Post by bloodreflection on Oct 2, 2011 12:21:46 GMT -5
The Churches of England
The Protestant Church:
The official church of England, this church while large in England is relatively weak in comparison to its counterpart the Roman Catholic Church, its main rival. At least half of England’s white population is Protestant at this time in their history. Due its large number and varying informants from the original Roman Catholic church, the Protestants are aware of the pre-natural threat which humanity suffers from and because of this they have a small and very loyal group of men and woman in England known as Holy Warriors or Zealots, they combat the unending tides of evil with often archaic and outdated forms of combat. The church preaches zero tolerance for Satan’s children and because of this the Protestant church views both powered humans and any other pre-natural creature as the Devil’s children and puts all to death when they find and catch them. Most of the Zealots are those who have taken it upon themselves and possible suggestion by the clergy of the church to hunt the evil which haunts their streets, due to their lack of official funding and training they have a very large fatality rate and being a successful Zealot relies on allot of luck to learn enough to make you effective.
The Roman Catholic Church:
The second largest church in England and the largest in the world, it is a power house which has dominated Europe and the new world since its founding, many devout Irish make up this church in London. Unlike its counterpart the Protestant church, the Roman Catholic church has a unit of elite monster killers, they are well trained and well armed, silver, holy water, true conviction, guns, swords, you name it, they can get their superiors to get it for them as they wage blood war on the devils own. The Roman Catholic Church has a name for their hunters, they are known as the Nox Noctis Vigilo or The Night Watch, these soldiers of God consist of both humans and pre-natural humans. The church calls these empowered humans “God hands” men and woman with the gift of gods own hands, their powers are as versatile as their numbers. The church also employs “white witches” or witches who conform to the churches laws and ways, they are thusly allowed to practice white magic under the eye of the church without being hunted. Below are the ranks in the Night Watch
Chain of Command
• Grand Inquisitor: Each country has four Grand Inquisitors, these men answer only to the pope, they have the entire power of Rome practically at their disposal to hunt and kill the devils children.
• Imperial Inquisitor: These are the upper ranks of the Inquisitors, men and woman trained in both diplomacy and torture, they are the ones which extract the locations of packs, roderes and kisses from the devils children before they save their souls.
• Inquisitor: These areh the field commanders of the Night watch, many of them exist and they specialize in combat and recon, spending much of their time finding, targeting and then executing their mission with a fine precision others can only envy.
• Hunter: These are the elite shock troops, men who specialize in the killing of the pre-natural in mortal hand to hand combat on the sea and land, they are often grizzled veterans.
• Priest: The common man of the Night watch, they are the bulk of the forces in any given area, ranging from combat hardened veterans to those who’ve never run a single mission, they are the main force of all Night watch operations.
Orders
• Order of the White Shield: The highest order one can belong to in the Night Watch, it symbolizes the many years of service and victories achieved by the individual, the members of this order are the elite of the elite and in any given country there is rarely more than thirty at any given time.
• Order of Grey Shield: There is only one way to make the Order of the Grey Shield and that is to die a hero, taking as many of the Devil’s Children with you on your way out, bringing them redemption in the next life. There are thousands of members of this time honoured Order, but none of them living.
• Order of the Silver Sword: This is an order which is populated by many veterans, men and woman who’ve served in more than one major conflict are awarded membership to this order, due to this there are many members of this order.
• Order of Vatican: A small but elite few can call this as part of their order, the Pope himself awards those who have completed great but impossible tasks, such as eradicating an entire Pack of werewolves with the aid of a few others and surviving only the fight but to report of its success.
Titles
• Wolves bane: a title given to those who have slain at least ten lycanthropes in the name of the church, kills prior to being part of the Night Watch do not count towards this.
• God Hand: A empowered human with a pre-natural gift, God hands cannot be shifters, vampires, lycanthropes or any other non human species in the eyes of the church.
• Slayer of Night: A title given to those who have slain at least ten vampires in the name of the church, kills prior to being part of the night watch do not count towards this.
• Saint: a Title granted to the most illustrious members of the order who died in the line of combat, they are not recorded in the official book of saints, but rather a book known as the “Saints of the Damned” a book which contains all the members of the night watch slain in combat and the most famous of those are dubbed saints.
• Purifier: The title is given to only a few, it implies not only are you a veteran of many battles with the super natural, but you are also the victor or survivor in these conflicts having racked up over ten confrontations and forty confirmed kills of the pre-natural.
