Inquisition/Grey Knights

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Grey Knights

"Our colour is grey, for it stands right between the light and darkness - and so do we."

"We are the hammer! The edge of the sword!"

"One unbreakable shield against the coming darkness,
One last blade forged in defiance of fate."

"Regard this function as your only duty:
you live only to purge the Daimon.
Take up your rod and staff,
your armour and sword,
and go forth."

The Inquisition has two primary objectives - purge daimons from this world and purge their heresy. Daimon Hunters, informally called the Grey Knights, are a faction within the Inquisition created specifically to deal with the former objective.

Remembrances

Roleplay from Maura Arnickles Renodin

Daimon Hunters: Half-naked, blood-soaked woman entered the Offices of the Inquisition. Inquisitorial guardsmen hastily stopped her near the entrance and were about to toss her out when one of the higher officials recognized the woman. "By Obeah's grace! Tis Inquisitor Maura Arnickles Renodin! Unhand her you fools. At once!" - the man said. He rushed to the woman and covered her with a cloak saying - "I will get a cart for you m'Lady and have you ferried to the Port of Four Cities, at once. I will send forth a messanger, so that when you arrive bath, meal and a healer await you, at once. Or you could enjoy amenities here, I am certain Lord Adolphus won't mind." Maura just steadied man's eager hands and said that she has more pressing needs, she requested that fifteen very best men in the Inquisitorial Guard be fetched here for her. "At once, yes, at once m'Lady" - with blatant eagerness the man began tending to Inquisitor's wishes. Not an hour later she caught sight of the men she requested forming a single line before her - and marvelous sight it was - over a dozen shapes of huge, terror-inducing steel-clad beasts. Their full plate suits of armour were covered with long black tabards of the Inquisition. She'd been informed that all of them were from noble families, sworn to Obeah and the Inquisition they gave up on their convenient lives and trained for years to be worthy of serving the Veiled Goddess. "Take it off" - Maura said pointing to the black tabbards worn-over their armours. The men complied and the implacable greyness of their steel overwhelmed the room. When asked about the unusual hint the captain of the men just said - "They have a special armourer - the Inquisition - one special armourer just for this. They say he used to be a scholar for the Heralds. Noone knows what he does but the steel is different." Maura stood before them, there was no need for shushing the men, when they noticed she's about to speak the hall became so quiet one could almost hear the crescendo of heartbeats. "You are not Inquisitorial Guardsmen now. You will not hunt down heretics now. You will not shackle apostates now. You will not burn defilers." - a half-restrained murmur of shock slithered across the hall as the Inquisitor said these words. "You are mankind Guardsmen now. You will hunt down daimons. You will shackle the agents of the Netherworld. You will burn otherworldly threat!" - Maura looked around and pleased with their reaction she continued - "Beasts that plague these lands are among the least dangerous foes you will face. Imagine seas of undead so vast that you would have to ride entire day just to get to their rearguard. Imagine beasts that fly over your walls and toss bolts of pure force from outside the range of your finest archers. You will not survive. You gave your life with your oath and to your oath I shall hold you. You will perish either at the hands of those horrific beasts... or mine. One way or another I will see each and every one of you die." - she looked again and satisfied still she added - "Fear not, you will be trained and educated to fight those creatures, so that you don't die all too soon." "You will be known as the Grey Knights now" - She knocked on the armour of the closest knight - "Your colour is grey, for it stands right between the light and darkness - and so do we."

Maura Arnickles Renodin

Lexicon

Report from The General

On the cunning of Daimon kind and Tactics against them: Oh frankly I have seen Akkan in person. I would recommend you never trust any Daimon you see and launch thousands of arrows in its chest before allowing it to gain a single shred of strength. As if you neglect doing that out of curiosity it ends up in the death of tens of thousands peasants in defence of a city bombarded by demonic firebombs. ... The most successful tactic against daimons I have used is charging with as many people as possible straight into the daimons ranks, regardless if you have possession of walls or not, the only exception being if you have range 5 special forces, which can stay on top of walls. If you encounter daimonic animals not accompanied by daimons themselves then you can just slaughter them like you would do with cavalry, which is to allow them to throw themselves on fortifications. The execution of daimons is best done on the battlefield and prevent them from gaining any magic scrolls, since they thrive off that magical energy and is known to cause resurrections of them.

