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The Gauntlet of Purity

Formed two centuries ago during the Era of Broken Seals, the Gauntlet was originally a volunteer guard for the temples of Kirlis. When a series of corrupt magistrates allowed a cult of plague-bringers to devastate the capital, the Church of Kirlis declared that secular law had failed the divine. The Watershed Moment occurred during the Night of Gilded Tears, where the Gauntlet forcibly removed the corrupt city council and replaced them with ecclesiastical judges. Since then, they have evolved from simple guards into the kingdom's most feared judicial body, operating with an autonomy that often supersedes the crown's authority.

Factions
Militant Religious Order · Lawful Neutral

The Gauntlet of Purity

The public is divided; the poor view them as the only ones brave enough to arrest a corrupt lord, while the middle class fears their unpredictable audits.
Type
Militant Religious Order
Size
Large
Reach
Dominant
Base
Breioa

Overview

Formed two centuries ago during the Era of Broken Seals, the Gauntlet was originally a volunteer guard for the temples of Kirlis. When a series of corrupt magistrates allowed a cult of plague-bringers to devastate the capital, the Church of Kirlis declared that secular law had failed the divine. The Watershed Moment occurred during the Night of Gilded Tears, where the Gauntlet forcibly removed the corrupt city council and replaced them with ecclesiastical judges. Since then, they have evolved from simple guards into the kingdom's most feared judicial body, operating with an autonomy that often supersedes the crown's authority.

How it began

General Amara Sol, a retired commander who turned to the faith of Kirlis, founded the order after witnessing a judge take a bribe while her village burned. She famously dipped her right gauntlet in melted liturgical gold and swore that justice would henceforth be administered by hands that could not be stained by the silver of men. Her first act was the trial and execution of her own brother for tax evasion, establishing the order's terrifying commitment to absolute righteousness.

How to know them

MottoJustice is the Right Hand of the Divine
EmblemA single, stylized gold-colored gauntlet positioned vertically, palm outward, centered on a field of pure white. The fingertips of the glove are slightly pointed.
Colours

Gold, White, Iron Grey

Signs
  • The Right-Hand Glove
  • The Balanced Scales of Kirlis
  • A Gilded Key (symbolizing the unlocking of secrets)
DressThe members wear robes or light armor beneath a heavy white tabard. The right sleeve of the tabard is trimmed in gold lace. The most distinctive feature is the single metal gauntlet worn on the right hand, plated in 24-carat gold and etched with prayers of judgment.

Standing

AlignmentLawful Neutral
Age214 years
WealthProsperous

What they say they want

Uphold the laws of Kirlis, the Just
Root out moral decay and spiritual rot within the urban centers
Provide swift, unbiased judgment to all citizens regardless of status
Protect the sanctity of the Kirlis faith from foreign ideologies

What they are doing now

Identify the source of the 'Whispering Heresy' infecting the nobility
Infiltrate the local Merchant Guilds to audit their tithes
Secure the border against refugees from lands that do not worship Kirlis

Where it leads

To transform the entire kingdom into a Living Temple where every action is a form of worship and every crime is met with immediate divine intervention.

How others see them

The public is divided; the poor view them as the only ones brave enough to arrest a corrupt lord, while the middle class fears their unpredictable audits. They are generally seen as 'terrifyingly necessary.'

People

4 ranks

The First Paragon

Grand Arbiter Valerius Vane

Austere, unwavering, and possessed of a chilling calm. Vane never raises his voice, believing that the truth of Kirlis carries its own volume. He views mercy as a form of intellectual laziness.

  1. High Paragon1 member

    The ultimate arbiter of the order. Sets theological policy and approves high-profile executions.

  2. Paragon12 members

    Regional leaders who act as High Judges for entire provinces. They are the only ones allowed to sign death warrants for nobles.

  3. Justiciar450 members

    The investigative core. They act as detectives, prosecutors, and combatants who hunt down alleged heretics and enforce city laws.

  4. Neophyte2,800 members

    Aspirants who serve as street patrols and scribes. They are under constant observation to ensure their own purity remains intact.

