Anthony of Bardsey

Brother Anthony of Bardsey is an Messianic Voice Mage from the British Isles during the Dark Ages.

Background

Brother Anthony resides on the island of Bardsey, at the monastery founded by St. Cadfan. He is one of several Messianic Voices at the monastery, charged with watching over the flock on the island and keeping them safe from harm. His superior, Brother Pwyll, strives to make peace with the Old Faith so as to ward off English raids, and Brother Anthony half-heartedly helps with this effort, but his real interest lies with death and the dead.

It might be the island itself that made him thus - "the island of 22,000 saints" has a history of death, natural and otherwise. When Anthony arrived and saw the fences made from human bones, he felt a strange shiver inside, as though he had found his calling. Since then, he has focused his theurgy studies on death (and undeath). What causes a soul to remain on Earth, rather than fly to its reward? What about vampires - Anthony has heard many legends of these creatures, but has seen no real proof of their existence. Nothing in his research indicates that they should not exist, however.

Anthony is aware of how his research would be received by other Voices, and so keeps it to himself. He has become the official performer of last rites on the island, however, and knows the name and age of everyone who has died there since his arrival. He has a bit of a death wish himself - and he fully intends to linger as a ghost once he dies.

Stats

Nature: Rebel
Demeanor: Defender

References

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