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[b]Name:[/b] York, Cordelia
[b]Nicknames:[/b] [i]Dame Elaine[/i] (Order/Public alias), [i]'Lioness of Westminster'[/i] (internal/propaganda nickname)
[b]Gender:[/b] Female
[b]Age:[/b] 20
[b]Birthday:[/b] May 25th
[b]Height:[/b] 181cm
[b]Weight:[/b] 65kg (approx.)
[b]Nationality:[/b] British
[hr][b]Personality:[/b] 'Lady Elaine' appears, at first glance, to be a fairly simple woman. In Cordela's role as acting Knight-Captain of the Order's Academy City Expedition, she is merciless (when called for), 'no-bull' and professional, ensuring that her Knights' assignments are diligently planned and commanded down to the letter, while also permitting her to change approaches on-the-fly. She gives more then enough leeway to her comrades to allow them to act on the battlefield as necessary, yet retains enough of an oversight to ensure that any strategy is on track and that any violation of the Knights' oaths and standards are - if necessary - summarily punished.

Personally, her facade as the 'Lioness of Westminster' belies a woman who is - for wont of better terms - both a fulfilment and (in part) a betrayal of that persona. Cordelia continually has to grapple with the differences of the teachings of the Church vs the reality all of Man lives in. She, thus, is sceptical - if not privately derisive - of those that become fanatical in their devotions and beliefs to the point where they believe that all others must die over the matter - be these fanatics the Archbishop of Canterbury or Alistair Crowley. Further, she is a voracious book-reader and can often be found in her spare time with a nose in a book, tome or treatise (fictional or non-fictional), usually curled up under her sleeping covers or with a 'cuppa' by her side.

[b]Biography:[/b] Despite the nobility that her surname might otherwise imply (York), Cordelia retains no memory of her family or her childhood - whether her immediate family befell some catastrophe or otherwise couldn't raise her with them, she does not know. Instead, Cordelia was raised within an Anglican-run foster home for girls in the Midlands; her earliest memories of that place was the incredible warmth and kindness shown to her by one Sister Delacroix, the matron of the facility. Cordelia would undergo alternating routines of schooling, household chores and frequent down-times spent reading within the home's library, a lover of the myths and legends of the world. Through the Church, Cordelia would be both raised and educated, never knowing in her younger years the potential that lurked in her soul.

When she was 13, her home was visited by two armoured men, appearing as if they'd stepped out of one of the books she'd read. To both her and Delacroix's surprise, Cordelia would be selected for transfer to Caerleon (Wales), officially to 'continue her education'. It was this moment that she first heard the terms 'magic', 'magus' and of the Order of the Round Court of Caerleon, and how - as explained by the Knight who introduced himself as one 'Sir Lucan', Cordelia was a potential wielder of Magic - one who, though both unformed and unfamiliar she might be, could become an invaluable defender of Man and God.

At 18 - after five intense years of arduous training and indoctrination - Cordelia swore the Oaths of the Knight and, along with ten of her peers, was dubbed by the Order's Grand Master under the ancient eaves of Westminster Hall. Noted for her steadfast determination and her performance as a swordswoman, she would take on the vacant alias (and seat at 'court') of 'Lady Elaine'. 

Such elation, however, would not last before Westminster would fall under attack, days later, by an unknown terrorist element. As the two-dozen attackers rampaged throughout the area and barricaded off Westminster Bridge, the Metropolitan Police would be forced to try and shift civilians out of the line of fire, as well as determine the group's motives. Elaine, however, would not wait and - granted reluctant permission from her superiors and the authorities - led a direct assault on the Bridge. The result was a one-sided massacre; outmatched by the sudden appearance of magic users and over-confident, the enemy was brutally cut down. Elaine saved their leader for last, forcing a confession out of the man as to the group's identifying name, before summarily putting him to the sword before a horrified BBC camera crew.

Two years after the incident, it appears that another lead in the now-cold-case has emerged; the Westminster attackers may or may not have received assistance from shadier parts of the so-called Academy City in Tokyo. The newly-accoladed 'Lioness of Westminster' has received orders to covertly travel - with another dozen of her kin - to the City and link up with the so-called '0th Parish'. From there, they are to covertly assist the Parish with their objectives in the City, while attempting to pick up where the police and Order were unable continue.

If there was one secular law of reality, though, that Elaine has come to learn as a Knight, it would have been Murphy's First Law: "If an operation can go wrong...."
[hr][b]School:[/b] -
[b]Grade:[/b] -
[b]Skills:[/b] While her foremost fields are in swordsmanship and Christian theological and scriptural knowledge, Cordelia also possesses fair athletic skill and can pick up other fields with time and training (usually fields that might become important to her work and can be learned and used in a short time; fields which require long-term investment would, naturally, come more difficult to her). On the subject of any cooking, however, the general consensus is [i]"don't ask - oh dear God, just [b]don't[/b]!"[/i]

[b]Faction(s):[/b] Necessarius (association), Order of the Round Court of Caerleon ('officer')

