Polykalton (clique)
The Distributors of Alms or 'Polykalton' comprise the portion of the order that decides to what end the alms collected in the lands of the order by the Collectors will be utilized for. Infamous for their improvident and overly lavish nature, the Distributors fancy themselves to be noble and austere monks, though the veracity of that is immediately called into question by their conspicuous prodigality as shown by their numerous chamber pots fabricated from pure silver and inlaid with pristine ivory among other similarly extravagant constructions.
However, they do claim that these edifices are paramount to the order's functioning. Surely, without such a great and imposing palace they could not possibly hope to accommodate the many beggars requiring alms (who have been barred from the palace since its construction). Nor could they store their numerous entirely 'freely' donated alms securely without vaults that are among the world's largest. And if they did not collect all these alms, how could they possibly grant any to the needy? Naturally, the Distributors have nearly always awarded gathered alms to the brethren of the order, with the rare exception being one occurrence where alms were rendered to one of the animals under their care instead. Moreover, they insist that their ceaseless and ostentatious feasts are but an expression of their thanks for the many donations given to them completely willingly by the populace of their lands due to their abject destitution. Ultimately, without the Distributors' exceedingly conscientious granting of alms to the deprived, the order might not have been able to afford two hundred new chambers made up entirely of pearls with beds of silk and filled with courtesans for the monks of the order, which would have certainly been a tragedy.