During Campaign 1

Founding

Over numerous combats, skirmishes and campfire lit nights. Murmer, Panis, Quiggly, Sar and Varen founded themselves as a party following an encounter with a T-Rex identified by Murmer as a Brown Dragon to sell the teeth at a higher value, Panis mistakenly identified the creature as a triceratops.

With the group becoming the Order of the Brown Dragon, they looked to get a permanent base of operations. Travelling back to Colchester, Varen and Panis “convinced” a sweet elderly lady to travel by themselves back to their family, which so happened to leave them with the “rightful” deed to the house.

They quickly transformed the space to centre the house as the main headquarters of the Order, including transforming the loft as the bedroom which uncovered golden door which lead to Azmodium’s abandoned wizard tower in the astral sea.

Headquarters

Since the order “acquired” their first base of operations they have made major changes to transform the warm home to a buzzing centre of adventure, a vault for the Order’s wealth and the tomb of paperwork for Tai Morgana.

Freshly renovated with a big wooden sign from the best carpenter in Colchester which bears the guild's logo. A granite and marble basement which has been lead lined to prevent divination magic. The marble walls bear the guild's logo as well.

Members

Caluprax Fiampheacnerruath

Active Adventurer

Delyan

Active Adventurer

Ja'adock Zaar

Active Adventurer

Kalen Hornraven

Active Adventurer

Panis

Founding Member - Retired Adventurer

Quiggly Cartwright

Founding Member - Active Adventurer

Sardielr Koskides

Founding Member - Active Adventurer

Tai Morgana

Administrator and Secretary

Varen

Founding Member - Retired Adventurer

Adventures and stuff

Post Campaign 1

Growth

The Order of the Brown Dragon grew in the years since Tharizdun's defeat, opening local HQs in most of the major cities in Velinde. In the Astral Sea, the Order has 2 bases, one operating out of Miskey's Dock, headed by J-Dok and a smaller field office in Spitotoume which oversees ship repairs and construction.

The total members are between about 1000 people, which can broadly be broken down into 3 categories.

1. Adventuring Party Members - approximately 100 people.
2. Guards (including trainees) - 500 people.
3. Civilian Staff - 400 people.

Adventurers

Adventurers comprise the elite members of the Brown Dragon. These are the people sent on missions, most commonly to defeat monsters or other specialised threats that the authorities are unable or unwilling to deal with. Adventurers are themselves broken down in ranks, based on their strength, as the Order tries to ensure that its members are not sent on missions that they are unable to handle. Due to this becoming a fully-fledged adventurer member is a difficult process.

Guards

Guards are the core of the Order's forces. They are typically not sent on missions or expeditions, but are rather assigned an area which they patrol and protect. Guards are typically less powerful than adventurers and lack their breadth of abilities. They typically help local authorities by supplementing their local forces, helping out when roads, bridges or important buildings need to be guarded.

Adventurer trainees are included in this category.

Civilian Staff

Civilian Staff is the backbone of the Order. These are the masons, blacksmith, fletchers, administrative staff etc. They help keep the Order running and the Guards and Adventurers supplied.

Offices

Colchester - HQ

The Headquarters of the Order and its biggest office by far. The original old office in the city still stands and is used, but most of the activity is now focused in the Order's own district in the north-east of the city.

The district is almost a small town itself, populated by both members of the Order and others. This is where many of the craftsmen, artisans, bookkeepers etc. for the Order reside together with their families.

The main Guild Hall for the Adventurers is located here, as well as a training academy for those who wish to join.

Covanport

Kokkalti

Stormgard

Almanat

Command Structure

Head of the Order - Quiggly Cartwright

Quiggly is the appointed Head of the Order. He only truly entered the role after leaving the Conclave, before which most of his duties were done by Sar.

Deputy Head of the Order - Sardielr Koskides

Sardielr is the Deputy Head of the Order, his authority being second only to Quiggly. Sar laid the foundation for what the Order would become, while Quiggly was still a member of the Conclave. Despite this he didn't feel he deserved to formally lead the Order so he still operated from his Deputy position.

Astral Commander - Ja'adock Zaar

J-Dok is the commander of the Astral Branch of the Order. Having grown up there, his familiarity with the local  factions and his sailing skills made him the obvious choice. This was further enhanced by the new ability he gained after entering the Infinite Staircase.

Head Administrator - Tai Morgana

Tai and her team manage the day to day administrative duties in the Order. She deals with the Civilian Staff, manages the jobs the Order takes, engages in negotiations.

Academy Director - Delyan

Delyan opened his own Bladesinging Academy as part of the Order. Currently it is still significantly smaller than the ones in Ikoval, but it is growing.

Guard Commander - Mazirt Vewpashnir

Mazert joined the Order between campaigns and served as the commander for the Guards' forces. He deals with requests for protection and patrol and works closely together with the local City Watch forces.

Special Members - Kalen Hornraven and Caluprax Fiampheacnerruath

As Kalen and Calu hold political positions within their respective countries, they now hold a special rank, outside the Order's Hierarchy. They have no formal authority over the Order's members, but rather possess an honorary role.

Head Engineer - Hector Blanchnetta

Colchester Portmaster - Alfons Xinja