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[hider=OVERVIEW]
The Knightly Order of the Round Court of Caerleon (often rendered as simply [i]'the Order'[/i]) is a sub-division of the wider Knights of England, who are tasked with ensuring that the objectives of the United Kingdom are carried out in relevant magical matters. Unlike their parent order, however, this sub-branch has a limited, direct influence with the Royal Family; they are often tasked with expeditionary operations and tasks outside of England's borders directly by the Crown, and (in turn) report directly to the monarch (rather then via the Church of England or even the House of Lords first). Furthermore, the Order has come to embrace multiple (non-ESP) aspects of the 'science' camp, [i]vis a vie[/i] being a purely Magic-focused faction; the latter will be elaborated further.
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[hider=FACTION PRINCIPLES]
In terms of its principles, the Order seems - in many respects - to be a throwback to far earlier times. Their loyalty to England is absolute, while the defence of the Anglican faith is drilled into them through training and indoctrination. However, held above their loyalty to the Church are the ideals of chivalric behavioral standards, honour, implacability in the face of the worst of foes, and ensuring that the innocent are protected at all costs. The latter values - in conjunction with their flouting of ultra-orthodoxy regarding the arbitrary split between 'magic' and 'science' (out of practical necessity and the idiomatic reasoning of [i]'Does our Lord care whether His Will is done by magical flare or artificially-charged lightning bolt?'[/i]) - frequently finds the Order dancing knife-edges away from being deemed apostate by Anglican hardliners back in Westminster Abbey, and by puritans in the other major strands of Christianity.

Because they draw heavily from the Arthurian cycle for inspiration (Arthur famously being [i]'one of Britain's own'[/i]) and in the formation and continuity of this minor Order, the Caerleon Order has a barely-contained rivalry with other groups that co-opt Arthurian legends and artifacts, such as the infamous 13 Knights of Rome. To the Order, such appropriation borders on outright sacrilege by 'the wayward materialistic Romans'. Should it come to it, clashes between the Order and such elements are anticipated to become violent.[/hider]
[hider=FACTION LEADERSHIP]
While officially, the Order's leader is (nominally) the Crown of England, the reality of day-to-day operations and planning have meant that the Order retains a rank akin to a Knightly Order's Grand Master, who operates out of either Westminster Palace or the garrison of the Tower of London. Under alias, this Grand Master is named - depending on gender - as [i]'Lord Arthur'[/i] or [i]'Dame Guinevere'[/i]; real names are [i]never[/i] used publicly and in official communiques from London. 

However, recent developments in London have deprived the Caerleon Order of its senior leadership. Currently, the acting Knight-Commander (one [i]'Sir Calogrenant'[/i]) has permitted the Academy City expedition to defer leadership to the head of Necessarius - on the provision that her orders and the Order's principles or objectives do not conflict. [/hider]
[hider=COMPOSITION AND COMBAT DOCTRINE]
Numbering just under a hundred strong, the Order typically draws its numbers from unorthodox Knights of England who, regardless, have conspicuously had displayed high moral standards, physical and magical ability, as well as promising recruits capable of projecting Magic or possess some form of knack in relevant (non-ESP) scientific fields. The Academy City expedition - numbering around a dozen - is forced to rely on watching for promising students among the faculty's number who show potential. Given their (as of yet) unofficial status, however, recruiting efforts have stalled in the face of the threat of Anti-Skill coming down hard on any interlopers within the lives of the City's charges. 

Like the Knights of England, the Order predominantly operates in a close-combatant, magic use-heavy fighting doctrine; typically battering their foes with mace and warhammer, cutting with sword and axe, and scourging them with flail and spear. However, their preference for - and making use of - scientific advances within in arms, armour and technical areas of use permit the Order a degree of flexibility otherwise not found within their peers. Technical- and marksman-minded knights can bring both conventional and esoteric firepower to bear in support of their comrades, while specialists in medicine, armory maintenance and (rare) computational programming can allow the Order to overcome obstacles that cannot be 'brute-forced' (or would otherwise take too much time to do so).
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[hider=ARMOUR AND UNIFORM]
When anticipated to be within heavy fighting or conditions that would require heavy layers of protection, the Order dons an enscorced set of plate armour. Worn over a fire-resistant set of padding, forged with modern meteorology and inscribed with wards to mitigate possibly Magical (not physical) damage, this otherwise relatively uncomfortable protection usually can mean the slightest difference between an injured but alive Knight ... or one being sent homeward in a coffin. Apart from a Knight's personal emblem (or heraldry, should it be granted to worthy individuals by London), there are no identifying marks or emblems on the armour to betray their allegiance.

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As an alternative for those Knights or specialists who prefer a far lighter, mobile or (or for the rarely-openly vain) 'stylish' battle dress, an alternative uniform is provided. Lacking similar emblems as their more heavily-armoured kin, this throwback to the 19th century allows a Knight far more more mobility, vision and flexibility wherever they may go, at the cost of drastically-reduced protection. Armour protection is usually limited to a few enscorced armour pieces, such as gorgets, vambraces and greaves.

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[b]Mage Name:[/b] [i][b]Custos_539[/b][/i] [i]"In place of His mortal children and for His redemption, I shall fight and die a thousand times."[/i]

[b]Magical System:[/b] Arthurian Mythology

[b]Description:[/b] A crystallisation of the founding principles of the Pendragon and the Round Court peerage's bloodlines, mixed with later ideals generated within early medieval times regarding soldierly and noble conduct, piety and devotion. When invoked, a practitioner seems to be granted divine favor or protection, as if blessed by God or some form of higher power. Its price, however, requires the practitioner to be held to the highest moral standards: never to fall into sin or vice and to always hold the Word of God as their highest authority. Any shred of unrepentant sin found in them at the moment of invocation will result in failure ... with potentially fatal consequences for the magus.
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