Elder Felix, Seer of Absolution

## Background

Felix Virani is a 5'8 gentleman with straight and wild black hair, jade green eyes and in his early 20's. Born in 1994, Felix has known one thing and one thing only throughout his entire life, a devotion and a will to Mekhane, and the Church of the Broken God. When he turned 16, Felix killed everyone he ever knew and loved, his own parents (willingly) friends (unwillingly) and gave over possession of his own soul to Mekhane, who granted him powerful abilities in order to award such devotion. He was given the ability to destroy the enemies of Mekhane through powerful summons alongside being able to erase things from existence itself. Along with this, Felix was given the power of insight and understanding of enemies, allies and their intentions and powers, to best serve the Machine God himself...

## Origins

On January 11th, 2023, Felix was called into a meeting by the upper echelons of the local chapter of the Church of the Broken God, to discuss Felix and his future within the Church. Present at the meeting, were the Silverback Speedster and Elder Ignis who had come to the local chapter of the Church in Venice to discuss matters with Felix personally. Felix spoke for the rest of the group when they had all assembled, informing Felix that due to his devotion and skill with the word of Mekhane at such a young age. Felix accepted the call to arms by the rest of the Church, and asked further about his assignment. Elder Ignis took lead once more, handing Felix an ancient map, informing him of an ancient temple in Western Thailand, at the foot of the Thanlyin River, built into a cave. Agreeing to the task, Felix took a plane from Venice to Bangkok and hit the road looking for the temple, before finding it after days of traveling up and down the river.

Inside, he met a strange creature, appearing to be moving, living piles of writhing and squirming flesh, guarding an unknown object. Summoning two Shikigami; Divine Dogs and Max Elephant in order to assist with the fight, he moved to eliminate and take out several of the creature's flailing limbs. Max Elephant shot large quantities of water out of his trunk while the dogs defended Felix from the whips that tried to crush him, as the creature moved it's whip like tendrils up to defend. With the rest of the main body occupied, Felix noticed and saw the opening of the main body being exposed, doing his best to get in close and use his existence erasure upon the main body. And yet, the regenerative powers of the creature were healing it faster than he could use his existence erasure to destroy it! Moving back on the defensive with his opening stifled, he removed the Divine Dogs from the field of battle and summoned Nue instead, hoping that the constant electrical flow would slow down or at least minimize the healing factor of the beast while Max Elephant continued to shoot his water. With all of these different attacks at once, the healing factor of the entity slowed, and Felix was able to slowly but surely swipe away at it with more and more of his power at any given time. Despite all of this, the fight continued for hours, pushing Felix to the brink physically, and yet he was able to finally slay the beast, and at the end lied the treasure that it guarded; a piece of Mekhane.

When Felix returned to report to the Silverback Speedster and Elder Ignis, the latter was in complete shock that Felix had returned alive to begin with, much less with the box intact. Ignis commended his skill, revealing that he put Felix through no ordinary test, that multiple other high ranks, including a few within Gorilla Squad were unable to defeat. Ignis commended Felix for his dedication, and awarded him the rank of Elder, making the two comrades and appointing Felix to be the leader of the operations of the Church's sects within Italy. Felix immediately thanked the master, and returned to the common area where he told all of his friends the good news, that he had become an Elder and was their new boss. They helped him move his belongings into the higher ranked Elder quarters, and reminisced on the good times that they had together, and celebrated a future where they were one step closer to bringing about the return of Mekhane.

## Extra Lore

Felix was born to Elisa and Arturo Virani, two long time and higher ranking members of the Church of the Broken God, and well respected members of the Sect within Venice, the city that Felix grew up in, and had lived in for all of his life. Elisa and Arturo taught their son everything about Mekhane, having him memorize prayers and verses from the Machine God's word and work with electronics and machinery throughout the entirety of his formative years. Felix enjoyed the life and the company of his parents, and yet knew from even the youngest of ages that what he wanted more than anything was to serve Mekhane.

When he turned 16, he informed his parents that for his true initation into the Church, he wished to sacrifice them, in order to show his true dedication to the Machine god. Realizing that they were old, and had no more use to offer for their flesh, they happily agreed to have Felix give their souls to Mekhane, to allow for true peace and happiness, with the hope that the family would be reunited at the end in the afterlife, having been faithful servants of their god. The same could not be said for Felix's childhood friends, whom he hunted down and brutally sacrificed all seven of them to Mekhane, ripping their souls from their flesh to offer to the Machine God. In the end, Felix offered his soul as well, with the hopes that one day, he could see his parents, and look them in the eyes to tell them that all their sacrifices and love had truly been worth it, that humanity could transcend the flesh and bring about a new age of Mekhane.

Felix has a passion for Architectural development, and on the side has pursued an associate's degree in the field. Felix hopes to build a beautiful church for the followers of Mekhane to spread their faith and worship in the halls of a place truly befitting of their devotions.

## Stats

Strength: 7 (Bodybuilder)

Speed: 5 (Average)

IQ: 7 (Genius)

Senses: 6 (Experienced)

Aim: 5 (Average)

Personality: Gigachad (Immune to all Mental Debuffs)

Origin Part 1

Origin Part 2