
| Blood Claw | War & Defense | Claw Legatus Sryne. Claw Legatus Khras |
| Black Claw | Theft | Claw Legatus Lawsbane |
| Shadow Claw | Specail Operations/Infiltration | all claw information classified |
| Jade Claw | General membership/Support | Claw Legatus Crounchmeyer |
| Slarius Claw | Operations/Recruitment | Claw Legatus Mordicum |
Section 8 Order Emblems/Items
High councilors=
a gold medallion symbolizing dedication to Damaris
Claw members=
a razor-thin assassin's stiletto with lamp-black coating the blade
Section 9: History
Part One:
The night was like any other winters end night in the year of the Golden Panther. The air was dry and cold, Xibar's illuminating pale blue rays almost adding to the seasons chill. A light snow fall filled the streets of the Crossing, along with the hustle and bustle of the usual crowds. All shuffeling quickly through the city streets, ignoring the dirty snow that caked to their boots, greaves and robes.
The night was like any other night...Save for the hunter becoming the hunted. The silhouette of a hooded figure crouching in a position similiar to a wolf stalking a deer lingered in an allies shadow. A quiet growl emitted from its muzzle as he found and marked his prey; an elothean trying to guide a small rickety caravan through the busy streets.
The elothean cursed and griped under his breath as he struggled. Pulling the horses lead in a frusterated fashion and still cursing as the caravan freed itself for the streets pot holes. A muzzle broke the mask of shadows with a curling smile as the figure silently lept and climbed between the alley buildings. Once atop the roof's he perched on the corner, watching the elothean like a vulture.
With a solid jerk on the lead rope, the elothean turned the caravan's horse down an alley. The rakash figure noticed his final destination lay not far ahead. Moving quickly, he cleared the buildings gap and made his descent to the alley's cold wet road. The elothean seemed oblivious, his back to the rakash. With short silent steps the rakash figure struck.
The glimmer of a blade slipped from beneath his cloak and towards the elotheans neck. The figure's eyes widened as the elothean stepped back, slamming his back into his stomache. The blade sailed passed its intended target, giving the elothean leverage. Using the rakash's momentum against him and shifting his weight, the elothean flipped his aggressor over his shoulder and onto his back.
With a sharp gasp of pain, the rakash stared back at his own blade, now grasped in the elotheans hand...
Part Two: Little is known what happened in the dark allies of the Crossing streets that night. All that is told is that a scroll was exchanged from the elothean to the rakash. The scroll, shroud in mystery, seems to have disappeared from the face of Elanthia. Although what is known is shortley after the scrolls disappearance, a string of secret knowledge was released to those who paid the highest price. Some speak of the leaks as of some incrediable agent. Others speak of it as an orginization dedicated to infiltrating and liberating knowledge to the highest bidder. Thus beginning the rumours of the order only whispered, never spoken of out loud...."The Order of Damaris' Hand."