Knights of the World Tree
Provisional Motto: "Suum cuique" is a Latin phrase meaning "to each his own" or "to each what he deserves." It has been significant in the history of philosophy and as a motto. This phrase was the motto of The Order of the Black Eagle (German: Hoher Orden vom Schwarzen Adler), the highest order of chivalry in King Frederick the Great's Kingdom of Prussia. The motto is still used by the German military police (the Feldjäger) and the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland.
Description: The Knights of the World Tree are an organization of neonates formed for the purpose of re-taking London from the Sabbat. In 2029, their charismatic leader, Brian O'Reilly, received the acknowledgement of one of the heirs of Mithras, Marcus Verus, who gave his blessing to the venture as a mercenary organization in the employ of the Courts of Avalon, so long as they organized as a group of "Knights," and accepted a certain amount of direction and leadership from the established Knightly Orders of Avalon.
Verus assigned Sir Geoffrey Talent to train and provide direction to the Knights of the World Tree. Under Sir Geoffrey's guidance, they have organized into four "columns," and learned cavalry-style tactics, adapting motorcycles to the traditional role of horses in medieval cavalry.
The Heart: (center)
- Brian O'Reilly - Knight Marshal of the Order of the World Tree
- Orson Morris: Nosferatu Animal Trainer, called "The Larger."
- Sir Geoffrey Talent - Adviser from the Knights of Avalon.Badly deranged and having trouble with any manifestation of technology.
The Lance: (Right Front)
- Thorton Bryant - Ventrue of Birmingham (Politician)
- Tristram Young - Gangrel of Wales. Motivated by the murder of his sire. (hunter)
- Adele Pennington - Ventrue of Newcastle (Corporate Exec)
The Shield: (Left Front)
- Bronius Gintaras - Ventrue childe of Brian O'Reilly
- Penelope Arwin - Brujah of Belfast (Camarilla Crusader)
- Samuel Scott - Ventrue of Glasgow (Financeer)
The Hammer (reserves/rear guard - rear):
- Bruce Edward Zieger - Lasombra Antitribu Spymaster of the World Tree
- Sidney Heath - Ventrue of Leeds (Gangster)
- Bart Felkirk - Scottish Gangrel (diablerist and survivalist)
- Andrew Stone: Ventrue of Brighton. Police Officer fledgling
- Leaves of the World Tree
These fledglings were embraced on the same night by members of the Knights of the World Tree, in September 2031. Their shared experience as retainers and then fledglings thrown into the grinder has created a bond among them. In the days and years following the Siege of London, they tend to move and act together, forming a particularly large coterie, even for neonates.
- Hans Holgersson: AKA Wulfgar. Childe of Brian O'Reilly (former ghoul of Bruce Zieger). Ventrue.
- Ahmal ibn Rawaid: Childe of Bruce Zeiger (Lasombra)
- Lars Donneley: Childe of Sir Geoffrey Talent (Ventrue)
- Sylvester Mahoney: Childe of Orson Morris, and a kennel keeper. (Nosferatu)
- Gordon Cake: Childe of Thorton Bryant. Veteran and bodyguard. (Ventrue).
- Gloria Alder: Childe of Adele Penington (Ventrue)
- Daumentas Skuodzius: Childe of Bronius Gintaras
- Edgar Trigg: Childe of Sidney Heath. A gangster known as "Skizzy." (Ventrue)
- Stephen Campany: Childe of Bart Felkirk. Dragged off the street. (Gangrel)
- James Urwin: Childe of Andrew Stone. Retired Police Officer from Birmingham. (Ventrue)
- [[]]: Deceased. Childe of Penelope Arwin (Brujah)
- [[]]: Deceased. Childe of Samuel Scott (Ventrue)
- Fate Unknown
- Barnabus Rollins: Malkavian of Leeds. Underworld Enforcer and bodyguard. - MIA (replaced by an imposter)
- The Honored Dead
- Kipling Stout - Ventrue of Newcastle (Mercenary Broker) - Killed by an Assamite Antitribu, 2029.
- Michael Ogden Davies - Ventrue of York (Athlete) - Diablerized in Birmingham, 2029.
- Abbott Craw - Ventrue of Glasgow (Former Soldier/Police Officer) - Disappeared en route to Glasgow, 2030.
- Xavier Jenkins - Ventrue of Sheffield (Corporate Bureaucrat). - Killed in combat by a pack of cannonfodder, 2029
- Jurgis Ąžuolas - Brujah, and adopted childe of Brian O'Reilly. - Killed in combat 2031 in Birmingham by a member of the Tremere Antitribu.
- Godfrey Eliot Ventrue of Manchester. (Entrepreneur) - Killed in combat 2031 in Birmingham by a member of the Lasombra.
