Father Bernard
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Life as an orphan waiting to be adopted at the Prontera Cathedral wasn't all that bad, the priests were intent in giving a good education to all the kids, and the nuns, vowed to chastity, had plenty of maternal instinct toward the little toddlers and children of the orphanage.
Bernard Benedictus (his name was given by a ascetic priest some acolytes have said to have meet in their travels), was anxiously waiting the moment a newlywed young couple would adopt him... but that moment never came...
He was a quiet kid, with no friends among the other children, who constantly picked on him because of his pale hair and complexion... similar to those of the so called Dark Priest family of monsters in Rune-Midgard.
He grew to adulthood, and entering the Holy Orders seemed the only choice available to him. He was kind hearted yet deeply resented the abuse the other kid did to him, and the lack of a true fatherly figure. So when he finally set out to train, his heart was filled with anger and sorrow...
These feeling brewed and grew in him... but it isn't until he finished is Acolyte-hood and underwent the Priest trials that something snapped in his head... Why uphold the law of an uncaring God when these so called demons and monsters he met in the dark recesses of his own souls were offering him so much more... Even Baphomet seemed intent in guiding him through the Darkness as the father he never had.
He somehow completed the Trial... but ended up a Priest of Darkness... swearing allegiance to the forces of evil and forsaking the sobriquet Benedictus for the more fitting Malpheas. Only his gentle nature balanced his urges to destroy and maim those he felt were weak and undeserving of his help.
He met a kindred soul, another creature of Darkness, a female hunter... the pair grew close and are currently pondering the idea of marriage.
