The Xaverion Order

The Xaverion order was formed when the peace treaty of the nation of Islands was signed on Amberday in the cycle of Qastaii on the season of Thoron in the year 9. From that day the nation of island officially called themselves the Xaverion Islands.

The Xaverion Order was there to create law and order for the islands to uphold the peace as was written down in the first draft of the peace treaty. For this reason they formed a senate, court of justice and a knighthood.

The Xaverion Senate

The Xaverion senate are the people who write, discuss and pass down laws. These laws would be upheld on every island of the Xaverion Islands. Every ten years a committee would be formed who would reevaluate the number of seats there are in the Senate. Typically each Island would have one or more seats depending on various factors such as the population of the island, the natural resources of the island or lack thereof and the general influence the island has on the Xaverion Islands as a whole. There would also be a number of seats to represent the New Faiths in the Senate. When the number of seats have been reevaluated and something has changed it is up to the members of the senate to discuss who has to leave or who will be brought forward for the extra seat. When one of the islands get an extra seat they can nominate a number of people from their island for the seat and the senate will then vote who gets the seat.

When unpopular changes in laws pass the senate it is not uncommon for tension to build. Sometimes it’s peaceful demonstrations, other times it might escalate to a riot. There have also been times where the Senator(s) who have suggested the change or the new law were attacked or even killed. Senators therefore are protected by the 1st Knights, an elite group of Knights of the Xaverion order especially tasked with the protection of the senate.

Hierarchy

The hierarchy is rather simple, each town has a mayor. The mayor can either be elected by the people of the town or appointed by the noble who governs the lands the town is part of. Sometimes a noble still lets the people of the town choose a mayor. If a race has no nobility this governor will also have been elected. The mayors of towns answer to the governor and the governors answer to the person who leads the island. Typically the person leading the island has a seat on the senate.

The Xaverion Court

The Xaverion court is where justice is spoken, where a person accused of something has to go through a trial where his or her guilt or innocence is proven. A trial will always be led by a judge. Judges are chosen by the Senate and it’s not uncommon that they are specialized in a specific section of the law.

When someone is accused of something he or she will be assigned a judge, a defender and an accuser. Depending on who the accused is they may or may not pick their own defenders and in some rare cases even the judge. In the same fashion accusers may request to be on a certain case, but it would depend on their own status and good standing with the judge if this is permitted.

Both the defenders and the accusers can then present their case to the judge. They can use whatever they want to make their case like evidence, witnesses, demonstrations and sometimes even other cases. It is not uncommon in cases to use magic to try and make a point. This is also why there are always magic experts assigned to a case who have to make sure nothing is tempered with. The judge will then decide whether the accused is guilty or innocent and the judge will also decide what punishment or in some cases compensation will be met.

The Xaverion Knighthood

The Xaverion knighthood are the knights tasked with the protection of the citizens of the Xaverion islands and upholding the law. The knights can be found all over the islands, they have outposts on all islands where people can go to if they want to enlist or to report a crime. Typically there will be an outpost in every medium or larger sized city. Only small villages and settlements might not have actual outposts. Many of the outposts serve as local prisons as well. It’s not uncommon to have one or several members of the Xaverion Court to be stationed at an outpost. Small thievery and other small conflicts will generally be handled at the outposts.

When someone enlists to join the Xaverion Knights they will first go through intense training and then be sorted with what the recruit wants and can specialize in. The knighthood does only train knights for melee combat with either sword and shield, dual wielding swords, two handed sword or spear and ranged combat with bows.

Only the best knights will actually be assigned a combat heavy task. Many other recruits will roll into a more supportive role like scouts, sometimes medics and investigators. Xaverion investigators technically fall under the Xaverion Knighthood. These are the people specialized in solving crimes and catching the ones responsible. A crime fighting unit typically exists of an investigator, a scout, possibly a medic and several Knights. In many cities these are the most common units of Knights you can come across. In regions where there is conflict or even open war you will typically find more combat heavy units who’s primary task is to protect those who can’t defend themselves and drive the enemy away. The Knighthood is the law enforcement of the Xaverion Islands.

A lot less commonly known are the special units who are specifically trained to go undercover, or deep in enemy territory for retcon missions, infiltration, sabotage or covert rescue missions. It is sometimes hard to see this because the Xaverion Knights are seen as real honorable fighters and therefore stealth and such isn’t what you’d typically expect to see when you think of a Xaverion knight.