Children of the Light
The Children of the Light are an independent military order sworn to root out Darkfriends, white-cloaked zealots who answer to no king and count Aes Sedai among the servants of the Shadow.
The Children of the Light appear early in the history recorded of the world, and few forces cause such unease among ordinary folk. They are an independent army sworn to no nation, dedicated to exposing Darkfriends and stamping out the Shadow's works wherever they judge them to lie, and their judgment falls widely; the order teaches that Aes Sedai are witches and servants of the Dark. Others call them Whitecloaks for the snowy cloaks, blazoned with a golden sunburst, worn over their armor, a name the Children take as an insult. Founded in the War of the Hundred Years by the preacher Lothair Mantelar as a society of preachers, the order grew into a military power, commanded by a Lord Captain Commander from the Fortress of the Light in Amador, where its word outweighs the King of Amadicia's own. Its Questioners hold that confession can be obtained by any means required.
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