Aigym Hlervu's Guide to Join the Ordinators Faction in ESO.

Aigym_Hlervu

A GUIDE TO JOIN THE ORDINATORS FACTION IN ESO

by Aigym Hlervu

Under these sun and skies I greet you warmly, muthsera!
Though there is no specific skill line and you won't get any specific title, the game lore and mechanics still give us everything to do it without any necessity to make some headcanon or backstories. You might ask "Why can't I just equip those Ordinator garments and feel fine?". Well, you can, of course, but.. this guide will help you to do it more properly. Read further on to understand why. Since I've found no information on the Internet regarding this topic I'd like to share with the Community the results of my own research I had performed berfore styling myself as an Ordinator here in ESO. Read those books I link here for more information.

You have to meet several lore and game-mechanics requirements in order to become a true Ordinator:

1. Read the following books and letters to better understand what an Ordinator is: Ordinator Edicts, A Guide to Liturgical Vestments, Crafting Motif 49: Militant Ordinator Style, Ordinators: A Comprehensive Guide, Hlaalu Letter of Complaint, The Nycotic Cult. I will use some of their excerpts further on here.

2. Joining the Order. First you have to complete the Seal of Three quest and get the Temple Knight achievement as a reward thus to be named a Hand of Almalexia by herself.

3. Race & Class. Any race, any class - the Goddess decides herself who's worthy to join the ranks of Her personal guard.

4. Alliance. You are supposed to be a member of the Ebonheart Pact since the Tribunal Temple was one of its founders. I think there's no problem if your Ordinator character performs PvE dungeons&trials only. But if you fight PvP along our enemies against the Pact still posing yourself as Her Hand due to some reasons, remember that those reasons are your headcanon or some Meridia's Daedric sorcery. This way you still oppose the Tribunal and thus you might be considered a missing Hand the way it happened (well, will happen in the 3rd Era) to Salas Valor. Ordinators are not known to fight each other. If they happen to fight PvP the truth will be with an EP fighter.

5. Style. You have to buy either a Hand of Almalexia Uniform costume or/and a Crafting Motif 49: Militant Ordinator Style. Wearing those garments without completing a quest and getting that achievement is a clear breach of the Seventeenth Dictum of Piety thus you become "subject to swift and merciless sanction" or "shall be killed on sight" (if your character is non-Dunmer).

6. Regarding the old armor style and the new (Vvardenfell) one - they differ only due to the game mechanics but they are considered to be the same. For example Danys wears an old style armor while Vermethys wears a new one dyed as a High Ordinator's one. Still both NPC are High Ordinators. Since the Hands of Almalexia have always been wearing the armor of the High Ordinators (though enchanted), since Danys wears a common Ordinator armor in spite of his rank, it is lore-friendly for a Hand of Almalexia to wear any armor related to the Ordinators the game provides - lore-wise they are all recognized by the Order and blessed by the Temple. Choose the one you like. Keep in mind though you won't be able to make your own Hand of Almalexia Uniform using those Dark Elf and Daedric motifs: they differ from the actual ones in some slight details like breeches design and there are no those specific swords and shields we could equip which are wielded by Her Hands NPC. Don't use any similar side equipment - use those weapons and armor parts listed in the Crafting Motif 49. According to the Guide named above, Ordinators found wearing imperfect armor shall be subject to severe sanction (mudballs and mockery, I suppose ).

7. Armor and weapon types. No matter actually. If you want to appear the same way as those Order of War members - take Crafting Motif 49 heavy pieces only. If you want to look like those of the Order of the Watch patrolling Vivec City - take all heavy pieces except the greaves (for male Ordinators) or choose from light and medium pieces only (for female Ordinators as they are depicted in Vivec City). Otherwise use the costume.

