Father Aurelius

Father Aurelius is the secondary antagonist of the Travescot campaign. He is a tiefling cleric and the high priest of the Church of Gold, centered in the Gilded Lands.
== Personality ==
Aurelius is a devoted priest to his goddess Orelia, her opinions of him aside. He is a weasel, manipulating people to get what he wants for his selfish goals.
== History ==
=== Founding the Church of Gold ===
Orelia came to Aurelius in a dream using her magic, promising him power and good fortune in exchange for devotion. He built a church in her honor and gathered quite the following, as well as falling for his goddess bad enough to drive his family away.
=== Travescot Campaign ===
Father Aurelius met with the party to in King Goldric's stead to give "his" mission, when in reality he was using the rewards as a bargaining chip to manipulate the party to get him the Risen's orb. The party later returned to him with the Risen's orb, after which he detained them and the king using his army of golden golems, one of Orelia's many gifts.
When the party returns, he is in the midst of a ritual to donate the orb to Orelia, his concentration broken by a missed dagger throw at the hands of Xx_Unl1m1t3dP0w3r_xX. Despite this, the ritual completed, and Orelia made her grand appearance, but only after transforming Aurelius into one of the golems. She stole the orb, left Aurelius in the dust, and disappeared to Purity.
After this event, Aurelius cast himself out of the Gilded Lands and broke down the Church of Gold, realizing his goddess was nothing more than a setup. Where he went is unknown.
== Relationships ==
=== His Family ===
Aurelius has a very strained relationship with his family, due to his obsession with Orelia. His wife left him because of this, and he does not have custody of his children.
=== Orelia ===
Aurelius' relationship with Orelia has become very strained, due to Orelia's rejection of his devotion, tossing him aside when he was no longer needed.
== Notable Moments ==
* Founding the Church of Gold to simp on Orelia
* Deceiving the party into giving him the Risen's orb
* Being turned into a golem and fighting the party
* Being abandoned by Orelia
== Trivia ==
* Aurelius' name being similar to Orelia's was not intentional, as Aurelius was made first, but fits neatly into the golden theming of names centering from the Gilded Lands that was intentional on the part of FennekinGalaxy.
* Aurelius' golem form's design was inspired by Aurelionite from Risk of Rain 2.
*Aurelius was the only villain from the Travescot campaign to survive its events. Where he is now is unknown, but it has been confirmed that he is alive.
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