The Order of Knowledge was once to home to great libraries and keepers of knowledge. This faction was formed before the Shield of Order and practiced the ancient magic of the previous god of magic. This group was almost entirely destroyed during the Great God war. They fought valiantly during the entire war using their great magics to battle both gods and men. They were the most powerful group of casters to ever come together. There was no spell ever cast they they did not have access to. Months before the birth of the twins of Zaratros it became apparent to them that they would need a way to control Zaratros and the oncoming rage. This rage would be the result of a great tragedy. The Goddess of magic was going to die. It was in these months that the group called every banner and summoned every member. They transported to the forgotten plane and began working on a divine tier spell. This spell is what created the mark of Zaratros. Many members of the faction died but they died happy knowing that they were serving their leader and founder, Elia Martell, the Goddess of Magic and the wife of Zaratros. As the last of her power was drained to Zaratros making him the new god of magic the spell was activated. This placed the first mark of the Shield of Order linking Zaratros to the first members of the Shield of Order. These were the people of his forces in the war as well as the remaining members of the Order of Knowledge. This group was not very influential for a time after this and mainly served to help Zaratros in the event that he would return. They were also the people that helped the gods to trap him in the forgotten plane by getting more and more powerful individuals to join the Shield of Order. Most of the original members gave their lives during the war and many that survived have died of age and other reasons long ago. Many surviving members of this group however were blessed with immortality and are rumored to be alive today. There is but two instances of potential proof to these rumors. The current leader and man responsible for setting the ancient organization up as a sub faction, Kyle. The other is Jinsung Ha the temporary leader until Kyle returned.
The Order of Knowledge is a group simply dedicated to knowledge of all things. Many members of this group are casters that are intent on learning the greatest magics possible and available. This group is also dedicated to finding the magics of ancient times and learning to make use of them. This group however is very selective of their members.
Management of the Mark- Some higher up members of this sub faction can bestow and alter the Mark
Keeper of Knowledge- Members can cast legend lore as a cantrip with instant cast time once or several times per day depending on the rank of the member.
Broadcast of the Mark- Members of this group can contact anyone in the order through the mark.
Legend Casting- Members of this group may have the ability to call upon ancient and forgotten spells
Shared Knowledge- Members of this group can freely share knowledge and wisdom amongst each other over any distance on the same plane
Kyle was a member of the original Order of Knowledge and served under the Goddess of magic herself throughout the war and for a long period of time after. It is a well kept secret that Kyle was tasked by Zaratros to protect Elia at any cost be it even the destruction of the universe. It was even more a well kept secret that Kyle was once the closest friend that Zaratros ever had. This changed with the passing of Elia. Although it is not Kyle's fault Zaratros cannot bring himself to even gaze upon Kyle and refuses to meet with him. When Elia died several gods burst into the room in an attempt to take the children. Enraged Kyle briefly channeled the power of the entire mark of Zaratros and all of Elia's power. He did this in attempts to fight back the gods and save the children. Even with this power there were to many gods for him to combat and he was defeated and greatly injured. The gods took the children and left him to die. It was Kord who finally found the scene and was baffled to see that Kyle had survived. Kord informed Zaratros of what had happened and took Kyle to an unknown place to heal him. Kyle remained there with Kord until around the time of the creation of the Axis of Kord, Nikolai Tempest was placed upon the material plane. It was at this exact point that Kyle was returned to the material plane in hopes that anyone noticing the sudden spike of magical power in the land would assume it to be the birth of an Axis and not the return of the only man to ever beat Zaratros in a fight of magic. It is important to note that Kyle has far from returned to his natural strength as Kord could not release it all into the material plane at once for fear of gods taking notice.