The Watch

The Watch is an order, with members said to be talented killers.

When joining the Watch, members are not able to hold titles while they serve.

In general, the Watch is not meant to intervene in the affairs of nations without invitation. While true in principle, it hardly happens in practice.

=Oaths= Watchmen swear in service for periods of seven years.

=Structure= The Watch is made of seven Circles. One of which is a scholarly society.[5] Though watchmen are counted as members of the Watch, less than a tenth of them are inducted into one of the Circles.[5]

The Academy, also known as the Stripes
The largest of the circles, training the Watch's officers, the Stripes.

The Guild of Navigators
Appears to relate to signs.

The Krypteia, also known as the Masks
Both the smallest and the most secretive circle, rumoured to perform espionage and assassination. Often acts against other members or factions of the Watch.

=Locations of Note=

The Dominion of Lost Things
An island where the trials of the Watch are administered. Also known as the island of Vieja Perdida.

Those who pass the trials would be fully-fledged members of the Watch immediately.

The Rookery
One of the great fortress-islands of the Watch. The seat of the Watch where watchmen are trained in a great war camp.

=Political Relationships=

Sacromonte
The Watch is bound by an ancient treaty to never take contracts within Sacromonte save at the invitation of the Infanzones.

=Joining=

Enrolment
The traditional route of joining the Watch.

Yearly Trials
Held on the Dominion of Lost Things, the trials are considered perilous, with less than one in five surviving the process. However, upon success, the candidate becomes a fully-fledged member of the Watch immediately.

There are paths of retreat that the Watch had arranged on the island. Safe places where a participant could desist from going any further. These paths are often taken by the infanzones who join the trial to prove their skill and daring without risking the renouncing of titles and wealth that comes with joining the Watch.

=Equipment= Members of the Watch wear black cloaks that act as badges of office for the Watch.

=Notable members=

Osian Tredegar
Angharad's uncle, her mother's youngest brother. He'd gone into exile to join the Watch.

Osian is a captain in the Watch.