The Order of Brothers of the Black Chalice of Halengard, commonly the Order of the Chalice, was an Eastern military order founded in 1394 B.E at Moldauthein, in the Kingdom of Halengard. The order was formed to aid villages on the southern border against Orcish raids, and to aid caravans and pilgrims through Halengard. Secondary to that aim, it was also founded to protect the Black Chalice, the artifact capable of binding souls to Esria. It was used in this way by the order to retain the greatest members of the Order even after the death of their mortal bodies. As such, many of the brothers and sisters who served in the ranks of the Order as Humans continued to do so by housing their souls inside titanic, hollow black-steel suits of armour.