Dinethian Executioners

Feared the world over for their devotion to the God of Death, Dinethean Executioners are a particularly form of Paladin, singularly focused on ridding T'sara of undead abominations.

Structure

The Executioners operate mostly independently, but receive orders and support from a complex heirarchy of parishes. Each parish is associated with a temple, secluded from the public, with each parish Priest receiving coded messages from higher above with news and instructions. The organization is lead by The Pale Pontiff, Sarik.

Public Agenda

the notion of a public agenda is a bit of a misnomer for a holy order trying to keep to the shadows. Being champions of the Dineth the Destroyer is not likely to cause a great deal of trust. Be that as it may, their overarching goal is clear. They seek to rid the world of all undead, from skeletal horrors to more fearsome threats like vampires. They also seek to eliminate all traces of necromancy from the world; all known or suspected users are to be killed immediately.
In this way, Executioners are as dedicated to fighting these evil threats as more typical Paladins.

Assets

Although Executioners are generally self sufficient in the field, the Parishes will provide provisions and basic supplies to support them in their missions. "Temples" to Dineth run by the Executioners are usually covert in adherents homes, or otherwise hidden from prying eyes.

History

How Dineth's power over the dead escaped his grasp is a mystery, one he is not willing to divulge. The common theory is that the Fey brought about necromancy to the world as another means to torment the living during the Fey Crisis, but even that theory has too many unanswered questions. The Executioners would not come about until after the First Age, when the undead were proving to be a rampant problem in what is now Oaken. Dineth had made a rare call to the living, bidding them to remove this presence "or else". It was the first time anyone had been aware that the undead did not belong to The Destroyer, or that he had opposed them. Not immediately believers or adherents to the Death God, a group of adventurers followed the command. In their pursuit, they were introduced to a greater understanding of Dineth's commandments and beliefs, and later, introduced to a taste of his power. So long as they would follow his rules and his mission, they would receive his blessings.
The Executioners gained their name from a rather grizzly event early in their history, where they killed a popular ruler in public for trying to stay alive forever through necrotic magic. Although being paladins of Dineth The Destroyer would never make them popular in much of T'sara, such a public event would tar their reputations forever as being terrifying and unflinching extremists and terrorists; such that even the notoriously militant Watch Of The Eternal Flame look moderate in comparison.

Since than there are few pockets where Dineth's Executioners or more pedestrian worshipers can display their faith in public. Their headquarters is now, Ironically, on the other side of the world, in the Sel theocratic state, in open defiance. From here, most of the Executioners travel South into Vahn to fight at the border with World's End to deal with the other hated enemy of Dineth, the demonic Dreadlords.

Ethics

Dineth is unwavering in his expectations of those who claim to be his followers, just as he is unwavering in his own dogmatic beliefs. There is to be no mercy for anyone found to be in violation of his edicts, of which practicing necromancy is only just the most egregious example. Grave robbing, desecrating corpses, and failing to pay proper respects to the dead are all sins for which the punishment is to be doled out swiftly and permanently.

Type

Religious, Inquisitorial

Leader

Sarik

Deities

• Dineth The Destroyer