The Royal Era

King Jeremiah Royal and the Knight Kings
Jeremiah Royal is a member of the Royal family from ancient history. Most notably, he is the creator of The Knight Kings, a group that started off as the guard of house Royal but split into their own self-contained order after the events with Demon King Davis.

The Knight Kings are most well known for how they are organized. There are three subsections within their order all denoted by circlets or crowns; 98 copper circlets, one silver crown, and one golden crown.

Members of the Knight Kings are chosen by a system of duels. Anyone can challenge a copper circlet to a duel, and whoever wins said duel will receive the copper circlet and a place within the knight kings. Only those who wear a copper circlet may challenge the silver crown, and only the silver crown member may challenge the golden crown.

When a new golden crown is chosen, that member picks their own new silver crown.

Queen Lida Royal
Queen Lida was the once ruler of the Golden Country when it was seen as more unified. She ruled after King Jeremiah and his Knight Kings, but still far in the past; about 700 years before the Dungeon Era campaign. Later into her life she simply disappeared leaving her eldest son Jacob Royal in her place, but she did many important and incredibly influential things in her lifetime before then.

Most notably, Queen Lida founded both the Library of Queen Lida in the Capital City, and The Order of the Black Rose. The Library, specifically, is something she is remembered for. Queen Lida was made ruler because of her ambition in knowledge and information, and the Library of Queen Lida embodies that. It is a gathering of knowledge from all over the Golden Country, though most of its contents are not available to the public.

The Order of the Black Rose, however, is much more secretive. They were founded by Queen Lida and reside within House Capricorn’s lands. They have since been working relatively quietly to avoid the attention of The Order of the Endless Dawn. The Black Rose are an order of knights that work on behalf of scholars both within and without the Library of Queen Lida to find and obtain sensitive information, or even evil relics.

What the scholars do with the information, and likely also the fact that the Black Rose works for them are a closely guarded secret. This is especially true because the scholars working with the Library of Queen Lida control the annals of history, and if they are corrupt then there will be direct consequences.

They have similar goals to the Order of the Endless Dawn, but still come into direct opposition. While the Dawn is about destruction of evil and its influences, the Black Rose’s goals are about understanding and using such information.

To become a member of the Black Rose, one must already be strong enough to be worthy. The Black Rose is not an order that will train new recruits into better members. This fact also directly contradicts the Dawn, who accept anyone who wishes to join their ranks.

Good King Davis Royal
Good King Davis was the last ruling member of house Royal. He was beloved by many for his incredible diplomatic skills and his ability to maintain peace. As he reached the end of his life, however, he began to fear death and what would happen to his kingdom in his absence.

Because of this, King Davis began to employ demonic rituals and powers to extend his life beyond his time. This, however, affected him negatively, transforming him to a tyrannical dictator. Very quickly the “Good” was dropped from his title and he became known as the Demon King Davis.

Out of this tragedy arose the Order of the Endless Dawn, an order of knights formed to combat Demon King Davis and his demonic armies to reclaim the land and restore peace. They succeeded in their efforts, and were gifted the land that the Royal family had once lived on in return for their valiant efforts. That land became known as Knight’s Tax.

Since the fall of Demon King Davis, the Dawn has developed more into a force of general good and law. They maintain their original purpose of destroying demons and evil and its influences; however, they are no longer just an order of knights. Those who wish to join their ranks but are unable to fight are accepted and sent to work as clerics or in soup kitchens to feed those who cannot feed themselves.

Generally, the Dawn does the work of Adelaide and Bryenna, but worship of these gods are not required to be a member of the Dawn.

This, however, does not exempt them from becoming careless in recent years. Around the time of the Dungeon Era, the Dawn has become sloppy. The people of the Golden Country who had once looked to the Order of the Endless Dawn for rule and protection in place of the Royals now began to grow tired of them. In fact, many are looking for new rule, and turn to the Knight Kings who were once the Royal’s guard when house Royal was more beloved.