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The Alicist Church, more commonly known as Alicism, is home for the largest religion in the Continent. Founded long ago during the SS Era, in the old days of humanity, it had the same function as you can expect of a church. As such, their goal is to guide humanity to happiness and salvation, accompanying them all the way to the afterlife, while forbidding sex and alcohol.

It is also a non-profit organization, but makes it up by getting massive donations from followers since they are the most prominent religion, and even own a private army, mainly made of Temple Knights. Finally, the church is located in the remote island of Kawanakajima, located in a river between Zeth and the Free Cities. Most of their members are Priests and Bishops, with the main criteria of selection requiring to have some form of Divine Magic abilities, ruled by the Pope, absolute leader of the Church and acting as the goddess ~~ALICE~~'s representative.

It is also a non-profit organization, but makes it up by getting massive donations from followers since they are the most prominent religion, and even own a private army, mainly made of Temple Knights. Finally, the church is located in the remote island of Kawanakajima, located in a river between Zeth and the Free Cities. Most of their members are Priests and Bishops, with the main criteria of selection requiring to have some form of Divine Magic abilities, ruled by the Pope, absolute leader of the Church and acting as the goddess Alice's representative.

In fact, the Alicist Church mainly serves as a means to manipulate human society, in order to satisfy the Gods' thirst for entertainment and chaos, with ~~ALICE~~ serving as a direct intermediate between the Pope and the Creator God Rudrathaum himself. Every Pope is made aware of this during their appointment, making them yet another pawn in the Gods' Hierarchy despite having the best interests of humanity at heart.

In fact, the Alicist Church mainly serves as a means to manipulate human society, in order to satisfy the Gods' thirst for entertainment and chaos, with Alice serving as a direct intermediate between the Pope and the Creator God Rudrathaum himself. Every Pope is made aware of this during their appointment, making them yet another pawn in the Gods' Hierarchy despite having the best interests of humanity at heart.

== In General ==

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== Deity ==

=== 1st Class Goddess ~~ALICE~~ ===

=== 1st Class Goddess Alice ===

The goddess worshipped by the Alicist Church. Her job is to guide humanity in the way the gods desire it... which usually means creating chaos and conflict while posing as a benevolent and loving deity. She is highly secretive and will only reveal herself to the Pope of the Alicist Church.

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*[[Anti-Hero]]: At first, she considered friends and companions as expendable pawns, but after meeting Rance, she grows out of it.

*[[Big Good]]: ''Of Rance X: Part 2''.

*[[Big Good]]: Of ''Rance X: Part 2'', being the mother of El, who sent them to their adventure.

*[[Cool Hat]]: Granted with goggles. However, they do nothing.

*[[Lady Looks Like a Dude]]: Downplayed. She has the looks of a teenage boy, which causes Rance to mistake her for a man, if not for her skirt.

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*[[Arch Enemy]]: To Crook Mofus.

*[[Big Bad]]: Of ''[[Rance Quest|Rance Quest Magnum]]''.

*[[Broken Pedestal]]: The true purpose of the Alicist Church sent her off the deep end and pushed her to the brink of despair, causing her to leave the office after being selected as Pope. Years later, she came back in ''Rance Quest Magnum'' as the [[Big Bad]], intent on destroying Rudrathaum.

*[[Broken Pedestal]]: The Alicist Church.

*[[Complexity Addiction]]: As revealed in ''Rance X: Part 2'', Crook achieved the result Am wished for all these years simply by using her Pope's wish to make Rudrathaum live a life among humans and teach him compassion.

*[[Dark Messiah]]: Appears as one through ''Rance Quest Magnum'', being the leader of the Shepherds.

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== Bishops ==

=== Mi ~~Lordring~~ ===

=== Mi Lordling ===

A very passionate individual met by Rance a couple of times across the series. He chronologically appears in ''Rance 01'' and ''03'' as a priest of the Alicist Church, sometimes appearing in dungeons to heal Rance and his group, and participates in the 7th Helman-Leazas War.

He then came back much later in ''Rance Quest'' as a Bishop, and eventually serves under the new Pope Crook Mofus.

*[[Badass Preacher]]: He's an incredible fighter and helped out in the war between Leazas and Helman, even earning Rick Addison's praise.

*[[Combat Medic]]: He's just as skilled at healing as he is in combat, and will frequently heal Rance's party when they meet in early games.

*[[Companion Cube]]: He carries a doll of ~~ALICE~~ around everywhere he goes, and seems to believe ~~ALICE~~ herself is speaking to him through it (she's not). This despite ~~Lordring~~ himself speaking for the doll, leading him to have ventriloquist conversations with himself over what ~~ALICE~~ would want him to do.

*[[Companion Cube]]: He carries a doll of Alice around everywhere he goes, and seems to believe Alice herself is speaking to him through it (she's not). This despite Lordling himself speaking for the doll, leading him to have ventriloquist conversations with himself over what Alice would want him to do.

*[[Good Shepherd]]: He's entirely oblivious to the dark side of the Alicist Church and wholeheartedly believes in helping people and doing good.

*[[Hot-Blooded|Hot Blooded:]] He is... intense. He's constantly running from place to place, and screams almost all of his lines at the top of his lungs. After becoming a Bishop, his entourage of Temple Knights is frequently seen run ragged trying to keep up with him.