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'''Title: Honesty to Honor'''

'''Author: a royal scribe'''
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In the first years, in the 
times of divided Kings 
and the fractured lands 
and bloody fields of 
Sosaria rose many great 
warriors, Lord, Kings and 
mythological figures. 
Knights in those archaic 
and by gone days, just 
as now championed the 
ideals of Honor. And 
although they predated 
the system of Virtues of 
our great King, the ideal 
was much unchanged as it 
is now.

Among the Kingdom in the 
area that is now known 
as Britain arrived an 
entirely different sort of 
Knight, he championed not 
Honor but Honesty. In 
paradox to his championed 
ideal, he long refused to 
betray his name, yet upon 
his shield he bore the 
pennant of a white and 
golden gilded swan. So he 
was called the Knight of 
the Swan, for lack of 
any other name.

He advised Kings and 
Queens, Lords and Ladies, 
spoke of ideas and 
advancements never 
before uttered or even 
imagined. This Knight of 
the Swan, brought forth 
a myriad of advancements 
in both warfare, magic 
and in the subtle 
workings of our land. It 
was as if Sosaria herself 
had born this being with 
her own knowledge to 
teach the people her 
ways.

The Knight of Swans 
seemed not to age, yet 
fathered many children. 
They were called children 
of the Well of Riches,  
Children of the Well of 
Knowledge, Children of the 
Golden Well and eventually 
simply Welles, Wells, 
Wellings, Wellington, 
Wellton and Welling.

An ancient plot of land 
held the ancestral home 
of these great 
descendants existed in the 
center of what is now 
called Britain, a gift of 
the old King to the 
Knight of Swans. An 
ancient castle there laid 
ruin, and eventually 
converted into what is 
now known as the 
Chamber of Virtue, still 
under watch and care of 
the same ancient family.

The Chamber of Virtue, 
the place where Honesty 
and Honor are side by 
side, the place where 
Justice and Compassion 
nearly embrace, and where 
Sacrifice and Humility are 
bound in Love.

As the threads of this 
ancient family fray, as 
their charge and their 
task in this world 
crumbles. We all wonder 
who will pick up the 
ancient birthright of the 
Chamber of Virtue and 
what treasures, knowledge, 
or histories will be lost 
should it fall into ruin 
once more?

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