Alexander Land Story

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Alexander come from a village near Yew. His father were a knight at the Britain court when his mother died during a childrenbirth.

His father were Knight but a young knight without money. Whithout a wife he couldn't take care of Alexander his young boy.

That's why he decided to take a terrible decision. Alexander will join the monastery of Yew when he'll have 8 years old.



When the time came, Alexander joined the monastery as his father had decided. Naturally, he began his new life with his new borthers as an apprentice.

Praying, studying, gardening were his new daily tasks. He soon became one of the Prior’s favourite brothers.



He thought he had found his place until one day he met a young girl running from a demon during a pilgrimage. He could not fight but watch the girl being devoured in front of him.



He returned to the priory as soon as possible to ask the prior brother for help.



The prior brother was worried because this story was not an isolated fact. A few days ago the governors were victimized by an attack.

"The evil seems to be back within our cities."



The Prior Brother decided to convene the Council of the Order to obtain an informed opinion and to make the right decisions. After consulting all the brothers of the order, he found that they had all made the same observation. The evil is progressing rapidly and it is necessary to react before it is too late.



The prior brother asked to receive Alexander:



"Alexander The Council has decided to give you a special mission. First of all, you will have to treat the injured and take care of the refits if there are any. Finally, you will have to investigate and Try to determine if there are enough soldiers to defend our precious world."

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As the friar prior said, Alexander decided to investigate about the attack and find if some soldiers could help him.

After a short walk, in Britain, he found the murderer weapon on the floor.





He had some question in his mind and decided to write in his diary.

"It's Strange. Why this knife is on the floor some day after the attack?"

"Why ruby were again on the floor too ?"





He decided to inspect the murder weapon further.

"Ah i can see an inscription on the blade"

-You have been warned-



Warned by who ? though Alexander.

So many questions in his head. He had trouble sleeping all the night.

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Alexandre had no answere about the assassin's name. With the agreement of the friar prior, he'll represent Yew's Monk to the next Governor meeting.

Maybe he will meet the governor and he could talk to him.



As the Friar prior told to Alexander, we need to protect Britanian refugee, heal wounded and feed theym.

Brother Alexander took the road to the fields of the monastery. These fields were maintained by the monks and allowed to feed the brotherhood but also some needy.




On the road he met an apple tree wand with his stick, he could access the highest apples. He put them delicately in one of his horse’s bags. These apples were a gift from heaven thought Alexander.



The road finally led him to the fields. Unfortunately the harvest was very lean. Some cabbages and radishes but nothing more.




The next step now will be to get some bandage and potions that will heal the injured

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Alexander decided to go to the city to dispense the good word and especially to help the poor. On reflection, he decided to go to Luna. A city he doesn’t like very much because this city is mainly frequented by rich people of the world. However, he also knows that kind of cities also have the poorest people.

Few poor people dared to go into town and Alexander saw few people taking the soup kitchen. Fortunately, a richly dressed young lady approached Alexander’s table. 


Alexander had never seen such a being. One could guess the intelligence through her eyes and although she seemed frail, she nevertheless seemed to be a strong women too. Alexander suspected that she was not one of the poor but he decided to offer her a soup and dispense the good word to this pretty half elf. By inspecting the young woman’s clothing, he recognized the Governor’s badge of Monglow. He was very surprised but decided not to pay attention and treat her like any citizan.



She seemed to have particularly enjoyed this soup. She explained that she was trying to follow the seven virtues as best she could and thanked Alexander for the soup. Then she proposed to organize a soup kitchen in Monglow or she would arrange tables and chairs in a house planned for the occasion. She also explained that there was a good place to build a house not far from the soup kitchen. However, Alexander was a monk and could not have his own home. He explained that he was willing to go and see the land and would propose to the Monastery to dispose it.

What a surprise when Alexander saw this land ideally placed along a road not far of Monglow. However, the monastery could not build anything because monks had no money and we were far from Yew. The governor of Monglow proposed to make a donation to the monastery to build in Monglow and help the poor of the city. Alexander had trouble when he saw the number written on the check but he did not have the power to refuse. A gift could greatly help the monastery to develop.



