After the sun had fully risen, Solam and Philip returned to their respective rooms. Solam truly needed rest. Although he was in excellent physical condition, even he could not withstand such torment—first researching legendary spells without sleep or rest, then having a friendly match with Xianna. Just when he had finally managed to fall asleep, he had to get up again to bail out those two bastards, Philip and Korgan Bloodaxe. After that, he had drunk and chatted with them until now.
Even if Solam had an iron body, he was now exhausted in both body and mind. He needed sleep.
And while Solam slept, a group of people had already begun a series of open and covert struggles centered around him.
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Order of the Radiant Heart.
The Order of the Radiant Heart was the largest paladin order in old Amn. Its members were paladins from the various major churches, and it had been formed to protect Athkatla and Amn from the depredations of evil creatures while also carrying out numerous law-enforcement duties. Its headquarters, located at the southeastern corner of the city's Temple District, maintained an elite force of high-ranking paladins and senior priests year-round. Whenever evil creatures were discovered, they would be dispatched to destroy them.
But after the Great Riot, the Order of the Radiant Heart's strength had shrunk drastically.
That Great Riot had extremely complicated causes, but the social unrest caused by the great tsunami was undoubtedly its primary cause. After the tsunami, the conflict between the nobility and the commoner class became exceptionally acute. Then, a series of events—especially the demon summoning and cultist incidents of that year—directly became the spark that ignited the riot.
That night, more than twenty thousand commoners died, and