"And the master mason said to the Teyrn, 'Look to where the wild roses grow in the wall, my Lord, and place your men there, because that is where the wall is weakest.' "
When this order was founded, it was on the premises that even the most solid of walls may crack, that something must draw our attention to those cracks, and that once noticed, something must be done to prevent the wall from crumbling, and restore what has been broken.
I come before you today to tell you that we have become complacent; we have not exercised the vigilance expected and required by the tenants of this Order.
Some will say that we are interfering in sacred duties, that the business of the Chantry, of mages and Templars, is not the business of our Order. Some will say that it is not for us to judge, or else they will look to the East as a warning.
I ask you, what duty is more sacred than that of the peacekeeper, what business more important than justice? I ask you to look to the East as a warning; will you allow our city to fall prey to the same fears? Will you allow it to be said that we stood by while our city, our home fell to chaos and ruin because we refused to act?
We are the Wild Roses! We must spring up in the cracks between the mages and the Templars. We must do what we can to restore the bonds that have been severed in our city, lest we be drawn into destruction, and have the walls crumble around us.
-From a speech given by Lady Lucrezia Trevelyan to a meeting of the Order of the Wild Rose, 9:35 Dragon
Notes: Personal thoughts on why the Ostwick Circle was so tame – outside interference from some influential people.
