Absolutionists

Absolutionist Church
Type	Religious organization
Leader	Cleric Franciscus
Headquarter	Absolution Hall
Enemies	Oneirists

Absolutionists or the Absolutionist Church is the major religious faction in the West, whose mission is to purge the land of evil and protect their flocks from occult threats. Absolutionists worship the twin spirits Yeb and Inun, and revere their prophet Gavan. They believe "everything is part of a great cycle of life and death", and to go against the cycle is to threaten the world itself.

Details

Absolutionist is a religion brought by settlers from the Old Home and expanded widely across the Weird West. Its presence is found in most towns, in the form of their imposing white spirit halls. Each hall is led by one or more clerics and guarded by Devotees, the armed wing of the Church. In order to finance their widespread operations, spirit halls have to rely on local mines, towns, and farms. They also offer in-home blessing service and sell Shepherd's Grace, their own white wine made from a variety of grapes from the Old Home.

Absolutionists and Oneirists have been enemies ever since people settled in the West, but about a year prior to the events of Weird West, Oneirists started to attack spirit halls and slaughter their flocks, including women and children. Desperate to protect themselves, the Absolutionists have found a way to turn some of their devotees into werewolves in order to fight back the Oneirist threat. These devotee-turned werewolves are called Gavan's Hounds.

Quotes

Idle

• "Just as the waters ebb, so they flood again..."
• "You ever seen a witch? Keep your eyes peeled."
• "Abductin' folk in broad daylight, they are."
• "Them witches is sinners. Steer clear if ye want to keep your wits!"
• "The wicked shall be punished."
• "At least we still got the best wine in the West."
• "It's them witches, I tell ye! Always puttin' us honest folk down!"
• "We must protect our devotees." (Clerics only)
• "Bet you're another witch, come sniffin' around for innocent folk to burn." (Devotees only)
• "Ain't you heard about all the spirit halls under attack of late? Move along, stranger." (Devotees only)
• "This here's private Absolutionist territoy. Only the devoted allowed" (Devotees only)
• "Sorry, friend. Only the devoted of the spirit hall are welcome on the grounds." (Devotees only)

Trivia

This article or section contains spoilers. If you have not completed the game, it is recommended that you read at your own risk or not at all.

• If Desidério Ríos chooses to embrace the Blood Moon, the Absolutionist banner will be changed from the silver knife into the Blood Moon itself.

Gallery

A spirit hall, guarded by a pair of Devotees.

Shepherd's Grace vinyard at Absolution Hall.

Absolution Hall, after the Blood Moon was destroyed.

An abandoned Absolution Hall.