Editing Strathelar's Order of Advocates

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Advocates were characters run by volunteer players with limited powers, designed to assist new players to Asheron's Call. They could be identified by their special shield called an Aegis. In lore terms they were called Strathelar's Order of Advocates, as seen on the Advocate and Sentinel statues located outside of [[Cragstone]], [[Hebian-To]], and [[Zaikhal]]. Besides their duties of helping newcomers, Advocates were also defenders of the realm. Elysa's Advocates were present and fighting at the battle of Cragstone, where Elysa, Asheron, and the Advocates destroyed an attacking Shadow Spire. They are now retired.

These ruins were the secret training grounds and headquarters for Strathelar's Order of Advocates. With the disbanding of the order the dungeon has been removed, but the ruins and lifestone remain.

Once trained the advocates would station at the Advocate Towers in the [[Starter Outposts]] near each of the starter towns and await for new arrivals to Dereth.

The command ''/list [town name]'' could be entered into the chat window too see a list of Advocates on duty in that town.

The order of advocates was disbanded during the [[Lonely In The World]] event.

== Related Pages ==
=== Lore Articles ===
* [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Call Handbook/The Advocates|The Advocates]]
* [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/The Mysterious Portals Archive/The Advocate Towers|The Advocate Towers]]

=== Texts ===
{{Item Table
 | Advocate Statue
 | Book of Advocates
}}
=== Locations ===
* [[Advocate Ruins]]
* [[Advocate Dungeon]] - ''Retired''
* [[Advocate and Sentinel Monument]]
* [[Starter Outposts]]

=== Items ===
{{Item Table
 | Aegis (Training)
 | Aegis
 | Small Key
}}

== Images ==
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File:Samsur Advocate Tower Live.jpg|Samsur Advocate Tower
File:Advocate Ruins Live 2.jpg|The Advocate Ruins
File:Advocate Dungeon Live.jpg|Advocate Dungeon Portal
File:The Advocates - OrangeAdvocates.jpg|Advocates in training
File:Advocates Live.jpg|Advocates who have completed their training
File:Advocate and Sentinel Monument Live.jpg|Advocate and Sentinel Monument
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