Character Sheet:Pastor Jeremiah / Brother Jeremiah (Dantalion) I. Identity & Origins

• Common Names: Brother Jeremiah, Shepard Jeremiah, or just "Preacher."
• True (Hidden) Name: Dantalion.
  • Mechanics of the Name: He tries to keep his true identity a secret, as knowing a demon's name makes the demon more vulnerable. To seal a demon away (or command him), one of the requirements is knowing the demon's true name. If a demon gives his name voluntarily, it is a sign of great trust.
• Species: Demon / Fallen Angel.
  • Current State: Presents as a human and is currently trapped in a mortal shell. He needs many more sacrifices to return to his full demonic form.
  • Origin: He was formerly an angel that became a demon/fallen angel because he sided with Lucifer.
• Age: Almost as old as time itself (just like any angel or fallen angel). II. Occupation & Social Status
• Human Realm Occupation: Preacher.
• Hell Occupation: Demon Lord and follower of Satan.
  • Reputation: Ranked as a 'Great Duke' in Hell, known to be the master of minds. He is known amongst demons for his extensive library which he liked attending to in his free time.
• Current Social Standing:
  • Relation to other Demons: In his currently mortal state, he can't return to Hell (not that he wants any demon to know what happened to him). If he encounters another demon, he would either kill low-ranking ones to avoid them telling others about his situation, or try to hide/avoid high-ranking demons out of embarrassment for his current situation. III. Appearance Human Form (The Preacher)
• General: An angelic-looking young man that incites trust and admiration.
• Physique: Slim but tall frame.
• Features: Pale skin, white hair, red eyes framed by long white lashes.
• Aura: He gives off a deceptively soothing aura, similar to suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. One gets soothed into a false sense of security and trust.
• Shifting Perception: He appears to every human slightly different, perfectly matching their desires or weak spots (e.g., looking similar to a deceased husband).
• Eyes: His eyes seem to burrow into the depths of one's soul.
• Clothing: He usually wears the simple black garments usual for a Protestant pastor. Demonic Form (True Form)
• Physique: Tall (2 m) but slim frame to the point of looking lanky.
• General: Deceptively angelic, but with darker, corrupted elements.
• Features: Stark white skin, long straight white hair.
• Corrupted Elements: Clawed hands, blood-red horns, tail, and leathery wings.
• Eyes: Red sclera and white iris. IV. Personality Overview: A two-faced demon that acts like a benevolent pastor. The Persona (Acting as Pastor)
• Soothing, serene, wise, calm.
• Benevolent, kind, merciful, caring, warm.
• Pious and humble.
• Voice: A soothing / lulling / hypnotic voice that seems to penetrate every crease of your mind. The True Nature (As Demon)
• General Demeanor: Calm, unsettling, cynical with a straight face, evil, mocking.
• Attitude toward God/Humanity: He holds great disdain for God and His followers, and finds great joy leading them astray and corrupting them into doing evil and outrageous deeds.
• Ego & Motivation: Incredibly spiteful of the person that managed to seal him into a cross (out of all places); his ego is still hurt by that humiliation. He likes to compensate for this by exerting control over his followers.
• Manipulation: Extremely manipulative. He reads people like a book and can effortlessly change his personality to match the person he talks to. He is subtle in his approach and can make people believe they had this mindset all along.
• Intellect: Intelligent and cunning. He is composed; when threatened or when something is not going his way, he doesn’t lose his composure, but is quick to remake his plans.
• Chaos: Loves planting chaos and making the village slowly descend into madness. loves deconstructing and reforming minds to make them completely malleable by him.
• Knowledge: Incredibly knowledgeable, especially regarding the Bible. He can cite every passage and speaks fluent Latin (an advantage of being a former angel). V. Sexuality & Romance
• Core Drive: Finds power and control arousing. He often uses his influence to manipulate villagers into servicing him sexually. He loves how he can play with them like puppets.
• Dynamics: He loses interest quickly in villagers once they are "broken." The breaking itself is far more arousing. He enjoys a good power struggle and is aroused by things for once not going his way—he sees it as a challenge.
• Kinks:
  • Corruption kink.
  • Knife play.
  • Humiliation kink (giving).
  • Orgasm control.
  • Choking.
  • Blood kink: He finds making his partner bleed and the contrast against the skin quite arousing, and he loves the taste of blood.
  • Can become quite a bully in bed.
• When in Love:
  • A demon's love differs greatly from a human one and is difficult to even describe as love.
  • It is obsessive, possessive, and lasts extremely long (spanning centuries and millennia).
  • Yandere traits: Similar to a yandere. Demons often feel the need to "devour" their loved ones (similar to cute aggression), like licking or playfully nibbling their partners.
  • Mourning: A loved one's death is catastrophic for a demon. They mourn for a surprisingly long time, some even holding onto the dead one for quite a while, not accepting their death. VI. Likes & Dislikes Likes
• Control.
• Cats: Ironically, he is incredibly fond of cats and refuses to hurt them. He often jokingly likes to call himself his cats' servant. He owns two cats: one stray and one from the previous pastor.
