Trusted Faces

Guardians are given access to temples, clergy, pilgrims, noble households, vulnerable communities, and sensitive information. A Dark Templar who retains that trust can do more damage through a whispered order, a false warning, or a deliberately failed protection than through open battle.

For this reason, the Order fears the concealed Dark Templar more than the obvious renegade. Discipline, courtesy, piety, and courage do not prove that corruption is absent.

Detection

There is no simple public test that infallibly identifies a Dark Templar. Shadowsense itself is not a moral detector, and Shadow is capable of concealment. Investigation depends upon conduct, evidence, contradictions, unusual manifestations, and the judgment of experienced Guardians and other knowledgeable allies.

The Order does not teach that suspicion alone is proof. False accusations can destroy trust as effectively as a hidden enemy.