Sanctified Order of the Crucifix

The Sanctified Order of the Crucifix is the lowest of the Orders of Kolios. The intention of the order is to honor those who have excelled in Christian service, and is not primarily intended to focus on the actions of those in Kolios. It was created on 20 September 1995. Membership in the order is currently awarded by Princess Arlene, as the Sovereign of Kolios.

History of the Order

Badge of the order from 2003-2022

The order was created the day that the then Kingdom of Kolios was founded as the higher of two orders. When Kolios became a principality within the Empire of Agber on 7 January 1998, the order was restructured as an order of the Empire. This move left the Order of Kolios as the only order exclusive to the Principality. The order was returned to Koliosian control on 18 June 2020, instead of being returned to its original position in the precedence of Koliosian honors, the Order of Kolios retained its position as the highest honor.

The order is being overhauled as a part of the sweeping changes intended to be enacted by Prince Garibald once he assumes the throne on 26 February 2022. These include a redesign of the regalia, re-focusing the honor to its originally stated intent, shrinking the number of active members, and transferring authority over the award to House Barenhalb.

Loss of Records

The original records containing the list of members was lost sometime in the mid-2000's. While Empress Arlene was able to recall a few of the members, the names of thirteen of the Knights and Dames were thought to be lost forever. Due to this fact, Princess Arlene stated that she often considered either opening up the number of members allowed, or abolishing the Sanctified Order of the Crucifix altogether. When she reconnected with Margrave Jordan in 2020, his personal records were able to restore eight names to the register.

Five names are still unknown. Although there have been attempts to reconnect with others involved in the Empire's early history in hopes one of them may have personal records that can fill in the gaps, none have thus far borne fruit.

Structure of the Order

The official intention of the order is to honor those who made significant accomplishments that are Christian in nature. Unofficially, it has typically been bestowed in recognition of general achievements.

The Sanctified Order of the Crucifix is largely based on the United Kingdom's Order of the Garter. Much like the Order of the Garter, the Sanctified Order of the Crucifix is limited to twenty-four living members. Unlike the Order of the Garter, there are no supernumerary categories. While members of the Royal Family and foreign Heads of State may be named to the order, they are counted as one of the twenty-four available knighthoods. As such, new memberships in the order have not been awarded since early 2004.

The order has only one class; Dame/Knight. Members of the order may wear the star of the order with an accompanying red sash, worn from the right shoulder to the left hip.

List of Dames and Knights

This list is current, as of 25 November 2020.

No.	Name	Seq.	Year App.	Awd. Sovereign	Reason for appointment	Notes
01	Stephen, 1st Duke of Reese	01	1995	Stephen	Founding member of Kolios	Former Sovereign of the Order, abdicated in 1997
02	Arlene, 2nd Princess of Kolios	02	1995	Stephen	Founding member of Kolios	Current Sovereign of the Order
03	Thomas, 1st Duke of Fryar	03	1995	Stephen	Founding member of Kolios
04	James, 1st Duke of Cramer	04	1995	Stephen	Founding member of Kolios
05	Jordan, 1st Margrave of Sulli	05	1995	Stephen	Founding member of Kolios	Served as the 1st Chancellor of Kolios
06	Lacey Marie, 1st Baroness of Sheridan	06	1995	Stephen	Founding member of Kolios	Served as the 2nd Chancellor of Kolios
07	Paul Johnston	07	1995	Stephen	Personal Achievement	Former resident of Kolios, but not a citizen
08	Alli Rogers	08	1995	Stephen	Personal Achievement	Former resident of Kolios, but not a citizen
09	Steven Schmidt	09	1996	Stephen	Personal Achievement	4th and 5th grade teacher for many of the founders
10	Eric Suarez	10	1996	Stephen	Personal Achievement	Former resident of Kolios, but not a citizen
11	Tanja Mantel	11	1996	Stephen	Personal Achievement	Former resident of Kolios, but not a citizen
12	George Lucas	13	1997	Stephen	Achievement in Entertainment
13	Amber Wilkinson	14	1997	Stephen	Personal Achievement	Former resident of Kolios, but not a citizen
14	Michael Jordan	15	1997	Stephen	Athletic Achievement
15	Leonardo DiCaprio	16	1997	Arlene	Achievement in Entertainment
16	Member's name unknown due to loss of records	18	1997	Arlene	Personal Achievement
17	Member's name unknown due to loss of records	20	1998	Arlene	Personal Achievement
18	Member's name unknown due to loss of records	21	1998	Arlene	Personal Achievement
19	Member's name unknown due to loss of records	22	1998	Arlene	Personal Achievement
20	Member's name unknown due to loss of records	23	1998	Arlene	Personal Achievement
21	Ashleigh Sinodis	24	1998	Arlene	Personal Achievement	Cousin of Princess Arlene
22	Duke Gilbert of Liguria	25	2003	Arlene	Personal Achievement	Cousin of Princess Arlene Awarded while 1st Baron of Cordova
23	Nicole Ameriss	26	2004	Arlene	Personal Achievement
24	Donald Trump	27	2020	Arlene	Excellence in fighting for Christian values

Former Knights of the Order

Currently, there are three former Knights of the Sanctified Order of the Crucifix.

Name	Seq. No.	Year App.	Reason for appointment	Year Dep.	Reason for Departure from Order	Notes
Nicholas Stubbs	12	1996	Personal Achievement	2020	Death of member	Former resident of Kolios, but not a citizen
Fred Rogers	17	1997	Achievement in Entertainment	2003	Death of member
Andrew, 2nd Grand Duke of Carthage	19	1998	Personal Achievement	2004	Revoked for negligence of duty and treason