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Angelica was an impertinent child, wise beyond her years and entirely too bold. In an attempt to tame her, her parents sent her to a convent. They hoped the clerics of the Mitra would have a benevolent influence upon her. This move may have worked, but heretics ran this particular convent. These clerics were polytheists; while they believed in the supremacy of the Shining God, they felt the church was wrong to preclude worship of the others, as they all had their places in the celestial pantheon. Angelica found that serving Asmodeus was her calling and excelled as a theological student.

Knowing that overt heresy would be stamped out, the clergy at the convent worked subtly. They trained a new generation of clergy and raised a collection of the faithful outside of the normal prejudices held in the land. Change would come as these new clerics went abroad and as the women of the convent subtly influenced families and communities to come around to, in their view, a more enlightened theology. As time went on, the clerics knew that they would have to expand their base of operations to facilitate the necessary changes to bring about this religious revolution.

This is where Angelica came in. Coming to visit the convent was a prominent bishop, one that the heretical clergy hoped would approve church funds for their expansion: building an orphanage and a seminary elsewhere in the realm to expand their influence. While the bishop was impressed with their facility, he saw no need for expansion and denied them the funds. He was also rather impressed with Angelica, though not in a way that was wholly proper. Dressed in the trappings of a proper acolyte of Mitra, she returned with the bishop as his aide. Soon he was comfortable with her, leaving her free to come and go in his offices. She began forging documents to facilitate the expansion of her convent’s heretical teachings—authorizing the transfer of funds and labor the bishop had originally denied—but one of her forgeries was detected.

An investigation was launched. Under the scrutiny of Mitran inquisitors, the true goal of the convent was brought to light. Angelica’s role was discovered, but she managed to save herself from death by putting on a convincing act for the bishop who had grown so fond of her. She tearfully admitted her role, but said she had no idea they had planned to spread heretical teachings. The bishop fell for her ruse and spoke on her behalf. However, this merely spared her from immediate death. For her part in a scandal that damaged the Church’s reputation, she was sentenced to a life of hard labor and sent to the Branderscar to await execution of her sentence.

Angelica is a vibrant woman with auburn hair and hazel eyes. She stands 5 feet 7 inches in height and weighs 135 pounds. She is well aware of her physical attractiveness and exploits it. She always shows just enough leg or cleavage to garner attention or distract, knows when to toss her hair to best effect, or lick her lips to heighten anticipation.

Angelica’s personality is a force to be reckoned with. Her combination of circumspection and force of personality makes her a formidable opponent. She plays the long game, manipulating the board and placing pieces; even if the game goes against her, she can sacrifice pawns to stay alive. She has also learned to turn her enemies’ weaknesses into her strengths, using seduction and the promise of carnal pleasures as ways to distract and use the weak-minded. Her service to Asmodeus is a game of life and death, and so far she’s managed to stay
alive; her survival and her faith are enough for now.

As a cleric versed in the deceit and guile of her god, Angelica enjoys putting her opponents on the horns of a dilemma. Their soft-hearted morality is a weakness to be exploited. In a battle, she’ll put innocents in danger to give foes a moment of indecision: defeat the enemy or rescue the imperiled. At worst, it may split the enemy forces; at best, they fall back to help those in danger. Pressing on will only crush them with guilt for failing to protect their companions—another knife for her to twist in their guts.

Angelica is always intrigued with those who resist her feminine wiles without good cause, such as age, infirmity, or sexual preference. She will often focus her attention on that person, trying to puzzle out what it is that allows them to resist her charms. Perhaps the thought of someone able to deal with her above a carnal level intrigues her.