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The Order of St. Longinus was named after the original
Hunters
bearer of the Holy Lance. The Malleus Maleficarum knows

You’re a Catholic priest, trained as an exorcist. Your faith
perfectly well that some vampires venerate St. Longinus (al-
began to shake before you joined the Malleus Maleficarum.

though the specifics are something of a mystery), and it’s not

To be honest, it’s still shaky, but you haven’t had time to think
an accident that the most dedicated and ruthless vampire
about things enough for it to bother you.
hunters in the Malleus name themselves after the old saint.
You’d just come out of seminary when you discovered
On the other hand, the Order of St. Ambrose comprises
your brother had been murdered by something not wholly hu-
scholars and detectives who work slowly and methodically
man. You investigated further, only to find that someone else

toward finding solutions to dangerous problems, which often
within the church was investigating his death, too. You asked
brings them into confl ict with witches and sorcerers (who of-
so many questions they came and gave you a job.
ten possess knowledge that could lead to the solutions sought
You’re an academic theologian who discovered that vam-
by the order).
pires existed, through evidence that survived, hidden through
The Brotherhood of St. Athanasius, conversely, repre-
the centuries. Before you could publish your findings, the Mal-

sents a militant wing favoring swift, violent solutions to prob-
leus Malefi carum made you an offer you couldn’t refuse.
lems. The Ambrosians hit the books and sift the evidence. The
You’re a general practitioner whose children both died
Athanasans break out the guns and the firebombs. They need

in circumstances you don’t like to talk about. The way you
each other, but that doesn’t stop the nigh-constant infi ghting.
killed the thing that did this to them impressed a senior
witch-hunter who pulled strings to make you his apprentice Status
in the order. The Malleus Maleficarum grants Status to those who

You’re a construction worker by trade and a married man, have a good track record in defeating and/or destroying mon-

but first and foremost, you’re a good Catholic. Which is why, sters, specifi cally vampires.
when you saw someone attacking your priest one night as you • Y ou’ve b een initiate d into t h e S h a d ow Con g re g
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headed home from the bar, you weighed in. Turned out that it Y ou have access to the Librar y of Benedictions, and have
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wasn’t a guy, it was an “it.” Although slightly drunk, you still the option of spending Merit dots on Benediction rites. ending Merit dots on Benediction rites.
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week later, you got a new job. You work nights more than you ••• You gain respect among Catholics wherever you go,
used to. without even saying who you are. You gain one extra dot
in Status (the Church).
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