Knights of Tartarus

A long time ago, before the Rising Tides, different knightly orders joined together under a single banned known as the Knights of Tartarus. They settled down on the island of Yartar and founded Tartarus. For many different reasons only by themselves, they wanted to bring civilization to this untamed island. They also fortified the new port town and created a large prison along with a solid fort, as they also aimed to patrol the high seas with their ships to protect merchant ships, but also to fight and capture pirates, ruffians and other ne'er-do-wells, as they meant to rehabilitate them to bring them towards the Law and towards Good. When necessary, they also meant to punish extremely vile ones that were too far gone for redemption.

It is known to most of the order that they had a force used to fight back against the monsters and bring peace to the jungle, removing threats and conquering the woodlands. This force was extremely powerful, and when not out to push back against the chaotic and barbaric nature, they'd be back at the city-prison of Tartarus to keep order. On one such expedition, they vanished and were never heard of again, seemingly defeated.

It was on that day that all the evil and chaos of the prisoners came forth and their vile and dishonorable nature allowed them to overtake the Knights and break the order, bringing them to their knees. Not all good being lost in these men and women, it seems most of their elements actually learned from the Knights and allowed them to surrender, but their selfish nature shined again, as they made the surviving knights sign an endless contract in which they were allowed to keep their lives, culture, worship and a falsehood of freedom, in exchange all they had to do is guard the wall erected around the territories of Tartarus. Having no other option, they accepted and were exiled from Tartarus, renamed to Yartar as a way to mock and humiliate them further. Once at the wall, they started building a new settlement named New Tartarus at the far Western end of the wall, erecting a large fortress and houses in which to live. In their defeat and exile, many texts of their people were lost, and thus the ways of many of their orders were lost.

While unfriendly to most other factions, the Knights of Tartarus keep good relations with the Whalers, as these used to be their merchants, and they have nothing against them. Moreso, they even built them a harbor in their new settlement to allow them to trade with them in a safe and lawful environment.