Procession of the Blessed Flock

The Sisters of Saint Cosmas are a highly trained elite medical corps specialising in battlefield first aid and surgeries on the front lines of the Great War. The Sisters take a modified Hippocratic Oath that compels them to aid any wounded soldiers of the faith, no matter how dire the circumstance, whilst showing no mercy or pity when dispatching Heretics and other enemies on the battlefield. Armed with a surgical knife that doubles as a misericordia, they are as adept at saving lives as taking them from those they find lying wounded in No Man’s Land.

They carry medical kits stocked with a variety of battlefield drugs, capable of numbing the pain of even the most ghastly wounds. In the heat of battle, these drugs are vital, giving soldiers the strength to rise once more and charge back into the fray, even if just for a few moments, so they can accomplish their mission or die trying.

Communicants are forged through the experimental rite of chemical communion, in which Mendelist monks bond blood and flesh harvested from a Meta-Christ to the recipient’s genome. Only the most devout and pious of the Church are granted the honour of communion. Those who endure the ritual transcend their mortal biology and are granted immense size and resilience, making them formidable assets on the battlefield. Their divinely-enhanced strength allows them to wield massive anti-materiel guns as if they were no heavier than a standard-issue firearm. The process is far from perfected, however, with a high possibility of unpredictable side effects. Some unlucky subjects lose the ability to speak, others lose their higher brain functions, as they are distracted by the Heavenly choir only they can hear, and cannot function without exact commands from their handlers.

The Church, ever needing funds to sustain its military operations, frequently allocates Communicants to the highest bidders. Their services are in constant demand as they possess the ability to incapacitate enemy fighting vehicles, heavily armoured troops, and strongpoints with a single shot.

The Order of Mendelist Monks is entrusted with the design of divinely enhanced items and the creation of the Communicants, devotees who have undergone chemical communion.

The Brotherhood of Blessed Munitions is a subsect of the Order whose duty is to supply the Faithful with ammunition infused with the chemically altered blood of a Meta-Christ. These concoctions are highly unstable, dangerous to handle, and the secrets behind their formulas are fiercely guarded.

On the battlefield, the monks brave enemy fire and infernal terrors, unwavering in their holy duty to deliver ammunition and unleash the wrath of the Lord upon the Heretics. Their patron, Saint Barbara, is believed to raise those who fall in battle to everlasting glory.

This order of warrior monks lives in absolute solitude, honing their minds and bodies to become living weapons of the Hand of God. Once a soldier joins the order, they rarely leave the Temple of the Word, the sole exception being when they are summoned to the battlefield, where their unique abilities can decisively shift the balance in favour of the Faithful. The slightest disturbance in their prayers or training could sever their connection to the Lord of all Creation. Thus, the days and nights of the Observers are spent in secluded, cloistered cells, when not practicing their rigorous martial and mental disciplines.

The Witchburners are the field officers of the Inquisition. They are tasked with hunting down and punishing witches, warlocks and heretics that cannot be brought to face justice by conventional means.

On the battlefield they have the power to channel divine retribution on those deemed to have transgressed against God, causing sinners to burst into flames with mere words of condemnation. Since none are sinless, none are safe from their words of condemnation.