Silver Inquisition

**The Silver Inquisition** is an insurgent army in western Suldura, formed with the explicit intent of stamping out magic within the human kingdom. It was formed in 490 AC in Deep Harbor by Maldon Arrindell, previously a Captain in the Corlester army who now styled himself General Arrindell.

## Early Years

Soon after forming the Silver Inquisition, Arrindell moved its base of operations into the Broken Fang Mountains, a mountain range that runs between the Falkenried and Corlester regions of Suldura. As he gathered additional support, he began to organize raids to towns throughout the countryside, rooting out and executing those who secretly practiced magic. The typical method of execution employed by the Silver Inquisition was burning at the stake.

As the Inquisition gained power, they became more organized. While some parts of the army still focused on "witchhunting," others began to act as a security force for parts of the countryside. Arrindell hoped that, by providing the Inquisition as a source of security, he would be able to eventually supplant the Margrave of Falkenried, who he saw as dangerous due to the Margrave's Mayakara wife.

In 494 AC, Arrindell approached Gravine Mezara Corlester to request Deep Harbor's aid. Deep Harbor was known as a city particularly hostile to magic and to the Mayakara, and was the largest Sulduran city without a Mayakara academy. However, Corlester turned him away, refusing to lend her aid to an army hostile to her cousin, the Margrave of Falkenried.

## Siege of Westmarch

*For more information on this battle, see the Siege of Westmarch.*

Nearly five years after refusing Arrindell, the Gravine of Corlester summoned him back to the city, seeming to have had a change of heart. She ordered a large part of the Corlester army, led by Captain Edmund Caldara, to join forces with the Silver Inquisition, assisting them in their planned attack on Westmarch.

In 499 AC, the Silver Inquisition besieged Westmarch, believing that they would finally be able to unseat Falkenried. They were broken upon Westmarch's walls by an army of mercenaries, Mayakara, and Falkenried soldiers, and nearly 80% of Silver Inquisition forces became casualties. General Arrindell's own son, Juniper, was thrown from his horse and captured by Westmarch forces as the Inquisition army retreated. What remained of the Silver Inquisition limped their way back into the Broken Fang Mountains to lick their wounds and attempt to regroup, but the heavy losses that they had suffered made it unlikely that they would be able to stage another such large-scale attack.

## Officers and Important Members

* General Maldon Arrindell, the founder and general of the Silver Inquisition.
* Captain Edmund Caldara, the Deep Harbor officer leading the armies lent to the Inquisition by Mezara Corlester.
* Captain Fredrin Gardner, the officer sent to lead half of the Inquisition to Westmarch. He was killed en route by Finnbjorn Cinderforge.
* Captain Gemma Firthing, the officer commanding the troops guarding the Brightwood Bridge in preparation for the Siege of Westmarch. She was killed by the mercenaries escorting Owen Falkenried to Crownport.
* Captain Nestor Jurgen, the commander of a Witchhunter unit sent to kill Silas Aldrebb. Missing and presumed dead after traveling to Darklin Hold.
* Lieutenant Ilsa Tyvellis, a Deep Harbor officer sent to join the Inquisition. She was captured during the Siege of Westmarch and sent to Crownport for trial and execution.
* Lieutenant Juniper Arrindell, General Arrindell's son and a young officer. He was taken into custody by Finnbjorn Cinderforge and Grimyse Ecixellash after the Siege of Westmarch.
* Eurian Montaigne, a skilled Witchhunter and Juniper Arrindell's lover.
* Morgan Isthiril, a friend of Juniper and Eurian. She was sent with a martyrblade ring to attempt to assassinate Falkenried prior to the Siege.