There are seven Agrikan clerical orders operating on Hârn. Each of these clerical orders sponsors its own fighting order.

 

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The Order of the Eight Demons & its fighting order The Cohorts of Gashang, Emperor of Flame

The product of a schism within Herpa the Mace (see below), the all-female order of the Eight Demons espouses a mystical demonology and is famed for the sexual torture of captives. Members of its all-male fighting order, the Cohorts of Gashang, are avoided even by other Agrikans because of their self-mutilation practices.

 

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The Order of the Fuming Gate & its fighting order The Company of the Copper Hook

The most martially-minded of the clerical orders, the Fuming Gate teaches that war-skill acquired in this world will be needed to pass through Balgashang's Gate in the next. Its priests train for and engage in battle almost as much as the members of its fighting order, the Copper Hook.

 

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The Order of Herpa The Mace & its fighting order The Red Shadows of Herpa

The most mystical of Hârn's Agrikan orders, Herpa the Mace has strong ties to the Rethemi crown. It and its fighting order, the Red Shadows of Herpa, are engaged in a low-level 'temple war' with the Eight Demons and the Cohorts of Gashang (see above), whom it views as schismatics.

 

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The Order of the Kukshin & its fighting order The Crimson Dancer

The theology of the all-female order of the Kukshin tends towards sexual apologetics, contending that women are more fit to be Agrik's servants than men. Though it and its women-only fighting order, the Crimson Dancer, have effectively been exiled from southern Hârn, they have prospered in Orbaal and Ivinia.

 

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The Order of Mamaka, The Master of Steel & its fighting order The Warriors of Mameka

Though small, Mamaka the Master of Steel is Hârn's ruling Agrikan order. Its secretive priests are skilled craftsmen as well as ruthless intriguers, spies, and assassins. Members of its equally secretive fighting order, the Warriors of Mameka, learn the art of weapon-making as well as that of warfare.

 

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The Order of the Octagonal Pit & its fighting order The Order of Demon Pameshlu the Insatiable

Azeryani in origin, the wealthy Octagonal Pit runs the Pamesani Games all across western Lythia, including Hârn. It and its fighting order, Demon Pameshlu the Inatiable, are sometimes derided as mere 'popularizers' and 'showmen' by other orders.

 

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The Order of the Pillar of Fire & its fighting order The Companions of Roving Doom

Operating both in Hârn and in Ivinia, the Pillar of Fire reveres Agrik more as a god of fire and as an unleasher of wanton destruction than as a war deity. The Hârnic branch of its priesthood, almost entirely wiped out in a recent temple war, has gone into hiding, but the Hârnic branch of its fighting order, the Companions of the Roving Doom, seems relatively untroubled by the misfortunes of its clergy.

 

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