#d.d. orders

midnightfortis said:How do knighthoods work in D.D. territories? How do you work on getting into one? Are there any other groups in the territories? Where do people train? Do they have a required syllabus throughout life?

To answer your first question the Knighthoods work in orders. To my knowledge there are about 5-7 orders in total. The Lord knight is the most powerful and in charge of everything the Order does. When someone wants to borrow the power of the knights it goes through the Lord Knight. Gender, or lack thereof, isn't even considered an issue. 

Darkness demons are not the only ones allowed in the Orders. If someone from the order recognizes the talent inside a being, they swear their allegiance (not blind allegiance mind you), and can make an oath to darkness they can be accepted. There is a hierarchy of power and control. The stronger, more skillful, and more intelligent rule the others and pass on that knowledge and skill. it is up to each individual to take the knowledge, put forth the effort to become strong and practice their skills to rise among the hierarchy.there are plenty that are taught directly by knights and general knights. The training isn't easy. sometimes squires are put in situations that require them to fight equal or lesser opponents, other times they are required to be able to best better opponents using their wits to survive. it isn't uncommon for people in the Orders to die. The higher you go, the more responsibility you have and more difficult missions you are expected to complete.

As for working into getting into an Order, you just have to catch the eye of someone who believes you are ready to enter an order. Sometimes this happens in a tavern brawl with a knight, other times it's being able to fend of feral spirits and survive while everyone else around you does not. There are a number of reasons why someone can get picked u, but ultimately the decision is theirs. People can refuse, but most don't because there are perks to being in an order.

 There are other groups, but they are not as well known, spread out, or hold nearly as much sway as the Orders do. The Lord Knights of each Order, and there is only one per Order, have about the same power as a noble in Any D.D. land.They are the enforcers of the laws, even more so than the guards of any city, village, or town.

The beings in the Order train wherever they go. If they are being mentored they have structured training according to whatever the mentor feels is required for their growth at any given moment. If they are not being mentored directly they can train at the order with group instructors for combat, magic, knowledge or whatever else they might need to survive and thrive on their own. 

The only syllabus that i know can be broken down into about three things. 

1. Don't die. Can't move up if your dead.

2. Control yourself. Do not let your power control you. Without enough control over your power they will keep you where you are or even demote you.