Friedensbringer Knights

The Knights' Order of the Imperial Sigil and the Holy Unity, known colloquially and in popular culture as the "Fridensbringers," or "Friedensbringer Knights" was a monastic Knight's Order founded in the year 1069 amid growing tensions between citizens of the Samsonite Empire and its Vassal state, the Kingdom of Lycurgia. Originally consisting of a band of about 700 Knights from Upper Rothringen, the Western Heartlands, and a small number of individuals from the South Outland colonies, the Order quickly came to prominence during the reign of Kaiser Konrad IV. Konrad IV spent his final years as Grand Prince in the company of the order, learning of their goals, methods, and spending much time observing the way the order operated. In 1078, when Konrad took the title of Kaiser, he began inducting members of the Knights Order into his council. In the following years, when Konrad initiated the first Inquisition, Konrad used the Order's soldiers at critical battles most notably at the Siege of Lycurgia in 1080. The Knights earned the nickname "Friedensbringer" from the commoners of the West across both religions due to their strict code of morals and conduct which forbade them from partaking in the usual debauchery involved in war, and obligated them to personally prevent the looting, pillaging, and sexual misconduct that often accompanied the occupation of enemy settlements at the time.