Order of the Martyrs

Religious and military order created in IV Era to defend human kingdoms from attacks of other races, specially Orcs.

Recrutment
Order have very strict rules of the recruitment. Only very tall and strong boys and girls are accepted to join the Order. Children under 15 years old are under care and education of sisters – female members of the order. When 15 years old boys are moved to men's part of the order to start their military training. They are divided into groups of 10 boys. Each group is train by one supervisor. After 3 years of training at 18 years of age boys start military service as a unit under command of their supervisor. Service continue for another 10 years. At age of 28 for boys and 25 for girls they are allow to leave barracks and start life outside the order. They can continue working for the order as supervisors for new generations of brothers and sisters. At age of 40 they became senior supervisors. Those who serf the order until 50 years old became order masters.