Knights of Scarroh

"The Knights of Scarroh might use the name of a god, but they're fiends if ever I met any."
~Torfi Thorstar

Structure

The Knights of Scarroh are a Palatine Order, and are organized around Knights and Men-at-Arms. One Knight leads no more than a dozen Men-at-Arms, and are expected to groom a Squire to take over their duties within the order.

Culture

The heresy is characterized by its cruelty, both in terms of sadism and masochism.

Public Agenda

The Knights of Scarroh officially exist to 'purify' the world.

History

Formed by a mad monk who was too extreme for the Flagellants of Scarroh, Ghenza attracted zealots with his message of forgiveness and reward in the afterlife through suffering. He was persecuted as a heretic, but his followers built themselves a barracks south of Iolka. They remained there, insular, cementing their beliefs into unshakable faith.
Their message is too extreme for most locales, and their missionaries are rejected even by the Deminites. They found some amount of success around the Year 900, establishing a foothold in Sacqueline. Slowly at first, they corrupted the Deminite population. Eventually, they reached a critical mass and engaged in a series of pogroms against other faiths and even orthodox holdouts. By 990, they were the only accepted religion in Sacqueline.

Tenets of Faith

The Knights of Scarroh believe that Scarroh has laid in every man's destiny into an unshakable bond. Free will is only an illusion to them. 
They also believe that the more suffering one receives in this life leads to rewards in the next.
These two beliefs combined make the infliction of suffering not only a virtue, but a divine mandate. It also frees them from feeling responsible for any pain they inflict; they are simply agents of fate extracting taxes for the joys their victims will receive in the afterlife.

Freedom With Pain and Fate

Founding Date

794

Type

Religious, Sect

Alternative Names

The Scourges

Demonym

Scarrian

Leader

Dedicore Paling

Parent Organization

Demiurgery

Deities

• Scarroh

Location

Gehnzan Barracks

Notable Members

• Grundewar Grunder
• Krysanke Feathers
• Oskar Bürkli

Related Ethnicities

• Cambren