The Plaguewardens generally consist of Empire citizens who wish to fight back against the growing influence of the Snake Cult. The Order of the Radiant Cross has a large battalion of Plaguewardens in their ranks, which they assign to physicians of the Empire to assist and protect them in their endless war with the Snake Cult. Helping them further is that Imperial Radiant Cross Plate is the single best armor utilized by any of Pendor's Knighthood Orders. They may not be as feared as the Eventide or Dawn Knights, but they have a lower upkeep. Radiant Cross Knights do not function as well as Lion Knights as besiegers, but they do make good defensive infantry. Even when dismounted, the Radiant Cross Knights are fierce warriors, ready to give their lives for the cause of their Order.
They also use lances and black iron spears to counter pikemen. They may be one of the weaker orders, but their melee skills with the Claymore, Battle Hammers and Morningstars are not to be underestimated when they are mounted. Despite some of their numbers being recruited from peasantry, they are extremely good fighters, even more so than the disciplined Empire Legionnaires. However, they would be extremely shocked to see them riding on powerful mounts like the Ironbred Chargers and Dark Silver Warhorses. One would expect these knights to be poorly armored horsemen. They were reinstated by Marius Imperator and are considered part of the "New Empire". This Order is a fair one, recruiting from both peasantry and nobility with one goal: defending physicians of the Empire so that they may find a cure to the Snake Cult plague. While these Cavalrymen are not true Knights by any stretch of the imagination, and they do not operate under the Validus Charta, the colors survive and the citizens of the Empire often refer to these mounted soldiers as the remnant of that once noble order of Knights. When General Oasar became “Overlord”, and after the desertion by the Jatu, he incorporated the order colors to form the identifying marks of his elite cavalry units. Overwhelmed in the battle of Sagent Glade, they were all but destroyed by the legions under General Oasar. The order was one of the prominent forces to battle the invasion by the Greater Baccus Empire in the 202nd year after the founding of Pendor. It was formerly an Order of doctors that was militarized in order to defend their physicians from bandits and rogues. The Order of the Radiant Cross was established in the 113th year after the founding of Pendor by Baron Jorn of Dunglave the city of Dunglave is now known as Janos.
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