Order of the Radiant Heart Role-Play

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[DM Lobo]

((Thanks to DM Creo for filling in for me))

The material finally arrives and several workers begin unloading the stone chiseling it into shape and carefully placing it around the slabs forming a rough outline of the stronghold. Building has finally begun, it has been a rough ride - but it is finally over Atleast, it is for now.

[Stonebar]

*A short missive arrives addressed to the Order of the Radiant Heart bearing the seal of Kraak Helzak.*

I hope this message finds you well.

I need to speak with either Arkaine Halforken, Erza, or both of your order soon. This is a non urgent matter, but one of meaning to my self. I have some questions.

~ Revenark Stonehold Steward of Kraak Helzak

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[Razzaband]

This is a vellum letter intended for the Order. The letter itself is neatly folded with a red wax seal placed upon the outside flap of the paper.

The writing itself was done with strokes of a brush.

To whomever it may concern,

I have journeyed far from the outskirts of Sundabar, leaving the life of a home behind. A sacrifice I have made to further extend the duties that both my blade and I are guided by. I have made it my quest to scour the lands of Faerun in search for a region needing dire aid and I have found it here in the Sword Coast. Vile corruption has seem to take root within the city as I have heard rumors of the Red Wizards being allowed to deal in their trade. The roads are wildly unkempt where bandits target their prey and commit crimes against the people. Monsters roam the land, killing and torturing innocents and no longer can I simply bear the chaos wrought upon the common folk. I mean no insult to the law of these lands but they perhaps need tempering or more individuals to administer them. With that said, I am desperate to lend my services to an order good of heart and soul. A place where my blade might be bonded and sealed, and where I can help the people and ease their suffering. I ask that the Order of the Radiant Heart might consider me as a knight obedient onto them and that I may fight evil alongside their warriors. I ask that I may be permitted to join and be a sworn knight for both the Order, and the people they protect.

Sincerely,
Aldebrand Fauner

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Notes: My later posts have apparently been deleted so with these two being the latest left on here they will have to do, the following events in which the DM regimes and their favourites blatantly stole my faction I spent nine years on occurred some months after January in 2017. I long ago removed the real charter of the order because these thieves and corrupt individuals do not deserve it:


The Corruption of Baldur’s Gate, The Year of the Arch, 1353 Dale Reckoning

In the Year of the Arch, Sir Amalric apprehended Selengil Harkonis as he was wandering into Duchal soil from the south and marched him like he had done so many others, into the custody of the Flaming Fist Mercenary Brigade. Selengil’s crimes were far beyond deserving death. Allegiance and indoctrination to Bane the Black Hand, commanding contingents of brigands and mercenaries to pillage and murder and enslave for the cause of Darkhold, and murder within the holy shrine of Ilmater.

But instead of the death he so rightfully deserved he paid off the corrupt faculties of Baldur’s Gate with gold gleaned from murdering and pillaging in the name of Bane and for the cause of the Zhentarim, and yet another servant of evil was again set free.

The decadence of the Grand Duchy had finally rotted over into utter moral decay and the Grand Dukes held a ceremony to appease the northern aggression of Darkhold and the servitors of Bane spreading out of the Sunset Hills and into Corm Orp.

Many dignitaries and adventurers attended and watched in silence as the brigands Xavier Aylomen, Maximillian Blackthorne, Wren Di'Corvi, and Selengil Harkonis held court with the rulers of Baldur’s Gate, and only Sir Amalric could truly be counted among the righteous for only he challenged all four of them to trial by combat to stop the unholy procession.

The crowds amassed either remained silent and quivered in their cowardice or showed their decadence and ignoble disdain for the truly righteous paladin, and the Grand Dukes waived their own laws in an act of utter hypocrisy and dismissed the challenge.

Meetings were held between concerning factions in the aftermath, but no battle plans were ever drawn up and most were content to allow the land to sink into utter decadence and play political games and barter deals for scraps of dignity and the preservation of their own holdings and business investments. Sir Amalric then planned to muster his knights and join the efforts of High Rider Lord Dhelt in blockading further Zhentarim expansion from the north at the ruins of Triel.