Other key members

  • Justiciar Elara Thorne Head of Investigative Affairs
  • Paragon Malachi Voss Chancellor of the Bastille

How they are organised

How it is runReligious Hierarchy
Who comes nextWhen a High Paragon dies or retires, the Council of Paragons meets in the Silent Vault. They fast and pray until a unanimous decision is reached. If no decision is made within seven days, the candidate with the fewest 'recorded stains' in their service record is appointed by default.
How they recruitPotential members are often taken from orphanages run by the Church or from families seeking to redeem a disgraced name. They spend four years as Acolytes before the Rite of the Right Hand, where their right hand is ritually stained with a gold dye that does not fade for a year, marking their status as Neophytes.
To join
  • Undertake the Vow of Transparency (recounting every sin committed)
  • Pass a trial by ordeal involving the 'Gilded Touch' ritual
  • Possess a clean criminal and genealogical record for three generations
  • Relinquish all personal inheritance to the Church of Kirlis

Relations

6 factions
The Alchemists' CircleMUTUAL CAUTIONThe Church of KirlisSUB-ORGANIZATIONThe Silver Ledger BankSTRATEGIC PARTNERThe Royal GuardJURISDICTIONAL RIVALRYThe Unseen WeaverMORTAL ENEMYThe Free-Spirit…OPPRESSOR/OPPRESSED
Ally · Sub-Organization
The Church of Kirlis

The Gauntlet serves as the Church's iron fist, while the Church provides theological justification and funding.

Operations

What they do

Street policing
Religious trials
Auditing merchant ledgers
Rooting out secret societies
Public executions of 'unrepentant' criminals

How they do it

Public Interrogation: Questioning suspects in the city square to shame them into truth.
Night Raids: Striking quickly at suspected dens of heresy based on anonymous tips.
The Gilded Audit: Confiscating assets of anyone who fails a test of faith.

Services for hire

  • Righteous Arbitration10 percent of the disputed value, donated to the church.
    Legal resolution of disputes that is faster than the royal courts but significantly harsher.
  • Sanctuary ProtectionVaries based on location and perceived threat of heresy.
    Guarding a location from 'evil spirits' or 'criminal influence' by stationing Neophytes.

What they can do

Legal Immunity: Justiciars cannot be arrested by city guards.
Discern Lie: Senior members are trained in psychological observation and divine magic to detect falsehoods.
The Seal of Sequestration: The ability to legally seize any property 'suspected' of housing heresy.

What they have

Exclusive rights to the kingdom's gold-plating process
A massive archive of 'Confessional Ledgers' containing the secrets of the nobility
A specialized force of heavy cavalry known as the Gilded Host

Where they are weak

Inflexibility: They struggle to adapt to situations that do not fit their strict moral binary.
Extreme Internal Paranoia: Members often spy on each other, leading to trust issues during operations.
Public Backlash: Their heavy-handed methods have created a growing underground resistance movement.

Territory

Headquarters

Breioa
KindThe Ivory Bastille

A massive fortress-cathedral built of white marble and reinforced with ironwood. Its central tower, the Finger of Kirlis, houses the High Court. The building is designed so that acoustics carry whispers from the ground floor to the Paragons' chambers, a literal manifestation of 'The Walls Have Ears.'

Lands they hold

The Royal Capital districts
The Grainlands (as peacekeepers)
The Northern Mining Colonies

Outposts

  • The Watchman's TollThe Great Western GateScreening all travelers for forbidden iconography or 'unpure' contraband.
  • Iron VigilEdge of the Whispering WoodsMonitoring the frontier for manifestations of the heresy.

Secrets

The big secret · GM only
What they really want · GM only
Hidden plans · GM only
Smaller secrets · GM only
What insiders say · GM only
Trouble inside · GM only
Crimes · GM only

Plot hooks

3 hooks
  • 1
    The False Positive
    MediumReward: Faction Favor or Political Debt
    A close ally of the players has been arrested by a Justiciar because they were found with a 'forbidden' poem. The party must prove it was planted before the trial in three days.
  • 2
    The Golden Defector
    HardReward: Unique Magic Item or Blackmail Material
    A Neophyte approaches the party with a stolen ledger showing the Gauntlet is funding a monster to 'create' a threat they can later 'solve.'
  • 3
    Purification of the Well
    LowReward: Gold and Legal Immunity Papers
    The Gauntlet hires the party to venture into a quarantined slum to find the source of a 'spiritual rot' that is making residents turn against the Church.

Work they offer

1Escort a Paragon to a remote village for a high-profile trial.
2Retrieve the 'Cinder of Truth' from a dragon-guarded ruin.
3Infiltrate a suspected meeting of the Unseen Weaver and mark the suspects with gold dust.

What gets in the way

If the players help the Gauntlet, they earn the permanent enmity of the criminal underworld.
Justiciars may 'audit' the party's equipment at any time, potentially seizing 'impure' magic items.
Faction members who fail a quest are often branded 'heretics' themselves, leaving the party as the only witnesses to their innocence.

Rumours

1The gold on their gauntlets isn't just paint, but melted down trinkets stolen from executed widows.
2High Paragon Vane hasn't slept in ten years and is actually a construct of gold and marble.
3The 'heresy' they are looking for was actually started by the Gauntlet itself to ensure they stay relevant.

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