Role

Chapter 6

In the cold jade mountains of the southern continent there is a village
of humans. This village consists almost exclusively of people dedicated
to the local church, the religion of which is utterly based on worshipping
the Ki-rin named Velkurah and following what to most others is known as
the paladin code. The people of the village themselves only refer to it as
the code and consider it the only way to live.

Menon Aleva grew up in this village and his parents taught him the ways
of the church from birth. His parents in turn were refugees from Seantryn
Modan because of their tendency towards preaching at the market square
(even though a few found their zeal amusing the actual death threats forced
them to leave).

And so it came a time for Menon to leave his village and wander the world
to spread the word of the church, to teach others to follow the code and
to worship the Ki-rin named Velkurah that in turn would lead to a better
society, which in the eyes of the church (and naturally also Menon) was
the removal of all evil. Before doing so however he had been instructed
from home to seek out the very Lord that the church worshipped, to gain
his blessing.

As a person Menon is in one way rather simple minded, he is a Believer
(to the very letter) in the paladin code and that if everyone could
adjust their lives to live by it the world would be near perfect, however
he realises that many lack the courage, pride and sheer goodwill to
adapt to it. Theese people he has a hard time tolerating, and he would
not hesitate to raise his sword should there ever be anyone disrespecting
the very code.