After the first sacking of Soubar and the Black Abbey of Bane, it had become a place of brigandry once more and had grown into a buffer force for Darkhold, and Sir Amalric would join with Lord Dhelt and the Hellriders. It was his plan to finally wipe that terrible place from the face of the world.


Notes: The following five entries detail events from which I as a player after being cheated and abused out of everything I created on BGTSCC by the disgusting staff and their favourites, am no longer associated with the Radiant Heart Auxiliary, and the other various players, dms, hdms, and organizations who orchestrated what happened, and I will have no association with any of them, and as I have outlined as my goal seek to create a new group of players with which to role play with and found a new order of paladins.


The Sanctity of the Stronghold, The Year of the Arch, 1353 Dale Reckoning

In the dark days of waiting for word from High Rider Lord Dhelt, Sir Amalric had secluded himself with the chapel of his stronghold, and growing increasingly irate, he entrusted the sanctity of the stronghold and its laws forbidding the admittance of servants of evil within its walls, to his senior council of knights.

Further seclusion he sought within the cloister of the Temple of the Shield in Baldur’s Gate, and upon returning to his stronghold he did find his command and the laws of the stronghold had been violated by derelicts and mutiny. The charlatan paladin of Tyr Katrina had returned to the Grand Duchy a week prior and Amalric had granted her admittance once more within the Order, only to find she flouted all instruction and refused to comply with the chain of command.

Again, for Amalric, the lenience and the mercy he showed to those who only ever showed him insubordination was in error. Long did he remember her callous treatment of Ferragus, Slayer of Drakkar, alongside Aiden Vega, a merchant who wore garishly styled plate armour.

Between Katrina and the deceitful Erza Aldren, the laws had been broken and they had god-moded getting Amenthes Serb inside the stronghold in front of all of the npcs. Erza had long fled the grounds and Amalric returned to find Katrina, the corrupt lecher Ameris Santraeger, and another cleric of Ilmater brokering a corrupt bargain with Amenthes Serb of the Thayan Enclave. Their plan was to have Kahanak Habdilof killed within the Thayans own circle in return for concessions for themselves and the promise that the next Khazark would not be as much of a ritual murderer and slaver as the current one was, , instead of working to remove the Thayan Enclave entirely from Baldur's Gate and return the tower to its rightful owners, the Weave Masters magic guild.

Outraged that this murderer and servant of evil had been brought against his orders inside the stronghold and infuriated at the corrupt bargain being struck before his very eyes by those others who called themselves servants of good, Sir Amalric stripped Katrina of her station within the Order and had her, alongside Ameris, and the second female cleric of Ilmater, removed from the stronghold. As he did this still Katrina construed that she did not have to follow orders from the Grand Master of the very order she had sworn to serve, and a knight of the order under the command of Amalric battered her over the head with the hilt of his sword and threw her out of the stronghold.

Sir Amalric threw Amenthes Serb into a cell before demanding to know everything about what he and his co-conspirators had planned. A deft blow to the stomach of the Thayan revealed the extent of the corruption taking place. That in exchange for concessions to be made to the Thayan Enclave, key members of various factions of Baldur’s Gate would not be targeted and attacked as Kahanak Habdilof had done to so many. Sir Amalric had known well of the kidnappings and murders and for a week earlier he had investigated the disappearance and murder of the then [lawful good] spirit shaman Bran.

With this admission, Sir Amalric ordered the Thayan intruder who had meta-gamed gaining access to the stronghold, to be beheaded for his many mortal sins, and dragged him outside into the courtyard with a procession of his twenty-two men at arms and the warden at arms.

As Amalric stood with two of his knights and the procession of his men at arms and prepared to deal the killing blow on Amenthes Serb, many belligerents had gathered outside the walls of the stronghold and began assaulting the stronghold.

Again, Amalric’s command of his own faction was metagamed out of his control and instead of the entire muster of the Order coming forth to slay the four intruders, he was forced to do battle himself with the help of nothing but several low level npcs.

Amalric placed Amenthes behind his lines and organized his defense alongside his men at arms. Ameris and Katrina and the cleric of Ilmater were there clamoring on about how the order they were not members of was not his to command and he was not instituting justice. Ameris had left the order years earlier out of personal disgrace and surrounding suspicious circumstances about his activities, a cleric of Ilmater, he was never suited to the role of a paladin and knight, and never became one. He also never held a position of command. His lackeys were never members of the order. Katrina had just been excommunicated for her last disgrace as a fraud of a knight and paladin who befriended immoral merchants and treated other members of the order in a disgusting fashion.

