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Ordo Chronicorum Curiae

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Ordo Chronicorum Curiae

Founded: 23 IR
Continent: All
Realm: Eard
Precept: Cyrielle Tiitus Tiryaki

Pronunciation

or-DOE lek-TOR-um TEN-en-DORE-um-kway EYE-ev-ee


The Ordo Chronicorum Curiae is an order of scholars that has spread chapters and libraries throughout Eard. They are commonly called the Chroniclers, and the Old Imperial words mean the "chroniclers of wisdom." Its current precept is Cyrielle Tiitus Tiryaki.

They collect information of all types. In very specific and controlled circumstances, they will answer questions of people who come to them, however, their oath (see below) limits what they can say.

They are a natural home for mages of all types. Because of their concentration of magic power, few attack or challenge their chapters or members.

The order was founded in 23 IR by a collection of Nordmannic and Old Imperial scholars and mages.

At the insistence of Bestla, a powerful moiramancer, they dedicated themselves from the beginning to Wyrd, the Nordmannic goddess of fate. Their oath is structured to ensure they do not change fate, nor allow it to be changed.

According to the order, she declared at its founding, "Chroniclers we are, and chroniclers we shall be, and woe betide Eard should we stray from that path."

In 846 IR, two brothers, Rabah Muniotz and Jaime Muniotz entered a chapter of the Chroniclers in Euskalerria. However, in 849 IR, they broke their oath by defending a local village from Amaranthine raiders. Rather than simply dismissing them from the order, the precept of the time, Brigit Gwenhwyfar, instructed them to find a new oath that would serve Wyrd in a new way. Their efforts resulted in the Order of the Fortress of Rabah.

 

The Chronicler's Oath

By this oath I join the Ordo Chronicorum Curiae. To Wyrd I shall be true and faithful, and love all which she loves and shun all which she shuns, according to that which I read and keep and the order of the world. I renounce all other oaths that I may leave the world to unfold as she wishes. Nor will I ever with will or action, through word or deed, do anything which might harm her warp and weft. Thus swear I.

The oath itself, as can be seen, is actually fairly straightforward. However, mages insist that there is a magic in that oath that shapes and is shaped by the fate surrounding the order. The key phrase is apparently: "do anything which might harm her warp and weft." To fulfill that, a person must fully understand what Wyrd's warp and weft truly are.

Whatever the magic might be, the net result of this oath is to force Chroniclers to provide only that information they are sure will "keep the order of the world."

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