The Story of the White Mantle

The White Mantle is a benevolent religious order formed years ago by the revered Saul D'Alessio. As the one True Government of Kryta, The White Mantle is devoted to spreading the tenets of the holy Unseen Ones and defending the land from evil.

Saul D'Alessio was a sinner. A gambler, drunk, and thief, Saul was exiled from Kryta for his many crimes. This deeply flawed individual was not seeking wisdom and atonement when he stumbled into the wilderness, but he found both in the Unseen Ones, glorious deities who revealed their secrets to him. After receiving their ancient wisdom, Saul D'Alessio emerged from the wilderness a transformed man, wearing a mantle of white to match the purity of his soul – for such is the transformative power of the Unseen Ones.

Saul revealed the teachings of the Unseen Ones to a Kryta ruled by decadent royalty, mired in the worship of false gods, and threatened by charr invaders. His message of hope took root and flowered during Kryta's darkest hour, when the rampaging charr horde threatened the land's survival. With an army of white-robed followers and the blessings of the Unseen Ones, Saul D'Alessio repelled the charr invasion—but sacrificed his life in the process. Today, citizens and residents of Kryta revere Saul D'Alessio as the man who died so they may live in freedom.

In the peaceful aftermath of the great war, the White Mantle assumed rightful control of Kryta and returned the land back to the people. It was a golden age of prosperity and peace. Each year the Mantle selected promising Krytan citizens to study under the Grand Masters at the Temple of the Unseen. Although the Chosen gratefully received this ultimate gift of enlightenment, blasphemous rumors about their fate spread among the ignorant.

A band of royalist rebels, the so-called Shining Blade, began making treasonous allegations and fanning the embers of discontent among the masses. These killers and malcontents skulked in the wilds, committing cowardly sneak attacks against the Mantle and avoiding honorable combat. The treachery of the royalist scum took a heavy price on the White Mantle. Many true servants of Kryta were cut down by heathen magic or a coward's blade in the back.

Today, the White Mantle may not be as numerous as we once were, but we have faith in the Unseen Ones and the power of the righteous. The Unseen Ones offer wisdom and peace to the believer—and death to the rebel and the heretic!

The Unseen Ones
They are the Bringers of Wisdom, the Eyes That Watch All, the Silent Saviors of Kryta. We call them the Unseen Ones, for only a blessed few can directly behold them without being driven mad by their unearthly magnificence. All others must receive the teachings of the Unseen Ones through their chosen emissaries, the White Mantle. To obey the White Mantle is to obey the Unseen Ones.

Blasphemous liars will claim that the Unseen Ones are not gods, but are rather demonic spellcasters. If you hear a fellow Krytan spreading such treason, report them to the nearest White Mantle member immediately for re-education.