A craven northern mercenary named Derik Ranloss had watched on and sensed an opportunity to do evil and improve his own standing with the corrupt factions of Baldur's Gate, and joined with them, and in the ensuing battle half of Amalric’s men at arms were cut down and killed.

Sir Amalric struck down Katrina and her assistant cleric of Ilmater, and stuck down Ameris also, as they had enhanced themselves with divine powers. In what can only be construed as arrogance, or perhaps he could not invoke the divine power he wished clad in armour, although unlikely, Ameris had shed his armour down to his frock and cap, as he cried out to Ilmater to smite Amalric with divine power, only to be rejected by the righteousness of Sir Amalric and his 94/100 lawful good alignment. The disgusting corrupt Ameris and his lackeys should have died for their crimes that day, but again against Amalric's better judgement he spared their lives.

After many rounds of battle, and being spent after striking down three belligerents, Amalric went many rounds with the god moding opportunist Derik Ranloss. Many times, both teetered near death, before finally Amalric’s weapon was knocked from his grasp and he was struck down to incapacitated. Two knights of the order rushed to his side and revived him. He was asked whether to pursue the enemy as they limped off with Amenthes Serb, but instead he let them go, for he was still unaware of the insidious ooc undercurrent happening on BGTSCC in which the staff and their friends would steal and possess all assets from everyone who did not fit into their cliché of scumbags.

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Robbed of All, The Year of the Arch, 1353 Dale Reckoning

Over the following months I was forced to fight the staff as they desired to rob me of the faction I started in 2009 and almost certainly did most of the work for all of those years. Out of despair I tried to end it with its dignity remaining in the face of the oppression and subjugation I had constantly faced year in and year out for nearly ten years, and was still facing then. Against my own wishes and what I had gone through in years past I was forced by the corrupt DMs to admit back into the order nasty sociopaths such as the likes of Thedran the Bard and Kald Blake who I had removed years ago for their crimes, and the malicious fights and arguments with them, and others who had abused me in the 2010 era, and who were part of the old mid/late 2009-2010 cliché, who came after the original 2008 group to which I started with.

Referencing the lore of the setting and how my character did not act in error and in fact the others are all very deserving of being defrocked and stripped of their stations was in vain in the face of the agenda to turn Baldur’s Gate into a corrupt and decadent Game of Thrones type King’s Landing setting. It was set up so that I was relegated as nothing but a place holder and the whole thing had been waiting on the 2009/2010 cliché to return and have everything given to them instead, as they rejoined the staff.

The very lore of the faction was ignored, and the snide proxy Alexander Marshal was brought in from outside the server to replace Amalric, only to disappear himself and be replaced with Anthem, who in turn gave it to the insipid Eldarian, who had long been hovering and waiting in the wings, despite never having any station within the order before being given it by the two faced Anthem. Denied a noble title in the face of so many others less deserving after all these years, the last noble act Amalric performed on behalf of the order was to kill the corrupt Michael Dunn and uncover him working with drow slavers, and summoning a Balor into the material world, operating between the Grand Duchy of Baldur’s Gate and Soubar.

In the aftermath the Radiant Heart Auxiliary has fallen beneath that of a paladin order and operates as a mercenary organization charging gold for services rendered and admittance, and accepting less than true paladins, and many times not paladins at all, into its ranks and command structure. Led by decadents like Gaven Arkalis and his boasts of ties to the thieves guild that Amalric worked for years to destroy, and the deceitful and insipid Eldarian. With others brought in like the favoured fraud Aaron Lyonaler who was never a paladin and never had any association with the faction, instead people like him became DMs and HDMs and gave themselves the titles and positions that they wanted. They now squat within the stronghold that Sir Amalric of Germont paid one million gold coins to have constructed, and then fought and defended its construction, and it was I who created all of the npcs and descriptions and dialogues.

With their ties and partnerships to the re branded Zhentarim who call themselves the Northern Watch and other mercenary organizations and the scummy likes of the Darius Holding Crew, all that was worked for over the years to achieve has been undermined and undone, and their disgusting take over complete. All of the key factions and important positions on BGTSCC are now held by staff members who play characters, and they each have several characters running each faction and holding all of it in collusion together.


