Senleya Order

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Senleya Order
Order
Pronunciation	Sen-le-ya
Origins	Decentralized
Grandmaster	None

The Senleya Order, also known as the Sentinel Order in Common, is a pan-Elven secret society with a Freemason aesthetic. It was founded by the Lanlath and various other anti-Allorn groups just after Cataclysm upon the realization that their attempts to topple the Allorn Empire might have gone better if they had cooperated at their pivotal moments instead of waiting and letting one another fall. Since then, it has expanded far beyond its original message to become an organization intent on opposing the cause of tyranny and darkness around the world, albeit with a distinctly Elven bent. Despite this, not all Elves associate with the Senleya, especially the ones whose beliefs diverged too far. Because the Senleya are just a society and not an official military Order beholden to Regalian feudal authority or the Emperor, they do not count as an actual Knight Order within Regalian borders, but may gain increased respect in places like the Lanlath Empire.

Design

Senleya Knights don't have a clear design ethos like many other Knights, because they are such a varied group of individuals with slightly different motivations for working together. Senleya can range anywhere from using heavy or light armor, ranged or melee weapons, or magic or none. The Senleya Order does not have a Knightly Code to abide by officially, but it has an internal Moral Code that is optional.

• Senleya Knights must be Elves or Half-Elves (not Kathar).
• Senleya Knights are mostly Estelley, but if not, should be at least Estelley Sympathizers in other Religions (never Evolism).
• Senleya Knights have no limitation on Magic Alignment, but should not use Sinistral Magic or be Afflicted.

Chapters

All Senleya Knights are members of a single Chapter, which grants them a free non-Combat-related Mechanic. Changing Chapters is permitted but only infrequently and only through a Staff Ticket where the request is reviewed.

Palemoon Chapter The Palemoon Chapter are the origin of the Senleya as a whole, various Allorn nobility and citizens who came together after Cataclysm. They declared that they had seen the light, that the past was behind them and the future ahead, and that the evils of the Allorn Empire could never be allowed to repeat themselves. While the Palemoon Chapter originally held a political role as coordinators, they have ceded this to the Athentol Chapter with time and taken up an espionage role, especially with the Allorn Empire's return and its Blue Moon intelligence service, which delights in hunting them down and killing them. Palemoon Chapter adherents are tasked to be spymasters who carefully gather information about any dangerous movements in Elven groups as a whole. Despite its role having changed over the years, the Palemoon Chapter is also responsible for making sure the other Senleya remain responsible and in line with local law, minimizing bickering. Palemoon Mechanic: Palemoon Knights are not limited to Knighthood only, they can be a member of a Guild while hiding their Senleya Status. They also cannot be discovered from the Knight Registry.

Brightmoon Chapter Despite not being its founders, everyone thinks of the Brightmoon Chapter when they think of the Senleya. A holy order directly answerable to the Lanlath Empress, they are a host of zealous, claymore-wielding Estelley Paladins turned loose on the world to defend the faith. Brightmoon Knights seek to defend the good name of the Estelley religion on a social level by doing outreach, public works, and negotiation, while at the same time defeating its traditional enemies in combat, and protecting its holy sites. Separate from the Order as a whole, the Brightmoon Chapter has a long history appearing in wars across the Elven world on the side the Lanlath directly support, and it is said that their arrival is a tacit sign of their Empress' love for one's cause. Flying on white-feathered wings and frequently bedecked in heavy armor, they try to lead by example and preach by example, but require the other Chapters' social and intelligence support. Brightmoon Mechanic: Brightmoon Knights can have Wings (Angelic only), allowing (Elytra) flight (+use of Rockets). Combat or Ability usage immediately disables flight.

Lanternlight Chapter In Suvial society, there was always an undercurrent of those more loyal to the original pacifist teachings of their founder Sanraan than the political realism of the Suvial Princes. The Lanternlight Society as it was called, a group of Suvial dedicated to trying to reintroduce these values to Suvial society at large, became the Lanternlight Chapter when they integrated into the Senleya. While they are looked on with scorn by those Suvial embroiled in the political situation in the West, they look on in scorn back just as much. Within the Senleya, the Lanternlight Chapter occupies a scholar-priest role, both recording internally and preaching externally. Since their integration they have broadened recruitment past the original Suvial population and take in people from everywhere. It is a hopeful goal of the Chapter to someday reform Estelley in line with the idea of Sanraan as the more important prophet, even if this feels very far away now. Lanternlight Mechanic: Lanternlight Knights gain Unseen Prayer and Safety Prayer from Prayer Point Buy and can use both of them, even if not Mundane.

Ularen Chapter While most Maquixtl left for Guldar, some stayed behind to live in the region called the Ularen Steppe, the desolate plains between large Allorn successor cities. The ruling Princes had social and familial bonds, that upon the return of the Allorn Empire and their mass imprisonment, resettlement, and expulsion became formal and petitioned for inclusion to the Senleya, which was granted. The Ularen Chapter are hunters, trackers, and wilderness experts who give the Senleya ranger and forest expertise that the more urban varieties of Elf usually lack. Many Ularen Chapter members share in their noble patrons' wishes to see their homeland reclaimed from the reborn Allorn Empire, but others join without that desire, merely having a compatible skillset. In Regalia, the Ularen Chapter can frequently be found working in the Gloomrot, sometimes with the local Guild and at times against it, to hunt down the enemies of the Senleya there. Ularen Mechanic: Ularen Knights gain +2 Main Combat Stat (break cap to 11) against opponents that are in a Monstrous Transformation. They also gain options during Monster Hunt events (consult with DM).