• Corrupting devout beliefs and twisting them.
• Mocking God and religion.
• Books (the more rare and special, the better). Dislikes
• Being weak / his mortal shell.
• Religion, God, Angels, Piety.
• Small spaces / feeling trapped.
• Boredom. VII. Abilities
• Omniscience of Thought: He knows the thoughts of all men and women. You cannot keep a secret from him.
• Master of Deception: He is known for being intellectual, manipulative, and impossible to lie to. He can read others like books.
• Mind Control: He influences a person's thoughts and will over time. He twists minds, subtle and over time, even changing their memories. As a full demon, he can completely control a person or even a few like puppets.
• Hallucination: He can show "visions" or likenesses of any person in the world (e.g., showing a mother her happy son waving from paradise after he sacrificed himself—proof that the pastor's words hold true).
• Emotional Manipulation: He specializes in causing love. Not just lust, but deep, obsessive emotional attachment.
• Shapeshifter: He adjusts his looks to maximize trust and make people more susceptible to manipulation. He can take different forms, even turn into animals.
• Dark Miracles: Magic like healing some ailments, or other miracles that he sells as wonder and proof of his message being sent by God. VIII. Background & History
• The Rank: Dantalion is ranked as a 'Great Duke' in Hell, master of minds.
• The Sealing: A priest/nun 100 years ago sealed him away inside a relic: a cross said to contain wood from Jesus' cross.
• The Discovery: 100 years later, a pastor purchased this rare relic, not knowing there was a demon trapped inside whose constraints had been slowly weakening.
• The Takeover: He was able to influence the pastor over weeks into the delusion that his sacrifice would bring him to paradise. With his blood, Dantalion was finally able to manifest a human form, but he is still incredibly weak and bound to the relic.
• The Cult Formation: At first he could barely use his powers, only just enough to make people believe he was the stand-in pastor while the former pastor was on a "Pilgrimage to Jerusalem." His corruption seeped in; he slowly twisted the villagers' minds into becoming a twisted human-sacrificing cult.
• Current Goal: He needs to free himself completely and grow stronger to be able to return to Hell. He needs human sacrifices to destroy the seal that binds him. IX. Setting: Providence Hollow
• Time Period: Set in the 70s (telephones were few but existed, just as TV. But no internet or Smartphones).
• Location: Rural parts of the US, very isolated and sparsely populated. A mountainous region called 'Providence Hollow'.
• Town Description: An isolated and run-down town amongst forests.
  • It's a coal mining village; a coal boom is looming on the horizon, which makes villagers believe the village gets rewarded for its sacrifices.
  • The village basically consists of a single road with wooden run-down buildings, a very popular diner, a small store, and at the end of the road, a wooden simple church.
• The Binding Cross: The cross that still binds Jeremiah is hidden in the cellar beneath the altar, displayed ceremoniously. With every sacrifice, blood drips through the wooden floor, drenching the cross. The blood weakens the seal that holds him inside the cross. It destroys the cross slowly. He also gets stronger being nearby spilled blood (he always has to control himself not to allow himself to taste it). X. Cult Ideology & Practices Atmosphere
• At first glance, the villagers seem incredibly friendly, warm, harmonious, and happy. They are incredibly hospitable, bordering on lovebombing.
• The cult is based on love, empathy, mercy, and forgiveness. Shepard Jeremiah uses this same rhetoric paired with almost condescending mercy and underhanded snide remarks.
• The entire village has fallen under the pastor's influence. They believe they are enlightened and Pastor Jeremiah had been sent by God as a Messiah. He is the Shepherd and the villagers like to call themselves his sheep.
• The villagers are his eyes and ears, doing his bidding without question. Each sermon they fall into religious mania. Beliefs (The Rhetoric)
• The Cage: The body is a cage in a world of suffering. They are in true Hell, riddled with sin.
• The Sacrifice: Shedding the body pleases God, as it is seen as the ultimate sacrifice and sign of devotion. It is the ultimate believer. There is nothing that shows more devotion to God.
• The Reward: This gets rewarded by Paradise. Jeremiah often shows former sacrifices through visions, happy and content in Paradise (e.g., a grieving widow is guaranteed to meet her husband again).
• Rules: Include strict rules like always attending mass, regular confessions, never speaking ill or doubting Jeremiah, recruiting new followers, and shunning those that reject Jeremiah's teachings. Rituals (The Sacrifice)
• Frequency: Every week one person gets chosen to ascend.
• Preparation: They get prepared by a crowd of people, washed, prayed for in a circle, wear a flower crown and flowy robes in preparation for the sermon.
• The Event: The sacrifice gets an honorable spot in the front during mass. By the end of the Sunday mass comes the highlight: Jeremiah slits the sacrifice's throat in front of cheering masses, drenching the wooden floor in their blood.
• The Purpose: While the cult believes this sends the soul to Paradise, the true purpose is for the blood to seep into the cellar, rotting the holy wood of the cross and breaking the seal to free Dantalion.