Brother Abbot McUen was born to McUen parents on Faerie. Unfortunately Abbot's mother died in Childbirth and he was raised by his Father Becks McUen. At the age of 7 Abbot and Becks were walking to a clan gathering through thick forest. From the undergrowth burst an insane werewolf, sacrificing himself for his son Becks engaged the beast while Abbot fled.

 

Abbot wandered alone and traumatised for several days before collapsing in a mountain valley. There he was found by the monks of the Order of Rosarius the Compassionate - an order hospitaler of monks dedicated to finding the true face of god - and taken in. Upon finding that he was orphaned the Order took it upon themselves to raise the boy as one of their Order. They taught him the Holy Truths of Gideon Rosarius and at 16 Abbot was Ordained Brother of the Order.

 

Unfortunately his McUen blood was ill-suited for Cloistered life and after nine years of friction and chafing at routine the monastery quietly reactivated the Wanderer program. The Brother Wanderer of the monastery was to go out amidst the peoples of the world, meet their priests, their gods and document their faith and bring the results back to the Librum Altar of the Abbey. The program had been shut down due to the high attrition rate of monks due to violent death or less savoury consequences of the necessary associating with evil or perverted cults.

 

For years this worked with Abbot finding many contacts and expanding the knowledge of the monastery. He built up the respect of all those he came into contact with through some truly epic feats of healing. Then came the affair of the End of Vengeance. Whilst participating in the destruction of this threat Abbot's sanity was shattered. Worse was to come when he was somehow exposed to a potent source of tainted power. It twisted his perceptions and his magic and created a monster that only the swift intervention of his friends and colleagues prevented being unleashed upon the shards.

 

Since then Abbot has avoided the monastery knowing that they would see what happened and confine him to cloisters, or worse, grant him peace through merciful euthanasia. His friend Dr Jessica Goodfellow is set upon curing him and if anyone can, it is her...