The Shield of Order is the largest and most powerful group of all of the factions. The leader is Unknown since the Great God War. This is the group that most our adventurers have found their way into. The Shield of Order was founded during the First Great God war as a way to rally the army of Zaratros as well as seal his power upon the death of his wife Elia Martell. The thing that binds this group and makes it the most connected is the mark of Zaratros. The mark of Zaratros was first created by a God tier spell that was capable of attaching to and altering the souls of mortals and gods alike. This spell was developed and cast by the Order of Knowledge under the instruction of their leader the late Elia Martell and Kyle. There is no creature or being that cannot be affected by the mark once they have accepted it. This mark can be channeled and as a result release more power than any other known spell or ability from God or man. As a result, those that channel the mark are left with eternal life unless killed. Another result is temporarily having a power unrivaled even amongst the gods and those from before.
The Shield of Order is split into several sub-factions that can even be equivalent in size to an individual faction. Each sub-faction has specialized abilities and individual leadership. This makes the sub-factions very different and very unique.
Leader of minimum black five.
Being able as a whole to defeat an appointed person by The Consul.
Not have any outstanding charges.
Not be under the influence of any God or being.
1,000,000 Gold.
A castle and or fortress to act as the sub-faction headquarters.
Leader a God.
Being able to as a whole defeat an appointed Consul member.
One ounce of Primordial Iron.
A pocket dimension on the material plane capable of hosting ones sub-faction.
A fortress on another plane as well as domain there.
At least one Axis of power on the material plane at all times to help manage in their absence.
Possibly one of the oldest beings in all of known reality, Zaratros was the founder and undisputed leader of The Shield of Order. He is the founder of the Fourth Great God Council. Zaratros is also a close friend of Tepesh. He is a longtime ally and friend of the Gods Bahamut, Tiamat, and Kord. He is an ancient God of Heroes and Righteousness. This made him one of the most powerful Gods of Purity. Long ago he fell in love with the Goddess of Magic and broke the Covenant of the Gods by marrying and having children. The Goddess died in childbirth. The breaking of the God Covenant lead to the Great God War. During this war Zaratros channeled the power of his fallen love in the only known use of an upcast God tier spell creating the Mark of Zaratros. This mark bound Gods and Men alike and led the Order through the war. As the war raged on Zaratros fell into a great depression over the loss of his wife and many say that without the mark binding him to the Shield of Order he would have consumed all of existence. It was at this point the Gods unanimously decided to seal the raging Zaratros away on a forgotten plane. It was here that after millions of years (due to time passing differently on his plane) Zaratros mastered cloning and eventually after a vast expanse of time Zaratros regained his sanity. He then began to use the power he consumed to cultivate this plane and create an Immortal Kingdom. As the power was used it slowly cycled back into the rest of existence. One way his power was returned to the real world was in the form of his clones starting with Bartholomew Zaratros.