Edgewalkers

Edgewalkers are elite soldiers dedicated to defending Riedra against threats from other planes. They guard the numerous wild zones that dot the landscape of Sarlona and respond to any incursions of supernatural evils that may threaten Riedra. [1] [2]

"Sword against shadow. Faith against fear. I walk the edge of the world, and no horror shall pass my blade."
— Edgewalker Vow [3]

Organization

The Edgewalkers are an organized military unit that is one branch of Riedra's Harmonious Shield . [4] The Edgewalkers have a simple hierarchy with the majority of troops serving in the Order of Sentries and a small number of troops serving in the Order of Inquisitors. Troops in the Order of Sentries guard a particular region and are known as sentries. A squad of sentries is led by a sentry guide, while watchtowers are overseen by sentry wardens and fortresses by sentry lords. Edgewalker activity is coordinated on a provincial level by a lord commander, overseen by Supreme Commander Lord Kaltaresh . Those in service to the Order of Inquisitors don't have ranks, but their activities are overseen by the lord commanders, and are considered to outrank sentry guides for joint operations. [1]

Activities

Edgewalker sentries are assigned to guard specific manifest zones, often patrolling the borders of the zone on the look out for flares in planar activity or incursions by extraplanar creatures. Edgewalker inquisitors can be assigned anywhere, responding to investigate threats wherever and whenever they arise. Edgewalker inquisitors may even be assigned outside of Riedra to deal with supernatural or planar threats in Xen'drik or elsewhere. [5]

Tactics

Edgewalkers use a number of different tactics, as the enemies they face can range from fiends to undead to aberrations . Most of their strategies rely on studying the threat and deploying mobile elite units of soldiers to contain or destroy it. [5]

Edgewalkers guard wild zones by creating and maintaining a 1‑mile-wide (1,600‑meter) buffer around the manifest zone that is cleared of vegetation to give no space for creatures to hide. Some wild zones are guarded by fortresses or walls, depending on the size and location of the zone. [6]

Base of Operations

The bastion city of Dar Mun is the headquarters for the Edgewalkers and Supreme Commander Kaltaresh. The city is Riedra's main planar research facility and is close to four different wild zones. [1]

History

The Edgewalkers are spiritual successors of the the Order of the Silver Blade , an order of knights from Khalesh that was wiped out during the Sundering . A number of techniques pioneered by the knights continue to be used by the Edgewalkers. [7]

The Edgewalkers were founded in 390 Unity (88 YK) by the Inspired Lord Kaltaresh to oppose a planar incursion into the province of Nulakesh . [1]

Members

Edgewalkers

Most Edgewalkers are recruited from the best soldiers of the other branches of the Harmonious Shield. The Edgewalkers believe in using anything they can against supernatural evils. While arcane magic is mostly shunned by Riedra, young sorcerers and warlocks sometimes are recruited into the Edgewalkers to use their dangerous magic to defend Riedra. Most edgewalkers however are rangers , psions , or clerics of the Path of Inspiration . [3]

While Edgewalkers recruit from any race in the Harmonious Shield, sentry wardens are generally Chosen, and sentry lords and lord commanders are all Inspired. [1] Most elans in service to Riedra serve as Edgewalkers. [8]

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