Education:

Light of the Pampas Children's Collective, Rosario Sanctuary, XXX-2394
Osculum Dei Middle Seminary, 230--2404

Called to the Pax Dei: 015-2410

Basic Training: Dawn Forge Combat Seminary, Brasilia Sanctuary
Advanced training: Sword of Dawn Testing Grounds, Mons Olympus Sanctuary

Assignment: Pax Dei Crusader Corps, 333-2414

Battle of Guderian Prime, 127-2415

Wounded: received the Heart of Zion
Awards: The Order of Venus for Courage in the Field of Combat

Fleet Action, Battle of King's Cross 256-2416

Wounded: received the Heart of Zion
Awards: The Star of Dawn for Heroism in the Field of Combat

Promoted to Deacon, 022-2417

Current Assignment: Defense of Krig-7B

Jarred Stone was born behind the walls of the Rosario Sanctuary, in an Order hospital which had opened its doors to the poor. His mother was an unbonded woman of the Buenos Aires district, unable to afford expensive Corporate health care. Although she died giving him life, her last wish was honored by the hospital staff; her new-born son was adopted by the Order of the New Dawn. He was given the name Jarred Stone, after the doctor and nurse who delivered him, and taken to the Light of the Pampas Children's Collective, where the loving sisters of the Manus Dei cared for him until his 14th birthday.

Young Brother Jarred showed such intelligence, initiative and Devotion in primary school that many thought he would be called to the priesthood. Accordingly, he was sent to the Osculum Dei Middle Seminary when he reached the age of majority, in the hopes that he would eventually take the Collar. Unfortunately for the Vox Dei, however, Brother Jarred eventually realized, after six years of study and meditation, that the priesthood was not his calling. After a long period of fasting and prayer, the Light revealed to him that he could best serve the Order in the ranks of the Pax Dei, as a soldier. And so, with great sadness, his teachers and his confessor sent him on to the Forge of Dawn combat seminary.

Any doubts that Brother Jarred was truly called to the Pax Dei quickly vanished during his stay at the Forge of Dawn. Although he was much older than many of his classmates, he ranked highest on nearly 83% of all physical, mental and psychological Trials. His first combat trainer, the Paladin Valerius, was so impressed with Brother Stone's aptitude for war that he made only one comment on the young man's chart: "Jarred Stone will make a perfect soldier; his body is strong and his Faith is stronger. His one weakness may be that he has no weakness-even when faced with the impossible, he shows no fear, no doubt, no hesitation."

Given his exemplary performance in Basic Training, Jarred Stone was sent to the Sword of Dawn Testing Ground at Mons Olympus for Advanced Training and OCS. There he was placed in the care of the Paladin Magnus, and went through several specialized courses of study. When he completed his training and graduated from the military academy in 2414, Brother Jarred Stone was ranked first in his class. As per the Sword of Dawn's ancient tradition, he was immediately promoted to the rank of Initiate and given his choice of assignment.

It speaks well of Brother Stone's courage that he chose to become a Dawn Crusader. In his first year of active duty, Stone served on the line in no less than six armed conflicts, including the battle of Guderian Prime. There Stone led two squads of Crusaders over the walls of a Benton-Yutan mining fortress, and destroyed the automated turrets which held the rest of his company pinned against the bluffs. The lives of over a hundred of his fellow Crusaders were thus saved, and although Brother Stone was badly injured, he was still able to negotiate a peaceful surrender of the fortress without further bloodshed, once he realized that his commanding officer had been killed in the fighting.

Brother Stone's initiative and valor earned him a short rest at the Nova Roma Sanctuary, where he received the most advanced possible treatment for the injuries he suffered on Guderian Prime. As soon as he was able, he rejoined his Company in a fleet action at King's Cross, where the Armada of Dawn captured two heavy cruisers belonging to Dai Sheung Heavy Industries. Brother Stone distinguished himself once more in the boarding action against the DSS Seoul's Champion, when he broke though an enemy barricade and rescued several brothers of the Vox Dei. The brothers, who had been captured by Dai Sheung when their Temple on King's Cross 3 was destroyed, were being held onboard the Lafayette for ransom. As a reward for his extreme heroism, Jarred Stone was promoted to the rank of Deacon and given command of his own Company.

The Deacon still serves his Order faithfully. Although he is embarrassed by praise and has little to add to this recounting of his many achievements, he leaves us with his favorite quotation from the New Dawn Bible--words which have given him the strength to defeat every enemy he has yet encountered in battle:

--The New Book of Psalms