History Characters / ReleaseThatWitchChurchClergy

The one of the primary antagonists during The Church arc.

The primary antagonist during The Church arc.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Repeatedly... Zero had... "fun".

* RightForTheWrongReasons: When the real King Wimbledon told him "I'll see you in hell." He rebuffed the dying king, thinking "God" would forgive all his evil acts. In reality, [[spoiler:he got sucked into Zero's Soul battle and consumed. While the true King Wimbledon was DrivenToSuicide.]]

* SmugSnake: Until his last moments, he pranced around as if he was untouchable, believing he was chosen by "god." He found out how wrong he was, far, far too late when Zero was tearing into him.

[[folder: The unnamed Bishop]]

[[folder: High Priest Tylo]]

[[folder: Cleric Gardner]]

* SuicidalOverconfidence: He took 20 God's Punishment Warriors and a contingent of Knights to deal with First Army, in violation of "Mayne's" orders, thinking he was going to be dealing with conscripted peasants wielding torches and pitchforks, coming home with an easy victory... say hello to trench warfare, snipers with anti-materiel rifles, heavy machine guns, and '''cannons'''.

* {{Hypocrite}}: He is a man that taunted King Wimbledon (alongside many others) in a dungeon that had no sunlight, for months, unleashed an artificial plague upon the four kingdoms, waiting until the suffering and death reaches its zenith before ''promising'' a cure to those who bend the knee to The Church, and organized human trafficking rings to secure children, especially little girls, into orphanages, and led purges akin to the Salem Witch "trials," but when he sees Zero give some refugees of the Wolfheart kingdom a "trial by combat", he drives himself into a rage at Zero's "lack of righteousness".

An unnamed bishop whose name was struck from official records after impersonating King Wimbledon and setting up the "contest of worth" in Graycastle.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Repeatedly... Zero had... "fun."
* {{Hypocrite}}: He is a man that taunted King Wimbledon (alongside many others) in a dungeon that had no sunlight, for months, unleashed an artificial plague upon the four kingdoms, waiting until the suffering and death reaches its zenith before ''promising'' a cure to those who bend the knee to The Church, and organized human trafficking rings to secure children, especially little girls, into orphanages, and led purges akin to the Salem Witch "trials," but when he sees Zero give some refugees of the Wolfheart kingdom a "trial by combat," he drives himself into a rage at Zero's "lack of righteousness."
* IveComeTooFar: He fully realizes his actions are evil, but when presented the opportunity to quietly withdraw, he refuses because he believes if he gives up on becoming pope, his acts are all meaningless.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: When the real King Wimbledon told him "I'll see you in hell." He rebuffed the dying king, thinking "God" would forgive all his evil acts. In reality, [[spoiler: he got sucked into Zero's Soul battle and comsumed. While the true King Wimbledon was DrivenToSuicide.]]

An unnamed bishop whose name was struck from official records after impersonating King Wimbledon and setting up the "contest of worth" in Grayscale.

[[folder:Archbishop [[spoiler:/Pope]] Mayne]]

!Archbishop[[spoiler:/Pope]] Mayne

!Archbishop Tayfun

!Archbishop Heather

! The unnamed Bishop

* NoNameGiven: His name was never mentioned, and never will.

* BetterToDieThanToBeKilled: He stabs himself with a sword when Timothy catches on to him, and Gerald is storming the castle, so he could trigger a civil war between the Wimbledon siblings.

* DefiantToTheEnd: She did not submit to Garcia even under torture.

* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler:His reaction to seeing God's Punishment Army soldiers capable of independent thought.]]

! Archbishop [[spoiler:/Pope]] Mayne.

* AwfulTruth: He's shown the truth about the founders of The Church, and who all the previous Popes were, not to mention the "anti-witch" propaganda. While initially shaken, he goes right back to believing he had OmniscientMoralityLicense.

* NecessarilyEvil: His stance on The Church's actions, including unleashing an artificially created plague upon the four kingdoms.

* SmugSnake: Until his last moments, he pranced around as if he was untouchable, believing he was chosen by "god." He found out how wrong he was, far, far too late when Zero was tearing into him.

* CruelAndUnusalDeath: Repeatedly... Zero had... "fun."

* BullyingADragon: Combined with StupidEvil and TooDumbToLive. Despite seeing Zero seemingly vaporize people by sight, and Zero having absolutely no reason to obey his orders without question at the time (since she was of equal rank in The Church), he drove himself into a rage the moment she went off and did her own thing. The moment he became assured to be the next Pope, because the current Pope, Zero's MoralityChain, was dying, he locks her up in a cell and tortures her. It shouldn't surprise anyone what happens when he finds himself with Zero, alone...

! Archbishop [[spoiler: Pope]] Maynce.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: When the real King Roland told him "I'll see you in hell." He rebuffed the dying king, thinking "God" would forgive all his evil acts. In reality, [[spoiler: he got sucked into Zero's Soul battle and comsumed. While the true King Wimbledon was DrivenToSuicide.]]

* TheAwfulTruth: He's shown the truth about the founders of The Church, and who all the previous Popes were, not to mention the "anti-witch" propaganda. While initially shaken, he goes right back to believing he had OmniscientMoralityLicense.