Steward Gixx: Angel, welcome. Please, have a seat. I like to interview all applicants prior to their acceptance into the Priory, even ones as well-know as you.
Angel: Sounds good to me, Steward.
Gixx: Please state your race, profession, and home.
Angel: I am a human necromancer. I was born in the Salma District in Divinity's Reach, Kryta.
Gixx: Good, now tell me a bit about your childhood.
Angel: My sister, Deborah, and I were orphaned at a young age. My parents were killed when thugs broke into our house. We grew up at the orphanage in Salma District until we met this guy, Pete. He seemed to really get us. My best friend, Quinn, and I joined up with the street gang right away. Deb was always the more cautious one. When she finally did join, Pete had the three of us working together to steal some food for the gang. Quinn, the goof that he is, almost got us all caught. Deb took the fall for him. She was taken by the Seraph. After a year or so, she got out and I ran into her on the street. She was wearing a Seraph uniform! I was thanking the six that no one else was with me because the gang does not take kindly to deserters. She told me that Pete was a scumbag, that there were people who actually cared about what happened to the street kids. I talked to Quinn about getting out, but he was scared. When I finally did leave, Quinn went with me... but after a few days he went back to Pete.
Gixx: And you stayed out of the gang?
Angel: Yes. I paid back my imagined debt to Pete and set out to explore the country, like my sister had.
Gixx: What happened after you left Divinity's Reach?
Angel: I entered Shaemoor during a centaur attack. They were hitting the fort along Lake Delvan. The Seraph were starting to lose people. I couldn't just stand there; I had to do something. I fought, alongside Logan Thackeray if you can believe it! We drove back the centaurs, but then the Modniir High Sage took off and conjured a Greater Earth Elemental. Captain Thackeray and I wore it down a bit, but then it exploded. I was knocked unconscious and woke up in a hospital. The told me that Captain Thackeray had brought me there and that I was out for three days. After that, the people of Shaemoor and the Captain started calling me the "Hero of Shaemoor".
Gixx: So you saw Logan again?
Angel: Oh, yes. Quinn was still in the gang with Pete and I went undercover to expose a threat to Queen Jenna. The gang was going to poison the water supply for Divinity's Reach. I went with Captain Thackeray to protect the well. We stopped the poisoning, but one of the people we caught told us that Quinn was dead. Pete had killed him because I betrayed them and tried to get Quinn out. I was ready to kill Pete and the Captain wanted that street urchin gone, so we set a trap. Using me as bait, we lured Pete to an inn. It was an ambush. The Seraph arrested the gang members, and I showed Pete why you never mess with a necromancer.
Gixx: Where was Deborah during all this?
Angel: Deb had been missing for a while. She joined an elite branch of the Seraph, the Falcon Company. The were ambushed by centaurs. She didn't make it out, but they never found her body. Since I helped uncover the plot against Queen Jenna, Captain Thackeray said he would search the Seraph records for any helpful information regarding my sister. She was listed as being under the charge of one Captain Tervelan. Tervelan had been one of the only ones to make it out alive. I spoke with him and he insisted that all of Falcon Company was dead. After aiding him with some centaur problems, I found a journal belonging to a Willem Harrinton. It said that the centaurs dragged off a few of the Falcons, my sister included!
Gixx: And did you find her?
Angel: I did. After some more digging, Captain Thackeray and I found her being held in Kessex Hills. I had finally found my sister.
Gixx: Such a heartwarming story. And then you came here to join the Priory?
Angel: No. After finding my sister, Queen Jenna summoned me. Captain Thackeray had been keeping her informed of all the good I was doing and she asked me to help settle a dispute between the Priory and the Vigil.
Gixx: Ah yes, that was about what was happening in Lychcroft Mere?
Angel: Yes. Captain Thackeray said that there was some undead there. I went to investigate.
Gixx: Josir was there with the Mortus Virge? (Angel nods.) He reported back to me directly about your success with that mission. That's when you really came on my radar.
Angel: Well, the thing with that mission was that the children spoke of a Seraph named Kellach and how hordes of undead followed him everywhere. Naturally, the orders wanted to investigate.
Gixx: Naturally.
Angel: This time, I teamed up with the Order of Whispers. We tracked the Seraph and found out he was looking for Alastia Crow. He was cursed and she told him that the only way to cure the curse was to bathe in royal blood. We had to talk to her ghost to figure it out, and as soon as we did, we sent word to Captain Thackeray. We made it back to Divinity's Reach just in time. Kellach arrived with a horde of undead following him. We told him that Alastia Crow lied, but he didn't believe us. We had to put him down.
Gixx: And then here we are now?
Angel: Yes, Steward Gixx, and I would truly love to join the Priory.
Gixx: Wonderful. (Gixx offers Angel his hand.) Welcome to the Durmand Priory, Angel.
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