The Spacepiress of Chaos
ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION
Organization Type
Military Order
Leader
Inperantike
Governing Body
The Seven Flames
Headquarters
Dimea
Structure
Military Hierarchy
ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW
The Order of the Seven Flames is a Military Order with a unique focus on the promulgation of law. They are interested less in the social goodness and charity seen in other such Orders (though are not completely against providing aid to those in need); but rather in the foundation and stringent maintenance of order at all costs. In their iron-handed exaction of law - specifically, the laws of the Commenor Systems Alliance - Knights of the Order emulate the organized and effective armies of Clones once fielded by the Old Republic at the height of the Clone Wars. They are not concerned with morality or methods, only results. In their view, if people can not be trusted to obey the law out of their own senses of civility and social righteousness, Knights of the Order provide the need to obey out of fear of a master's stern hand.
THE SEVEN ORDERS
Every being plays a distinct and crucial role in the social fabric of every society - as a chain is only as strong as its weakest link - a society is only as strong as its weakest members. Thus, anyone who would renege from their social duty and seek to escape or take advantage of their social bond, must be hunted down and chastised severely. Prisoners, slaves and servants are bound by this steely credo - but the chain binds both ways: masters, slave owners, ship captains and merchants who exploit or waste their people risk the wrath of the order as well.
Those members of the Order of the Chain are known as the premier manhunters of the Order of the Seven Flames - counting among their ranks some of the greatest Hellknight Bounty Hunters and Jailers - thus they rarely execute those they capture, preferring to return slaves to their masters, selling others into slavery or imprisoning them in their fortress.
Punishment is a response to the failure of the law - thus true order can be achieved only when criminal behavior is quelled before it is committed - preferably before it is even considered. Though they do not seek to convince every free-willed being of a lawful society's virtues - rather believing that a stronger force beyond simple rhetoric must be used to prevent the sickness of criminal impulse. To this end they employ a unique means of force not often seen throughout the galaxy.
The Order of the Gate is so named after this technique - as often their members appear on worlds as if they had used some ancient infinity gate - though it is through the use of drop pods that they appear upon unsuspecting worlds. They believe that swift and decisive action is required to quell the criminal sickness on any world - which is achieved via their preferred means of deploying their forces.
Seven stern, armored paragons, the deities of this pantheon known collectively as 'The Godclaw' - those Hellknights of this order follow a sculpted doctrine of the harshest, most exacting philosophies to stamp out disorder; particularly those embodiments and beings of absolute chaos, with religious zeal. Rather than targeting the faiths of prominent religions, they set their eyes upon supporting lawful crusades and being at the vanguard of battles against the forces of chaos. They believe that no land is beyond the lawfulness provided by the Hellknights.
While other Order enforce their visions of law out of duty and necessity - the Godclaw does so out of religious zealotry and a clear belief that the Galaxy must learn the righteous path through force.
The leader of the Order of the Godclaw - known as the Paralictor - also serves as the religious figurehead for the religion that many members of the Godclaw follow.
Civilization is under siege. Beyond the bulwarks of planets and the borders of interplanetary governments lies an endless expanse of wilderness populated by those who all too often shun the rules of settled, lawful societies and follow their own calling. These beings enviously prey upon the children of the law, seeking to drag civilization into a regressive mire of barbarity.
The Order of the Nail makes it their duty to answer barbarity with barbarity - seeking to quell "savage" practices and bringing their ideal of civilization to the inhabitants of the wild frontier. Of all the doctrines held by the Order of the Seven Flames - it is the doctrine that "Savagery must be quelled , in the land, home and mind" - that those of the Order of the Nail hold fast to the firmest.
Of all the Orders - it is the Order of the Pyre - that most strictly adheres to the promulgation of the law and it is they whom brought about the doctrine that "Reason's flame consumes the shadow of corruption". They are those who seek out what they considered fanatical and blasphemous elements within society - both within and beyond. Whether unhealthy beliefs take root in the mind of religious fanatics, practitioners of strange Force beliefs, or students of radical philosophies - they seek to stamp out all outlandish convictions.
This has earned them a reputation as cultist hunters who are intolerant of Religion and beliefs - yet they also seek to thwart philosophical revolutions and the insidious spread of dangerous ways of thinking. The Order uses the beliefs and mores of a Humanocentric society as the standard of acceptable beliefs; however the order views whatever does not mesh with this thinking or does not have an existing role in society as dangerous - for to the Hellknights of the Pyre - they are the law. And they serve as the primary military force of the Order of the Seven Flames.
Holding a reputation for raiding the homes of those that speak out against the status quo - as well as breaking up groups of malcontents before they become guilds, unions, or revolutionaries - they are the enemies of foreign ideals and innovations. This though is not because they lack merit - rather - it is because the Order of the Rack views them as detracting from what they believe are traditional humanocentric values. They view Art and Technology as wasteful or dangerous - even more so when they meet in unison.
None can say how many valuable historical relics or thousands of pages of unique stories, songs and philosophies of alien origin they have destroyed for being viewed as a threat to human high culture.
With anonymity and no consequences, every being becomes a criminal - and it is these lawless tendencies within every beings heart that must be curbed through ever-present watchfulness and brutal reminders that no crime shall go unpunished. Its members hunt for political manipulations and abuses of power, but their efforts also include an endless war against organized crime. At the fringes of the influence of the Order of the Seven Flames - the Order of the Scourge may hunt gangs of burglars or cutpurses - though at its heart these Hellknights wage an endless crusade against faceless guilds of thieves, sprawling criminal organizations and nobles whom crime has become a family business.
