The Vigil

The Vigil is an ancient and honorable chivalrous order dating back five centuries, tasked with the upkeep of the  Triumvirate’s   Great Wall . In the ancient times, the Vigil took recruits from all six  Karkovoi  kingdoms, though today it largely only recruits from the remaining three. There are people of other races in the Vigil, as it accepts all potential recruits, but it is largely an unknown society outside of the Karkovoi lands. The tide of recruits from  Puchnya  has slowed to a trickle, and the forest presses ever forth while the sentinels on the wall dwindle. Though it accepts both men and women, there are roughly three times as many men along the wall as there are women.

The vow to the vigil is a vow for life. Unlike other monastic orders, there is no requirement of celibacy, and members are allowed to start families along the wall. Children raised along the wall are a prominent source of recruits, though a life spent along the wall doesn’t appeal to all.

Resources are shared and given out as the Vigil’s Great Council sees fit. Though the  Alvyrnian Empire  does not fund the Vigil, they have been given rights to tax exemption as a religious organization, and thus they are free to do with their resources as they wish. Most of their funding comes from Triumvirate tithes and donations from Puchnya- for helping the Vigil is seen as a holy duty by those who follow the  Triarchy .