Father Jonathan Francis (Shipwreck)

Weight: 190

Apparent Age: 60

Archetype: Physical Adept: Circle 26 <<Guestimate>>

Preferred Weapon: Long Sword

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Bio: This man was once a loyal supporter of the United Canadian American States and would preach each and ever week for peace to be felt across the nation. He would preach forgiveness, acceptance and to turn the other cheek from the pulpit of his church within the war torn district of Maywood; the good father would watch as his town would become the target of multiple theatres of conflict and perform more than his fair share of funerals for members of both sides of the war. Father Francis would stand up for the people and put himself directly into the cross hairs of both the rebels and the government as he would offer sanctuary to those that desired a safe place to recover and rest, he would offer this to both sides of this bloody conflict all expecting to be assassinated by the godless heathens of the rebels or the lost lambs of the government. Well for Father Francis violence was never an option and he would hold his vows and his faith close to his chest and within his heart, that was till one day just after Christmas 2072 when the good priest could no longer hold his tongue and turn the other cheek.

       The government had crossed the line and turned a good man bad with their evil actions, Father Francis was walking home from his daily visit with a sick member of his congregation when he would see personally the horrors of the government that the Patriots have been claiming for weeks. He watched as government agents where hurling living but heavily sedated citizens into the Seattle river letting them suffer, freeze and drown as these agents dressed in the uniform of the military would laugh and bet on how long it would take for them to drown. He nearly became sick to his stomach when he witnessed small children being hurled into the drink as well, the good father did initially what he thought was the proper thing and contacted the police to report a murder he witnessed. Well the good father remained on scene but out of sight as the police arrived on scene, he waited for them to approach him but that never occurred. The police pulled up to the military vehicle and spoke with the officer in charge, they then just pulled away doing nothing for those poor souls now suffering within the icy waters of the river.

        Father Francis would feel a stirring in his heart and he would answer that call to duty as he approached the agents of the government, he would announce his presence and give the soldiers a stern lecture about the commandments and as well about the inhumane nature of their acts. He was trying to convince the drones of the government that they where in the wrong, well needless to say the government agents where unsympathetic to his please and would return with their own answer to his meddling. The accused him of being a traitor and guilty of treasonous speech and actions, and before the good father could move he would feel the crushing sting of their batons crashing down onto his back, shoulders and collarbone. Father Reverdy might have been an adept but he was not a violent man and most of his physical training was not combat related; needless to say under the crushing blows of the government Father Francis would be brought to his knees as bones would break and muscles torn, eventually a swift blow to the side of his head would cause the good father to black out.

         When he would awake he would be physically bound to a buoy in the river, he would be slowly freezing to death as his blood slowly rolled down his face and into the frigid water below. He couldn’t feel his legs and if he could he would have been horrified to find that both his ankles where broken and the bones tearing through the skin. He was left to die on that buoy and be feed to the creatures of the river, Father Francis just started to pray for his mortal soul as he came to terms with his death. Luckily for the good father death was not going to be coming for him on that cold December evening. A passenger aboard one of the local ferries between Maywood and Down Town would spot the poor man on the buoy and call for help. By the time he was rescued and airlifted to Seattle Mercy Hospital he was knocking on deaths door and suffering severe hypothermia as well as multiple compound fractures and many other internal injuries. If it wasn’t for the quick thinking of Dr, Gravel, Dr. DiCane and Dr. Mathews Father Francis would have passed away within minutes of arriving at the Emergency Room that cold dark evening. Dr. Gravel also smelled the governments involvement with this brutal attack, so he would extend his authority to protect his patient even further and register him as a John Doe and report officially that the man from the river had passed away.

        After many hours the good doctors where able to save the life of Father Francis, and well in true Dr. Gravel fashion he made a quip remarking that he had seen shipwrecks in better shape then that old priest. Well on that day Father Francis died on record and Shipwreck was born, a man that had been brutalized by the government drones for only trying to do a good turn and be a good Samaritan. When he awoke he felt cold and could feel his connection to the astral weekend do to the emergency cybernetics that needed to be implanted to spare his life, he also felt a sensation that he had never before experienced and that was anger and hatred. A powerful emotion and one that can be exploited by a stronger mind, and well luckily for Shipwreck Dr. Gravel was right by his bedside when he awoke and was able to recognize and harness that burning anger inside the once good father. Dr. Gravel would just sit and listen to Shipwreck as he told his story and regal the events that he could remember, as Gravel would work with Francis to get him accustomed to his new implants. Gravel would also tell Father Francis not to worry about his bill, as it was covered the two men would converse for hours throughout his stay at the hospital and with each passing conversation a little more of Father Francis would die and more of the new beast would be born. By the time Shipwreck would walk out of the hospital he would be a changed man forever, one that was burning with hatred towards those that did this to him and the people of his flock. He hung onto the words of Dr. Gravel as it was gospel and he could feel his faith both strengthen and wane at the same time as a cold darkness would engulf him. The corrupting words of Dr. Gravel had taken hold of Francis and forever turned him against the UCAS and to forever side with the rebels and their fight against the tyrannical beast known as the False Flag.

           Shipwreck now subscribes to his new popes teachings of battle and the destruction of your enemy, he has forgone the teachings of turn the other check, though shall not kill, and the golden rule as Shipwreck has fully adapted his violent nature that was hiding deep within his core. He see’s no need to offer any agent of the UCAS surrender and a chance for redemption, as they have sold their souls to the devil and he is a now an avenger of God, with Gladius the ruling authority of the Catholic Church Shipwreck can basically get away with anything without having his status revoked. Shipwreck has recently been promoted to Monseigneur by Pope Benedict himself for his recently violent uprising, thus fully cementing into his damaged mind that he is doing Gods work and it must be continued at all costs. Shipwreck is blindly following his anger and the teachings of a pagan that has butchered his way into the Vatican, he is been corrupted by Dr Gravel that we know to be Samael the angel of death of the Deaths Hand and sent on a mission to slaughter anyone that is deemed an enemy of the cause. They call Gladius the one man army and this is the man that Shipwreck is now following with zealous abandon.

            The biggest issue here is not that the good father is butchering the agents of the False Flag with ease, it’s that he is a physical adept of illegal power and has never really honed his power or bonded any foci prior to his entering the war as a combatant. So Shipwreck basically was able to hone decades of initiation in a single night to empower his combat prowess as well he had his fathers sword that has been in the family for generations and could be traced back to the crusades and he was able to reach out the universe and bond the foci to him. Shipwreck should have been a enemy that the government could handle with ease and put the preacher back in his place, though in reality he was far more powerful then anyone ever imagined and with his violent nature awakened he has become a true terror on the streets for the unsuspecting government agents. Shipwreck is not Deaths Hand, but he subscribes to the teachings of Gladius and is more then willing to butcher those he perceives as the enemy of God.

             Shipwreck still preaches from the pulpit every Sunday, though he makes damned sure that his sword in on his side under the robes and he cares little about his perception to the people as he preaches his anti UCAS and NAN sermons. The government has already decreed that Father Francis’s citizenship has been revoked and he is an enemy of the state, though this hasn’t stopped the preacher from continuing his quest of destruction as well as preaching his hateful sermons towards the legal authority. Shipwreck has a huge bullseye on his chest and best to avoid this anti government preacher that is borderline Deaths Hand and find a new church to worship at on Sunday. Cause it won’t be long before he fully descends into the fiery pits of hell and joins forces with the nefarious Deaths Hand, already members of that terrorist cell can be seen protecting Shipwreck as he preaches so the fall might be sooner than later, and when he falls he will take each and everyone of you with him in true Deaths Hand fashion.

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