- St.Calenda's Wandering Pageant, Odeum & Lunar Fair
Introductions
For centuries uncounted, the Brotherhood of the Blade (only its latest name) have served the wandering pageant as security. The Brotherhood is currently about three dozen strong, but is made up of smaller groups like the Four Horsemen and the Sons of Hercules. Although the guardsmen make up the bulk of the Brotherhood, the other two groups are more prestigious as equestrians and strongmen and there is more than a little strife between individuals and cliques that can lead to occasional dust-ups. It is Vulo Vodach who currently leads the Brotherhood and it is he who is responsible for ending the regular brawls and occasional melees that take place between members over lost lovers, wounded pride and too much drink.
Sword Brethren
 Tariel -- The Knight in the Panther's Skin {Georgian} []
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The Four Horsemen
Obviously, the four horsemen are equestrians, and as such they stand well above the other pageant performers because they are warriors who ride, rather than walk.
 Vulo Vodach -- The First Horseman {Bulgarian} [Vulo is an old member who has been with the pageant for centuries.]
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 Cengiz the Turk -- The Second Horseman {Turkish} [An Established Member who has been with the pageant for about 75 years.]
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 Kriemhild -- The Carolinian {A Frankish Knight of Charlemagne} [New]
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Sons of Hercules (strongmen)
| [[ |200px]] Gianni -- Gianni as the Venetian Hercules prefers to be called, is the eldest of the strongmen, a first among equals and the mentor of all new strongmen; he is well liked by all. {Venetian} []
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The Mithraeum
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The Brotherhood carries with it an ancient tent and stone alter that they call the Mithraeum, where in they hold their solder's rites of passage and the occasional duel. When the pageant comes to a new place and remains over a fortnight, a long trench is dug and the ancient tent put over it, then the tent is covered with loose earth because the rites of Mithra are supposed to be practiced in underground temples.
Tariel -- The Knight in the Panther's Skin {Georgian} []
Jamal Endymion -- Moorish Knight (Fáris) {North Africa} []
Vulo Vodach -- The First Horseman {Bulgarian} [Vulo is an old member who has been with the pageant for centuries.]
Cengiz the Turk -- The Second Horseman {Turkish} [An Established Member who has been with the pageant for about 75 years.]
Kriemhild -- The Carolinian {A Frankish Knight of Charlemagne} [New]
