Name: Aaron Bachmeier

Nickname(s): Pastor, Pastor Aaron

Race: Human

Age: 22

Appearance: Aaron is a beanpole if you've ever seen one. Standing at a staggering 6'5" and weighing a measly 150lbs, he's long and lean and undeniably scrawny. He has the build of a man who hasn't had a proper meal in a long time, and the look of someone who loses too much sleep to stress. His skin is pale, his eyes very blue and somewhat sunken, his hair limp blonde.
He tries to dress nicely as much as possible, struggling to keep himself in a clean shirt and slacks. At all times, he wears a small, worn wooden cross on a long fibre cord under his shirt (or openly in the relative safety of his church), and the telltale collar of a pastor. However, his clothes are well-worn and sometimes damaged or stained, which he tries desperately to hide.

Personality: Aaron is a devout Anglican, and strives to be the best and kindest man he can be. He believes that all life has value and that no one is a lost cause. While he believes wholeheartedly in the power and mercy of God, he does not push his beliefs onto others; his church is always open to whomever would enter, regardless of faith, gender, race, sexuality, or beliefs.

Aaron wants, with his whole being, to help people. As such, he has taken an interest in medicine and studies medical texts when he can. He absolutely detests violence, and even if being slandered or even attacked, he will not raise his hand to another living thing. This has led to many issues, as he refuses to defend himself in an effort to keep himself pure.

Aaron detests those who draw pleasure from the pain of others and tries his best to keep out of the mob dealings that go on around him. However, with his morals, it becomes harder and harder to keep himself from getting caught up in the fray.

Bio: Aaron was born half of a set of unwanted twins, to a Demon's Blood-addicted prostitute in one of the poorest and most crime-ridden areas of Santa Somabra. For the first twelve years of their lives, the two brothers were very close and relied on each other for companionship and protection from their mother's
Ess-than-savoury clientele and her increasingly violent highs. When they were thirteen, their apartment, a sad, rundown excuse for a home, caught fire when their mother fell asleep while smoking. Aaron escaped the fire, but both his mother and twin brother were lost in the ashes. Blinded by smoke and tears, he ran to the nearest sanctuary: A small church, deep in the heart of the poor community.

The pastor there, a kind old woman named Lisa, took Aaron in and kept him with her in the church. She told him that his survival of the fire was a deliverance from God, and that he was meant to do good in the name of The Lord. Aaron latched onto her words and to her, revering her as the mother he'd dreamed of having. He mourned his brother for a year, finding comfort in his new religion and seeking guidance through it.

Over the years, Aaron learned the trade and helped Lisa wherever he could. He taught Sunday School to a dwindling group of children, assisted in sermons and prayers, and spearheaded charity efforts. He saw few marriages, fewer christenings and many funerals, but felt fulfilled by the work he did.

When he was twenty, Lisa succumbed to illness. Aaron held the funeral service and burial himself and took on her torch, having been ordained as a pastor when Lisa felt her death approaching. For the past two years, he's tried his best to keep the church running, but with his congregation having dwindled to almost no one and the community steadily becoming more and more hostile toward him and his church, his job is growing harder and harder by the day.

Other:
- Anglican pastors can marry and have children, and can be. Men and women, of any sexuality.
- While confession isn't necessarily something Anglicans do, Aaron will listen to and keep secret anything someone feels the need to confess.
- Aaron believes that God is loving and accepting, and believes that no one is beyond hope of improving themselves in the Lord's eyes, regardless of their beliefs.
- Increasingly hated by a community that sees itself rejected by religion, Aaron and his church regularly fall victim to attacks. These range from the more common slandering sand graffiti on the walls of his church to actual, physical attacks to Aaron himself. Running on donations alone, he has little to no money left for upkeep of the church or his own sustenance.