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“ | We are the agents of God. Our mission is to kill any Heretic who would deny the work of God. Amen. | „ |
~ Father Alexander Anderson. |
“ | We are the soldiers of Iscariot! We are Judas Iscariot! | „ |
~ Heinkel Wolfe. |
The Iscariot Organization are the secondary antagonists in the anime/manga series Hellsing.
It is a fanatical religious organization and rivals to the Hellsing Organization. Their purpose is to kill all demons and heretics. The members of this cult are called "The Foil". They all display a violent nature, a religiously zealous mindset as well as psychotic tendencies for bloodshed in the name of God. They have existed centuries before Hellsing has (possibly since the dawn of Christianity) and unlike Hellsing they kill Vampires because of what they are regardless if they are a threat or not. If the Hellsing Organization is Anglican (Protestant) then the Vatican is Catholic which acts as another reason for their animosity. The Iscariot organization is also well funded due to their well connected ties with the Vatican as well as the Pope.
History[]
Past[]
Not much is known about the Iscariot Organization however it is said to have existed long before Hellsing was founded around 2,000 years prior to the series (possibly since the beginning of Christianity) and many characters affiliated with the organization have existed for a long time as well, possibly even as long as the Catholic Church. It is implied that Iscariot has been around longer than Hellsing itself.
Events of Hellsing[]
Iscariot is a Roman Catholic organization operated by the Vatican itself and seeks to cleanse the world of vampires. They believe that vampires are abominations to God and will kill them when ever they appear unlike Hellsing who kills vampires when ever they pose a threat to the United Kingdom.
Iscariot is opposed to the idea of ecumenism (unity of Christians) because of the organizaiton's strong hatred for Protestants as shown in the first OVA especially from Maxwell. Iscariot has also attacked Hellsing in its own territory multiple times before such as in Northern Ireland where two Hellsing agents were killed by Anderson and attacked Alucard, Seras Victoria, and Integra Hellsing all at once.
Later on, Enrico Maxwell meets with Sir Integra about the mysterious Millennium Organization and Maxwell provides basic information about the organization and how the Vatican helped them escape Germany towards the end of World War II.
Millennium send an infiltrator to murder the US President and his staff. Since Iscariot has operatives in every Catholic Church in the world, they are aware of the assassination. Maxwell determines that they will prevent the spread of vampirism and ghouls, but won't solve it, leaving America to deal with the issue themselves.
The Pope ascended Maxwell into Archbishop, giving him command of other Vatican religious orders of knights. Eventually, Iscariot appears again in London after Millennium begins their attack on the city and Anderson and his men go into London and capture Integra before Maxwell and The Ninth Crusade enter into the city and begin to attack both the surviving citizens and remaining members of the Letzte Bataillon.
Integra commands Alucard to commence his Zero Art Restrictions, which unleashed an army of familiars made from every soul he had consumed. Almost every Vatican soldier is killed, with Anderson enabling the death of Maxwell due to the newly Archbishop's genocidal rampage that was for his own ego and disgraced God. Anderson led a small elite squad of Iscariot paladins to cut through the undead army, which led to all but Anderson committing suicide bombings to take down as many familiars as possible before their own deaths.
Anderson converted himself into the Monster of God with the Nail of St. Helena, however, he is defeated by Alucard. The traitor Walter appears to ground Anderson's ashes beneath his heel; Yumie attempts to avenge the disgrace, but she is slaughtered by Walter before making contact. Heinkel tries to avenge her, but is grievously wounded.
Iscariot withdraws from London after the battle is over, Maxwell and many others are dead, and Millennium is defeated. After the deaths of Maxwell, Anderson, and Yumie, Heinkel was left as the sole survivor of the Ninth Crusade.
30 years later, Heinkel replaced Anderson as a regenerator and the top enforcer and Makube as the new leader. The organization reveals to be too weak to rival Hellsing until they had a few centuries to regrow their strength and gathering far more advanced technology to stand a chance against Hellsing. Makube states that they need at least 500 years to regain their strength.
Members[]
- Enrico Maxwell - Leader
- Alexander Anderson - Paladin/Warrior Priest
- Heinkel Wolfe - Assassin Agent
- Yumie Takagi - Nun Assassin
- Renaldo - Second-in-Command
- Makube - Current Leader
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Part of their mantra mentions pieces of silver and a rope of straw, referencing the organisation's namesake, Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus Christ for twenty pieces of silver, and from guilt he committed suicide by hanging.
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