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6: Cold Shower to Desolate Band
7: Diagnostitorium to Emperor-Potentate
8: Ephasto to Flying Khattaman
9: Fnerf to Goliath
10: Gooshurm to Hammersong
11: Harvest Tide to Ihtoli Maqahamok
12: Ikara to K'trinzhai
13: Kadiban to Knights Templar
14: Kooshkie to Lapi
15: Learning Machine to Matu'd'arum
16: Maw to Nik-Nik
17: Niton to Pantheon
18: Paquebot to RTR
19: Rahktor to Roses, Sanctuary of
20: Rotbiter to Saskanar
21: Savanite Sign to Shadow, Sphere of
22: Shekelodeon to Skedat
23: Skeek to Squibbit
24: Srinala to The River Runs
25: Thistlebark to Underside
26: Unity Day to Wires
27: Witch to Yodhzakaro
28: Yodh to Zolk
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(term) (organization) Knights Templar
The term for "knight" in Rephidim Standard does not necessarily carry all the same connotations as it would, translated into other languages, but nonetheless refers to an elite class of armored warriors pledging loyalty to a recognized authority.

The Temple of Rephidim once had its own Order of the Bounded Star and Anchor, its members known as the Knights Templar. The Order was a semi-autonomous body which performs police functions, and pledges loyalty to the Temple, falling under the authority of the Inquisition.

The Knights Templar are divided into Lances of warriors identified by color, but otherwise wearing fairly uniform suits of armor. They have long been picked from the elite of the Temple Guard. Once joining the Order, the members go by assigned names rather than their own former identities. This anonymity is further enhanced by the practice of wearing face-covering helms even to social functions, and many Knights take vows of silence, lest they say anything to tarnish the mystique and honor of this body.

Of the Knights Templar, the most distinguished warriors are known as Champions, or as the Templars Elite. The personal names of these elite warriors are known to few, and they are referred to by title and Crest (or Aspect) instead -- as the "Champion of Roses", the "Champion of Ashes" and so forth. Each Champion may lead a Lance of knights, but many times they work solo, at times going across Sinai on Pilgrimages.

Due to a schism with the leadership of Rephidim Temple, the Knights Templar have become a largely independent organization, moving their base of operations from the training grounds of Golgotha to the recently acquired sky island of Fetiss.

Encyclopedia Volumes:
1: A'Matu'd to Akwavi
2: Amazonia to Ashtoreth
3: Assassins' Guild to Berryswort
4: Blakat to Cantrip
5: Captain-Astromancer to Cloudmelon
6: Cold Shower to Desolate Band
7: Diagnostitorium to Emperor-Potentate
8: Ephasto to Flying Khattaman
9: Fnerf to Goliath
10: Gooshurm to Hammersong
11: Harvest Tide to Ihtoli Maqahamok
12: Ikara to K'trinzhai
13: Kadiban to Knights Templar
14: Kooshkie to Lapi
15: Learning Machine to Matu'd'arum
16: Maw to Nik-Nik
17: Niton to Pantheon
18: Paquebot to RTR
19: Rahktor to Roses, Sanctuary of
20: Rotbiter to Saskanar
21: Savanite Sign to Shadow, Sphere of
22: Shekelodeon to Skedat
23: Skeek to Squibbit
24: Srinala to The River Runs
25: Thistlebark to Underside
26: Unity Day to Wires
27: Witch to Yodhzakaro
28: Yodh to Zolk
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