The General

Report from The Royal

On the Agyrian slaying of Daimon Overlords ... those rumours are indeed true. The parboiled heads of two Daemon Lords are available for inspection in Fronepu, both slain by Agyrian hands. It would have been three had not a Thalmarkin delivered the coup de grace to the third Daemon Lord after he was downed with a shaft from a bow. What I will say is that Ar Agyr is a small realm with a big, beating heart of molten fury. Since the slaying of the Daemon Lords and the end of the 6th Invasion we've earned glory in the Far West supporting our Northern Alliance brethren against Angmar, and in the Wildlands of the South aiding the Vales against the earlier stages of this phantom invasion. Outnumbered though we may be by the revenants flooding our lands, it'll be a very cold day in hell that we yield to such pressures.

The Royal

Report from The Priestess

On overwhelming power of Daimon warriors I will teach you what I know. It has been some time since I have led men in combat though. One of the more powerful soldier groups we fought against in the last invasion was the range 5, spearthrowing, flying cavalry that could kill defending archers from outside their range, or charge over the walls to kill defending infantry. Assuming the infantry even tried to hold the walls at all. It was very common for infantry to leave the walls and charge across the open field in an attempt to attack the Daimon archers. Which generally resulted in massacre by arrows, followed by rending by claws if any infantry survived that long.

The Priestess

Report from The Priestess

On the daimonic devices, weaknesses and mortality of Overlords Monsters and undead do indeed fight as shock troops for the Daimons in most cases. Daimon Overlords are some of the hardest individuals to kill in this world. I'm not sure I've ever seen a duel work against them. They are rarely killed in battle. Sometimes they are resurrected immediately though, so death does not always mean as much to them as to us. They are generally vulnerable to any magic scroll, much as we are, though there are rumors that heavy magic use empowers them.

The Priestess

Report from The Royal

On advantages of Agyrian blood in Daimon warfare Inquisitor, I know of no particular secret to slaying daimons unless it be Agyrian blood, Agyrian steel and Agyrian discipline. If you wish to confer with the nobility of Ar Agyr to learn more of these traits you're welcome to visit us in Fronepu and ask whatever questions you wish. Do let me know in advance though as we spend a lot of our time in the field and there may be another location which would suit your purposes better.

The Royal

Report from The Priestess

On daimon magic and portal stones Portal stones can be used against the Daimons. It is in fact where they are best used and most powerful. They can be used to disrupt the Daimons' control of magic and eradicate them from this world entirely. How effective they are depends on the faith and the intention of those involved in laying the stones and those working with them. The better and more complete the intent, the better the result may be. It is best to have scrolls of daimon banishment in reserve. Have your adventurers seek them out, put books together into scrolls, and have them ready for use when the time comes. Do the same for scrolls of undead banishing. Keep them in reserve for when they are needed. Monster banishing books are another matter. They cannot be put together into scroll form and used later. They take effect immediately upon placing together and place the adventurer into a fugue state of mind where they slaughter the monsters with not later recollection of how they did it.

The Priestess

Roleplay from The Inquisitor

On portal magic and Daimon worship

The Inquisitor

Report from The Duke

On closing portals and the Dark One I wish I could answer that more specifically but it simply takes...well, everything you can dish out. Slaying them isn't the problem, it's making sure they stay dead. Taking out their portals seems to cure that. For that you need portal stones though and an adventurer with some a lot of bravery or stupidity. All we can do now is plan for their return. The Dark One sleeps but he will awaken again and even in his sleep he manipulates the forces of the blight. If one could slay the Dark One... well that would change the world as we know it.

The Duke

Report from The Scion

On self-sacrifice and mounted warriors I have never fought the daimons personally- simply heard of their stories- I was a mere babe when nobles sacrificed themselves at the temples of light to ward of the coming of the blight and the daemonic invaders. I have however, seen one conserved corpse that was kept for further study at the [REDACTED]. From the stories I have heard, they have a great prowess in the subjugation of man... However mounted warriors are most wont to defeat them. Have we heard rumors of another daemonic invasion? I stand ready to lead my soldiers against them.

The Scion

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