The Order of Keeping It Down

The Sacred Order of Keeping It Down is a Paladin Order located in Inkwater. Of unknown origin, they they devote themselves to silence and quiet (especially after half nine according to council rules).

Having set up in a to let castle near Inkwater, they soon started enforcing their ideals of holy silence above all else, shutting down local taverns and dismantling church organs. The townsfolk quickly grew to hate the group as they disrupted their way of life.

Forces
The Order maintained a garrison of sixteen paladins headed by a Watch Commander. In order to keep quiet the paladin's Full Plate (less helms) is heavily padded and some are issued with warhammers.

With nine of their number (including the Watch Commander) killed outright by the Oxventurer's Guild and the others badly wounded the Order was practically wiped out after the events of "Quiet Riot".

The Castle
The castle itself is square with stairs alongside two sides that lead up to the door. This bottlenecks any attackers and allows the defenders to rain down fire upon them. Once past the door there is a small guard room and a second heavy security door.

The main hall has columns topped with fluted arches around a large floor grating. Surrounded by smaller padded benches the high table leads up to a large dias. The castle also has a storeroom and a small dungeon.

Strangely the castle's description doesn't match the picture used to represent it.

The Owlbear
It was revealed that the reason for all the quiet was that there was an owlbear sleeping beneath the castle. The members of the Order seemed to both fear and revere the beast and maintaining quiet as not to wake it up.

It is not known how the owlbear came to be in Inkwater but it's likely that the Order brought it with them.