Sovereign Order

The Sovereign Military and Monastic Order of the Golden Eagle and the Holy Light, also known as the Sovereign Military Order of the Golden Eagle, Sovereign Order, or Order of the Golden Eagle, is an autonomous Holy Light religious order of a military, iconoclastic, inquisitorial and monastic nature. It was founded in the Eastern Plaguelands by a former Scarlet Crusader known as Cassius the Holy. Its mission was to purge those deemed heretical, reclaim Lordaeron from the Forsaken and defend the faithful from the wicked.

The Sovereign Order of the Golden Eagle, based throughout the Eastern Kingdoms, is the present-day continuation of the same order founded by Cassius. It is infamous for its open disdain towards the Church of the Holy Light, persecution of cultists, and its apparent neutrality through political affairs. Despite the latter, the Sovereign Order of the Golden Eagle prefers to provide support for the Grand Alliance in the event of war. The order venerates the Holy Light alone and does not believe or acknowledge the worship of other deities.

The order is governed by the Council of Hierarchs, the authoritative body that holds the Order’s most valuable leaders and accomplished members.

Purpose
The order’s mission is to preserve holy sites, relics, keep them away from tainted hands, and to restore corrupted territories to their former state of purity. In doing so, the holy order dedicates itself in using the might of inquisitors to seek out lost artifacts or malefactors throughout Azeroth. At times, these missions obligate the order to side with certain factions, if the cause is deemed righteous enough. Under rare circumstances the order can be at odds against a rival cult or order and may fully dedicate itself in eradicating it.

History
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