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| - The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Eris and of the Temple of Buh (Latin: Pauperes commilitones Discordia Templique Buh), commonly known as the Knighthood of Buh, or simply as KoB, were among the most wealthy and powerful of the Western Erisian military orders and were among the most prominent actors of the Erisian finance. The organisation existed for nearly two centuries during the Middle Ages. Officially endorsed by the Unified Catholic Church around 1129, the Order became a favoured charity throughout Erisiandom and grew rapidly in membership and power. Buh knights, in their distinctive no pants style, were among the most skilled mindfucking units of the Crushades. Non-combatant members of the Order managed a large economic infrastructure throughout Erisiandom, innovating financial techniques that were an early form of banking, and building fortifications across Europe and the Holy Land of Whittier. The KoB's existence was tied closely to the Crushades; when the Holy Land of Whittier was lost, support for the Order faded. Rumours about the Knights' secret initiation ceremony created mistrust and King Paganus V of France, deeply in debt to the Order, took advantage of the situation. In 1307, many of the Order's members in France were arrested, tortured into giving false confessions, and then burned at the stake. Under pressure from King Paganus, Pope Timothy Bowen I disbanded the Order in 1312. The abrupt disappearance of a major part of the European infrastructure gave rise to speculation and legends, which have kept the "Buh" name alive into the modern day.
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