The Official Roll of the Praiseworthy Peerages of the Church of Westrun and All Erenth

Paladins in Erenth serve the Church and are bound to a specific Prefect when they are first knighted. But after demonstrating faithful service, they may also be invited to join a Peerage, and having been released by their Prefect to do so, must swear a new oath to that brotherhood.

Once that oath is sworn, the Paladin's loyalty is to his Peerage. This loyalty will transcend his previous commitments to Church and crown, house and spouse. The only things he holds above that loyalty is his personal commitment to piety and the precepts of Law and Goodness.

After joining a peerage, in addition to the regular tithe that the Paladin pays the Church, he also tithes to his order.

Under Canon Law, there are never more than 12 paladin members of any of these mysterious orders and each of them may have a cleric chaplain pledged to it, as well. When you consider that each paladin usually has a squire or page, who is also sworn to that organization, this fixes their maximum number at 25 members.

• Peers of Brede,
  commonly called The Judges Guild
  
• Order of Penitent Knights of Poverty,
  commonly called The Oxmen
  
• Noble and Seeking Peers of Randolus,
  commonly called The Seekers
  
• Order of Watchmen and Guards Upon the Marches,
  commonly called The Guardians
  
• Holy Order of the Sword and Rose,
  commonly called The Ruskin
  
• Order of the Dawn,
  commonly called The Greenmen
  
• Pious and Impoverished Sons of Charity,
  commonly called The Protectors
  
• Sworn Brothers of the Canon,
  commonly called The Brown Brothers
  
• Avenging Knights of the Inscribed Hearts,
  commonly called The Red Avengers
• Holy Order of the White Dove,
  not yet known commonly by another name.

Noble and Seeking Peers of Randolus

The chapel of this peerage is in Menea in the kingdom of the same name.

The Peers of Randolus, or Seekers, is a group of Paladins expressly formed to help commoners. They find people and things thought forgotten and are known for giving hope to those too poor to hire their own men at arms.

Randolus was a questing knight who responded to requests for help from those afflicted by rampaging dragons, marauding hordes and restless spirits. He never returned from his last quest for the fabled Holy Avenger. The Peers are founded in his memory and they number only eleven, keeping one seat open for his return and reserving the Captaincy of the Peerage for him. In his absence, the Steward Exemplar is the head of his brethren.

The symbol of the Peerage is of four gold lions on blue field.