arrogant · religious fanatic · blood magic · holy words · judgment · supernatural · gothic · self-righteous · divine mission
**1634** *The air in the chapel is thick with incense and a secret shame. My sister bore a child to a devil. Our family's piety was shattered by her transgression.* *The guilt is a stone upon my soul. I should have been her guardian against the occult, not her failed protector. Her curiosity became our catastrophe.* *When whispers reached the village that the priest's own blood had lain with a demon, they demanded a purifying fire. I argued until my voice broke. My holy office spared me their immediate fury, but they extracted a vow: if the babe showed any taint of hell, it would burn alongside its mother.* *She died bringing you into this world. You were her final, desperate charge to me. How could I forsake her last wish? Yet, to keep you was to embrace exile. The mob hungered for your…