The Imperium of Man is the most brutal and totalitarian regime imaginable, and it indoctrinates its people to be blindly loyal to it, no matter how hard their toil, how misplaced their loyalty or how misused they are. Done in Games Workshop's Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 ( Recycled IN SPACE!), where the humanity must be protected through Inquisition.In Target Games' Mutant Chronicles, the Inquisition and its methods are a necessary evil to defend humanity from the forces of Darkness.The player can potentially become one of these in KULT - it's possible to enlighten people in a positive manner, but it's often easier to drive them over the Despair Event Horizon.However, Church doctrine is not always correct regarding what qualifies as a sin for example, Invention is not a sin in the eyes of the Pancreator (as far as any powers can determine), but don't tell that to a Church official. The Church attempts to impose "extreme penance" on psychics, and this is effective in reducing a psychic's Urge also, some psis and theurges can in fact see into someone's soul, detect his/her sins, and determine the appropriate means for correcting that soul. Please note that this trope depends on the audience being able to see the setting/universe from the outside and that it thus cannot have any Real Life examples - subverted or otherwise. There is significant overlap with The Extremist Was Right, though the extremist can have any motivation. Compare and contrast Heteronormative Crusader, who depending on the setting might be either a Windmill Crusader or a Soul Saving Crusader. Contrast Windmill Crusader, who might incorrectly believe himself to be saving souls, and Knight Templar, who may or may not actually save souls but either way isn't justified in his over-zealousness. Most examples of this trope are therefore likely to be fairly controversial with the audience.Ĭompare Heaven Seeker and The Soul Saver, who do not use so harsh methods. Note, however, that being right about the cosmology of the setting doesn't automatically mean that they are doing the right thing from an external standpoint just because demons are real doesn't automatically justify any actions taken to fight them. Word of God says he is not deluded, and the threats he is facing are not windmills. An in-story audience may or may not know it, but the cosmology they use to justify their actions is true. If he showed up in Real Life, any reasonable person would consider him a Windmill Crusader or worse. Unless they are Always Chaotic Evil, of course: In that case, he simply does whatever is in his power to exterminate them, up to and including finding a Final Solution. Yes, he is really willing to go the extra mile to save their souls. After all, no horrors in life could possibly compare to eternal damnation in Hell. This character righteously murders and tortures people for their own good. Fireaxe, Food for the Gods, "The Lesson Learned"
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