*Apparently the fortunes of the Sunite paladin, Caling are on the up again. She is touring taprooms and taverns, telling glorious tales of the Order of the Divine Shield, how they were patrolling the deepest Rawlins most recently in search of the foul and despicable Drow that cause the magic to falter.
Other tales include stories of the young and rather pretty knight, Lady Elenwyd and her continuing battles against the forces that manipulate portals with Vile and Dark Ritual to spew enraged Umberhulks into the land.
But most popular, in her home city of Peltarch, is the tale of Natanya. Once a simple, regular woman, drawn to the goodness and right of Tyr. Her rise and battles are recounted in brief before culminating currently with here appointment as First Sword of the Order. A noble and touching ceremony that Lady Caling was fortunate enough to have witnessed.*
'They are men and women, like you, like us who strive to make things better. Usually against foes we cannot comprehend. They are to be respected and praised for this. Our Defenders, Our Shields against countless foes.
((Detailed examination of any of these tales shows them to be inconsistent in detail and, if based in fact, to be so embellished as feelgood morality tales as to be unrecognisable.))
