Father Joseph Shuemacher

**Nation**
 **Born**
 **Titles**
* Vicar General of the Diocese of Stormwind
 **Beliefs**
 **Signature**

The Most Reverend Father **Joseph Schuemacher** is a Stormwind clergyman who serves as Vicar General within the Diocese of Stormwind and was selected by the Earl Marshal of the College of Arms to serve as the Episcopal Legate.

## Personality & Beliefs

Father Joseph is a shrewd, pragmatic man, believing that the punishment for any transgression must be severe and undesirable enough to discourage repeat offenses. His preferred method of extracting punishment is through financial donations.

## Description

Father Joseph is an elderly, frail gentleman. His hair thin and wiry, his skin dry and wrinkly, and his bespectacled eyes sunken and weary from years of reading historical texts from candlelight.

## Biography

Father Joseph joined the Clergy at a young age, the only child of an dockworker and his common law wife who also "worked" the docks in Stormwind Harbor. Excelling in his studies, Joseph estranged himself from his family, considering their vices the cause of their own hardships. By the time the First War came, he had lost complete contact with them and didn't know or care whether they survived. Though he did his best to help care for and defend the people of Stormwind when the Horde sieged the city, it ultimately fell and once again Joseph blamed the sinful ways of the citizenry and their lack of Faith for their suffering.

In the coming decades, Father Joseph devoted himself into the academic side of the Holy Church, growing more and more cold to the plight of his parishioners. Never to the extent to draw the ire of his superiors, but enough to keep most of the faithful familiar with him at a distance. In spite of this demeanor, any ordinary he served would frequently receive large donations to the Church from the more affluent locals, keeping Father Joseph in high regards to diocesan bishop he worked for.

As time drew on, Father Joseph was elevated to Vicar General within the Diocese of Stormwind and assigned to maintain Ordination records for the Holy See, much to his delight. After the Great Library Fire of 634KY, and the unexplained disappearance of the Auxiliary Bishop, Samuel Thane, the newly appointed Earl Marshal, Lord Thomas Reignsford, requested Father Joseph to work for him as needed, at a nominal fee, to affirm the Ordination status of Lords Spiritual.

## Titles

### Bishop of the Church of the Holy Light

Father Joseph is an ordained Bishop within the Church of the Holy Light, but was never assigned to head a diocese of his own due to his personal demeanor. He has, however, proven himself a capable administrator, historian, and record keeper.

### Vicar General of the Stormwind Diocese

Assigned as a Vicar General within the Stormwind Diocese, Father Joseph acts as a deputy administrator and adjudicator for diocesan executive matters in the absence of a Bishop.

### Episcopal Legate to the College of Arms

As Episcopal Legate, Father Joseph is responsible for affirming to the Earl Marshal the Ordination status for Clergy applying to be Lords Spiritual within the House of Nobles.

## Gallery

Father Joseph ShuemacherJoseph Shuemacher's SignatureJoseph Shuemacher's Ecclesiastical Coat of Arms