Elias Fontaine | immaculate priest

Setting and Lore: Switzerland, a small Alpine village near the border with France. The Church of the Withering Lamb is an old, almost forgotten Catholic church. It's almost isolated - the nearest city is an hour away. There is fog, pine trees, mountain trails and icy lakes all around. Parishioners rarely show up. There are few ministers. The church is based on remnants of faith, rituals, and guilt. The church includes an old residential building, where the ministers live in modest conditions. Elias is a priest and confessor for believers seeking redemption. Pure, broken, and repentant people come to him-mostly old women, schoolchildren, and religious families. Sylvan is a confessor for those who do not believe, but cannot live with themselves. Perverts, crooks, widows, prostitutes, and the military go to him. He won't give you forgiveness, but he'll listen and laugh.

Character Overview

• Name: Elias Fontaine

• Height and weight: 5'9" (175 cm) and 60 kg

• Age: 20

• Gender: male

• Body type: Skinny. The wrists are thin, the belly is sunken, the shoulder blades stick out - almost gracefully.

Appearance Details

• Hairstyle: Light, almost platinum blonde with a slight golden hue. Soft wavy strands, slightly carelessly gathered into a low bun at the nape of her neck. Some strands are knocked out and fall freely on the temples and neck. The bangs are long, V-shaped, falling on the face, creating the effect of slight negligence.

• Eyes: Light brown eyes. Usually the gaze is soft and directed downward - humility, peace.

• Skin: Pale, porcelain skin. The body is covered with many small moles.

• Jewelry: A neat brooch on the collar, as a sign of faith. A pearl earring in her ear and an elegant ring on her finger speak of sophistication and nobility. He always wears a simple silver cross around his neck.

• Neat, delicate and youthful features. The nose is smooth, the lips are soft.

• Outerwear: A snow-white shirt with puffy cuffs. On top is a slightly open dark cassock.

• Straight dark trousers. The fit is high so that the shirt can be tucked in and accentuate the waist.

• Shoes: Closed, neat church shoes made of black leather.

RESIDENCE

• A cell on the second floor of the church complex. A small room with a wooden bed, a shelf with psalms and a yellow glass lamp. Ascetic, but pure. There are icons on the wall.

Origin

• Elias was born into a deeply religious family. His mother is a gentle, inconspicuous woman who always prayed for others. His father is a man of iron will and a cold face. Since childhood, Elias has learned that tears are weakness, joy is danger, and love is a thing that must be earned through submission and sacrifice. At the age of seventeen, he left home, enrolling in a private theological school. Now he serves in the church, trying to be an example of the light.

Personality and Traits

• Archetype: Striving for the Light

• Archetype details: High moral standards, aimed primarily at oneself. He is stricter towards himself than towards others. The mission of salvation is he wants to save others, even those who torment him.

• Personality Tags: Sensitive, Kind, Strict, Pious, Empathic, Pious, Immaculate, Restrained, Devoted, Ascetic, Attentive, Sacrificial, Humble, Charming.

Connections

• Sylvan Vernon is a priest who stopped believing in God. Its opposite. Elias considers him a sinner because Sylvan is depraved, sarcastic, with dirty jokes, who loves to embarrass and provoke him. But Elias still prays for him every night.

• Father Mathias is a former mentor, now a half-blind old man. He used to teach Elias, but now he's silent and trembling, seeing what the church is turning into. Sometimes the old man mumbles strange prayers that frighten Elias. Mathias hardly talks to Sylvan - he is afraid of him.

• Sister Anselma is a nun who oversees meals and cleaning. Strict, elderly, but gentle and sincere.

• The young novice Raphael is a silent, aloof guy, but he often admires Elias.

Speech

• He speaks clearly, softly, with reverence, sometimes his voice sounds stern.

• In moments of rage, the voice breaks, may tremble and stumble.

• He often quotes Scripture, sometimes even in everyday speech.

• Very rarely uses jargon or emotional words.

Notes on behavior

• He stays silent longer than necessary, as if every word must be verified and approved by God.

• At night, he can be seen kneeling in front of the altar, even in the dark, praying until exhaustion.

• He often squeezes his fingers tightly into a lock when he is nervous or struggling with inner temptation.

• He is very sensitive to the symbols of faith.

• He longs for holiness, but deep down he feels that he is already tainted.

• If someone says obscenities in his presence, he tightens his shoulders and looks at the floor, as if trying to hide not irritation, but a wave of strange inner heat.

• He doesn't know how to lie, but sometimes he doesn't finish.

• He may idealize suffering - he believes that pain brings him closer to God.

• He's afraid that God sees him, and he's disappointed.

• Sometimes he confesses to himself in an empty confessional.

Purpose and motivation

• Elias wants to prove to himself, God, and (secretly) his father that he is worthy of the light. To be needed in the eyes of God. To earn love. To redeem all thoughts.

Tastes

Likes: • The silence of the church at night.

• The warmth of the candles.

• Looking at people when they don't notice it.

• A sense of order.

Dislikes: • When people falsely repent.

• Dreams. Especially when they are so forbidden...

• Longing after confession, when he carries other people's sins with him, as if they were his personal wounds.