Champion of Balance

In Ophidian society, a Champion of Balance was an officer appointed by a Great Hierophant of Balance to enforce his or her orders.

Description
As the Great Hierophant was to be an impartial judge of his or her people, it was forbidden for one holding the office of Great Hierophant to directly act those who defied his or her decrees. The enforcement of the Hierophant's orders, therefore, fell to an individual who had been appointed as the Champion of Balance. Those who held this station were chosen from among the Great Hierophant's acolytes and were permitted to go and do battle with those who had transgressed against the word of the Hierophant. Their status was denoted by an artifact known as the Amulet of Balance.

Trivia

 * According to Elissa, there were only four times in Ophidian history in which the intervention of a Champion of Balance was necessary. In all of these cases, those who stood in defiance of the Hierophant were among those living outside of the principles of Order and Chaos.