The Preacher

The Preacher, also known as A Messenger, is a minor antagonist first introduced in The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 2. They serve as a minor antagonist in Act 1 and became the tertiary antagonist in Act 2.
==Description==
The Preacher, also known as "a messenger", is a thin, pale, skeletal alternate with a tall face. It has a large, agape mouth and tall, hollow eye sockets with visible eyeballs. The Preacher wears a black hood (possibly a hoodie). 
A Messenger is an elderly woman wearing a nun veil and assumingly a full nun attire. She is seen smiling and looking to the left. 
==Biography==
===The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 2===
The Preacher makes its first appearance once Adam goes to sleep inside The Torres Household. It's seen whispering to Adam, supposedly in an attempt to inflict him with Metaphysical Awareness Disorder to no avail. The Preacher is visible for another moment, only shrouded in darkness while a statement about Metaphysical Awareness Disorder and how one can avoid suicide from the "delusion" if the person hearing said information wants to know the information.
===Interlude===
The Preacher is revealed to be the "overdriven assimilation" of an elderly nun and is titled "a messenger" in a similar vein to 6's introduction as "an intruder".
=== The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 4 ===
The Preacher's face appears during 6's conversation with Adam's alternate where we find out that the Preacher was an Alternate from Adam's childhood that was scared away by the light from the television.
=== Preacher Infiltration Reel ===
It is seen in a door at the St. Gabriel’s Church where Dave Lee finds it and is likely reporting the sighting. This may hint that the church is where The Preacher’s victim was employed.
=== Mandela Catalyst ===
When Evelin turns on the lights to look at Adam in the doorway, she met with the Preacher instead. The Preacher was mimicking Adam’s voice along with a police radio.
In the later scene with Adam after the Camera falls to the ground, Adam says in a scared voice "fucking kill me, please fucking kill me, please there is someone-" and then screams, his eyes turning white and mouth elongating.
=== Presto ===
The Preacher is mentioned by Evelin when discussing with Sarah about her encounter with it and Adam's behaviour.
== Speculation ==
* During Presto, Adam speaks of how someone talked to him. It's assumed that Adam is referring to The Intruder/6 though it is possibly he was talking about Preacher in an indirect way.
** During this same moment, Someone flashes on the screen for around 3 frames which appears to be an Alternate of some sort. It somewhat looks BARELY like Adam though its likely the Speaker that Adam mentions who could be Preacher but with her mouth closed.
*It is speculated that Preacher may be Mary Magdalena. 
==Trivia==
*The text at the end of Metaphysical Awareness Disorder (MAD) about a man in the corner being inches away from your face was originally alluding to the Preacher's appearance in The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 2.
*Preacher is one of the only six characters to get merchandisehttps://www.makeship.com/products/preacher-plush based off them with them, Cesar, Mark and Intruder having plushies and Gabriel having a figure and plush.
*When asked during a twitter space if Preacher had a gender what would it be, he stated Preacher would be female.
*The Preacher is an edited image of an edited image of fanart of the Grudge.
==Gallery==
Preacher darkness.png|The Preacher shrouded in darkness, its eyes now missing.
Overdriven.png|The Preacher next to the nun it is impersonating, labeled an Overdriven Assimilation.
Nun.png|The unknown nun.
A messenger.png|"a messenger"
Preacher drawing.png|Adam’s drawing of The Preacher.
File:ADAM DRAWING ORG.png|Ditto
Who was that.jpg|Teaser image featuring a darkened doorway that the preacher would soon be in.
Preacher doorway.png|The Preacher seen in Evelin's doorway.
File:Mary Gabriel.jpg|Mary with a shocked face with an open mouth with some of the mouth being in shadow, striking a similar resemblance to the Preacher.
File:Weirdo.jpg|Someone. Possible Preacher though this is thinner than a string idea.
File:PrestoPreacher.png|Ditto.
===Miscellaneous===
Preacher source.jpg|The unedited image used for The Messenger's appearance.
Preacheroriginalsource.webp|Ditto. The unedited drawing of The Preacher is from The Grudge
Alternate roles.png|The image where The Preacher gets its name, provided by Alex Kister.
Preacher plush.webp|The Preacher plush
File:I NEED IT.jpg|The Preacher plush as seen in Preacher Infiltration Reel
== References ==
Category:Alternates
Category:Characters
Category:Antagonists
Category:Minor Characters
Category:Act 1
Category:Act 2