Inquisition

"There is a new devoted sect of holy men who are purging the lands of heathens, with a leader no-less!"

"Nobody expects us."

 

Introduction

The Inquisition is led by Holy Inquisitor Rasmus Devatica. His wise tactical decisions and exceptional fighting capabilities have allowed him to gather many followers. The Inquisition seeks to cleanse Pendor of the rising tide of Heretics and are generally welcomed by the People of Pendor. Recent actions of the Inquisition have focused toward the defeat of the followers of the D'Shar god, Vata.

Hammers are viewed as divine weapons by the Inquisition, likely due to their ability to dispatch enemies of the faith without spilling blood. Rasmus and his followers heavily favor blunt weapons, and while that means many fight without shields and lack mounts and ranged attacks, they also hire crossbow and cavalry mercenaries to fill in the gaps in their armies.

They are allies of Order of the Dawn (30) whilst being at odds with The D'Shar Principalities (-30), Jatu (-20), Snake Cult (-20) and are extremely opposed to Heretics (-100) and Order of Eventide (-100). The Inquisition is neutral with the rest of Pendor, even the Hateful factions.

Troops

The Inquisition color is white.

Troop Tree
Tier	Name
1st	Pilgrim
2nd	Monk
3rd	Cleric
4th	Battle Brother	War Priest
5th		Inquisitor

They all have blunt weapons, but from 2nd tier onward (included), they will only have blunt weapons (not a mixture of blunt with other types). Since the 3rd onward (included), they will all have hammers (either Sledgehammer, Steel Hammer, or Battle Hammer), which is the weapon Rasmus declared holy and the chosen to clean the heresy in Pendor. The reliance on blunt weapons makes Inquisition troops ideal for taking prisoners. Pilgrim and Monk are not fully considered part of the Inquisition (and they're not shown in any of its spawns), but they're the base of their troop tree.

0-3 Monks and 1-5 Pilgrims can be seen in every farmer's party. All Inquisition troops except for the Battle Brother and Inquisitor can be obtained through prisoners (either by freeing them from prisoner trains or capturing and then recruiting them from camp option). Due to the high level of Clerics and especially War Priests, they can take a surprisingly long time to train to higher levels, and you'll need to keep these shieldless troops alive if you want a large company of Inquisitors later.

You also can get Inquisition troops by asking Sir Jocelyn for troops each week; you also can receive a few Inquisitors when you send Sir Roland out to gather right to rule.

Only Battle Brother uses a shield (with a one-handed Steel Hammer in the other hand). From Pilgrim up to Battle Brother, soldiers will have a dark look, whilst the War Priest and Inquisitor will be the opposite, a whiteish appearance, this is due to these men being blessed personally by Rasmus.

They excel at capturing prisoners, as Rasmus isn't a vicious/bloodthirsty man (unlike Syla for example), he prefers to capture his enemies and try to convert them, making them stop believing in "their fake god" Vata. Many of these prisoners do agree as its the only way to avoid the other outcome, being burnt by the "holy" fire.

Spawns

Every 16 hours, Inquisition will create an unit at 1 of 4 spawning points on D'Shar starting territory (whole is covered):

• None 31%
• Patrol 50% (max 10)
• Warband 15% (max 7)
• Rasmus 2% (max 1)
• Army 2% (max 2)

If D'Shar is defeated, all the Inquisition spawns (including Rasmus) will retreat and the heretics in Sarleon. Every 16 hours Inquisition will crate an unit at 1 of 4 Heretics spawning points (roughly speaking central part of Pendor):

• None 32%
• Patrol 52% (max 4)
• Warband 15.5% (max 2)
• Rasmus 0.5%

This message will be displayed when the D'Shar falls and Inquisition switches focus: "D'Shar kingdom and their false gods have fallen. Inquisition will recall all armies."

So the Inquisition is an adaptive faction, meaning that it'll be heavily influenced by how the D'Shar is doing. Their neutrality with most of the other factions forced adaptive status, else they will be wandering through the defeated D'Shar doing nothing.

Army: Inquisition Holy Army, troops:

• 30-50 Inquisitor
• 80-50 Battle Brother
• 40-120 War Priest
• 80-200 Cleric
• 70-150 Mercenary Cavalryman
• 70-150 Mercenary Sharpshooter

Warband: Inquisition Theologians, troops:

• 2-5 Inquisitor
• 5-20 Battle Brother
• 5-20 War Priest
• 10-20 Cleric
• 10-20 Mercenary Cavalryman
• 10-20 Mercenary Sharpshooter

Patrol: Inquisition Patrol, troops:

• 3-6 Battle Brother
• 5-10 War Priest
• 7-12 Cleric
• 5-12 Mercenary Horseman
• 7-12 Mercenary Armored Crossbowman

Inquisition also has one Unique Spawn, Holy Inquisitor Rasmus Devatica, that will periodically spawn smaller patrols around him as well (troops and numbers in his page).