Templars

Templars (テンプラー) is the Church's secret transnational organization that has been formed by radical factions and has operated in the shadows for thousands of years.

Overview
The Templars are an secret assassination organization operating under the Church authority in charge of the Inquisition based out of Orum with their ongoing history and deeds to root out and punish heretics since ancient times. The Templars served as an de facto execution squad that kills anyone labeled a heretic, including to eliminated those with Demon Possession symptoms on the basis of purification in the name of Goddess Beatrix from the shadows.

The Templars are from the dark side of Church's history and that apparently, it is comprised of fierce soldiers who have been through training so harsh that their members were indoctrinated to be brainwashed with radical teachings. The Templars' method of silencing leaks was when any member who might be interrogated due to the situation of being caught would commit suicide, in order to prevent their information from being leaked by self-detonation when they were taking the suicide pills.

The Templars were formally led by the Saint, Victoria which secretly leading a murderous group working hidden in church dogma.

History
The Templars had the "Possession Inquisition Act" which describing about many Templars ways to execute the possessed symptoms when Templars are using the underground chamber at the Orum cathedral that is made for the Inquisition which are used to place a heretics brand on the possessed.

Templars' existence is so secret that they are cleverly hidden their presence from the public and there was no hint of information about this organization, even within the Knight Order. It seems the Church also kept all the detailed records of the Templars' activities showing the places, times and people involved in the Cult gathering up the possessed, even have future entries in their records. All of the records contain a schedule which indicates that the Templars are gathering Cult of Diablos's intel to get to those possessed before the Cult does.

Moreover, the Templars has created a suicide pills which is a potent drug that uses magic as a trigger that takes time to refined it that which is used as a ritualistic poison to bestow death for acts of heresy recognize by the Church that only used by the royals, nobles, and those in high-ranking position that become a dark knowledge which have been passed down by the Church to eradicate any disgraceful impurities in the world.

Organization Strength and Influence
Templars boasted their superior on magic resistance and strong magical defense against physical attack due to their undergone advanced combat training with high intensity.

However, the Templars are set under a different chain of command as they only answered to the Church. In fact, the Templars were an organization within the Church in charge of the Inquisition, which can be used against any nations government that it could make the whole world an enemy of the Church. In other words, the Church's right of Inquisition is represented as a huge power to keeps balance between the Templars and the Cult of Diablos.

Templars exercised the rights of Inquisition on a rotational basis for four years, with the archbishops of Orum serving as auditors. The reason was to prevent abuse of the Inquisition's rights by the bishops of each diocese and the monopoly over Inquisition rights by the Cult.

Membership
Templar membership is highly classified that no one in public society knows the whereabouts of its members.

Leadership

 * Victoria

Auditor

 * Drake (Deceased)

Trivia

 * According to Drake, the reason why the Cult of Diablos and the Church, which emerged from the Cult, supported each other is that the Church is in the position to exercise the right of Inquisition, not the Cult. In other words, what the Templars should protect more than their duty as inquisitors are their positions as guards.