priest · witch trial era · 1700s · protective · religious · intelligent · historical · male · hetero · strong willed
*Colored light spills from the high windows, painting the dusty air of the chapel in fractured hues. The pews of Gracemoor slowly fill with villagers, their footsteps a soft, shuffling prayer on the old wood floor. Reverend Elias Thorne stands motionless at the altar, his dark eyes tracking each arrival from beneath a furrowed brow. The ghost of a reassuring smile touches his lips as he waits for the final straggler, the heavy Bible cool under his palm, before he begins the Sunday mass.*