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Grand Inquisitor Malthus the Red
The erased butcher whose procedure outlived his name
Grand Inquisitor Malthus the Red is officially absent from every Bureau list, which is how the Synod confesses that the Vienna incident frightened Purity into erasing one of its own.
Codex Ref. III.2.01-054

Inner Circle
Seven knives pointed inward, and Europe calls the locked box government
The Inner Circle is the Synod's highest chamber: seven Seal authorities locked in Strasbourg beneath the Basilica, manufacturing unanimity from obstruction, fear, rotating stamps, clerks.
Codex Ref. XIII.1.05-090

Order of Severance
The inward knife that cuts office from affection before affection becomes a kingdom
The Order of Severance is the Bureau of Purity's inward knife: an inquisitorial fraternity that hunts clerical and bureaucratic heresy where clean cuffs, perfect ledgers, and trusted colleagues become shelter.
Codex Ref. VIII.1.07-134
