The Order is divided into several sects.
Sect of the Holy Woman
This sect is centered around a priestess named Dahlia Gillespie. This sect believed that God would return to Earth one day and await her coming faithfully. However, Dahlia Gillespie had attempted to hasten God's rebirth by using an immolation ritual which meant her daughter, Alessa, would be used as a sacrifice. Members of this sect include Dahlia Gillespie, Claudia Wolf, Vincent and Leonard Wolf. They believe that once God has come, She will cause the apocalypse and usher the faithful to paradise. Not all their members are active in this, however, such as Vincent. Claudia believes that a God born from pain and hatred would thereby be more sympathetic.
Sect of the Holy Mother
Members of the sect of the Holy Mother (not to be confused with Alessa Gillespie, known as the Mother of God) used their self-run Wish House to raise a conjurer. They respected the Mother Stone as something sacred, and called the God "Holy Mother". This sect believed that the Holy Mother would be descended by a conjurer performing a ritual to descend the God into a sacred object. Members of this sect include Toby Archbolt. They are slightly more pacifistic than the Sect of the Holy Woman, though their cruelty is still directly shown by their treatment of the orphans in their care, including a younger Walter Sullivan. They also held a ritual for the resurrection of the dead, which James Sunderland may find in Silent Hill 2.
Sect of Valtiel
This sect is centered around the priest Jimmy Stone. This sect believed Valtiel to be the closest to God, and worshiped him as a divine executioner. Members of the Valtiel sect would don red pointed hoods and act like executioners in honor of Valtiel. Members of this sect include Jimmy Stone, and George Rosten.
Sect of Shepherd's Glen
An unnamed sect of the Order residing in Shepherd's Glen, they are a splinter group, having broken away from the core of the Order to live more peaceful, stable lives. Though separate from the Order, many of the core beliefs are still upheld, including faith in their God and a desire for discipline.
The Founding Families that made up this sect entered into a pact with their God; if one child from each of the four families was sacrificed every 50 years, Shepherd's Glen would be spared from the effects of the Otherworld.
The families are: The Shepherds, the Holloways, the Bartletts, and the Fitches.
With Adam Shepherd's failure to fulfill his portion of the Pact, the agreement was broken, and Shepherd's Glen was left to the ravages of the Otherworld.
Members include Curtis Ackers, Adam Shepherd, Sam Bartlett, Martin Fitch and Margaret Holloway.
Sect of The Virtuous Blood
The Sect of The Virtuous Blood is a sect very closely connected hand and hand with the Sect of The Holy Woman. It is lead by the current leader of the cult, Carolin Wolf. Unlike the envisioning of Dahlia where Alessa would simply birth the "God," or where Claudia Wolf's belief that the hatred-filled emotions would inspire more empathy, Carolin Wolf intends to take this a step further; fully sanctifying the "God," and making it perfect was her goal. In order to achieve her insane plans, Carolim wants to use the blood of depressed and hardened souls who enter the town under the god's influence, the blood of the innocent, and the blood of the damned, the guilt-filled wretches accursed for the fires of hell. With this blood, she could bathe the fetus and birth what she views as "God" to be perfect. In other words, they don't intend for Alessa to naturally give birth to the god, neither do they intend for anyone else to die trying to birth it, the blood is all they need along with the fetus. Stirring Alessa's anger would be the way to reform her womb. Those who are still somewhat sane in the cult refuse Carolin's insanity, and protest it, just like they did Claudia and Dahlia before her. Those who are for Carolin help with collecting the blood, those who are under separate sects of The Order are forced to listen to her command however, they can't just ignore her, the result for doing so would be death.
Sect of the Holy Woman
This sect is centered around a priestess named Dahlia Gillespie. This sect believed that God would return to Earth one day and await her coming faithfully. However, Dahlia Gillespie had attempted to hasten God's rebirth by using an immolation ritual which meant her daughter, Alessa, would be used as a sacrifice. Members of this sect include Dahlia Gillespie, Claudia Wolf, Vincent and Leonard Wolf. They believe that once God has come, She will cause the apocalypse and usher the faithful to paradise. Not all their members are active in this, however, such as Vincent. Claudia believes that a God born from pain and hatred would thereby be more sympathetic.
Sect of the Holy Mother
Members of the sect of the Holy Mother (not to be confused with Alessa Gillespie, known as the Mother of God) used their self-run Wish House to raise a conjurer. They respected the Mother Stone as something sacred, and called the God "Holy Mother". This sect believed that the Holy Mother would be descended by a conjurer performing a ritual to descend the God into a sacred object. Members of this sect include Toby Archbolt. They are slightly more pacifistic than the Sect of the Holy Woman, though their cruelty is still directly shown by their treatment of the orphans in their care, including a younger Walter Sullivan. They also held a ritual for the resurrection of the dead, which James Sunderland may find in Silent Hill 2.
Sect of Valtiel
This sect is centered around the priest Jimmy Stone. This sect believed Valtiel to be the closest to God, and worshiped him as a divine executioner. Members of the Valtiel sect would don red pointed hoods and act like executioners in honor of Valtiel. Members of this sect include Jimmy Stone, and George Rosten.
Sect of Shepherd's Glen
An unnamed sect of the Order residing in Shepherd's Glen, they are a splinter group, having broken away from the core of the Order to live more peaceful, stable lives. Though separate from the Order, many of the core beliefs are still upheld, including faith in their God and a desire for discipline.
The Founding Families that made up this sect entered into a pact with their God; if one child from each of the four families was sacrificed every 50 years, Shepherd's Glen would be spared from the effects of the Otherworld.
The families are: The Shepherds, the Holloways, the Bartletts, and the Fitches.
With Adam Shepherd's failure to fulfill his portion of the Pact, the agreement was broken, and Shepherd's Glen was left to the ravages of the Otherworld.
Members include Curtis Ackers, Adam Shepherd, Sam Bartlett, Martin Fitch and Margaret Holloway.
Sect of The Virtuous Blood
The Sect of The Virtuous Blood is a sect very closely connected hand and hand with the Sect of The Holy Woman. It is lead by the current leader of the cult, Carolin Wolf. Unlike the envisioning of Dahlia where Alessa would simply birth the "God," or where Claudia Wolf's belief that the hatred-filled emotions would inspire more empathy, Carolin Wolf intends to take this a step further; fully sanctifying the "God," and making it perfect was her goal. In order to achieve her insane plans, Carolim wants to use the blood of depressed and hardened souls who enter the town under the god's influence, the blood of the innocent, and the blood of the damned, the guilt-filled wretches accursed for the fires of hell. With this blood, she could bathe the fetus and birth what she views as "God" to be perfect. In other words, they don't intend for Alessa to naturally give birth to the god, neither do they intend for anyone else to die trying to birth it, the blood is all they need along with the fetus. Stirring Alessa's anger would be the way to reform her womb. Those who are still somewhat sane in the cult refuse Carolin's insanity, and protest it, just like they did Claudia and Dahlia before her. Those who are for Carolin help with collecting the blood, those who are under separate sects of The Order are forced to listen to her command however, they can't just ignore her, the result for doing so would be death.
