Archived-The Inquisition (Requiem)
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Overview
Taking their cue from the Catholic Church’s response to heresy in its ranks, the Sanctified created their own inquisition dedicated to rooting out and destroying any threats to their spiritual survival. Early Inquisitors were rarely appointed, taking canon law into their own righteous hands in order to protect the covenant. In some cases this created hysteria and some of these self-made Inquisitors had to be destroyed, so far did they go in seeking heretics.
This overkill led to the practice continued tonight, where it was the sole privilege of the Bishop to name Inquisitors and bestow upon them the authority to carry out their necessary investigations.
The Inquisition (to be completed)
The Congregation for the Purity of Doctrine(to be completed)
History
Whilst the concept of the Inquisition within the Lancea Sanctum can be traced back to the Icarian Heresy which started in 1388 and continued right until 1724, early Inquisitors operated without rules, training, mentors and ultimately guidance.
Philosophy
- Heretic
- A heretic is an individual that conducts the following behaviour:
- Publicly declaring a belief.
- That belief is incorrect.
- After being instructed of their error, the heretic refuses to denounce the belief.
- The heretic may or may not be attempting to teach the belief.
- The heretic is acting upon their own free will.
Patron Saint
St Radczik - Gangrel Inquisitor and Author of "Lies of the Damned".
Commandments and Traditions
- The accused has no right of representation; in fact any that would seek to aid the accused may come under suspicion of the Inquisition.
- There is no right to know where the accusation originates, or any right to face the accuser.
- A confession made under torture must be repeated when not under torture.
Tools of the Inquisition
Torture.(to be completed)
Disciplines, including Auspex, Dominate, Majesty, as well as Nightmare, Protean and Vigor.(to be completed)
Theban Rituals, including Sinner’s Song (Level 1), Liar’s Plague (Level 2), Lash Beyond Death (Level 3), Malediction of Despair (Level 3), Damned Radiance (Level 2), Sanctity (Level 2).(to be completed)
Devotions, including Familiar Stranger and Veridical Tongue.(to be completed)
Titles and Duties
- Inquisitor
- tbc
- Archivist
- tbc
The titles below are to be confirmed
- Initiate of the Congregation (Initiate)
- tbc
- Ordinary of the Congregation (Ordinary)
- tbc
- Extant Ordinary of the Congregation (Extant Ordinary)
- Members that have been trained and endorsed by the Congregation, but are not serving in the capacity of Inquisitor at the current point in time.
Stereotypes
- Hardliners
- tbc
- Unifiers
- tbc
- Neo-Reformists
- tbc
Membership
Serving Inquisitors
The following individuals are currently serving the Lancea Sanctum as Inquisitors.
Those that have approached the Congregation and have been endorsed as a true and faithful defender of the faith by the Congregation are marked as Ordinaries of the Congregation.(to be confirmed)
- Brisbane
- Archived-Alexander Evans (to be confirmed)
- Toowoomba
- None Declared
- Armidale
- Archived-Emmanuel De La Seirra (to be confirmed)
- Sydney
- Archived-Samuel Hunt
- Canberra
- None Declared
- Melbourne
- None Declared
- Adelaide
- None Declared
- Perth
- None Declared
Former Inquisitors
- Canberra
- Archived-Lupo
- Brisbane
- Archived-Lothar
- Toowoomba
- Archived-Aeron Sebrus. Aeron has taken leave of the role of Inquisitor, having learned that his time as one, is now over, not to be resumed. His forced retirement came during WWII and the years in contemplation following.
Declared Heresies
Definitions
- Heresiarch
- The founder (and usually leader) of a Heretical group.
Icarian Creed
Heresiarch: Archbishop Icarius of Naples (Destroyed)
Doctrinal Variation: The Icarian Creed taught that their particular bloodline alone is worthy to speak on the divine purpose revealed by Longinus, and that all other clans and Venture outside their lineage were beneath the Icarians.
Typical Adherents: Exclusive to the Ventrue, the Icarian lineage was not exterminated and was still present after the failed attempt to secure Avignon in 1724.
Australian Presence: None identified.
Livian Heresy
Heresiarch: Destroyed in the Livian Crusade.
Doctrinal Variation: Named after the believed mother of the Centurian, Livia, the Livians place undue importance on the mother of Longinus. Some go so far as to describe her as “the mother of all vampires”.
Typical Adherents: Due to the theological similarities contained within the belief of a supreme mother figure, Livians tend to have close connections with those of the Circle of the Crone. They have also been known to practice blood magic learnt from the Pagans.
Australian Presence: Once active in cities such as Adelaide and Canberra, the Livians are presumed destroyed after the Livian Crusade in 2003.
- Cross Reference With
- Archived-Livian Crusade
The Crimson Calvary
Heresiarch: Unknown (Last seen in the American Mid-West)
Doctrinal Variation: A combination of Tollison teachines, anti-Damnitic practices and ethnic superiority, the Crimson Calvary believe that night of judgement is near and that the Sanctified (White, Christian Kindred) must prepare for a war on the “mud” people to fulfil the prophecies in the Echaton. Social institutions must be brought down and replaced with total Anarchy of a violent breed, and that suffering of the Kine should be maximised. Finally, they believe that Theban rituals are the tools of the “mud people” and “papist witchcraft”.
Typical Adherents: The Crimson Calvary are universally Anglo-Saxon, heterosexual and ideologically conservative. They are often associated with White Supremacists and Survivalist movements.
Australian Presence: None identified.
Censures of the Inquisitors
(This section is to be confirmed)
This is a section to record status changes and other cases made by Inquisitors, for the benefit of the wider Lancea Sanctum.
Year
Month
- Character
- Judgement