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'''Malosia'''is the domain seen in the novel [[Black Crusade]]. It is a land of contrasts and dualities. On the one hand, the [[Empyrean Inquisition|inquisition]] agents of the [[Empyrean Church]], a religious institution of monolithic power that also controls the country, zealously scout for heresy and witchcraft and can take away anyone with an odor of transgression against the church. Transgressors are taken away to horrible prisons such as [[Perdition Hill]], where they face religious indoctrination and hard labor. Anti-witch hysteria has even spread to some communities even in the absence of [[Redbreasts]]. On the other hand, old pagan beliefs and witch cults can lurk secretly within these very same communities. The [[Laginate Cabal]], '''Malosia's''' most long-lived witch tradition, practices close in proximity to the [[Caercaelum]].

==Things, Creatures & Personages of Legend==
*[[Citadel of Truth]]
*[[Empyrean Inquisition]]
*[[Fey|Fair Folk]] of [[Cineris Forest]]
*[[Perdition Hill]]
*[[Witch]]es
**[[Laginate Cabal]]

==Geography==

===Terrain===

====Hills and Mountains====
*[[Scions Mount]]

====Forests====
*[[Cineris Forest]]

===Population Distribution===

====Cities====
*[[Caercaelum]], the Heavenly City

====Towns====
*[[Firalene Down]]

====Villages====
*[[Birne]]
*[[Parsimol]]

==Authority==

===Darklord===
*Although an [[outlander]] unconnected with the Empyrean Church, [[Sir Diederic de Wyndt]] is nonetheless recognized as the hero who ended a plague of [[madness]] that gripped the land.<ref name="BC p. 319">[[Black Crusade]] p. 319</ref>

===Temporal and Spiritual Rule===
Ever since the Empyrean Church subsumed the power of the royal crown, the Church has ruled over the country of [[Malosia]] with [[Caercaelum]] as both the seat of temporal authority and the seat of spiritual authority.<ref name="BC p. 75">[[Black Crusade]] p. 75</ref> The Pontiff is the head of the Church, previously this was [[Pontiff Cornelis Antheunis the First]], but he was arrested by the Inquisition for collusion with and failure to report a witch.<ref>BC p. 283-293</ref> Pontiff Cornelis may likely have had his status and powers removed.

===Law-Enforcement===
The [[Empyrean Inquisition]] keeps a watchful (some even within the church would say paranoid) eye for witches and [[heretic]]s. Their church [[soldier]]s are commonly referred to as [[Redbreasts]]. The current leader is [[First Confessor Oste van Brekke]].

===Intelligence Gathering===
*Special members of the Empyrean Church's [[clergy]] called [[Truth Seekers]] see to the [[interrogation]] of [[prisoner]]s and evaluate potential witch activity. Although it is taboo for the clergy to spill [[blood]], this potential restriction on [[torture|interrogation techniques]] can be gotten around through many creative means of [[injury]].<ref>BC p. 67</ref>

==Gods and Religions==
*[[The God Most High]] is the sole [[deity]] recognized by the monotheistic Empyrean Church. His children, the [[Sixfold Scions]], are recognized as the saviors of humanity.<ref name="BC p. 69">BC p. 69</ref>
*The people of the villages still hang onto the beliefs of old. Witches and their cults lurk out of sight, but the presence of a witch pact with fey [[spirit]]s and demons might be judged by the flourishing of [[crop]]s and [[agriculture]].

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