King's Patrol

The King's Patrol is a system of armed knights that patrols certain areas of the kingdom in order to keep it safe and to act as an exertion of the king's hand.

The dress of the King's Patrol can range from a simple iron cuirass with armor protecting the arms and legs to full on steel armor. They always have weapons: swords of all types and some with bows, sometimes even crossbows. They can travel in bands from 2-15 guards at once.

However, all knights wear the Black King's sigil, a black bordeau wolf dog whether it's on their capes or breastplate.

The patrol ranges all over the northern continent, sometimes they reach down past the Throat into Broadreach. Recently, however, the king has started to push his patrol and power as far down south as Antioch, inciting some historical bitterness and anger from the southerners. The patrol has headquarters set up in the colonies, towns centering around Sidon, and Statton. The King's Patrol does not travel past the Maschev Colonies or Brokehelm Mountain. As a majority, they tend to stay in the North Eastern region, close to Sidon.

Their original duty still persists: protect the people from those who mean to do them harm such as murderers, rapists, pirates, bandits, slavers, thieves, and the like; however, as of late, their job has started to consist of helping collect taxes, acting as the King's arm and being the ones who decide the law and punishment, and making sure people are staying loyal to their king. This change in duty has started to cause unrest and unease in the rest of the kingdom.

While, the King's Patrol would pay no mind to an average looking citizen, if someone even looked the least bit threatening and they were in a mood, it's most likely that you should run if you don't want to be subject to the law of the patrol. It's not uncommon to hear of a regular citizen getting hanged because he "stole some gold" or "pulled out his sword on a guard."

Despite this stigma (while it is true to a degree), there are plenty of knights who believe in the cause and do their best to protect the people of Bahlmorea, however, many of them are blind or unaware of the Black King's darkness.