All Trench Crusade Factions Explained

the year is

1,99 the first crusade has completed its

capture of the Holy City Jerusalem

underneath the city the night Templars

find secret vaults within one of these

vaults was an ancient demonic artifact

the artifact spoke to the Templars

filling them with Unholy wisdom and

greed the night Templars open a portal

to Hell letting all forms of evil onto

Earth Jerusalem was taken over becoming

a depraved pit where hell and the Mortal

plane bleed into one this was the first

heresy eight centuries have passed in

the current years is

1914 fighting has taken place in no

man's land a landscape utterly

devastated by Warfare with only mud

trenches and craters remaining the

church and the forces of Hell have

fought to a stalemate there is no hope

when hell walks the Earth this is the

trench

Crusade the most abundant soldiers on no

man's land are the trench pilgrims men

and women who have gone on a pilgrimage

from various countries to fight the

forces of hell some are touched by the

visions and messages of God others seek

atonement for their sins by taking as

many followers of the devil with them to

the afterlife these pilgrims come

together and form a procession armed

with anything they can find in hardly

any military training they zealously

charge across no man's land in suicidal

assaults a rare and more dangerous

member of the trench pilgrims are the

stigmatic nuns holy sisters that excel

in close quarters combat they manifest

wounds that match those of the third

metac Christ that they venerate armed

with swords and pistols they move along

the battlefield praying to to sustain

wounds that would transform them into

the Vengeance of the Lord in front of

the trench pilgrims are the ecclesiastic

prisoners they make up Sinners seeking

Redemption and captured enemies forced

to make a final Act of Contrition with

bombs strapped to their back they Dash

to the front line hoping to escape or

take as many followers of Lucifer with

them the last of the trench Pilgrim

forces are metal behemoths the shrine

anchorite standing at 12 to 15 ft tall

they are living altars made of seal

Alloys imbued with Divine lights causing

them to be more malleable and harder

than any normal steel the inside is

covered in spikes and Barbed hooks

keeping the pilot in a constant state of

suffering like their lord once

was the exterior is adorned with icons

holy relics and devotional prayer

Scrolls under the guidance of St

Methodius several hundred of these

anchorites were made long ago in the

Fortress Monastery of elahad in Greater

Moravia the craft for building these

shrines was lost after the monastery was

destroyed by a death Commando

infiltration horce ordered by the demon

marcosus since this attack only smaller

protective suits have been made Pilgrim

processions have neither access to these

suits nor want for them the procession

sees the inorite as fearsome engines of

war and mobile shrines for prayer and

devotion once entered the pilot never

leaves until death upon death the body

is removed and placed in Relic quaries

upon the anchorite each Shrine wields a

Bone Breaker mace and a great adamantine

Catherine wheel

on the eve of battle trench pilgrims and

stigmatic nuns volunteer to be broken on

the Wheel to show their devotion and

willingness to suffer for their sins it

is said being broken provide spiritual

protection for the

anchorite for 300 years the principality

of new Antioch has stood defiantly as

the focal point of the church it is the

home of all hopes the Bull workk against

heretic forces and the first line of

defense against the devil's

might should new Antioch fall all the

Levant will be lost

in the year 1545 the ancient city of

Antioch was destroyed by a mysterious

demonic weapon before it was destroyed

the ancient city of Antioch was the

first line defense in the year 1559 the

sword Congress of Vienna agreed to

rebuild and fortify the city a yearly

tithe was put in place nearby allies

will send endless supply trains of food

stuffs tools ammunition Weaponry

machinery and skilled workers and

Engineers since then new Antioch has

grown to be the most important Fortress

city in the world

the sword and shield of Europa and

Africa to this day new Antioch has

withstood eight great sieges and its fed

walls with their 77 Mighty Towers have

never been

breached it is the volunteers who come

to serve under the banner of Christ that

ensure the continuous existence of the

principality factories spew black smoke

as newly constructed tanks roll out of

the workshop foundaries burn white hot

day and night in order to keep the

artillery battalions at full

strength since the beginning of the war

the faithful have faced a problem that

is seemingly impossible to overcome they

are unable to take the battle to the

enemy even approaching the Gate of Hell

is impossible for all but the most

strong will and

Pious but in most secrecy the church

produced an answer to this quandry the

Paladin program paladins are near

perfect communicants for in their veins

flow the purest blood that the metac

Christ program has been able to

produce warriors with such physical

stature and inner Holiness that not only

can they approach Jerusalem's veil of

tears but also enter the very Gates of

Inferno and undertake missions within

hell itself and return to tell the

tale originally there were 12 paladins

but now only nine remain two have fallen

in battle and it is rumored one has

turned traitor though the church

vehemently denies such slander upon pain

of death despite ceaseless efforts the

holy mandalis order have been unable to

produce even a single new Paladin in the

last three

centuries since the destruction of the

holy city of Jerusalem it has not been

possible to harvest more go Gothic Tech

ties required for the Machining process

for the paladins armaments paladins are

used only under the orders of the

Council of saints and even then

extremely

sparingly each Mission they undertake

must bring great and tangible benefits

for the church and the overall war

effort paladins are tasked with missions

such as Exterminating key Nobles of Hell

destroying Laboratories creating some

new devastating variant to the black

Grail or interrogating Devils with Holy

Fire and the blood of the Lamb until

they give up their infernal plans

when the infidels opened the gate to

Janam it seemed that all was lost and

shaan would emerge a Victorious over

daa the creator of the universe came to

the aid of the faithful and as it has

been written the great Iron Wall of dual

caran manifested itself in the lands

ruled by the Sultan of room the assaults

of the slaves of Janam against the

sultan that have never ceased since that

day and each day new Martyrs are mourned

as they defend the wall and confront the

Heretics who have overcome its defense

within the walls the Lost knowledge

flourishes and from Moss of white marble

and gold the mezan call the faithful to

pray for the success of the Sultan's

Army as it struggles to protect the

lands within the wall Beyond The Iron

Wall forces of the sultan operate in

small mobile companies each with a

particular mission to accomplish they

hunt down apostates that have gone to

serve shans look for the relics from the

time of the prophets or seek to recover

lost treasures and books of Knowledge

from the ruins of the Fallen caliphates

though an understanding between the