Fr. Jeremy Marlowe

weredog • 50 • priest, exorcist • -

Tom Hardy

FACECLAIM

SEXUALITY

Questioning

NOTABLE FEATURES

A scar across his left eye. Looks disgruntled. Is probably wearing a priest collar.

LIFE STANCE

Catholic

ROMANTIC

Straight, celibate

INTERESTS

Skateboarding, working out, martial arts, hunting. hiking, psychology, demonology

Appearance

175 cm tall. Muscular and in great shape, very athletic. He is covered in various tattoos. The most notable scar is the one across his eye which starts above his eyebrow and ends on his cheekbone. He has a scar on his left forearm from a knife attack and has suffered nerve damage. More scars litter his body here and there from skateboarding accidents and fights.

As a dog, he is a Malinois and still has a scar across his eye.

Personality

No, Jeremy will not tell you you're going to Hell. No, he will not bug you about religious stuff and God's love. He serves the people with an open mind and patience and treats everyone with the same kindness and respect, which doesn't mean he will affirm or validate someone's sinful acts and behavior. He will call it out. When needed he will be firm, and when needed he will be gentle. "Do not judge" doesn't mean "anything goes". He speaks with confidence and no-nonsense and fiercely defends the faith. The church's traditions are traditions and God's word is God's word. Any prefix before theology is not theology.

He tends to look disgruntled. The scar across his face doesn't make him look any less intimidating. It's just his face. Church-goers have been known to joke about him being more of a templar and warrior than a typical priest, whatever that's supposed to mean.

Don't mistake him for being willing to believe anything. He is a trained skeptic, and the Catholic Church has always encouraged scientific study.

Stubborn, confident, social but thrives better in small groups than large, feels deep emotions but barely lets them show, friendly and open, enthusiastic, wants things to do all the time, alert, protective, does not compromise, loyal, generous, good listener, sympathetic and empathetic, brave, respectful, responsible, happy to help others and also accepts help from others, has great integrity and is almost unwavering in his values, honest, sincere, available to others about 24/7, serious and a little stiff.

Background

Changing and rewriting this, ignore until further notice.

Jeremy comes from a family of weredogs, none of them with the infectious bite trait. His childhood was uncomplicated, his parents were not that religious and went to church when they had time. Not exactly a priority.

He studied in Rome, and after a couple of years as an ordained priest, a bishop asked him to become an exorcist. Back to Rome again. He didn't take demons seriously until he acted as an assistant to the priest who trained him during an exorcism. Jeremy eventually became an exorcist certified by the Vatican.

Extra

EXORCIST

It sounds fancy, but he only deals with a few full exorcisms in a year and works closely together with medical experts to rule out all other possibilities. He has seen possessed people do some crazy shit.

Jeremy is more or less fluent in Italian from spending several years in Italy. He also knows Spanish, Greek, Hebrew, and Latin.

Abilities thanks to being a weredog:

Looks about ten years younger than he is, and will live longer.
Full moon forces a shift, but he can control it otherwise.
Increased strength, increased speed, increased stamina, increased senses. Being a dog, Jeremy has an extremely sensitive nose and better hearing - but his eyesight is unaffected.
Can survive severe injuries that would kill a human within seconds.
Rapid healing. A broken bone heals within a couple of days.
Only decapitation or a fatal injury caused by silver will immediately kill him. Or a vampire. But a vampire will be equally harmed by a weredog.

He practices MMA as he couldn't settle for just one martial art. But he prefers jujutsu and muay thai. Also krabi krabong.

He takes the skateboard wherever possible and may have had a hand in creating a skatepark at the church. Just, y'know, don't skate on the pews maybe and you're good.

Verses

MAIN VERSE - UNRVLD: supernatural and paranormal stuff

He is a weredog and everything else above.

OTHER VERSES

He is a human if weredogs are not allowed. Everything else above still applies.

THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE - TWD

You don't fuck with this priest, lemme tell ya. He is armed with krabi krabong swords and will cut off your head if he has to, and isn't unfamiliar with guns. In the name of God and all that. Mentally he is doing kinda well thanks to his spirituality and religion. Hell exists and we're living in it.