The Brotherhood is an elite and incredibly secretive organization that has been a force of frightening martial power, and exists independent of any and all guilds, noble houses, or other military organizations. They are known to be few in number, terrifying in combat, and answer to no man, no lord, no god, but their own conscience.

There are outstanding rewards for anyone who is able to unmask an Ash Brother or determine anything who they are or where they come from.

This is compounded in difficulty because the Brotherhood is zealously Good in alignment and only monsters, tyrants, and criminals find out how good they are at fighting.

When the Hexanjager Order was formed and brought the evil magic users low, they were loved by the people, but, just like many a group of vigilantes, they went too far and now their rule is just another form of oppression.

A low end private security force, the Order of Ixium operated as the enforcers and henchmen of the House of the Forsaken

'The great hulk of the scaled beast lay wheezing before me, and I am not ashamed to say that I was frightened: though it was injured, I knew the dragon could easily tear me in twain. The young monk, however, knelt beside the creature's head, whispering to it in a strange growling tongue. I questioned the woman, but she ignored me completely, engrossed in examining the scaly monster. After much badgering, she said merely, ‘I do not mean to be rude, but you are quite a distraction. Please, leave me to my work.'' -Jeron's Great Journeys, Book III, Chapter 4