Spanish Inquisition

"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition."

About
The Spanish Inquisition was founded on November 1, 1478, for the purpose of purifying the people of Spain. In its early days, it was responsible for holy work, driving out Jews, Muslims, Protestants, and other non-Catholics. For years, it served as a court of detection for heretics, and was a means for the Catholic church to enforce orthodoxy. Often times, when heretics were caught, they would be subjected to hours, days, weeks, or even months of torture, or simply executed for their heretical beliefs or practices. In the most rampant cases, the extremity of the Inquisition extended to not only punishing non-believers and outright heretics, but those guilty of lesser sins as well. The holy organization, at times, had the citizens of Spain living in a constant state of fear of sinning, or fear of standing accused of sin of any kind. The moral implications of plunging the people into such a state of fear have been debated more in recent years, but some attribute the continued domestic peace and harmony within the nation of Spain to be a result of the rigid philosophies that the Inquisition instilled in people.

In recent years, however, the Inquisition has been used for much different purposes than it was originally intended for. Rather than falling directly under the control of the Catholic church, the Inquisition has fallen under control of the Spanish Crown. Under the highly righteous King Ferdinand VI, the Inquisition's use expanded greatly, with the monarch making his devout younger brother, Prince Ezequiel Clemente, the Grand Inquisitor, in addition to his many other duties. The Inquisitions new functions included intelligence operations for the nation in addition to their religious enforcement purposes, with the Prince claiming that work to uphold a nation with such a devotion to God was always the Lord's work. The modern Inquisition has become such a secretive group that, aside from the Grand Inquisitor, all of its other members are classified to anyone but the King, the Hand of the King, and the Inquisition itself.

Notable Declassified Operations

 * The Inquisition conducted extensive espionage on the terrorist group known as Nassau United.
 * The Inquisition conducted extensive espionage on the terrorist group known as the Undead Rebellion.
 * The Inquisition conducts extensive espionage on Pearsonic Loyalists.
 * Operation Castamere was an undercover operation carried out by members of the Spanish Inquisition to run surveillance on the Cabinet of the former Queen Keira Kinover-Mar of Haven. It is rumored to have culminated in the New Year's Day Massacre of 1751.