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,

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.

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 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..