Whether unhealthy beliefs take root in the minds of religious fanatics, practitioners of strange mystical arts, or students of radical philosophies, the Order of the Pyre strives to stamp out all outlandish convictions. This philosophy has given these Hellknights a well-earned reputation as cultist hunters who are intolerant of religion. Yet the Order of the Pyre also seeks to thwart philosophical revolutions and the insidious spread of dangerous ways of thinking. The order uses the faiths and mores of Chelish society as the standard of acceptable beliefs. The Inner Sea region's most common deities are acceptable to them, as are orderly philosophies such as diabolism and the Prophecies of Kalistrade. However, the order views whatever does not mesh with Chelish thinking or does not have an existing role within society as dangerous.
Philosophy And Methods
The Hellknight Order of the Pyre was organized in Kuthona of 4609 AR by Lictor Aligois Thels. This Order seeks out fanatical and blasphemous witches, warlocks, cultists, shamans, mystics and madmen throughout Avistan and purges them with flame and steel. While not one of the original Hellknight Orders, the Order of the Pyre's fanatical devotion to hunting cultists hearkens back to the original traditions of the Hellknights.
"Reason’s flame consumes the shadow of corruption."
Symbol: Tower rising from flames
Headquarters: Citadel Krane, near Ostenso
Leader: Lictor Rouen Stought (LN Female Human Hellknight)
Members: Atheists, former cultists, members of mainstream religions, victims of dangerous radicals
Armor Features: Bladed armor, horned and skull-like helm
Favored Weapon: Glaive
Reckoning: Burn yourself with an open flame.
Members
Hellknights from this Order often come from families with deeply religious backgrounds, or those who have lived through the ravages of cults and madmen.
Leadership Lictor Aligois Thels, a strict atheist, holds special hatred and fear for the pantheons of the Vudrani, and the Order has been working to purge immigrants from those distant shores of their heretical beliefs.