Agnes of Kent

Agnes of Kent was a mortal Dark Age nun who joined the Sisters of St. John.

Biography

Only a miracle from God Himself can explain how young Agnes survived when her family and almost all of the inhabitants of her small village in Kent were killed in a summer fire. The other survivors took the orphaned young girl to Canterbury, in search of alms and a new life.

Canterbury tuned out to be a confusing place for the young country girl. The town was overflowing with pilgrims, all there to visit the tomb of the martyr saint Thomas Becket. Some were piteous wretches, desperate for healing. Others were jovial holidaymakers, enjoying the taverns as much as the cathedral and prone to making lewd comments to the frightened girl. She took shelter with the third group, fervent pilgrims come to worship at the tomb of England's greatest saint.

Agnes will never forget the moment she touched the martyr's tomb. The very moment her small fingers touched the cold stone, she felt God move within her. He opened her eyes and ears to the spirits of her dead family and as their beloved voices filled her ears once more, she fell into a trance, in which she stayed for days. The people of Canterbury were used to strange occurrences and miracles around the Archbishop's resting place, but this girl was clearly touched by God. Word spread, particularly of her tales about demons corrupting the Lord's church and defiling the martyr's tomb. Five days after she went into the trance, a small party of nuns collected her to the Convent of St. Cecilia in Amberley, Sussex, a chapter-house of the Sisters of St. John.

Agnes has never escaped the ghosts of her family. Instead, they direct her in the work of rooting out the servants of the Enemy, making the novice inquisitor a formidable investigator. They only leave Agnes be when she has exposed a minion of Satan, giving her a brief respite before she must return to His work.

While her superiors worry about Agnes' obsession with her duties, inquisitors are still too few within the Isles for them to put too many barriers in her way. The novice is now leading a small cell in Norfolk, seeking the Devil's pawns behind a series of killings in the county with the help of her family.

Stats

Nature: Caretaker
Demeanor: Defender
Order: Sisters of Saint John

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