The Catechism
Then there are the secret police. The Catechists are the black-gloved fist of the Inner Circle, pulling you from your Haven at the stroke of sunset and Throwing you down into an oubliette to be interrogated, tortured, starved, staked and executed. This is done for the good of The Invictus and all Kindred, but few of their prisoners seem to take consolation from that.
The Catechism does not target external enemies, but rather the covenant’s own members — Invictus subjects who engage in Diablerie, violate the Masquerade, betray secrets to the Carthians or Ordo Dracul and so on. (It’s fine if you do these things to benefit The Invictus, of course.) Catechists are recruited from the most driven and committed members of The Invictus, and only after being rigorously watched and tested over years — or even decades. Intelligence and resourcefulness are far more important to these agents than combat skill or powerful Disciplines — they’re executioners rather than assassins, and they leave the rough stuff to The Misericordia when possible. They are also not fanatics — if the Inner Circle needs fanatics, they can borrow some from The Lancea Sanctum — but rather are simply ruthless, committed Kindred who realize that The Invictus must be cleansed of corruption or weakness, whatever the cost.
The Catechism does not target external enemies, but rather the covenant’s own members — Invictus subjects who engage in Diablerie, violate the Masquerade, betray secrets to the Carthians or Ordo Dracul and so on. (It’s fine if you do these things to benefit The Invictus, of course.) Catechists are recruited from the most driven and committed members of The Invictus, and only after being rigorously watched and tested over years — or even decades. Intelligence and resourcefulness are far more important to these agents than combat skill or powerful Disciplines — they’re executioners rather than assassins, and they leave the rough stuff to The Misericordia when possible. They are also not fanatics — if the Inner Circle needs fanatics, they can borrow some from The Lancea Sanctum — but rather are simply ruthless, committed Kindred who realize that The Invictus must be cleansed of corruption or weakness, whatever the cost.
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