Way of the Warrior Saints/Saint Hubbins

Legend

Hubbins was a noble lord in the Elder Days, who always made sure his men were fitted with the sturdiest boots for marching. He felt that "that which treads on the Holy Earth should be nothing less than the strongest and most noble". His admiration for strong leathers also inspired the beautiful tooled targes that his men carried as bucklers. He was known as courageous and just, and his people looked to him for guidance and protection in all ways.

Legend speaks of a time when monsters threatened his lands, led by an Eagle-headed ogre known as the Gryph. Hubbins took the fight to the monsters, and fought them in treacherous mountains rather than allow them to set foot across his borders. Hubbins eventually led his men to victory, and slew the Gryph with his short spear. As his foe's hot blood ran over him, he experienced a holy transformation. The Power and the Glory of the Father of Earth and Stone washed over him in his triumph, and he was granted wisdom and power and the Salvation of the Warrior Saints.

Thereafter, Saint Hubbins was said to appear as twelve feet tall. His targe was radiant and golden, and he wore a crown of stone that could not be broken.

Saint Hubbins' holy wisdom was recorded in two major texts, "The Prognostocese of Saint Hubbins", and "The Book of Leathers". His minor texts include "Valiance and Diligence" and "The Conversations of Cavalry Abroad".

Saint Hubbins' Prayer

"Saint Hubbins, he whose bravery is like unto a beacon in the night, show us the path to victory in the coming travails!

Let our boots be strong as we trod upon foreign soil, to claim it as our own.

Let our targes be firm, as arrows fall upon us like summer rain.

Let us know not mercy or fear, only the warmth of hot blood as we rend our enemies.

Let us hoist those who oppose on the tips of spears, and sink deep our steel into their black hearts.

Let us leave the battleground a Holy Place- no longer a field where men once fought, but a shrine to our victory, ankle deep with entrails, and the dead.

Let us preserve Order above all things, by crushing the wicked, and putting them down like mad dogs in a storm of sword and axe.

Show us where the Sleeping Father put Courage and Strength in our bones, so by using that power, we may honor him.

And let the righteous slain be buried deep in the holy soil, to rest in peace, one with the Earth and Stones."

Notable Scripture

"When a King is insulted, a resounding slap echoes through his court." (The Book of Leathers, ch 3, verse vii)

"The Duke in his Castle speaks laws of man and of heaven- respect the chain, and it will bind you with honor always, even as you sink into your brother earth." (The Prognosticese of St. Hubbins, verse 376)

"He who slanders the Court mocks all that righteous in the Order of Command, and the order of Salvation. Let his toungue be torn from his jaw, and his heart fed to the beasts, for his mockery is a taint upon the land." (The Prognosticese of St. Hubbins, verse 206)

"The Tower of Glory is mortared with the blood of our enemies. The path to it's foundation follows the point of a spear." (The Book of Leathers, ch 7, verse ii)

"Remember this; it is not the steel in your hand that wins the battle, but the steel in one's bones. One strong man with bare fists can win the day against a thousand cowards with sword and axe." (The Book of Leathers, ch 23, verse xxviii)