Oath of Service

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This oath is the least binding of all the oaths. The Oath of Service loosely binds a group of Kindred to carry out their lord’s will on a nightly basis. The bond formed by this type of oath is akin to the bond between employer and favored employee. Such oaths are deliberately undemanding, allowing the lord to pursue his agenda, albeit casually, through the actions of the coterie without burdening the group excessively. A coterie serving an elder in this way might expect to attend to one or two issues of its lord’s business at that liege’s will, but otherwise its time is its own. These duties might include acting as a courier, meeting with a lawyer or banker on the elder’s behalf, overseeing a business interest or similar duty. Elders might expect this sort of oath from more established coteries of ancillae with whom they have an almost collegial relationship. The elder understands that the ancillary coterie has an agenda of its own and grants the group time to pursue it once business has been attended to.

Breaking an oath of this sort is held to be rude, disrespectful and possibly scandalous, but not particularly serious or criminal. A coterie that breaks an Oath of Service is often punished by an Invictus Harpy or other public figure, who gleefully drags the coterie’s reputation through the dirt. Breaking an oath as casual as that of the Oath of Service could impair the coterie’s reputation enough to impede its advancement through the covenant’s ranks.

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