The Oath of Farron

The Legion of Farron was a famed, and ultimately infamous, order of knights tasked with a single duty: to guard against the Abyss, and any vile creature or corruption that might arise from it. For centuries, the Abyss Watchers, as they were called, stood vigilant against the Abyss and fought bravely to prevent its malignant influence from permeating across the material plane. Where they started as guards, however, they became fanatics, hunting down even the slightest signs of the Abyss with increasing ruthlessness and violence, until the appearance of their uniforms in a region became known as an ill omen - for where they ventured, death surely followed.

But the creatures of the Abyss are cunning and shrewd, and the closeness of the Watchers to the Abyss they so watched made them especially susceptible to its corruptive influence. The Watchers knew of this, and though they hunted down corrupted knights within their own ranks as fervently as they hunted down signs of the Abyss elsewhere, ultimately, the corruption spread so deep that the Legion consumed itself from within, culminating in a massive battle between their brothers and sisters in arms so devastating that it all but annihilated the order itself, and the Legion of Farron was disbanded and left to the pages of history.

Still, some still find righteous paths in the old ways, and so take up the ancient Oath of Farron in a lonely journey to fight against the fiends that would corrupt the hearts of mortals. Where the Abyss Watchers primarily fought demons, those who now follow the Oath of Farron tend to extend their wrath to all fiends, as well as their close allies - the undead, and even the occasional celestial. Those who follow this path are few and far between, and it is rare for any significant gathering of paladins following the Oath of Farron to occur - it was pride and arrogance that led to the fall of the Legion, and those who choose to take up the mantle now are not apt to make the same mistake twice.

Tenets of the Oath of Farron

Destroy the Abyss

Where nearly all paladins fight fervently against demons and demonic influence, those who follow the Oath of Farron do so with an especially feverish intensity. All demons, and any who have been corrupted by demons or demonic influence, must be vanquished without mercy or hesitation. It is by the slightest allowance that the Abyss corrupts all, and there can be no leniency for any who have fallen to its will.

Cosmic before Regional

You answer to a higher moral code than the laws of a land, plane, or even a god. The greater cosmic fight against the Abyss takes all precedence, and no force in the cosmos can stand in your way in your battle against its hordes. If you must steal, kill, torture, or destroy in order to fight the Abyss, so be it. Petty moral squabbles are how the Abyss creeps in through uncertainty and subterfuge; you have neither the time nor the will to worry about such things.

Offense over Defense

You cannot wait and allow the Abyss to muster its might. If you discover a demonic incursion, you must immediately seek it out and destroy it. While it is prudent to formulate a sound plan and gather appropriate resources, the longer you wait, the stronger the Abyss becomes.

Prepare the Populace

Anyone and everyone is a potential breach from the Abyss waiting to happen. You must warn others about the abyss, train them in how to detect and fight its influence, and ensure that the many peoples you meet amidst your travels are prepared in the event demons come knocking at their door.