- Abbess Wednesday CLX of the Kelron Priory
“We have a saying, ‘Never trust a Witch.’ It’s been good advice.”
- Master Mic-ahn Amej of the Star Knights
The Aquarian Order are a mysterious group. They do rarely reveal their goals and motivations and never come out and say what their plans are. They also actively spread disinformation about the nature of the order. With a large galaxy of trillions of inhabitants, rumors and stories spread.
Myth 2, The Order is the Female Version of the Knights: Also common and also very far from the truth. The average galactic citizen is likely to have heard of the knights, and even a few may have seen one. When they learn about the Sisterhood they naturally assume that they are part of their Order. Many female Knights find this a little insulting. Both are esoteric orders with their roots in ancient times and both wield strange powers. Knights and Sisters are concerned with the safety and well-being of humanity, but their methods are often very different.
Myth 3, The Sisters like/hate the Knights: Those that do know the difference assume there is some sort of accord or rivalry between the two groups. The truth, like most things, is much more complicated. The Knights and the Sisters can share goals on one mission and be at odds on others.
Myth 4, The Sisters practice Magic: Another common myth is that the mystical power of the Sisters are magic. Again the truth is more complicated. The powers the Sisters have are fantastic but they come from training their minds and their connection to the Gestalt.
Myth 5, Failed Candidates are Lobotomized: One of the more distrusting rumors spread about the Order is that those that take the Test but fail are somehow lobotomized. Either via the process or by the Sisters themselves. This is also not true but based in the reality that the vast majority of the galaxy does not know about the Tests and what happens after the test. In reality failed candidates go back to their lives, but are sworn never to talk about it.
Myth 6, The Order takes Girls from their Families: This one is partially true. The Order searches the galaxy for potentials. Girls that show psychic potential are taken back to the Order’s homeworld of Gaia. Here the girls are trained, but they are not completely cut off from their former lives. Once they become full Sisters many are too busy with their own duties. There is also reality that these girls spend their formative years among the Sisterhood and they do view them as their new family.
Myth 7, There is more than one Sisterhood: This one is also true, but not in the way most people think. The vast majority of people in the galaxy do not realize that all the Orders of the Sisterhood are part of the same Order. The truth, only known to very, very few is there a splinter group known as the Capricorn Order that Sisterhood does not want anyone to know about.
More answers when Sisters of the Aquarian Order is released.
4 comments:
One thing I've been thinking about since you first wrote about this class was that White Box is always supposed to have everyone having d6 hit dice. I hope that you've dropped the d4 hit dice thing.
It's true that you learn something new every day. I have never heard of this order until now.
Kate Larkindale: You wouldn't have, because it is fictional. It is created by Tim as something to use in roleplaying games (and possibly fiction). There are no such things as Star Knights, either, outside of a fictional context.
But but if they are not real how can there be rumors about them?? ;)
Thanks!
Kate, this is for my new book coming out next month.
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