The Year 1354 Dale Reckoning Onwards


Intermittent Summary, The Year of the Bow, 1354 Dale Reckoning

Sir Amalric of Germont founded the Order of the Radiant Heart Auxiliary within the Grand Duchy of Baldur’s Gate in the year 1345 Dale Reckoning, and first led the order as the Battle Lord of its knights, and then again as one of three high officers known as Prelates, and then years later as the Grand Master of the Order under the canonization of its official structure while being abused by scumbags on this server many times. In his time, he fought in every conflict and never shirked a challenge from his enemies. Many times outnumbered he was more often than not the victor.

He was industrious in building up the order time and again, and pious and wholly devoted to the cause. He engaged in no worldly desires or pleasures as so many others did, and never attended the lavish parties of the Duchal Palace and court. He held truly to his holy vows and disdained any who were not of high moral caliber. He devoted his entire life and being to defeating the forces of evil.


The Knights of the Righteous Order Founding, The Year of the Bow, 1354 Dale Reckoning

In the year 1354 Dale Reckoning the Grand Duchy of Baldur’s Gate has fallen to corruption and is ridden with servants of evil re branding themselves as good. It is looked upon with shame by the other realms of the Lord’s Alliance. The cause of saving the Sword Coast from evil becomes hopeless. The last and true Grand Master of the now decadent Radiant Heart Auxiliary is found by The Righteous Order and bequeathed a new order of paladins to put the ignoble brigand, the mercenary, and all other villain upon the Sword Coast to the righteous judgment of their swords. . .

[Calodan]

A letter arrives for the Grandmaster Arkaine

[LISA100595]

A call for help was sent by missive to the Order of the Silver Rose, addressed to Lady Elvina, Knight Commander, from Barnstock Clan ( a local family of horsetraders ), whom the order had purchased horses from previously.

"Greetings Holy Order and Lady Elvina,

We the Barnstock Clan knows ye to be a kind and mighty heroine in the parts ...
and we must speak with you and your knights. We believe the unholy spirits have invaded our horse pastures, and have lost half our herd already, please help us.

*****signed Walhoon Barnstock"

Members of The Order of the Silver Rose and The Order of the Radiant Heart were seen once again together on Patrol. Fully armed and armored they were seen marching in a loose formation into and through the Cloakwood Forest towards the Haunted Mansion.

There they were met with a horridly powerful and deadly Ghost. One that struck fear and terror into the hearts and minds of the most stalwart of warriors. After many times of falling back, regrouping and changing tactics, they finally were able to best the Vile Creature. They continued on searching for any other vile beasts or apparitions through the Haunted Mansion, including it's resident Lich they call Chaos, clearing it of evil if only for a time.

We then marched to the Northwest of the Haunted Mansion and came to find the Barnstock farmhouse deserted and only 2 Horses remaining loose in the pasture. Not finding anything else haunting the area other than it's natural denizens, the two lone abandoned horses were taken back to the Order of the Silver Rose stables until we can find the Barnstock Clan once again and return them to their rightful owners.

All Knights and Squires of both Orders were accounted for and returned safely after the incident to rest and recover from their injuries.

The Knights and Squires on this Mission:

Order of the Silver Rose:
Lady Elvina Aira-S'efarro
Sir John Brydges
Sir Seth Siger
Lady Gina Waynn
Lady Veslana Raven
Lady Mayra Dooran
Sir Roscoe Stickyfingers
Squire Jerel

Order of the Radiant Heart:
Lady Erza Aldren
Lady Katarina
Squire Godfrey Philemon
Squire Aldebrand Fauner


(( Thanks to everyone who participated and DM mdwagner (Sammaster The Mad) for the epic event.

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A personal invitation is hand delivered to the Order of the Radiant Heart

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[Miyuki]

An invitation is delivered to all members of the Order of the Radiant Heart. Not to overlook and very colorfullly painted.



///OOC: The date is Sunday 13th August.
Starting time will be 1 PM EST/11AM MST /5 PM GMT/ 7 PM GMT +2 - open end.
We will see to have the most timezones covered so as many peeps as possible can attend.