Justicars

Overview
Honor, order, justice. These are the values at the heart of the Arknight order. Created by Azalan after Tehrukan's imposed exile the Arknights are an elite order of warriors who combine the power of Anwar's light with martial prowess honed over decades of training. Dedicated to the protection of the weak an Arknight cadre is dispatched only in the most dire of circumstances or when it is paramount to minimize casualties. Weaving the light into protective barriers, healing the wounded or putting themselves in harms way to protect their kinsmen, the Arknights are popular figures among the common folk. Unfortunately, few individuals can pass the warrior trials of the firstborn and the order, while large, has been stretched extremely thin during the Realmwars. Therefore, when the Arknights march to war it is not at the head of a towering army but at the head of several smaller companies of warriors, each a warmachine in its own right.

Origins
The journey from an Arknight paladin and a justicar is one of compassion. Any Arknight who has mastered all techniques detailed in the Book of Benevolence may undertake the rites of the protector and make their pilgrimage into the world. With nothing but a sword and a horse, the rites of the protector weave around the warrior like a shroud. Food they taste will become to them like grass in their mouths, water they consume will be metallic and nausea inducing. Never will the Arknight thrive without others for only when the food is given unto them with love in the patron's heart will they truly be able to taste it. The warrior will seek out shelter in every village they can find. They will quest and work for each man and woman who might be in need. After two weeks in a given place the rites of the protector will yet again spur the warrior onwards as its curse reactivates. So is it that the wandering paladin will come to understand the world. They will see the good. They will see the evil. They will learn to love their fellow mortals. Or they will die along the way.

Two years after their departure the paladin will return to Parakhan and Our Lady's Church. The rites of Monster-slayer. A people's champion. A friend to all benevolents.

Upon Azalan's return he will anoint the warrior for their deeds and assign them their own delegation of Arknight paladins to lead. A Justicar is born.