The Protestant Church:
The official church of England, this church while large in England is relatively weak in comparison to its counterpart the Roman Catholic Church, its main rival. At least half of England’s white population is Protestant at this time in their history. Due its large number and varying informants from the original Roman Catholic church, the Protestants are aware of the pre-natural threat which humanity suffers from and because of this they have a small and very loyal group of men and woman in England known as Holy Warriors or Zealots, they combat the unending tides of evil with often archaic and outdated forms of combat. The church preaches zero tolerance for Satan’s children and because of this the Protestant church views both powered humans and any other pre-natural creature as the Devil’s children and puts all to death when they find and catch them. Most of the Zealots are those who have taken it upon themselves and possible suggestion by the clergy of the church to hunt the evil which haunts their streets, due to their lack of official funding and training they have a very large fatality rate and being a successful Zealot relies on allot of luck to learn enough to make you effective.
The Roman Catholic Church:
The second largest church in England and the largest in the world, it is a power house which has dominated Europe and the new world since its founding, many devout Irish make up this church in London. Unlike its counterpart the Protestant church, the Roman Catholic church has a unit of elite monster killers, they are well trained and well armed, silver, holy water, true conviction, guns, swords, you name it, they can get their superiors to get it for them as they wage blood war on the devils own. The Roman Catholic Church has a name for their hunters, they are known as the Nox Noctis Vigilo or The Night Watch, these soldiers of God consist of both humans and pre-natural humans. The church calls these empowered humans “God hands” men and woman with the gift of gods own hands, their powers are as versatile as their numbers. The church also employs “white witches” or witches who conform to the churches laws and ways, they are thusly allowed to practice white magic under the eye of the church without being hunted. Below are the ranks in the Night Watch
Chain of Command
• Grand Inquisitor: Each country has four Grand Inquisitors, these men answer only to the pope, they have the entire power of Rome practically at their disposal to hunt and kill the devils children.
• Imperial Inquisitor: These are the upper ranks of the Inquisitors, men and woman trained in both diplomacy and torture, they are the ones which extract the locations of packs, roderes and kisses from the devils children before they save their souls.
• Inquisitor: These areh the field commanders of the Night watch, many of them exist and they specialize in combat and recon, spending much of their time finding, targeting and then executing their mission with a fine precision others can only envy.
• Hunter: These are the elite shock troops, men who specialize in the killing of the pre-natural in mortal hand to hand combat on the sea and land, they are often grizzled veterans.
• Priest: The common man of the Night watch, they are the bulk of the forces in any given area, ranging from combat hardened veterans to those who’ve never run a single mission, they are the main force of all Night watch operations.
Orders
• Order of the White Shield: The highest order one can belong to in the Night Watch, it symbolizes the many years of service and victories achieved by the individual, the members of this order are the elite of the elite and in any given country there is rarely more than thirty at any given time.
• Order of Grey Shield: There is only one way to make the Order of the Grey Shield and that is to die a hero, taking as many of the Devil’s Children with you on your way out, bringing them redemption in the next life. There are thousands of members of this time honoured Order, but none of them living.
• Order of the Silver Sword: This is an order which is populated by many veterans, men and woman who’ve served in more than one major conflict are awarded membership to this order, due to this there are many members of this order.
• Order of Vatican: A small but elite few can call this as part of their order, the Pope himself awards those who have completed great but impossible tasks, such as eradicating an entire Pack of werewolves with the aid of a few others and surviving only the fight but to report of its success.
Titles
• Wolves bane: a title given to those who have slain at least ten lycanthropes in the name of the church, kills prior to being part of the Night Watch do not count towards this.
• God Hand: A empowered human with a pre-natural gift, God hands cannot be shifters, vampires, lycanthropes or any other non human species in the eyes of the church.
• Slayer of Night: A title given to those who have slain at least ten vampires in the name of the church, kills prior to being part of the night watch do not count towards this.
• Saint: a Title granted to the most illustrious members of the order who died in the line of combat, they are not recorded in the official book of saints, but rather a book known as the “Saints of the Damned” a book which contains all the members of the night watch slain in combat and the most famous of those are dubbed saints.
• Purifier: The title is given to only a few, it implies not only are you a veteran of many battles with the super natural, but you are also the victor or survivor in these conflicts having racked up over ten confrontations and forty confirmed kills of the pre-natural.
