The Swords of the Stranger

The Swords of the Stranger, commonly refereed to as 'The Swords', are a holy order of knights in the Vale. They were formed to defend the faithful of the Vale against the growing threat of the R'hllorite clansmen, but have begun to criticize the King and his Red Priests lately.

The Rise of the Swords
In 298 AC a group of travelling Red Priests was captured by clansmen of the Burned Men. Only a few moons lately the clan began a serious of raids on various settlements, leaving nothing behind but ashes and pyres. Soon they proclaimed themselves to be warriors of the Red God, R'hllor. The Lords of the Vale did not much to combat this threat, except from strengthening patrols, which proofed to be largely ineffective.

In 304 AC a well known knight, Ser Garret Stone, called for all pious knights of the Vale to come together and protect the faithful citizens in the name of the gods. Over a hundred warriors followed his call, and together they were able to score some smaller victories against the clansmen. With these their popularity grew, and many took up arms to join the Swords of the Stranger as they called themselves. Ser Garret Stone was named their first Elder.

In 308 AC Elder Garret began to spread the rumor that the King was perhaps funding the Burned Men to spread the influence of his faith. Only a moon later he and a contingent of knights were ambushed by clansmen during a patrol. Only a handful managed to escape, while the Elder laid dead on the battlefield.

Recent History
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