The Nights Watch / SOW

According to legend there was a time called the “Age of heroes” some eight to ten thousand years ago. Archaeologists studying this period now believe the time refers to an age of man where aliens visited our world. During this time The Night’s Watch order was formed.

In origin The Night’s Watch was a military order which held a fortress known as the Wall, an immense ice and stone structure which separated the northern border of a great Kingdom from the lands beyond. The order was led as it is today by a Lord Commander, The Night’s Watch consisted of three groups: the Rangers, who fight, defend the Wall and patrol the Forest; the Builders, who maintain the Wall and the castles; and the Stewards, who support and feed the members of the Watch

We descend from this ancient order of the night’s watch; as in time immemorial we still remain neutral between kings and armies as Ulysses stood between Scylla and Charybdis.

Taking the black is as much a commitment today as it was in the age of heroes, however our goals have grown and evolved to realign with a modern galactic frontier.
and though we still take an oath, it differs from this classic oath.

“Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honour to the Night’s Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.”

Since the passing of more than one corrupt governments and of course the current UUE It has come to symbolise our union as brothers and commitment to each other rather than our commitment to earth’s well-being.

The modern oath of course reflects this, though some still take the classic oath over it.

“Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall call no world home. I am the will of the lord commander. I shall live and die at my ships helm. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the night. I pledge my life and honour to the Night’s Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.”

In recent history the orders home on Armitage in the Orion System was taken from us by the Vanduul’s alien hands in 2681.
The chill of winter it seemed had again approached, the nightmarish Vanduul drove us south to the sol sector.

And so we again find our order standing south awaiting winter’s chill, we will trade, we will arm and we will up skill, for soon will come that time when we shall hear the call and the snow shall run red on the battlements of history, bide your time well brothers for winter is coming.