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Xaveri

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BySuraia Silverbell

Island of Law and Knights

Xaveri is a small but pivotal island lying just west of the Landing of the Gods. It is named after Xaveri, the leader of the knights who played a vital role in the peace talks during the War of the Islands, and whose assassination ultimately led to the signing of the peace treaty and the creation of the Xaverion Order.

Today, the island is best known as the place where the Supreme Court of the Xaverion Islands sits and where the original and largest training facility of the Xaverion Knights is located.

Location

Xaveri lies just to the west of the Landing of the Gods, close enough that ships regularly travel between the two islands. From a political and religious perspective, the two form a paired centre of influence:

  • Landing of the Gods – spiritual and military heart of the New Faiths (temples, Proofing Grounds, paladins).

  • Xaveri – judicial and martial heart of the Xaverion Order (Supreme Court, Knight training).

Together, they anchor the balance between faith, law, and armed defence in the central Xaverion region.

History and Namesake

The island takes its name from Xaveri, a knight-commander whose efforts were crucial in bringing opposing forces to the negotiating table during the War of the Islands. His assassination became the final spark that pushed the warring sides to sign the peace treaty in Year 9, formalising:

  • The end of the War of the Islands.

  • The creation of the Xaverion Order.

  • The renaming of the “nation of islands” to the Xaverion Islands, in his honour.

By naming the island after him and placing both the Supreme Court and the primary Knight training grounds there, the islands turned Xaveri into a living memorial to his role in securing peace.

Role in the Xaverion Order

Xaveri is tightly woven into the structure of the Order:

  • It houses the Supreme Court, the highest authority within the Xaverion Court system, where the most serious cases and disputes are decided.

  • It contains the original and largest training facility of the Xaverion Knights, where recruits from across the islands are sent for intensive training before being assigned to outposts and units.

Other islands may have local courts and Knight outposts, but Xaveri is where:

  • Laws are interpreted at the highest level.

  • Knightly standards of training and discipline are set.

Saying someone “trained on Xaveri” is enough to imply they have undergone rigorous instruction under the direct standards of the Order’s heart.

Notable Sites

While most common records simply refer to “Xaveri” as a whole, a few key locations are consistently associated with the island:

  • Supreme Court of the Xaverion Islands

    • Highest court of appeal and judgement.

    • Handles island-spanning cases, high treason, and disputes between powerful factions.

  • Original Xaverion Knight Training Facility

    • Oldest and largest Knight training ground.

    • Recruits are trained in melee and ranged combat and sorted into roles such as front-line knights, scouts, medics, and investigators.

The island must also support a harbour and accompanying infrastructure to move prisoners, witnesses, senators, and recruits, but the codex tradition usually speaks of these only in passing, focusing instead on the institutions themselves.

Present Day

By Year 22 of the Fifth Era, Xaveri is firmly established as:

  • The judicial centre of the Xaverion Islands, through the Supreme Court.

  • The foundational training ground of the Xaverion Knighthood.

Most citizens will never set foot on the island, but they know its name:

  • as the place where the highest laws are spoken, and

  • as the island where the Knights of Xaverion are shaped before they are sent out to protect the rest of the archipelago.

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