The Purifying Flame

"You have been elected to die for Almighty Tyr. Do not shirk from it. Raise your blades and your voices and sing His praises for the blessing He has given you to fight, to kill, to live and die in His name!"

- Katherine Pike, High Evangelist The Purifying Flame is an unofficial subsect of Light worship evangelized by Katherine Pike and followed by her Red Hand of Tyr, along with some converts among the general body of the Scarlet Crusade. Its precepts are apocalyptic in nature, with its primary tenet being the overthrow of all "impure" governments and nations and the establishment of a worldly paradise governed solely by the Light. Its followers distinguish themselves from lesser followers of the Light by calling themselves the Elect, though some are also called the Flamebound after the text at the core of their faith, the Flamebound Tome. It is a proto-Scarlet ideology, falling just a bit out of step with the mainstream Scarlet religion; its followers were never numerous, as the sect's encouragement of martyrdom and harsh internal inquisitions regularly culled members.