Witch Hunter

Witch Hunter, the Faithful is an entity of unknown origin from after the Arklight's destruction. A loyal member of the fanatical religious group known as the Darynthiel Faithful, they are sent off on various missions to help fulfill the church's goal of executing magic abusers whose existence alone accelerates the destruction of their reality.

## Lore

### Backstory

“Too many magic abusers, no one has learnt from the Arklight’s destruction. They continue to damage reality for their selfish gains. For this, the sinners must be put in their place. It is the will of our saviour Darynthiel“.

These are the words uttered by the church of the Darynthiel Faithful, a cult of members who preach a book written by Quinn Darynthiel, a philosopher who came up with the Arcana Evolution Singularity paradigm. That magic developed to a point at which it would create more complex magics that would be incompatible with mortal beings and would inadvertently cause a negative feedback loop, that would end mortal king in the process.

This theory came up with a scale of points in which society’s magic had evolved too far and claims that once past a certain point, the balance of life is simply on borrowed time and must be slowed down in hopes that it heals.

These sacred texts are the gospel for the Faithful. Given the Arklight’s permanent damage to the structure of reality, the Faithful believe it is their duties as scholars of Darynthiel to eliminate those who further seek to speed up the rapid decay of the world. Was previously seen as an extremist group without many followers. Their numbers and supporters have grown substantially in the years since the Arklight’s destruction, so much so that many consider them the law and have great respect for their work.

The Witch Hunter, is an unknown member of the Faithful, only known by his alias. A shadowy figure dedicated to the church's mission of culling the magic abusers for the benefit of the world's health. Cited for the death of various strong magic users from all corners of the planet in the past year alone, with its whereabouts constantly changing, throwing pursuits off of his trail.

### Recent Events

Its latest mission sends it to Cala Neth to put down the mage Zalynx as they believe that his Genesis Seed magic is a red herring to distract the blind from a greater evil, with him continuing to damage the planet and hasten the decay of the world faster still. “He thinks himself above the world’s rules, its next saviour; but he will bring about our end. And for his hubris, he must be put down by you: Witch Hunter.”

## Personality

The Witch Hunter doesn't have much of a personality, simply responding with very short and measured comments. It seems capable of processing emotions, but do not carry any themselves as it seems to act purely in the service of their current goal. That being said, they are capable of thinking and will not just follow orders to the letter, as is evident with them instead recruiting Midnight to the faithful as opposed to carrying out an execution order. But these thoughts will be purely based on its objectives, disregarding emotions or various other variables it deems unnecessary.

## Trivia

* The Witch Hunter's origins are unknown to most of the Darynthiel Faithful members, being something kept in secret by the higher ups.

## Development Notes

* The Witch Hunter didn't have a name for most of development, simply labelled the Witch Hunter. The name was kept this way when the lore was created to generate an air of mystery to the character as well as to make them more of a force of nature, rather an independent character.