8. Dyes. I couldn't find dyes of the Vermethys' High Ordinator armor though I understand they have to be silverish - the Hall of Justice lighting made it impossible for me to pick up correct colors. Anyway, the books do not state any color requirements for that exact armor but still require some certain dyes to be chosen for basic Ordinator garments. It's mainly gold armor and face masks and dark blue clothes. I've found there are 4 types of specific dyes the new Vvardenfell Ordinators wear: Ransacker Blue for the llanathro'lani (those deep-blue cloth parts), Starlight Gold for the Armor of Triune Faith and the Golden Mask of Devotion (all golden parts), Red Diamond Red for the Mask's crest and Rank 7 Materials brown for several brown parts. Brown parts may actually be dyed with any other matching brown color or even be absent at all depending on the armor type. Don't try that Indoril Blue dye in spite of it's name - I had to explore Deshaan only to know that dye is not the one those Vvardenfell NPC use! Indoril Blue could be used to dye that previous old style armor but not the new one. Weapons dye - no dye at all, natural colors only.

UPDATE: spending an hour of looking at the High Ordinator Vermethys and comparing the armor colors using the Almalexia's Lantern and a torch to make the Hall of Justice lighting better at least a bit, I found that Vermethys' armor is of the Ashland Gray color. A not that easy dye to obtain - you'll need to get the Hearts of Darkness achievement that will require you to complete multiple quests devoted to defeating Balreth and Sadal, and also to put an end to the Covenant invasion of Stonefalls. The second dye of Vermethys' armor is Ransacker Blue for the llanathro'lani (those deep-blue cloth parts) - just the same the other Ordinators wear. Since Vermethys wears no helm, and since we know that the High Ordinators and the Hands of Almalexia wear the same dye for their crest they have on their helms, the crest's color should be Ashland Gray too.

9. Duties. Whatever you do while you meet the above stated requirements, any of your action performed is protected by divine mandate. You are considered serving as Almalexia's elite agent in the world. So long as you wear the Ordinator mask and armor, you are considered a faultless hand of the Three, and thus authorized to commit any martial action deemed necessary to protect the True Faith. Do whatever you've been doing, role-play, style yourself in PvP, take quests - now you are a part of the Order, so wear your armor with honor!

So I hope this guide helps you somehow to style yourself, to role-play, to find some new goals to achieve or to fulfill some other of your desires you dreamt of becoming an Ordinator but was unaware of how to make them true. Have a good day!

Victory for the Three.

Vvardenfell Order of the Watch new style armor:

Hand of Almalexia High Ordinator old style armor:

High Ordinator Vermethys wearing new style High Ordinator Order of War armor:

TelvanniWizard

Awesome!

MartiniDaniels

WTB TES3 ordinator style. It was luxurious.

CaffeinatedMayhem

Bah, the Tribunal are false gods! #AshlanderLyfe

LMar

A thousand times yes. This is what MMORPG forums should contain

Thank you

Vigawatt

I've been a Dark Hand of Almalexia for the last year. Hand of Almalexia costume with Hallowjack dye pack (forget which one, don't have ESO+ for dying costumes more specifically). It gives the face and body a black color and the plume and trim are orange, but in a lot of lighting it looks golden.

SeaGtGruff

Maybe this ought to be moved or at least reposted to the player's guides board so it doesn't get lost?

Aigym_Hlervu

Thank you very much, guys. I hope this guide helps those who need it. I'll repost it to the Player's Guides section as SeaGtGruff advised. Thanks again!

Watchdog

Thank you for the interesting guide.

One question - is there anything wrong with the Classic Ordinator Costume (High Ordinator Danys is wearing it) for the RP purposes, since you do not list it among the recommended styles, please?

Indoril_Nerevar

I dare you to wear it.


Go on, now.

Watchdog

Indoril_Nerevar wrote: »

I dare you to wear it.


Go on, now.

Like this?

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/6179110/#Comment_6179110

Aigym_Hlervu

Watchdog wrote: »

Thank you for the interesting guide.

One question - is there anything wrong with the Classic Ordinator Costume (High Ordinator Danys is wearing it) for the RP purposes, since you do not list it among the recommended styles, please?

Thank you, Watchdog. I think I've just forgotten to write about it up there . No, I don't see anything wrong with that armor, it is recognized by the Order and blessed by the Temple along with other Ordinator garments, so we are free to use it. Its appearance fully supports the lore description and that Guide on Liturgical Vestments especially, so there's no reason not to use it. It's just the matter of taste. I prefer to wear that New Style Motif 49 Armor and weapons and the Her Hands Costume .

