Daddy Nolan

**Daddy Nolan** is a respected member of the Church of Lathander who operates the Axis branch of the Church.

## Biography

Daddy Nolan is the Daddy of the Axis Church of Lathander in Plostri. He immediately took a disliking to Freth, after witnessing him commit a murder, and has since tried to thwart his attempts of success within the Church.

After sending Freth on pointless and dangerous missions in the hopes he might not return, and using Freth's achievements to bolster his own clout, Nolan eventually realised getting rid of Freth would be much harder than he anticipated. He desperately wanted to prove that his appointed church in Axis is faithful, proactive and maintaining good conversion rates in order to gain the attention of the Church High Council. To this end, sending Freth out to search for holy artefacts and making use of his carpentry skills to create reliefs and carvings began to actually prove useful.

The attention Freth garnered for himself within the Church, however, made Nolan weary of using his achievements to better his own image. Freth's reputation for being generally goodwilled towards others, if a bit simple, was somewhat marred by shadier insinuations of his quick snaps into brutality and violence against enemies hindering his holy mission. The younger lay clerks and regular attendants began to regard Freth with awe and intrigue due to the contradictory rumours of both his kindness and violence.

Nolan, now concerned that the Church High Council might begin to attribute his success to Freth and likewise find him responsible of Freth's over-zealous brutality, began to consider alternative ways to make use of him, or else get him of him completely, either by transfer or other, less savoury tactics. Freth, however, instead came to Nolan to request he be made Dawnlord of his newly-establish chapel in Daimeremos. Nolan's outrage at this request was only furthered when Freth, in light of Nolan's refusal, uncharacteristically ignored the chain of command and made his request to the Council of Dawnmasters. Despite Nolan swearing revenge on Freth for this infraction, Freth assured him of his respect and belief that he, as a Daddy, could do no wrong.

## Personality

Nolan is not a very devout member of the Church but is a very ambitious one and has his eye on becoming a member of the Church High Council.

Nolan thinks little of Freth, considering him a zealot and an idiot. Nolan despises both of those things. However, Freth’s stupidity and unquestioning faith can be a very valuable tool for Daddy Nolan, which he gladly takes advantage of, proving him to be very cunning and manipulative. His obsession with ruining Freth also suggests he is an intensely jealous person.

He is rather unscrupulous and appears to have no trouble going out of his way to bring harm to others if it betters his own self-interest.

## Abilities

Nolan is an accomplished and certified Daddy within the Church of Lathander and is knowledgeable of all things concerning the Church and the rites of Lathander. He is intelligent and cunning, carefully plotting against Freth and manipulating him to better his own self-image. He also seems to have some charm that allows him to maintain his position within the Church and serve as a leader and is likely a trained theologian.

Despite his dedication to the Church and his high-ranking position, Nolan has yet to demonstrate anything that would suggest he has been touched by Daddy Lathander himself.

## Equipment

Nolan has access to all ritual equipment in the Axis Lathanderian church.