They aggressively established and laid claim to trade routes and mining resources within and around their borders. While much of the Knights' focus was on military power, they also attended to matters of their nation's economy with similar ruthless efficiency. More indirectly, they exerted influence and drew concern as far as the eastern Heartlands and the Vast. They were an ever-present menace to their neighbors, especially Damara to the east and the Moonsea to the south, but also the giant kingdom of Kultaakarr to the north as well as The Ride and the rest of the Moonsea North to the west. Within their own domain, this meant a great deal of jockeying for prestige and undermining rivals, while abroad, it often involved a combination of subtle manipulation of proxies and overt displays of raw brutality. As both a faction and as individuals, Warlock Knights were focused on accruing power. Activities Īs rulers, the Warlock Knights were brutal taskmasters who had forced the Vaasan people into serfdom and slavery, conscripted them into their armies, and reserved the right to execute them if they resisted. Some Knights were known to have red eyes as a byproduct of this pact. The Knights' connection to Telos and to each other was solidified with a simple ceremony known as the Pact of the Iron Ring, and violations of their oaths could result in a fatal curse. When a Knight wielded Telos' power, it manifested as radiant and searing light and was often themed around meteors or shooting stars. The secret to their power, as their name implies, was from forming a kind of star pact with the comatose primordial Telos, although this was more akin to siphoning its essence rather than making a deal with it. Warlock Knights were expected to be skilled warriors first and foremost, but all were also required to have some aptitude for arcane magic. The Knights took these oaths very seriously, and stressed that they held those in positions of greater power equally as accountable to a deal as those with less power. Their political structure, as well as their deals with foreign merchants and politicians, often involved two or more parties swearing magically binding oaths, which were upheld not out of honor but out of fear of the repercussions of breaking the oath. At the top of this political and martial hierarchy, the Knights were ruled by the Ironfell Council, who in turn served the Voice of Telos. The Warlock Knights were a sworn order of knights in service to their own feudal state in Vaasa, of which they were both the lords and the elite military force.
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