Zantetsuken Scythes

Judgment in the face of depravity.

Punishment is a response to the failure of law. To the members of the Zantetsuken Scythes, an offshoot of the Knights Zantetsuken, true order can be achieved only when criminal behavior is quelled before it is committed — preferably before it is even considered. The Zantetsuken Scythes does not seek to convince every free-willed creature of a lawful society's virtues, because its members believe that forces stronger than rhetoric must be used to prevent the sickness of criminal impulse. Thus, the Scythes employs magic to enforce its vision of law. Would-be Scythes can look forward to learning a measure of this spellcasting order's secrets, including invasive new scrying techniques, methods for shielding spellcasters, and the order's connections to planes beyond.[ Members of the Scythes believe that arcane magic, extraplanar knowledge and manipulation are essential tools for preventing great crimes. With their focus on the pursuit of knowledge given to them by their infernal servants, the crimson-cloaked signifers are seldom seen abroad. It is their extraplanar servants who perform most of the order's dirty work outside Citadel Enferac. Nevertheless, the other Zantetsukens have learned to respect the Gate's effectiveness, citing the many occasions when what seemed to be just vague predictions turned into perfect clarity with time.

Creed: "Judgment in the face of depravity."
Fortress: Citadel Enferac
Leaders: Vicarius Giordano Torchia
Armor: Helm with a vortex-like pattern, crimson robes

Weapon: Dagger

Type

Military, Knightly Order