The spanish Inquisition inspired -The White Cloaks- in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and -The Blood of The Fold- in Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series.
They accused people of being Darkfriends and Banelings respectively. People would be torutred if they were suspected to be hiding the truth until they named others. Both were capable of burning towns if they thought them beyond redemption. Misguided seekers of light, Too Brutal Vigilantes.
The spanish Inquisition inspired -The White Cloaks- in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and -The Blood of The Fold- in Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series. They accused people of being Darkfriends and Banelings respectively. People would be torutred if they were suspected to be hiding the truth until they named others. Both were capable of burning towns if they thought them beyond redemption. Misguided seekers of light, Too Brutal Vigilantes.