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The Amyr

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“An ancient order dedicated to the greater good at any cost”

also known as Ciridae, Knights of the Order Amyr

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The Amyr are an order rather than an individual, distinguished chiefly by the marks of their highest rank. The Ciridae bear red tattoos upon their hands and arms that resemble blood, and are held to be terrible to look upon. In Skarpi's account, Aleph's white fire settles on the foreheads of the first Amyr like silver stars. Nina's vase depicts a lone Ciridae standing before a tower wrapped in flame, with the names of the angels Andan and Ordal painted weighing upon his shoulders.

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The Amyr are an ancient order whose defining creed is to do the terrible things others cannot, in service of the greater good. By Skarpi's account, the order was founded by Selitos One-Eye after the fall of Myr Tariniel: refusing Aleph's gift so that he might remain in the world, Selitos drew the faithful Ruach to him and pledged to confound the plots of Lanre and the Chandrian, naming the order to remember the lost city. In Skarpi's tale, Aleph wreathes the first Amyr in white fire that settles upon their foreheads like silver stars, making them righteous, wise, and terrible to behold. Within the order, the Ciridae form the highest and most unbound rank, held above reproach in whatever they do and marked by red tattoos upon their hands and arms. Sir Savien Traliard was the greatest of the Amyr, immortalized in the tragic Lay of Sir Savien Traliard; he spent six years with the order, three proving himself and three in training, before returning in the seventh year. The order's consequentialist ethos is embodied by the Duke of Gibea, an Amyr baron whose horrific vivisections caused enormous suffering yet yielded medical knowledge credited with saving many lives. In later ages the Amyr served as church knights, the strong right hand of the Aturan Empire, until they were disbanded roughly three hundred years before Kvothe's time when that empire collapsed. The order is known as the bloody-handed, and the Chandrian are said to fear it. Records of the Amyr have been deliberately scrubbed from the histories and the Archives, leaving only fragmentary traces; Kvothe concludes the Amyr themselves removed the information, meaning the order still exists and acts in secret. The Cthaeh tells Kvothe that the Maer keeps the Amyr close at hand and will lead him to their door.

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  • Sought By Kvothe — Kvothe seeks the Amyr as the secret order he believes connected to the Chandrian
  • Opposes The Chandrian — founded to confound and oppose the Chandrian, who are said to fear the order
  • Founded By Selitos — founded by Selitos One-Eye after the fall of Myr Tariniel
  • Named For Myr Tariniel — named to remember the lost city of Myr Tariniel
  • Disbanded By The Tehlin Church — the Tehlin Church is said to have disbanded the Amyr and suppressed their deeds
  • Drawn From The Ruach — Selitos drew the order from the faithful Ruach
  • Hidden By Master Lorren — Master Lorren twice stops Kvothe from pursuing knowledge of the Amyr
  • Blessed By Aleph — Aleph wreathes the first Amyr in white fire settling on their foreheads like silver stars
  • Member The Duke of Gibea — the Duke of Gibea was an Amyr baron whose vivisections embody the greater-good logic
  • Greatest Member Savien Traliard — Sir Savien Traliard was the greatest of the Amyr

Established facts§

  • The Amyr are an ancient order whose defining creed is doing whatever terrible things are necessary for the greater good.
  • By Skarpi's account, Selitos One-Eye founded the Amyr after the fall of Myr Tariniel, refusing Aleph's gift so he could remain and confound Lanre and the Chandrian.
  • Selitos drew the order from the faithful Ruach and named it to remember the lost city of Myr Tariniel.
  • In Skarpi's tale, Aleph wreathes the first Amyr in white fire that settles on their foreheads like silver stars, making them righteous, wise, and terrible.
  • The Ciridae are the highest and most unbound rank of the Amyr, marked by red tattoos on their hands and arms and held above reproach in whatever they do.
  • Sir Savien Traliard was the greatest of the Amyr, immortalized in the tragic Lay of Sir Savien Traliard, and spent six years with the order before returning in the seventh.
  • The Duke of Gibea was an Amyr baron whose vivisections caused great suffering but yielded medical knowledge credited with saving many lives, exemplifying the order's greater-good logic.
  • In later ages the Amyr served as church knights, the strong right hand of the Aturan Empire.
  • The Amyr were disbanded roughly three hundred years before Kvothe's time when the Aturan Empire collapsed.
  • The Tehlin Church is said to have disbanded the Amyr and suppressed knowledge of their deeds.
  • The Amyr are known as the bloody-handed, an order associated with violence done in service of the greater good.
  • Records of the Amyr have been deliberately removed from the histories and the Archives, leaving only fragmentary traces.
  • Kvothe concludes the Amyr themselves erased the records, meaning the order still exists and acts in secret.
  • The Cthaeh tells Kvothe the Maer keeps the Amyr close at hand and will lead him to their door.
  • The Chandrian are said to fear the Amyr.
  • Nina's vase depicts a lone Ciridae before a tower wrapped in flame, with the names of the angels Andan and Ordal painted weighing on his shoulders.
  • Secret Amyr are known to have researched medicine, the Duke of Gibea among them, while operating covertly under the principle of the greater good.
  • Felurian states there were never any human Amyr.
  • The Edema Ruh sing of Sir Savien, hero of the Amyr, and the phrase 'for the greater good' recurs among characters.
  • The Amyr were founded to oppose and confound the Chandrian and all that followed them.
  • The Amyr acted as travelling judges before going into hiding.
  • Master Lorren twice stops Kvothe from pursuing knowledge of the Amyr, and the Archives are governed by a strict ban on open flame.
  • The Amyr hold that the ends can justify the means, accepting sacrifice toward a larger aim.
  • Kvothe seeks the Amyr as the secret order he believes connected to the Chandrian.

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