The flag of the Order of the Black Rose
The Order of the Black Rose is a secret, ancient group of people who have been working in the shadows ever since the Chaos War. Their goal is to strengthen their own power base by making kingdoms rise and fall whenever it suits them. They are thus working for various factions, and few even know they exist. Their plans are hard to figure out, because they can work in both heroic and villainous ways. The current leader of the Order is Duke Koschei Dravaris.
History
The first recorded appearance of the Order of the Black Rose dates back to the Chaos War where the members seemingly supported Mardük's cause for their own ends. When Mardük was defeated, the Order faded from public view and began working in the background. They did not make any public appearances although they seemed to play different factions against one another during the Cardian War and Arawn Losstarot War among other things.
The Order reappeared in the world scene a few millennia later when Antigonus de Ardyn, a particularly ambitious leader of the Order, intervened in the matters of Libaterra and escalated the conflict into the Libaterran Civil War. They also began seeking the Dragon Diamond and hoped to use its powers to release a powerful dragon named Frazzn'korth and make the beast their slave.
Most members of the Order were decimated in the year 983 AE by the rogue demon Omaroch d'Zarnagon. Antigonus died too, and his brother Belial de Ardyn became the new leader of the Order. The surviving operatives began rebuilding the Order but also paid close attention to politics around them. Belial even hired Glaurung Losstarot and her band of mercenaries to raid camps in the Khitan Khanate in the year 1003 AE in order to use the ensuing chaos to erase records of the Order's existence from the archives of SAVAGE in Maar Sul City.
Armor and Emblems
The flag of the Order has a black rose on a field of white. The colour scheme symbolizes the delicate balance of the world and how the Order is there to maintain it. The rose signifies that the Order can be both beneficial (a rose is beautiful) and dangerous (a rose has thorns) at the same time.
The clothing of the members of the Order varies because they do not want to draw too much attention to their members. The only thing that shows if someone is a member of the Order is that such a person carries the mark of the Black Rose somewhere, whether in clothing, tattoos or weapons.
Notable members
- House of Ardyn
- Koschei Dravaris
- Sylus (former member)
Vessels
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