The Honorable Guard invites Wraithvine to meet others within the Order and invites them to their headquarters so they can see for hirself who they are.
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The Honourable Guard did as was expected. They offered the hand of mercy wherever they went. They took in the lost, the abandoned, and the forsaken. They took oaths of justice, and more alarming, kept them.
It should be no surprise that there were a lot of Tieflings in their number. Tieflings, half-breds, and the occasional monster race. All training as equals. All working together as allies. Peoples from the deep-downs walking together with those who feared the dark. Creatures made of light or fire working together with those who had to wear protection against the sun.
Their nearest stronghold used to be a castle. The surrounding lands are farms, and they are prosperous. Those farmers chose to be there. Sometimes, they are old Honour Guards. Others are fosterlings who felt themselves best suited to supporting the Guard.
Not all stay with the Guard. A merry few are taught a trade appropriate to their gifts and desires, and then sent out with a good start.
The schoolrooms are light and friendly, and taught by people who care about teaching.
The accommodations are minimalistic, but comfortable. Every need is seen to. Those shorn of family become a family here.
The old soldiers are called Grandparents, and they dote on the little ones taken into the Guards arms.
Kobolds and Gnomes scurry together with Dwarfs and Goblins. Playing games of tag with Tieflings and Aasimar. The halls are full of laughter and light. Nobody goes hungry. Nobody cries without comfort.
The cellars are only ever used for storage.
Wraithvine was impressed, and even let hir Kobold charge loose to play with the others.
"I admit," ze said, "the burning palace was a very bad first impression. I have been alive for eons and I still make mistakes. This... this is what I want the world to be when I am done."
From Wraithvine, this was the highest compliment.
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