Company of the Northern Cross

... and so it came to pass that the Order was all but destroyed. In ruins the grand and towering Donjon lay fallen. What was left of the Priory of the Arch Priest was almost unrecogniseable as the powerful Temple it once was. The Horses in the Stable were gone, looted and sold by opportunists. The Army, once mighty and proud, was hunted down and slaughtered, if not their bodies, in their hearts were they defeated, slain almost to the man. Men of Station and of great promise were reduced to beggars while all the Realm did celebrate at their demise. Here, no Army defeated them, No King bannished them, not a Sword fell upon them.. but from within they were crushed, for there is no more powerful enemy than the dark corners of the souls of a few..... from the Grande Chronique "la Mort de la Croix Nordique"