Two for one, battle brothers!

[greyerrant]

I have two plots with Garviel to introduce, one shorter term, which is the Crusade Company in Amestris and Zeon, fighting riftspawn, and one longer term, which is the re-founding of the Grey Knights.

The Grey knights are a secret order of warriors, previously all Astartes (who are all dead unless someone apps one). They are loyal to the Emperor, or rather, the throne and the defense of humanity that it represents. They plunge into hidden lore, find the best ways to deal with Daemons, and then stomp 'em hardcore. They are intended to remain secret, and hopefully will even be somewhat a secret from Garviel's country of Rome, since even Medea and Nero don't know his full backstory from the point where he was summoned. They all think he died after he disappeared from the history books.

As for the riftspawn fighting, Garviel is bringing his Crusade Company with Revan, and probably several other units of soldiers to train with the riftguard countries. Who would like to volunteer commanders and troops for training? Who would like to volunteer to animate undead and riftspawn for them to fight?

Let me know in here so I can set things up for this weekend or more probably next given the wedding stuff.

Also let me know if you want to have character join/thwart the grey knights. Remember they are a secular order and will stand outside both church and official imperial hierarchy.

And both Garviel and myself are fully aware of one of the more honest and honorable men around having to be the founder of a secret society.

Comments

[gothamsknight]

Random thought: What if the original Grey Knight fortress still exists (or at least the ruins of it.), but is only accessible through as a lost waypoint crystal, and becomes the HQ of the new Grey Knights?

[greyerrant]

Me gusta, keep talking. Canonically it was psychically warded and on titan, how we convert that to IS is up for consideration.

[gothamsknight]

I've always liked the idea of left over waypoints from past civilizations that still exist, with the only reason no one ever visits them being that no one remembers that they exist. Naturally, Garviel would know they exist, since he kinda skipped the last millenium, so perhaps he tries to go there to get away from everyone and think about things after a particularly frustrating experience in the game. He finds the ruins of the old fortress that's WAY the fuck out in the mountains or something. Somewhere you couldn't get to on foot.

Then he thinks "Hmm, with a bit of spackle, this place could be perfectly useable for a NEW order of Grey Knights!"

[greyerrant]

I love it!

[kyosukenanbu]

I should mention also, we're going to wait until we get the next map up to delve more into it, but there is a remnant of the Belkan Empire to the West somewhat like how the Byzantine Empire was, which holds the Holy Land (to some degree). They likely have some older Belkan traditions, albeit much warped.

[greyerrant]

That will be amusing culture shock.

*a week later*

[nightskysword]

But do they have little girls with magical rainbow kung fu?

[idkworldruler]

Hm, Mitchell may possibly be interested in the training/fighting. And he may be interested in joining the grey knights depending on how things go in the future.

[greyerrant]

Tag garviel's IC post to get an entry to both then.

[idkworldruler]

Alright.

[revanisms]

I think I said earlier but might as well put it put there again

but Revan would join the Grey Knights as long as he had a command position in there.

Since I am awesome and fully familiar with WH40k lore, I'm assuming Garv would make himself Supreme Grand Master? If so, Revan would shoot for a Grand Master position.

[greyerrant]

He'll ahve to get garvi to trust him first.

[revanisms]

revan is a charismatic mofo

easy peasy

[wanderingbard]

As a note, Levin will be joining Garvi's endeavors mostly as an observer in a few weeks, whenever his business with learning the stories of the Beastfolk concludes.

Concerning hidden lore, Levin may have heard some things in his retelling of histories, if that is a necessary vehicle for plot advancement.

I also don't mind NPCing battles as a neutral third party if you need someone!