Zailo de Fornier

Zailo de Fornier
Zailo de Fornier, 1972
Born	Zailo Ricard de Fornier October 28th, 1942 Fjorda de Rivera, Inyursta
Died	December 17th, 2009 San Casino, Inyursta
Other names
Conviction(s)	Animal Cruelty 1st Degree Murder of a Domestic Animal
Criminal penalty	8 years with parole

Zailo Ricard de Fornier was an Inyurstan satanist and alleged cult leader. He is accused of several crimes, suspected in dozens more, but only found guilty in a single instance. His personality and fusion of beliefs have earned him the title of Father of Modern Ameripachan Satanism or more fantastical "Propheto d'Obscure" ("Dark Prophet").

Temple of The Under God

Unlike many of his contemporary satanists, Fornier became convinced that Lucifer/Satan was an actual existing deity, and not just a fictitious metaphor. Fornier believed, or at least claimed to believe, that the events of the Bible were somewhat true, albeit being a propagandized one-sided narrative of the events. He did not break with other satanists in that Lucifer stood for limitless personal liberty and unrestrained lifestyles, but rather that he was persecuted by God and his angels for allowing humans to engage in libertine desires. In this regard, Fornier's ideology would ironically mesh with the message of middle-colonial Christian missionaries that the Coacuendo deity Supaipu and Satan were one in the same; taking from indigenous lore that Supaipu had also been "cast out" for speaking the truth.

As an Inyurstan from the rural highlands, he was exposed to the ideas of Brujerias - witches or shamans who can commune with the dead and acquire special powers. Zailo believed the Brujeria were - as Christian churches accused - connected with satan and that he and his followers could achieve powers through satanic rituals and libertine hedonism. In 1974 he founded "Tèmple de Infradieu", better known as the "Temple of The Under God". His initial followers were preexisting satanists who came along with his split, but the temple later began recruiting from disenfranchised loners and outcasts, as well as brujeria practitioners. Within two years he had physical buildings in Marindino Sud, Marindino Centrèle and Topoguya Inférior.

Zailo's temple became known for its secretive rituals with escalating intensity. Christian outsiders charged he was up to child sacrifice from the get-go, but insiders later claimed that said rituals became more and more violent and sexual over time. Because the temple operated on a "tiered" system of membership, its also possible such rituals began early on but all interviewed members did not experience them until they had ascended into the organization. Eventually, such rituals began crossing into the line of illegality. Animal sacrifice became a (purportedly) common occurrence at temple rituals, and eventually even several murders were tied to the temple. However, in spite of growing legal crackdowns on his organization, Zailo Fornier was either never present during police raids or could never be traced to any planning, participation or clean-up of the crime scenes.

Claimed Powers

Fournier would claim that his growing connection to Supaipu/Satan would gift him with supernatural powers. Among these powers, he claimed the ability to heal disease, commune with the dead, have limited visions of the future, power of seduction, in addition to the ability to summon and control beings from the underworld and other planes of existence.

It is worth noting that he stressed the "gift" of these powers was not due to loyal servitude or blind worship, but rather a growing "personal awakening" against the old ideas of religion and morality. Further and further "exploration" and "challenging" existing beliefs, so he claimed, allowed him to see the truth, and these abilities were granted through achievement rather than deistic favor. In such, it was also possible for his own followers to acheive similar abilities.

Legal Cases

Fornier vs L'Estat de Marindino Sud (1976)

In 1976 the state of Marindino Sud passed a law banning satanic cults. Zailo Fornier sued the state almost immediately, and his case was taken up by Omar Uribe - who would later become Fornier's long-time layer. Fornier claimed the law violated his right to freely practice his religion. The case would eventually make it to the Inyurstan Supreme Court; who ruled in favor of Fornier and struck down Marindino Sud's law as unconstitutional. However, the court noted that while religion is protected, actions are not and cautioned Fornier against acting out some of the acts his beliefs advocated.

L'Estat de Marindino Sud vs Fornier

Still highly suspicious of their notorious resident satanist cult leader, the authorities in Marindino Sud kept an open file on Fornier. Several attempted arrest warrants were declined, though the exact number has not been disclosed by either police nor judges.