After thanking the young governor, he decided to return to the monastery of Yew and give the check and the property of the land to his brother prior. He would probably know what to do.

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Alexander came back to the Yew monastery and asked to talk to the friair prior. Friar Prior was very surprised by the story told by Brother Alexander. He could not believe that the governor of Monglow could make such a generous donation to the monastery.

"Brother Alexander, it is a gift from heaven and everything becomes clear now! You are very young but you have the shoulders to carry this new task. You will have to build a monastery on the property donated by the governor of Monglow. Your mission will be to run the monastery and organise charity for citizen."

Brother Alexandeur remained petrified when he heard the news. Then he recovered his spirits and answered to the friar prior.

"It's an honor brother. I will try not to disappoint you and serve the 7 virtues as best I can"

That was done, Alexander was the new friar prior of Monglow. But there was still much to do. He went to  Monglow where he met an architect. He gave him a list of points to respect for the construction of the monastery: a courtyard with a garden, a bedroom for the monks, a dining room, a library, a ceremonial room and an office.



After a few days, Alexander returned to see the architect. He received the plans for the future monastery and everything seemed conform to his requirements. He went to the governor’s office to give the plans for the construction could be approve. The governor had a lot to do, so she could not receive him, but he decided to slip the plans under the door with a letter explaining what they were about.



"For validation by the Governor"

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Brother Alexander quickly obtained a favourable response from the governor for the construction of the manor.
The governor then went there to see the end of the construction with his own eyes. However, it did not come empty-handed. She offered the missing bell to the monastery which will ring for a long time.



After having installed the bell and tryed it, Alexander saw a light when he was on the top of the tower. A light coming from the high grass at the foot of the monastery. He went down the stairs and tryed to find where came from the light.  He found a shield on the ground. A white shield with that had obviously never been worn because it looked like new. Alexander remembered what brother prior told him. Perhaps it was a message sent by god. There he saw a divine message: the monastery would have to be more than a monastery.



Helping the poor and refugees attacked by the forces of evil is honorable. However, Alexander knew that one day we would have to eliminate the cause and therefore fight the forces of evil with weapon in hand.

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Alexander carefully prepared the material for the organization of the soup kitchen. It was organized by the governor of Monglow. He prepared a caravan to transport supplies the soup Kitchen (soup, meet, bred…). When he arrived, he was impressed by the organization of the soup kitchen. Everything was already, he can see some table, stool or chair and a rosting pig was ready to eat. It was a rich soup kitchen.



Suddenly an event came to disturb Alexander. A gargoyle came to the soup kitchen. This gargoyle looked dark and frightened the monk. After inviting the gargoyle to leave, he discovered with surprise that it was peaceful and did not seem to want to attack. The citizens of Monglow explained that there were two kind of gargoyles and this one was one who is friendly with human.



Brother Alexander was reassured until his fears seemed to be verified. He did not understand everything, but he saw the governor being attacked by a guard. She lay unconscious on the ground without. Brother Alexander could not do anything. An unarmed healer attacked the gargoyle with his bare hands, designating him as guilty. The gargoyle summoned a gigantic monster who killed the healer in a few second. 

Fortunately a mysterious paladin arrived quite quickly on the scene. Heavily armed, she made Alexander feel safe. Alexander did not understand the governor’s reaction, which did not seem to give any weight to this murder. Alexander explained that he preferred to leave.

Alexander came back to the monastery to think about this event:

-A guard who attacked the Governor
-A gargoyles who killed a healer 
-A governor who protect the criminal gargoyle

The governor would be allied with the demonic forces maybe ? He thinks that a woman who love dragons might  be corrupted by mad creatures. The danger was therefore everywhere and Alexander was aware that the citizens of Monglow were in danger.

As he thought, perhaps it was time to revive the Knights Templar branch to protect citizens from from the evil. Knight monks who will swear faithfully to the seven virtues but who will have the power to make good triumph by weapons.