Since hunting and I are double-apping characters who are Amabilis Sanctum-aligned, we did a bit of world-building over chat. A lot of what we came up with was in relation to AU-ing the part of Vampire Knight cast as is relevant to our characters, but here are some of the general elements we came up with along the way that we wanted to share with everyone for review and discussion.
One thing to keep in mind is that all of this assumes the Amabilis Sanctum existed in some form pre-demon arrival but really only became prominent and assumed its current protector/leader role among humans after the demons arrived.
- The Amabilis Sanctum has a "defense force" that needs a cooler name. As with the holy powers, they are oriented more towards defense. So, things like: keeping the peace within the Sanctum, patrolling the wards to reinforce them and make sure they stay safe, dealing with any demonic incursions (because you never know when a pacted human will try to make trouble on behalf of some demon), plus some people who track political developments and the movements of demons outside of the Sanctum. They are mostly non-powered humans with lots of weapons training (and/or other specialized training) plus a handful of people with holy powers. At least one is a person who made a pact, so pacted humans among the defense force are probably not unknown but suuuuuper rare because of the Amabilis Sanctum's heavy anti-demon stance.
- There is an ongoing political struggle over whether or not the defense force ought to stay in its defensive/protective role as police-like OR move in the direction of becoming a legitimate army. The previous leaders of the defense force, AU Zero and Yuuki from Vampire Knight, the parents of our characters (and obvs. this is negotiable there can always be more co-leaders or w/e if people want to do that) were in favor of staying in the defensive/protective role and there were some political clashes with more militant members of the Amabilis leadership. However, AU Zero and Yuuki were killed and put into a coma respectively a few months pre-game start, in circumstances that appear to be a demon attack but may be more sinister. So there is currently a power vacuum and the struggle has intensified. However, for now the defense force is keepin' on in its defense-oriented role.
- There is a certain branch of the Amabilis Sanctum that was always devoted to figuring out new uses for holy powers/making holy weapons/weaponizing barriers or whatever. They are probably more powerful now and engaged in increasingly questionable experiments given the current infernal landscape.
I was thinking something involving "shield" or "guardian" for the defense aspect in a nicely symbolic way but a cute acronym would be cool do. ASDC? Amabilis Sanctum Defense Corps!
...Except people would probably look at ASDC and pronounce it "assdick". HMM.
I'd probably go with something more churchy... :|a Paladin Advocates? Though that sounds less guardian-like and more active. Or actually, Paladin Advocates could be the traditional defenders, with Inquisitor Advocates as the newly formed more aggressive arm of the church?
Hmm... Those sound more like political factions.... :|b So maybe something like, they used to be called the Paladin Advocates, but with the recent upheavals in the Amabilis politics the defense force has been renamed the Inquisitor Advocates as the more aggressive arm of the church has gained power and intends to change the nature of the defense force?
Extra thing I wanted to add as a possible twist to the second point: while it's generally accepted that Zero and Yuuki were killed and put into a coma respectively by a demon, and the scene of the attack certainly looked like the scene of a demon attack, part of the mystery around it might be that no demon has stepped up to take credit for it, which - given AU Zero and Yuuki's prominent position as leaders of the Amabilis defense force - seems pretty weird.
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One thing to keep in mind is that all of this assumes the Amabilis Sanctum existed in some form pre-demon arrival but really only became prominent and assumed its current protector/leader role among humans after the demons arrived.
- The Amabilis Sanctum has a "defense force" that needs a cooler name. As with the holy powers, they are oriented more towards defense. So, things like: keeping the peace within the Sanctum, patrolling the wards to reinforce them and make sure they stay safe, dealing with any demonic incursions (because you never know when a pacted human will try to make trouble on behalf of some demon), plus some people who track political developments and the movements of demons outside of the Sanctum. They are mostly non-powered humans with lots of weapons training (and/or other specialized training) plus a handful of people with holy powers. At least one is a person who made a pact, so pacted humans among the defense force are probably not unknown but suuuuuper rare because of the Amabilis Sanctum's heavy anti-demon stance.
- There is an ongoing political struggle over whether or not the defense force ought to stay in its defensive/protective role as police-like OR move in the direction of becoming a legitimate army. The previous leaders of the defense force, AU Zero and Yuuki from Vampire Knight, the parents of our characters (and obvs. this is negotiable there can always be more co-leaders or w/e if people want to do that) were in favor of staying in the defensive/protective role and there were some political clashes with more militant members of the Amabilis leadership. However, AU Zero and Yuuki were killed and put into a coma respectively a few months pre-game start, in circumstances that appear to be a demon attack but may be more sinister. So there is currently a power vacuum and the struggle has intensified. However, for now the defense force is keepin' on in its defense-oriented role.
- There is a certain branch of the Amabilis Sanctum that was always devoted to figuring out new uses for holy powers/making holy weapons/weaponizing barriers or whatever. They are probably more powerful now and engaged in increasingly questionable experiments given the current infernal landscape.
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and if I come up with a cool name for defense force, I'll say. Unless you guys have figured out a cooler one first, then have at it |D
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I was thinking something involving "shield" or "guardian" for the defense aspect in a nicely symbolic way but a cute acronym would be cool do. ASDC? Amabilis Sanctum Defense Corps!
...Except people would probably look at ASDC and pronounce it "assdick". HMM.
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Order of the Rose
Order of the Amabilis Rose (since Wikipedia tells me Amabilis = lovable)
I went with "Rose" because Zero's canon gun is called Bloody Rose and the defense force is kind of his "weapon" due to him having been the leader...
Yuuki's weapon was called "Artemis" which I think works less well in an "Order of the" way.
And of course the name could be modified as factions shifted within the Sanctum. :V
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