Holy Church

The Holy Church is the largest sect of religion in Tortus that once worshiped the God of Humans, Ehit until turned out to be an evil god and Hajime Nagumo killed him. They now worships Aiko Hatayama.

Ideology
The Holy Church followed a doctrine that stated humans were above all other species, and preached that humans should reign supreme. Those who were discovered to have the power to use Ancient Magic from the age of the gods, or special magic that only monsters could use, were once considered to be god’s descendants and taken under its protection. Anyone caught insulting the Holy Church would be decried a heretic and immediately be executed. Anyone that would protect them would also be considered a heretic.

The main purpose of the Holy Church was to manipulate the humans of Tortus for Ehit's twisted game. Because of this, most (if not all) conflicts in Tortus's history were caused by the Holy Church under Ehit's order. This includes the suffering and near extinguish of many races such as the beastmen, vampires and dragonmen races. They would likewise enforce their control over everyone on Tortus, not allowing anyone who's extremely powerful to live outside of their dominance. This is shown when they declared Hajime Nagumo and his party heretic because he wouldn't follow their orders, even thus they saved countless lives already (including the Hero Party).

Many of the high ranking members of the Holy Church were extremely devoted to Ehit to the point where they came off as deranged in some cases. When it's for the sake of Ehit, they wouldn't hesitate to threaten or even murder innocent humans, as shown when Bishop Forbin threaten to kill everyone in Ankaji when Lanzi refused to allow the Holy Church to kill Hajime and his party. Even worse, during the demon invasion on Heiligh Kingdom, all the high ranking members of the church chose to abandoned the kingdom during the invasion because Ehit supported it. While there have been some who spoke out against the Church's teaching among it ranks (such as Simon), they are usually banished under the church's authority.

After the truth was the exposed, the church no longer continue of worshiping Ehit or any false gods who are evil due to their cruelty to humans and toying with their lives which would led them to their deaths. They worshiping Aiko Hatayama.

Positions

 * Pope - the leader of the Holy Church.
 * Divine Priestess - someone who had received a revelation directly from Ehit. They were among the highest ranked members of the Holy Church. They held no direct political power, but their influence was as great as the pope’s.
 * Cardinal - a high-ranking position that was held by four people at any given time.
 * Archbishop - a high-ranking position that was held by seven people at any given time.
 * Bishop - a high-ranking position that was held by thirty people at any given time.
 * Templar Knight - the elite group of soldiers who swore loyalty to the Holy Church.
 * Nun - a common position that is held by women. Many of the nuns are actually Ehit's Apostles that are in disguise.

"Zero" Timeline

 * Belta Lievre (Divine Priestess; Deceased) (Former)
 * Laus Barn (Templar Knights Commander; Deceased) (Former)
 * Forneus Abyssion (Bishop; Deceased)
 * Ahat (Nun)

"Main Series" Timeline

 * Ishtar Langbard (Pope; Deceased, killed by Hajime Nagumo) (Former)
 * Simon Levellair (Pope)
 * Forbin (Bishop)
 * David Zahler (Templar Knights Commander)
 * Chase Domino (Templar Knights Vice Commander)
 * Sibyl Levellair (Deacon)
 * Philim Zahler (Nun) (Former)
 * Noint (Nun; Deceased, killed by Hajime Nagumo)