TL;DR: The Falcon Knights and Paladins that appear during the Court Warlock fight are not allies of the Order of the Stag. They are corrupted remnants of the Order of the Falcon, an older Etzel-founded order that collapsed long ago. The connection between them lies in the Etzel bloodline itself: Eldoran, leader of the Order of the Stag, descends from the same lineage that founded the Falcon Order. On the Isle of Ada, these remnants are drawn into the Court Warlocks control, which is why both appear in the same encounter.
Long version: The Order of the Falcon was the first of the three Ancient Orders founded after the fall-out between the Etzel siblings and King Xenom. Led by Oberon Etzel, the Falcons believed themselves to be the true heirs of the Thaian kingdom, and the rightful successors of Xenom's ideals. Their devotion, however, isolated them. Sidelined politically and mocked as the "Trapped Falcons" of Edron, they eventually vanished overnight, abandoning their stronghold amid strange lights, arcane disturbances, and the disappearance of several high-ranking guests. What truly became of them was never officially recorded.
What is known is that the Falcon Order did not simply dissolve. Over time, fragments of it resurfaced, but diminished, twisted and hollowed out. Falcon Knights and Paladins encountered in later ages are described not as noble warriors, but as shadows of their former selves, their will eroded and their purpose corrupted. Their connection to dark influences, possibly linked to forbidden magic or external corruption, marked the final degradation of Oberon Etzels once-proud order.
This is where the Isle of Ada and the Court Warlock enter the story.
The castle on Ada is not merely a military outpost of the Order of the Stag. It is a place saturated with unresolved history: Etzel blood, knightly ambition, secrecy, and betrayal. Eldoran the Ambitious, leader of the Order of the Stag, is himself a living consequence of that past, a bastard heir of the Etzel line, raised in absence and silence, seeking meaning through power and legacy. His order is not an ancient one, but rather a response to ancient failure.
The Court Warlock, sealed beneath the cathedral and later entrenched in Ada's depths, represents another echo of that same failure. He is a remnant of the era when knights, nobles, and magicians alike believed that power could be contained, controlled, and justified if the cause was righteous enough. Over time, he did what many before him had done: he recruited, subjugated, and reshaped others to serve his purpose.
The Falcon Knights and Paladins that appear during the battle with the Court Warlock, are not allies of the Order of the Stag, nor are they acting of their own free will. They are remnants of the Falcon Order, warriors whose identity had already been stripped away long before you arrive. Drawn to the Isle of Ada by shared history, corruption, or lingering oaths, they were absorbed into the Court Warlocks sphere of influence, becoming yet another tool in his spectacle of domination.
Seen this way, their presence is not arbitrary. The encounter places side by side different remnants of the same fractured lineage: a new order shaped by the Etzel legacy, a warlock clinging to old methods of control, and the degraded remains of an order that once claimed to stand above all others. What appears as a mixture of factions instead reflects how unresolved elements of that shared past intersect in the events on the Isle of Ada.
Sources:
Books: Knightly Successor Orders of Tibia, loose pages I and II. The Forgotten Tomes.
Quests: The Order of the Lion Quest, The Order of the Stag Quest.
Creature description of Falcon Knights and Falcon Paladin.
NPCs/Dialogue: Kesar the Younger, Eldoran the Ambitious, Court Warlock.
