The Witch Hunter: Difference between revisions

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

** The former provided the basic description of this trope.

** In the latter, the Grey Knights are an entire chapter of psychic [[Space Marines]] devoted to hunting witchcraft and daemons. And they're only a part of the Witch Hunter forces, which includes the [[Amazon Brigade|Sisters]] [[Joan of Archetype|of]] [[Kill It with Fire|Battle]] and [[Burn the Witch|the Inquisition]]. The Inquisition, meanwhile, is closest to this trope's idea of a witch hunter's method of operation.

** Despite the clear descent of Inquisitors from Solomon Kane, both Warhammers likely popularized the image of the Witch Hunter enough that some fans [[Older Than They Think|think it was Games Workshop's creation.]]

* Many Hunters of ''[[Hunter: The Vigil]]'' would fit the description quite well, too, but perhaps the closest types are the Malleus Maleficarum and the Knights of the Order of St. George. The Malleus are basically the Inquisition with machine guns, bearing both holy rituals and a "kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out" policy. The Knights are a division of the Anglican Church that pursue sorcerers almost exclusively and use "divine magic" (really rituals learned from {{spoiler|worshipping an [[Eldritch Abomination]]}}) to sabotage magic.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

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