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1 year ago

Some bits and bobs: - Escribar is most likely a reference to Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, founder of the Opus Dei lay order. While he's a much more recent figure (20th century) than most other references, he's relevant to the themes of the game since Opus Dei has generally been considered an organization with a heavy emphasis on elitism and authority, which comes in contrast to the inspirations for the Penitent One's Brotherhood of the Silent Sorrow (the Holy Week penitents, from which they get the drip, and monastic orders like the Franciscans, from which they get some of their quirks like the vow of silence), which emphasize humility and poverty. Something that makes Opus Dei particularly fitting as a reference is that one of the things that set them apart among Catholic groups is that they're really into "mortification of the flesh". - The Exhumed Bishop (and the bit of lore about him) is a reference to the Cadaver Synod, where a dead Pope was exhumed and Weekends at Bernie's-d around town, though in this case it was to attend trial for Pope Crimes. - The character of Altasgracias is partially based on a Sevillan legend, and partially based on three-faced paintings of Jesus Christ which were a brief trend during the Renaissance and were intended to represent the Holy Trinity. They eventually fell out of fashion because, predictably, people thought they looked creepy as hell.

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