Priests in the Military Branch
by Bruce HeardOkay, Mr Wabbit-John, Sir... You did
have a point about clerics in the Military.
You made the right point but for the wrong reason though.
Here's what I stumbled upon. If all knights in the military are
fighters, then this means that the Grand Master of the Order was
cleric of one of the three priesthood branches up until he reaches
the supreme command. In other words, the GMotO (dontcha love
acronyms?) never was in the military, perhaps not even in the
Hammer... but gets to command all of the military anyway!? This
seems hardly right.
Here's the change I would suggest. Knights can become priests and
still function within the Military Branch. If so, they obey
military officers as long as they are assigned to a Lance. As soon
as the latter ceases, they revert to their default clerical
affiliation which is the Voice of Vanya -- or any other branch for
those knights who indeed started out as priests. Seems nit-picky,
but it makes a difference. The GMotO must have had substantial
experience among both the military and the clerical services in
order to command both.