The knights of the chapterhouse in Gea Kul see themselves as soldiers in a war against endless evils. Now they battle demons and vampires both. Thys is not so easily distracted. Thys does not march. Thys watches. Our war is for the very soul of our kin.
-Axiom of Thys Chapterhouse
Thys is a Blood Knight chapter from which Mariki and Bellon hail, two central NPCs for the Elite Quest Vowed in Blood. According to the tomes found scattered in its chapterhouse, Mariki has been its acting chaptermaster[1].
Its chapterhouse, also the dungeon for the quest, is located within Chamber of Sacrifice, where "roaches and worms will never pass"[2] and accessible by only "those who have been invited"[2]. Basked in prominently red motifs and large stained glasses windows from all sides, it is populated by few knights who proclaim their loyalty to Thys when in proximity. It starts in a narrow hallway and opens at the right into a circular room and the first cenotaph in the center with an altar at the side. A long hallway at a side may break out Corpse Worms, and after going through it, opens into a large circular room with layers of circular tables with tomes. Going past it gives way to the second cenotaph in a larger room than before.
Thys' membership is "few by design"[3]. Some knights amongst it come from the numerous inductions presided by Mariki.[4]
According to Mariki, the Annulet wants the chapter to be "widespread in their hunts", which is "a touch late" to her.
Tomes[5]
- Follow the blood, and you will have your quarry. Those who spill it freely are like either to be monsters, or to court them. —Blood Knight's Oath Article 1
- Remain watchful of your blood, that you know always the truth of your condition and the swiftness of your decline. —Blood Knight's Oath Article 7
- The power in your blood is a terrible weapon. If you slake your bloodthirst on the innocent, the curse will drink of it, and then of you. —Blood Knight's Oath Article 14
- Fernam is long departed from Gea Kul, and the Annulet cannot pretend to speak for him. Offer gratitude to the first of our name and to the great chapterhouse—but never servitude. —Keepsake of the First
- The Thrall: A person made monstrous by vampiric plague. Long-lived. Sustained by blood. Able to spread the curse of a vampire, and easily bent to the will of such a creature. If a thrall can be found in the earliest stages of turning, we can delay the curse in a ritual of induction—but only ever with the written permission of the chaptermaster. The curse returns for us all, even we who survive. —Nature of the Thrall
- Axiom of Thys Chapterhouse
- Praise and memory to Gresmar, who slew the raveners of the red wastes, and leapt into the Nest Cape ravine as he succumbed to the bloodlust the curse laid upon him. —Gresmar’s Saga
- Praise and memory to Branca, who held the darkness at bay four and twenty years, and entombed herself alone in Thys at the first stirrings of the curse’s end, that her evil could be expunged safely by her comrades. May we all pass with such grace. —Branca's Dignity
- Weep for your comrades who fall to the curse, but remember that only you can spare their atrocities. The swifter their end, the truer their vow remains for all eternity. —Blood Knight’s Oath Article 2
- Be cautious of the caliber of any whom you would induct into our chapter. The bitten and the turned are already gone, and you do not perform a holy miracle by helping a corpse cling to life. In Thys, we are few by design. —Blood Knight’s Oath Article 22
- I hereby pledge myself as acting chaptermaster of thys. I have dispatched the fallen since my first weeks as a novice, and walked the dunes longer than a lifetime. I will never close my eyes to the darkness in my fellows, or in myself. This is a vow in ink, but let any here contest it, and I will see it written in blood. -Mariki —Mariki’s Vow
- Fernam’s ritual has given us all a second chance at life. But it is only a chance. Its power is capricious. Some maintain their hold for decades—others for mere days. Make your moments dear. —Limits on Fernam's ritual
- Mariki’s Writings
- Fernam bade his knights remain obscured, hidden from common people—their vengeance, but especially their frailty. Should we become a threat to them, our every vow is made a lie. Thys keeps our own refuge, whatever the Annulet’s decree. —Fernam’s Bidding
- The Vampire: Born of the night in an older age. Accursed with a thirst for blood. Difficult to kill permanently. Spreads its curse like a plague. Those it bites become thralls, and they further spread its dark bond. We are at the mercy of their appetites; if not destroyed, they will swallow humanity up. —Nature of the Vampire
references
- ↑ found in Mariki's Vow
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 said by Mariki in Vowed in Blood, on the way to Chamber of Sacrifice. "There's a gate within that the roaches and worms will never pass. Only those who have been invited may enter."
- ↑ found from "Blood Knight's Oath Article 22" which appeared as a tome in Thys Chapterhouse, later stored in Adventurer's Chronicle.
- ↑ Mariki's Writings
- ↑ all found in-game, in Adventurer's Chronicle