Holy See

The church is a religious organisation that follows the teachings of the Goddess of Light. They are the sworn enemies of the Demons and have waged countless holy wars against the Demons.

## Background

The church is a religious organisation founded by the followers of the Goddess of Light. They utilise their complete resources to spread the teachings of their patron goddess.

For reasons unknown, they consider the demons as their mortal enemies. Due to this reason, they have waged countless Holy Wars against them on Demon territories with the end goal of conquering those lands for the humans. Sadly, their war efforts haven't boor many results as they might have been able to gain a few victories but have consistently lost the wars against the demons.

In one such Holy War against the 1st Demon Kings Palace, they lost the war to Merlin Lucifer III, who not only eradicated the entire expeditionary force but was also able to capture the 233rd Hero at the end of battle. The church had also lost the Holy Mythril armour during this engagement.

## Organisational Goal

1. To spread the teachings of the Goddesses of Light.
2. To eradicate the races affiliated with Darkness, namely the Demons and the Vampires.

## Strengths and Weakness

### **Strengths**

#### Holy Relics

The church posses many powerful artefacts that are harmful to demons and vampires alike. Some known artefacts are:

* Holy Spear
* Holy Bell
* Holy Mithril Armour

#### Heroes

The church selects powerful humans and declares them as heroes, and utilities them for their crusade against the demons. The most powerful among them are known as the 10 Legendary Heroes.

Known Heroes who fought for the church include:

* O'Brien
* Alice Claudia

#### Artificial Creatures

These include creatures artificially created by the church for their fight against the demons. Known creatures include:

* White Whale

#### Vatican Guard

This is the army of elite soldiers belonging to the church. They are mostly lead by a Bishop during crusades.

#### Devote Follows

This consists of devout followers who volunteer their service during military campaigns and support the church financially through donations or by buying the goods sold by the priests. They tend to be gullible and are often exploited by the church.

#### Holy Spring

The Holy Spring is a very sacred place in the Vatican. It has a long history and a lot of religious significance to the followers of the Goddess of Light. Taking a dip in the spring symbolizes washing away one's filth and sins and becoming the warriors of the goddess of light. According to legend, the holy spring is the saliva spit out by the goddess of light, which holds a certain kind of supernatural power, and every time the pilgrims pass by, they must respectfully drink a sip.

Hence, its importance is no less than that of the Temple of the Goddess of Light. Even the pope cannot bathe there. Therefore, the only people allowed to dip in it are the heroes chosen by the church. These heroes are allowed to take a dip in the spring before their fight against the demons.

### **Weakness**

#### Corruption and Arrogance

The organisation is infested with people who are either highly corrupt or take advantage and misuse the trust their followers have for them. There have been many instances where the members of the church knowingly exploit the weak for either financial gains or self-preservation. They also tend to care truly little for the feeble peasants and often use them as cannon fodder in their wars.

## Trivia

* *They tend to spread hateful and wrong information about the demons to hold onto their influence among the humans.*
* *They use scaremongering tactics to sell their bible.*
* *The Holy See offers a reward of ten of millions of gold coin for a Demon Lord and only five gold coin for an ordinary demon.*
* *They adopt and recruit orphans to fill the ranks of their private army.*