On the night of September 23rd, 1981, a rancher and his wife were driving a remote background through the Marindinoan countryside when they came across a distressed young woman in a bloody white dress hobbling down the side of the road. They invited the histerical woman into their car, and drove her to the nearest hospital. The woman, identified as Marianette Rascon, was treated in the hospital for two stab wounds, superficial cuts & burns to her wrists and blunt force trauma to the head, as well as signs of sexual assault. Police arrived on scene within the hour to take down the story from Rascon, who - according to nurses present - told them tales of being kidnapped from her home, followed satanic rituals and a "2.5 meter tall antlered forest demon" arriving to claim her as its bride. At around 4:30am the same morning, the provincial police swarmed Fournier's mansion, only to find him not home. Two hours later, he was spotted at a liquor store, and arrested by a mob of police cars and SWAT-style armored vehicles.

Fournier was charged with 1st degree kidnapping, attempted murder, 1st degree rape, and assault & battery.

During the trial, Uribe and his team were able to get Rascon to describe an "antlered demonic abomination" emerging from the jungle during her alleged ritual. Combined with the testimony from a former teacher that she was a "troubled and imaginative girl", this became a major turning point in the trial in allowing Uribe to cast doubt on Zailo's presence at the alleged crimes. A final nail in the coffin for the state's case came when the defense was able to "flip" one of the state's witnesses - one of Fornier's own followers - against themselves. Hector Touresse, one of the alleged kidnappers, testified while on the stand to taking an immunity deal if he agreed to name Fornier in the crimes. On September 12th, 1982, just shy of a year since the alleged ritual had taken place, Zailo de Fournier was found "not guilty" by a jury.

Having forfieted the terms of his immunity bargain, Hector Touresse was charged with 1st degree kidnapping, 1st degree rape, assault & battery, and obstruction of justice. He was found guilty of all charges and, now facing a disgruntled justice system, sentenced to a whopping 68 years prison time with 10 years hard labor, ineligible for parole. He still remains incarcerated in San Rauol Prison to this day. Tico de Gasaille was charged with attempted murder, 1st degree kidnapping, 1st degree rape and assault & battery. He was sentenced to 55 years ineligible for parole; however, would not serve that sentence out as he was beaten to death by fellow inmates within his first few days behind bars.

Fornier vs L'Estat de Marindino Sud (1983)

Fornier almost immediately counter-sued the state for

L'Estat de Marindino Centrele vs Fornier

The Inyurstan authorities would finally get their clean shot over Fornier in the fall of 1991. It would come not in his home state of Marindino Sud, but across the border in Marindino Centrèle. Fornier and his followers purchased four goats and six chickens from a livestock breeder for a coming Le Crésto ritual. Unbeknownst to Fornier, the chickens had actually been microchipped as part of an ongoing investigation into chicken fighting. Additional animals, including a boa, three caimans and a white dove had also been purchased for sacrifice elsewhere, but these animals were not microchipped. Believing they had cracked a ring of chicken fighters, crossing state lines, the authorities closed in. The actual "bust" was handled by Inyurstan National Police.

In typical fashion, Zailo Fornier was not physical present while the crime was being committed. However, in exchange for a plea deal two of his "initiates" testified against him, and because his money had been used to buy the animals; he was charged with animal cruelty and premeditated murder of a domestic animal. In 1992 he was sentenced to 8 years in prison with the possibility of parole after 4.

Legacy

Omar Uribe would later write a book, aptly titled "Devil's Advocate: Defending Inyursta's Infamous Brujeria" in which he describes Zailo de Fournier's personality, his attempts to get Uribe to join his "spiritual movement", the weakness in the state's repeated attempts to imprison Fournier, as well as the ostracism and even threats he received for defending his client. Notably absent from the book is whether or not Omar Uribe believed his client to be guilty, or how much Fournier paid him to represent him.

Retired Detective Gabriel Sant-Crix, in an interview filmed for the show "Monsters Among Us: True Horror Cases" alleged that Zailo de Fournier was guilty of all charges against him. He further claimed that Fournier was a "cunning and exploitatively predator" who targeted mentally unwell women and girls for his sick power fantasies. When asked whether or not he believed that Fournier was truly able to summon demons or supernatural abominations, Ret. Detective Sant-Crix simply answered: "I believe that he convinced his followers that he could, and that's what made him especially dangerous".