![[12SaintsN6C.png| 350]] *Twelve Saints #6 cover by Paracelsus.* *Black Cloak* is the sixth issue of the *Twelve Saints* comic series. ## Quick Facts --- | Credits | ![[12SaintsN6P0.png \| 400]] | | -------- | ---------------------------- | | Title | Black Cloak | | Pages | 20 | | Arc | Apostle Exams | | Next | Twelve Saints No. 7 | | Previous | [[Twelve Saints No. 5]] | ## Summary --- In 682 AL, [[Gordon Alastair]] delivers a speech in the Yola Basilica, commiserating the death of [[Damian Charre]] and announcing the next Fire Saint, [[Juno Soleil]]. Back in the present day, Soleil reacts to [[Tini Charre]]'s victory with the other Saints in attendance. On the field, the semifinalists recover and make amends, with Zeila apologizing for her deception. They are joined by [[Marie Adonai]], who clarifies to Zeila that entering the [[Church of Light (Transelmany)|Transelman Church of Light]] was never a possibility at this stage of her career as an [[Apostles of the Transelman Church of Saints|Apostle]]. She then invites the final four to tour the arena with her, to learn more about them. They meet up with the other Saints and new Apostles later, and they learn that each of them has been accepted into the Church of their choice-- except Zeila, who is actually given a chance to reject [[Isaac]]'s invitation to join the Light instead. But [[Curie]] is able to convince Zeila that the [[Church of Darkness|Darkness Diocese]] will allow her better understand the true nature of her Flux. Zeila meets with her parents outside the arena and informs them of her choice, and they support her decision. Inside, Tini and Juno discuss the life Tini had lived before she decided to become and Apostle. They agree that her place is in the [[Church of Fire|Fire Diocese]], whatever the circumstances were that took her away initially. The next day, Tini and the other semifinalists discuss the Exams with their new commanding Saints, while Zeila and Isaac do the same in front of the Church of Light HQ where they met days earlier. They are interrupted when Gordon opens a portal to their location, informing them that the ceremony to honor the new Apostles is about to begin. ## Datapage --- ![[12SaintsN6P10d.png | 350]] ### DECLASSIFIED INFORMATION: ENTRY 3: DIOCESES OF TRANSELMANY `THE DIOCESES OF TRANSELMANY ARE THE PRIMARY TERRITORIAL DIVISIONS OF THE COUNTRY. SIMILAR IN NATURE TO THE PROVINCES OF A KINGDOM, TRANSELMANY'S DIOCESES ARE DESIGNED TO ALLOW REGIONAL AUTHORITIES TAKE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY DECISIONS SPECIFIC TO THEIR AREA.` `YEMISI FAYOWA, GORDON ALASTAIR AND ZAINAB GARBA FORMULATED THE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE TRANSELMAN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC IN 658 AL AFTER THE TREATY OF HAAL. THE COUNTRY WOULD BE DIVIDED INTO 10 DIOCESES (NOT COUNTING THE AUTONOUMOUS GREEN) WITHIN THREE NATIONAL SUBREGIONS ROUGHLY CORRESPONDING TO THE LOCAL GEOGRAPHY AND PREVALENCE OF FLUX ALTERATIONS:` - `GRAVITY, TIME & SPACE IN THE MOUNTAIN REGION` - `POLES, LIGHTNING, STONE & WIND IN THE PRAIRIE REGION` - `WATER, LIGHT & FIRE IN THE SOUTH COAST REGION` `EACH DIOCESE WOULD CONTAIN ENOUGH PARISHES TO ENCOMPASS EACH OF ITS MAJOR POPULATION CENTERS.` `WORKPLACES AND COLLECTIVE FARMS WITHIN EACH PARISH ARE GOVERNED BY COUNCILS OF LOCAL WORKERS, KNOWN AS BASILICAS. EACH LOCAL BASILICA SENDS DELEGATES TO TO THEIR CITY/TOWN BASILICA, WHICH IN TURN SENDS DELEGATES TO THEIR DIOCESE BASILICA. EACH DIOCESE BASILICA WORKS WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE CHURCH, HOLDING REGIONAL AUTHORITY ALONGSIDE CHURCH APOSTLES. THE TRANSELMAN BASILICA IS THE NATIONAL-LEVEL WORKER COUNCIL, MADE UP OF DELEGATES FROM THE DIOCESE BASILICAS, WHO WILL WORK WITH THE SAINTS AND COUNCIL OF COMMISSARS TO ENACT NATIONAL POLICY AND REPRESENT THEIR REGIONAL BASILICAS. IN TIMES WHEN THE SAINTS ARE IN THEIR DIOCESES OR ON FIELD ASSIGNMENTS, THE TRANSELMAN BASILICA CARRIES OUT ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES.` `THE GREEN WOULD BE A SPECIAL AUTONOMOUS DIOCESE THAT MAINTAINS ITS EXISTING INTERNAL POLITICAL STRUCTURE WHILE SENDING DELEGATES TO THE TRANSELMAN BASILICA. RESIDENCE WOULD REMAIN INVITE-ONLY, BUT CITIZENS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO VISIT.` `TODAY, THIS STRUCTURE REMAINS MOSTLY THE SAME, WITH THE ADDITION OF THE NEW CHURCH OF DARKNESS WHICH WAS CARVED OUT FROM THE CHURCH OF SPACE IN 677 AL.` ## Characters (in order of appearance) --- - [[Gordon Alastair]] - [[Juno Soleil]] - [[Marie Adonai]] - [[Andrea Tommasi]] - [[Robin Reyes]] - [[Tini Charre]] - [[Zeila Newton]] - [[Yvette Bissouma]] - [[René Adelaide]] - [[Jara Dumfries]] - [[Maxine Faraday]] - [[Decapre]] - [[Tiana Früde]] (cameo) - **[[Mayen Frederick]]** (cameo, debut) - **[[Lea Richter]]** (cameo, debut) - **[[Kemi Zayd]]** (cameo, debut) - **[[Katya Ross]]** (cameo, debut) - [[Rhoda Sakhir]] (cameo) - Rida Kalinin (cameo, debut) - Natalya Alexei (cameo, debut) - [[Isaac]] - [[Alice d'Arnaud]] - [[Lucia Pao]] - [[Curie]] - [[Noria Diawara-Newton]] - [[Rose Newton]]