Watchdog

Cygemai_Hlervu wrote: »

Watchdog wrote: »

Thank you for the interesting guide.

One question - is there anything wrong with the Classic Ordinator Costume (High Ordinator Danys is wearing it) for the RP purposes, since you do not list it among the recommended styles, please?

Thank you, Watchdog. I think I've just forgotten to write about it up there . No, I don't see anything wrong with that armor, it is recognized by the Order and blessed by the Temple along with other Ordinator garments, so we are free to use it. Its appearance fully supports the lore description and that Guide on Liturgical Vestments especially, so there's no reason not to use it. It's just the matter of taste. I prefer to wear that New Style Motif 49 Armor and weapons and the Her Hands Costume .

Good to hear that. I was worried there was some lore reason why this specific costume wouldn't be appropriate.

Aigym_Hlervu

Don't worry, friend . Personally I think there are no restrictions to any of the specific Ordinator costumes though there are two things regarding the lore and game mechanics we have to pay attention to. I've mentioned it slightly up there in the Guide itself, but here are some additional remarks on it.

The first example is that Ordinator Night-Raid Armor Costume: it is not worn by any of the NPCs, there are no books which could mention neither this armor nor its black colors, but still it is an Ordinator armor. It is written in the official description: "When rounding up criminal scum or raiding hives of heresy in the dark of night, the Temple's Ordinators don this night-dark armor." A Guide to Liturgical Vestments also states: "Hands of Almalexia and other specialized members of the order may have additional vestments to wear". So, we see here this armor is considered to be an additional vestment and its dyes must be "night-dark". I think it is the only restriction here. If we dye it pink , we won't be considered a false Ordinator and become subject to death, but rather such an armor will be considered by the lore "an aesthetic imperfection", an affront to ALMSIVI's divine persons.



On the other hand, A Guide to Liturgical Vestments gives a description to the last detail of the first vesting, or llanathro'lani, - a crimson wool stole called "duleso", fastened with a triangular golden reliquary clasp (a neleviso). An Ordinator must put on that duleso around the neck and shoulders before putting on the armor. But all of the NPC Ordinators in spite of the Order they represent do not seem to wear any crimson clothes. Their duleso is dark-blue, it is the color of the rest of their clothes. So it is up to us here to decide to follow the book by wearing that crimson duleso or to follow the game mechanics and dye it with Ransacker Blue as it is depicted in the game.

I've dyed that duleso with the Starlight Gold dye - the color of the golden armor parts and it is the only detail that differs my outfit from those NPC's one (after a close look though). Since the lore contradicts the game mechanics here and since the Starlight Gold is still a lore-wise Ordinator color and since duleso is the only detail that differs, I don't see any imperfection, any mockery here on the Tribunal. Moreover, I see it as a choice given by the devs - we can choose ourselves what color to pick up for a duleso among those Starlight Gold, Ransacker Blue, Red Diamond Red (that crimson dye) or that night-dark black dyes to individualize ourselves as the heroes in TES world. Each of these colors is lore-wise and would be very beautiful on that vestment part. To me it just looks better being gold, though I'm not that individualist who likes to stand out of the crowd in terms of appearance.

Aigym_Hlervu

Hello, guys! An update for the High Ordinator Vermethys armor colors I wrote in article 8 above.

UPDATE: spending an hour of looking at the High Ordinator Vermethys and comparing the armor colors using the Almalexia's Lantern and a torch to make the Hall of Justice lighting better at least a bit, I found that Vermethys' armor is of the Ashland Gray color. A not that easy dye to obtain - you'll need to get the Hearts of Darkness achievement that will require you to complete multiple quests devoted to defeating Balreth and Sadal, and also to put an end to the Covenant invasion of Stonefalls. The second dye of Vermethys' armor is Ransacker Blue for the llanathro'lani (those deep-blue cloth parts) - just the same the other Ordinators wear. Since Vermethys wears no helm, and since we know that the High Ordinators and the Hands of Almalexia wear the same dye for their crest they have on their helms, the crest's color should be Ashland Gray too.

Cloudless

You're doing the Three's work here, muthsera.