In all things, paladins must reflect the Light, which supplements our strength. To strive to be divine for one of our kind does not mean we strive for godhood–we strive to be good in all actions.
Although called upon to smite evil in these harsh times, you must always remember that it’s aiding others that will truly set you apart from the other citizens. Compassion, patience, bravery–these things mean as much to a paladin as strength in battle.
Know this well, and never forget it.
Tome of Divinity
“The enemy’s dark resolve will seep away in the light of your righteousness.” – Judgement of the Light
“The enemy’s shadowy cunning is no match for the pure insight of the light.” – Judgment of Wisdom
Selistra has had a hard life. From one battle to the next the cleric of the Light has gone and with each battle she grew harder and more cynical. When she’s given the chance to leave she takes it, returning back to the only friend she knew outside of the Crusade. She knew her friend ran a bar on Murder’s Row but she doesn’t realize how much she’ll come to rely on that club.
Rethin is everything she knows she should stay away from and yet she can’t seem to avoid the rogue. He’s the muscle for the bar, a former sailor, rugged, and charming. He makes her feel again. She should be turning heel and running, but the battle hardened cleric finds herself falling for the scarred rogue.
Can two broken people figure out how to put each other back together again?
With more lives at stake, and dangerous games set in motion Father Brightlight, his rival, and Tyrin form an uneasy alliance that will take them from the Western Plaguelands to the treacherous streets of Booty Bay in order to find their freedom. Father Brightlight suffers, wondering who he is. Is he the man that Tyrin loves that feels more real than Elthin? Or is he the scam artist? Even with the Holy staff in his hands will he be able to put a stop to the dangerous games to return to New Haven with Tyrin?
But with liberty on the horizon, the cost just might come at at Father Brightlight’s redemption at the warlock temple.
When Father Brightlight, offered himself to his former rival, he never imagined the twisted game that was planned for him. Trapped by his former rival and his entourage of killers, Father Brightlight is forced to steal the cursed Holy Rod. Now he must find a way to stay ahead of the game… before it destroys him and the only woman he’s ever loved.
Tyrin Lightsworn can’t forget Father Brightlight, expelled from New Haven for a crime she didn’t commit, the cleric straddles the line between what is good and lawful, she vows to the Light to do everything in her power to get Brightlight back. But if Tyrin gives in to retribution, will Father Brightlight still love her?
Elthin Bloodsworn is used to starting over. The son of an infamous rogue team, Elthin spent his childhood being used as a pawn in his parent’s scams. But now he is older, wiser, and ready to give the con artist life a rest after one last scam. Enough to see him off to Eversong so he can settle down. Western Plagueland’s New Haven church has a reliquary said to contain the most valuable holy artifact in the Crusade’s hands.
Tyrin Lightsworn is a cleric of the Argent Crusade,a talented artist and even though she has retired from the Crusade she maintains her vigil at New Haven. Elthin is counting on her to be an easy mark but he’s not counting on growing feelings for the stoic cleric. When Tyrin discovers Father Brightlight isn’t the Priest he seems she makes a deal that he doesn’t dare refuse.
But this deal comes with a price and Elthin isn’t the only thief with his eyes on the reliquary.
Every week, Cleric Brightheart gives his sermons to hundreds, able to fill them with a passion for the Light. But the pulpit is the only place he feels any passion at all since he lost Kelin.
If you’re unwilling to enjoy sinful temptation
It broke her heart, but mage apprentice Kelin broke off her engagement to Brightheart, determined to be successful on her terms. But no mage has ever held a candle to the fire that Brightheart started in her.
A chance meeting and tortuously close quarters lead to uncontrollable flares of sinful passion and rediscovery of their feelings for each other. No, in addition to the risk of mutual heartbreak, they’re in danger of creating a truly scandalous affair that might last.
For those among us who have been able to join an order like the Argent Crusade, the Silver Hand, the Church of Holy Light and others we are able to enjoy the experience of others in guiding and enriching our knowledge. We have books, we have people who know spells and rituals like the back of their hand, we have tools the solitary practitioner lacks. What then for those without such tools?
They must be creative. Self Teaching is a great challenge and those listening closely will hear the Light. But most often we have to start with four different tools:
Study
Thought
Prayer
Experimentation
Using the four mentioned above is the best way for the solitary practitioner to increase their own knowledge and understanding of the Light. This fourfold approach will help you strengthen your belief and help answer your questions if you’re willing to place your trust within the Light. If a new practitioner is reading this I encourage them not be caught up worrying if they are doing something incorrectly.
There is no one method used for everything, whether it is healing, invoking the Light, rituals, or calling down the Light’s fury in battle. The fact that there are numerous people on different sides who have their own methods of invoking the Light, calling to it, hearing it, and wielding it show the unique opportunity that lies in wait for the solitary practitioner: To discover new ways of listening, of using the Light. Thins that others, who have been conditioned to accept certain avenues of the Light’s expression, have missed.
While I am not a member of any order that uses the Light I will say that doing this on my own has made things different. I see things differently, the light whispers differently to me. How the Light manifests through me is different than, say, a human priest of the Church of Holy Light.
That was through centuries of the above however. Study, thought, prayer, experimentation and repeat. Do not feel frustrated if you do not get the results you desire. Be patient, believe, try again. The Light does not ignore you. It simply waits, trying to help you find the path that is best for you.
Laria Redwind was just an innkeeper until an adventurer came to her small town and and convinced her she was extrodinary. Almost from day one Velandis Bitterstar pulled her into the deep and promised she would be there. But when a tragic incident darkened Valendis’s life she waded out into the shallows and left Laria behind.
Two decades later and Laria thinks she’s moved on and convinced herself that she will be content being alone in her life. No longer a novice in the Priesthood Laria moves to Sunsail Anchorage to fill a vacancy… and promptly bumps into Valendi and her girlfriend. The bad woman turned good attempts to convince Laria to forgive her and as Valendis keeps coming to see her, she agrees to a truce, only to find herself stumbling into a friendship with Valendis again.
As they grow closer, the sparks between them flare up and begins to play havoc with their lives and relationships. As sinful lust, jealously, and longing rear their ugly heads, laria and Velandis stuggle to come to grips with what they mean to one another.
And even if they worked it out there’s no guarantee Laria will evertrust Velandis as much…
Successful and blessed by the Light, Belial Greenmoss has put behind a troubled past and is forging a future in the Light that she is proud of. However when one of her superiors discovers her secret she’s blackmailed, intent on using Belial’s popularity to make them the most well known priests in Silvermoon City. He wants her to be apart of uncovering the city’s biggest scandal- a secret that High Priest Vandels Dawnbreeze is hiding.
It doesn’t take her long to encounter the High priest. But she doesn’t encounter the warm and charming man he’s reported to be. Instead she’s faced with an insulting and defensive villain who misjudges her at every turn, When Dawnbreeze realizes the truth and decides to make amends belial wants nothing to do with him. But she underestimates his determination and charm and soon they find themselves embroiled in an intense, passionate and sinful affair.
An affair Belail knows must come to an end before their feelings from any deeper and he discovers her secrets. Afer all Dawnbreeze isn’t the only one who played the part of villain…
Everyday was the same for Brutalicus- easy lazy and filled with naps. When he rescues Troubles the Murloc he has no idea how it’ll unlock a series of events that’ll see the proto-whelp and the murloc leave Farstrider’s Square to the Ruins of Silvermoon City. When they discover the source of their troubles they are forced to find an answer and seek out a library that shouldn’t exist…
Can Brutalicus the proto whelp and Troubles the murloc overcome their differences so they can go home? Or will they never be able to return again?
Tyleril Silversword 
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