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“Berserker beasts”, “Sadistic ogres”, are some monikers for the Bishops of Purified Blood, the elite shock troopers who charge without regard for their lives into the center of an enemy’s main force.
A bishop is chosen from accomplished priests in evangelizing and eradicating heretics. He then fights to the death with other priests and beasts in a pitch-black gladiatorial arena. A dark chorus sings as this horrendous contest occurs, concealing the screams of anguish and pain of the contenders as they struggle to be amongst the survivors.
The ordeal lasts a day, after which torches are lit and whoever remains standing is taken to their training as a bishop.
Massive and savage, the bishops go through a painful training that lasts over two years that includes mastery of heavy weapons, thorough knowledge of the creed, and the removal of all nonviolent characteristics in their personality.
The bishops claim they can hear the blessings of the supreme father, Pope Belisarius, when they fight, making them go into a frenzy that doesn’t stop until all the heretical opponents are lying in a pool of blood and guts. Every kill by the bishops is considered an offering to The Defunct Whisperer, the deity the church worships, and from whom they get their sinister powers.
Bishops are almost unstoppable once the bloodlust consumes them. Only the clergy above them have the knowledge to stop them when the enemy has recanted and wishes to convert. This is done through a secret incantation given to them directly by the pope. No bishop ever retires; they die in battle or commit suicide when they can no longer serve the church.
Wherever the bishops pass, a trail of destruction and slaughter follows. On the battlefield, the bishop’s record is formidable, only losing an insignificant number of engagements, and causing maximum carnage on the opposing side.
Their most infamous victory, known throughout all the realms, was their battle against The Grand Alliance, a force made up of three different armies who recognised the threat the Church of Wrath posed. The bishops were outnumbered twenty-to-one and had no support from any other of the church’s forces. Survivors of the battle (those that fled) claim that the ground became “an ocean of blood”, and that the bishops held a dark mass on top of the mountains of cadavers of the Grand Alliance.