Athentol Chapter For the Senleya to reach into Regalian society, they had to bargain with the Solvaan Elves, who were already more than instrumental in brokering good relations between the Regalians and the Lanlath. This included the inclusion of the Athentol Society in the Senleya, named after the most important Solvaan city of Athentol, a group of politicians focusing on the lot of Elves in the Regalian Empire. While it is the responsibility of all Senleya to look after each other, the Athentol Chapter specifically focuses on a political role, getting as many Elves, Elven Nobles, and especially as many Senleya members as possible into positions of power and advisory around the City and sometimes the Empire at large. While they like the rest want to forestall an Allorn return, they feel that everyone could benefit from the benevolent input of wise, long-lived Elves, and want to be in a position to offer that counsel. Athentol Mechanic: Athentol Knights have a support network of Aristocrats in Solleria backing up their work. They count as Red Blood in Wealth, despite not being Registered.

Tidewatch Chapter The Tidewatch Chapter are mostly veterans from Ilha Faiaal, but also Selevaan Salei and the other Finullen States in Daen and Solleria that do not agree with the Talean return, and prefer to lend their significant fighting skills to the other side. Individual champions and bodyguards, called glory-hounds by some, the Tidewatch Chapter specializes in bodyguard work and directly serving compatible Noble patrons, even those who are not Elves. The Tidewatch pair well with the Athentol Chapter, in that the former protects the desired important figures that the latter helps propel to popularity. Due to the Fin'ullen overbearing fondness for trial by combat, there is also a secondary role for the Tidewatch Chapter to be found as lawyers well equipped to defend their clients from assaults in the court just as well as in the flesh. Separately, there is also a quiet rivalry between the Tidewatch and the Basileon Bloodcast chapter, due to Gladiator overlapping roles. Tidewatch Mechanic: Tidewatch Knights gain the Morrlond Religious Mechanic from Evolism due to Morrlond's hand in Fin'ullen folklore and his love for Sinnavei.

Internal Conflict

While the Senleya Order is unified in its desire to prevent the return of the Allorn Empire or any similar tyranny, what this actually means in practice can become very complicated very quickly. Some Senleya are loyal to the Lanlath Empress, while others are loyal to the Regalian Empire, and in the disparate desires and priorities of the Chapters the same thing that allowed them to become anti-Allorn in the first place - their independence - also makes it very easy for them to accidentally work against each other. The Senleya must constantly balance selfishness to their own personal needs or interests with the needs of the Order at large. For example, despite the lack of any Sihndar presence in the Order, it is a clear Senleya priority to assist the Sihndar in making sure that Drowda is not overwhelmed by the forces of Demons. An individual Senleya who is from a place very far away from Drowda might argue to deprioritize this versus a more immediate need in Daen, which could lead to arguing and split priorities, that all Knights should try to smooth over as much as possible.

Moral Code

The Senleya Moral Code vaguely echoes the Codes of Regalian Knights, but focuses more on the particular mission statement of the group. The Senleya have a concept of foundational Morality at the base of their original union that has expanded somewhat with the new Chapters, but remains the same in spirit. While it is optional in how exactly one follows it, violating it repeatedly might draw a side-eye from Senleya who take it more seriously.

• All Senleya Knights should work to educate the public about history, religion, and the past, so that its mistakes are not repeated again.
• All Senleya Knights should work to prevent the loss of Elven heritage, ruins, and knowledge of any kind, and get it back in Elven hands.
• All Senleya Knights should work to reinforce correct dogma of Estelley teachings, so that the people are not led astray by the false dogma of Demons.
• All Senleya Knights should work to protect one another's position in the Empire, because a broken link of oppression will break the whole chain.
• All Senleya Knights should work to prevent existential threats against the world, opposing the Argentum, assisting the Sihndar and the Sihai, for example.

History

The Senleya Order begins with concerned Allorn citizens post-Cataclysm, who in the apocalypse and collapse of everything they ever knew around them gained a new understanding of just how much wrong their Empire had done to the world in fifteen thousand preceding years of history. Making oaths of conduct to work together with one another to prevent it from repeating, this was the Palemoon Chapter, the original iteration of Senleya belief and ideology that has since then only expanded. Each group joined in proceeding order, the Lanlath immediately approving of the venture and seeing it as a step towards alignment with their own worldview, and the other Chapters filtering in one by one as the situation in Daen changed and Allorn nationalism grew in power. While the Senleya historically enjoyed only light cooperation and little international presence, the return of the Allorn Empire catapulted them onto the world stage as the eminent resistance organization and secret society working to undermine its expansionism and world domination. Despite this, the Senleya do not enjoy universal Elven support. There are groups like the Isldar, distant Elven cultures like the Selvath and Abismaï who have entirely separated themselves from any Allorn continuity, and the Chantli Maquixtl and Sihndar who just see no point or value in associating with such an organization, as well as individual Elven rulers who see the Senleya as too know-it-all for their own good, who do not take part in the Senleya experiment, something which the Senleya think is an ironic continuity of the fact that their divisions are what saw them put in their positions in the first place. Despite the situation, the Senleya are not mono-focused on the Allorn Empire: the Kathar Dread Empire is to them just as bad, and making sure Regalia does not undergo metamorphosis into a similar tyranny remains in the backs of their minds as well.

Trivia

• The Suvial Secret Service is not part of the Senleya Order: it is loyal to the Suvial Princes directly. In fact, they and the Senleya have fought before, when cooperation has been at low points.
• The Senleya often know and greet one another by wearing signets of silver moons on the ring finger of their left hand, opposite where a marriage ring would be, and flashing them from under cloaks.
• Senleya symbolism is all moon-focused and moon-oriented, with passphrases, sayings, and symbology of moons plastered all over everything.

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Accreditation
Writers Okadoka Artists MonMarty	Last Editor OkaDoka on 07/10/2024.

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