SIGNIFER CORPS
The Signifer Corps are an internal formation within the Order of the Seven Flames whose members are all force Sensitive - however - they are not trained in a singular aspect of the Force. Rather they are focused on the collection of knowledge of the Force - both the Ashla and Bogan - as well as knowledge of various other force sects and practices. They're meant to be more like the Imperial Knights of old - in that they seek a balance between the two sides of the Force and often their members know a mixture of Force Powers that are considered to be Dark Side Powers or Light Side Powers. Some may lean more towards the Dark Side and others more towards the Light Side - though they are unified in their promulgation of the law and are bound to the Order by its Doctrines.
Members of the Signifer Corps may serve in any Order within the Order of the Seven Flames that they desire - as their skills and capabilities are just as varied as the Orders themselves. As they are more akin in terms to the Imperial Knights than any other Force group, there is no individual with a role akin to the Jedi Grand Master or the Dark Lord of the Sith - this is due to the de facto leader of the Signifer Corps being the Inperantike themselves as head of the Order. Otherwise a Signifer's direct superior is any individual with a rank higher than their own.
PHILOSOPHY / DOCTRINE
Regardless of their severity, the Order of the Seven Flames is not an inherently evil group; they are wholly unconcerned with morality, as even they know that one can not legislate morals. While there are those members that can be seen as 'evil' - particularly among the upper echelon - the majority of the Order are impartial arbiters and enforcers of order and justice. Much like their Jedi counter-parts, members of the Order of the Seven Flames are taught to replace emotions with steely discipline, and are not interested in methods: only the end results matter.
With anonymity and no consequences, every individual becomes a criminal. The Order of the Seven Flames combat the lawless tendencies within individuals hearts through ever-present watchfulness and reminders that no crime goes unpunished. Employing a vast network of informants, and paying out bounties for substantiated accusations, they publicly mete out grim punishments that fit the crime committed. They are resolved to the cause of Law and Order.
Above all else their primary focus is the defense of those members worlds residing within the territories of the Commenor Systems Alliance. The Order of the Seven Flames; though brutal in some of their means when it comes to the application of Law, are still light handed when it comes to those in need. They are just as likely to aid in the resettling of refugees as they are to imprisoning those that would take advantage and commit crimes against those same refugees.
The Order of the Seven Flames would likewise meet any brutality and savagery mete out upon those of the Commenor Systems Alliance in kind. For while members of their order stand against such acts; they are not adverse to utilizing them against those that first enacted such terror upon others...
Training for the Order is intended to hone their minds and bodies. They are taught to resist the mental intrusions of Force Users to better steel themselves against such opponents. Likewise to hone their bodies, they are pitted against one another, or against such creations as war droids; or even a juvenile gundark in some instances (or other such dangerous creatures). They are versed on the laws and customs of the worlds within the Commenor Systems Alliance, as well as the laws of those very institutions of Government.
Though the Order is heavily humanocentric in many of its views or focuses on what many would consider 'Human High Culture' - they are accepting of individuals from many species across the galaxy - provided that they adhere to the doctrines and tenants of the Order; and above all else put the promulgation of the law before all other things.
TENANTS OF THE ORDER
All beings lift themselves up upon the backs of others...
Judgement in the face of depravity...
Righteousness by obedience...
Savagery must be quelled, in the land, home, and mind...
Reason's flame consumes the shadow of corruption...
The venoms of the mind poison the body...
Without culpability chaos reigns...
There is no Chaos, only Order...
Act without hesitation for the good of all...
THE SEVEN FLAMES
The Governing Body of the Order of the Seven Flames
It consists of the heads of each specific order within the overall structure of military organization - specifically three Master of Blades, Three Mistress of Blades and the Paravicar. This organization meets with the Inperantike and advises the leader of the Order of the Seven Flames on the day to day operations of the organization as well as discussing strategy and politics of upcoming campaigns and missions. They are some of the most accomplished individuals within the Order and from their ranks is often chosen the next Inperantike to lead the Order of the Seven Flames.
ORGANIZATIONAL HIERARCHY
The Head of the Order
The current Inperantike is known as 'The Whispering Tyrant'
The Field Marshals of the Order
Each holds leadership over a specific internal Order
There are 3 Mistress and 3 Master of Blades
The Religious Marshal of the Godclaw
The core rank and file members of the Knights and Signifers respectively
Knights or Signifers in Training
TL;DR
The Order of the Seven Flames is the culmination of a multitude of individual ideas that have evolved over time. The short answer is that they are Hellknights in space - though using the force, lasers and some 'archaic' weapons - rather than utilizing magic.
The Long answer is that they are the culmination of an idea that began years ago with the creation of the Knights of Kal'Shebbol - a similar military order focused on policing and fighting force sects - which had in turn evolved or inspired additional iterations that came before the Order of the Seven Flames.
This idea itself is more focused on the aspect of bringing Law and Order to an other wise Chaotic Galaxy - and thus it seeks to distance itself from similar Force Orders that are currently active - as it provides a place for both Non-Force Users as well as Force Users (albeit with a focus more akin to the Imperial Knights than a focus on the light or dark side of the force).
In other words
WE ARE THE LAW!
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