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Before the Thorian Inquisitors arrived, Karamanov arrested Icarael, taking him to the Inquisition fortress of Serevian and placing him in the Chamber of Truth and Penitence. For six months, Karamazov subjected Icarael to all the torments and theological arguments at his disposal, ignoring the repeated demands of other Inquisitors and members of the Ecclesiarchy who wished to see Icarael. Ecclesiarch Decius XXIII petitioned the Masters of the Inquisition to have Icarael released, and other Inquisitors mobilised local forces and prepared to lay siege to Severian if they were not granted access to the preacher, but by then it was too late. Karamazov had already declared Icarael a false prophet of the Emperor and sentenced him to death. His charred remains were delivered to the Ecclesiarchy for interment and Karamazov returned to his duties. The Ecclesiarchy called for his immediate arrest and examination, but when the taint of Chaos was later uncovered on Salem Proctor among those who had followed the teachings of Icarael, Karamazov was vindicated in the most public way possible. Despite this, Karamazov had earned the undying enmity of the Ecclesiarchy and the Thorian faction of the Inquisition.¹