Order of the Half-Sun

The Order of the Half-Sun was dedicated to Canter, the god of the elements, and the monks who belong to the order practised the monastic forms of the stone, the river, the cloud and the half-sun.

The historical home of the order was the Bell Tower in Greystone, and in earlier times they were honoured advisors to the royal family of that city-state. They were sidelined when the Church of the Shroud installed the Rickheart dynasty as the puppet rulers of Greystone, but for many years maintained an uneasy neutrality in their dealings with the Shroud, until the purge began in Greystone and the order was criminalised.

The Bell Tower was destroyed and many of the monks were slain, although a few managaed to flee the city. The surviving monks were scattered widely across the world. Several have settled in and around Sanctuary and have been trying to re-establish the order at new premises in the town.

Apart from practising traditional methods of self-defense, the monks of the Half-Sun were collectors and guardians of ancient lore, and placed great value in all forms of knowledge and learning.