Cassiel
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Cassiel is one of Elua's eight companions, though he did not claim land for himself, choosing instead to travel eternally at Elua's side.
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Cassiel
Precepts
Alone among the seven, Cassiel took no province of Terre d'Ange as his own, choosing instead to remain at Elua's side as he traversed the world, a choice for which he believed himself eternally damned. Additionally, he laid with no mortals and begot no offspring. Cassiel has no temples, but the Cassiline Brotherhood was founded in his honor.
Cassiline Brotherhood
The Cassiline Order is a group of monks who swear allegiance to the angel, Cassiel, who forsook Elua's precept of Love as Thou Wilt in order to continue protecting Elua himself. There are no temples to Cassiel, though the Cassiline Brotherhood was founded to honor his name.
A Cassiline monk is a highly trained warrior-priest. Their training is quite rigorous, including aspects of hand to hand fighting, military tactics, and the honing of physical strength and agility. Their main combat education concerns the twin dagger fighting style, when two daggers are used both offensively and defensively. Cassilines are also trained in the use of the sword, though one of their tenants is to never draw their sword unless they are sure to kill with it. Considerable endurance training is also important.
Traditions
Noble houses often will send a younger son to be fostered with the Cassiline monks at the age of ten, to learn combat and discipline, though orphans are occasionally taken in by them as well. The Brotherhood is adminstered by the Cassiline Prefect, a wise, elder monk who decides on things like excommunication. Many Cassiline monks are hired as bodyguards to important people - it's said that the only match to a Cassiline's abilities is another one.
The Cassiline Monk tends to wear dark grey in a severe cut, with their hair cut short or in a single braid tied at the nape of the neck. They are quite spartan in both frugality and luxury, preferring to remain simple, humble, and calm of mind. All Cassilines take vows of chastity, and are excommunicated if they break it.
