Orders of Tarus¶
The five orders of Tarus, god of battle and survival. Unlike the cooperative orders of other gods, "the orders of Tarus operate completely independently from one another to the point of only vaguely recognizing each others authority or association to Tarus. They act as separate sects of the same religion" (S430). Two of the five keep their very existence secret. The faith's colours are red and brown, black and ivory; its sigils the bull, the bull skull, the wolf and horns (S430).
Order of the Crimson Sand¶
The arena-keepers. "They operate shrines and temples across the lands. These temples and shrines are home to fighting arenas where various contests and training take place. In some cases the temples are attached to full gladiatorial arenas" (S430). The order "often travels, especially to conflict zones, to provide training and assistance. Where there is no conflict they bring gladiatorial games and fight clubs." Its banner is black above and red below, with an ivory bull skull in the middle (S430).
Order of Black Blood¶
A mercenary order whose creed is "wealth is strength". It "is also largely monastic and provides services for hire. They prefer to be constantly engaged, and are considered very honourable opponents. No amount of money will have them perform dishonourably" (S430).
Secret Order of Burning Horns¶
The one order the source counts lawful evil. Its members "work to undermine the weak to build strength. They normally keep their identity a secret in order to affect the changes they are working toward. Their methods include infiltration, sabotage and misdirection whose end result is conflict" (S430).
Order of the Red Wolf¶
The Red Wolves "bring civilization to the frontiers". They "often keep garrisons on frontier towns to battle bandits, raiders and wild beasts" and "have shrines scattered throughout villages and towns on the frontiers" (S430).
Secret Order of the Cardinal Staff¶
Guardians of "civilization from agents of chaos and death". The order "is generally monastic, while their agents travel the world, searching out and destroying agents of chaos and death". In public they hide what they are "by posing as magical warriors (battle mages or warriors)" (S430).
Gap
The 2014 note gives no leaders, seats, sizes or histories for the orders and does not place them in any Age or land. How the two secret orders relate to the open ones is not said.