Ordo Malleus Maleficarum

The Ordo Malleus Malleficarum (Order of the Witch Hammer) was a secret and militant branch of the Inquisition.

History
The origins of the order are unknown, but it is possible that it was established in the early 13th century as was its parent organisation.

In 1666, the order attacked the Watchmen, a brotherhood of guardians of occult secrets. They sowed death and desolation in the ranks of the Watchmen, who defended themselves as well they could with their magic fires. This led to the Great Fire of London. It also prevented the evil Adam Crowley from merging with the Entity.

Many years later, the order’s surviving member Ignatius Blackward would come face to face with Adam Crowley once again. Ignatius would eventually start an organisation of his own, the Circle, to oppose him.

Known members

 * Ignatius Blackward

Trivia

 * The, usually translated as the Hammer of Witches, is the best known treatise on witchcraft. It was written by the Catholic clergyman Heinrich Kramer (under his Latinized name Henricus Institoris) and first published in the German city of Speyer in 1486. It endorses extermination of witches and for this purpose develops a detailed legal and theological theory.