Knights of the Fold

The Knights of the Fold (also known as Fold Knights) are a sacred faction in the lore of Dota 2.

Description
The knights of the Fold are the troopers or martial branch of a congregation simply known as “the Fold” who all worship Obelis as their sole god. Based on what they do to others, they are holy crusaders who seek out potential converts for the Fold and purge all unbelievers. Beyond this, most of the info in this page is based off of one Fold Knight named Chen, so the below info about the Knights of the Fold might not be general. Not exactly a religion of peace, the Knights of the Fold are on a crusade where violence is an option. The purpose of the crusade is a global persecution of unbelievers. It is also a holy inquisition or judgment in which unbelievers are presumably sought out by the Fold Knights to be investigated on their beliefs, before being punished or converted according to what they find out about their faith.

Traditions
The Knights of the Fold are a very solemn and thus a dull organization. It is said they hesitate to include fun in their recreation.

Promotion
Chen earned the armor that he wears now from every bloody conversion he has done in the name of the Fold and their god Obelis.

Faith and worship
Obelis is the one and only god that the Knights of the Fold worship with zealous obedience. Everything they do is according to his will.

Armory
Although Chen wields a staff, there are Fold knights who wields swords as well, which they wield against anyone who opposes them.

Sorcery
Assisting them in the Fold knights' inquisition is their fanatical spell, a brand of magic unique to them. As its name says, the spell tests an enemy's faith, but it is said to be unwieldy and random, barely making it a fair and just test of faith as it randomly harms anyone (regardless of their faith) under this spell and punishing them for sins that they may have never had. Those who repent before the Fold knights are recruited by, another magick unique to their group. The means by which it works its conversion seems to be quite ambiguous: it infuses others with what might be the spirit of Obelis himself, it persuades them by prayer, or the light of Obelis is revealed to them.

Heroes
is a Fold knight who was recruited from the Hazhadal Barrens as a heathen tribesman. A skirmish between his clan and the knights left him the sole survivor of his clan and he struggled against the knights until he could no longer fight back. Tired and within an inch of his life, he faced his execution with courage and humility by baring his neck to the blade of his executioner, moving the knights who subsequently offered him an ultimatum: a place in their knighthood or death. Choosing the former without second thoughts, he joined the knights in their bloody inquisition as he seeks out both potential converts to bolster the Fold's numbers and bold unbelievers to bring judgment.
 * He is a proud knight of the Fold with a high opinion on his knighthood, thinking of them as a force to be reckoned with     and a peerless organization.  Chen is a knight filled with confidence and pride in his knighthood's ability to save and redeem those who meet them.

Enemies
Below is a list of aspects that the Fold Knights deem worthy of receiving the "final reward" for their defiance, this reward basically being a death sentence.
 * The sinful and the wicked
 * The recusant  and the heretical
 * The irredeemable and the impenitent
 * Pagans to the Fold's beliefs like are put to oblivion.
 * False god worshippers and idolaters like are also slain.
 * False demagogues are punished by death.
 * Apostasy is forbidden and punished by death.

Heroes
In her journey of dreadful retribution, the has slain several Knights of the Fold, recording each one she kills with notches.

calls the Fold Knights “charlatans” in comparison to Chen's true self. As Chen's enemy, disagrees with the vicious ways of the Fold Knights' faith. Even as his ally who genuinely appreciates the help he brings with his thralls, he feels uncomfortable with the way he converts people, even having doubts that Chen is not controlling him in his presence. Nevertheless, he is surprised with what it's like being a Fold knight after experiencing it for himself with Chen around. Besides hating Chen, also dislikes his knighthood. She thinks they are simply a "cult with a pretty name" possibly because of their fanaticism and conversions.

Races
As expected of a monotheistic faith characterized by holy light and righteousness, demons are rejected by the Knights of the Fold.

Factions
The ancient order of the Aeol Drias are at war with their ancient nemeses the Knights of the Fold. To this end, they raised Nortrom in hopes of destroying them all.

Travelling through the Hazhadal Barrens in caravans, the Fold Knights were once ambushed by the local godless tribes and their locuthi, both of which they easily vanquished.