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[center][h1][color=MediumPurple]Father Patrick William Coughlin[/color][/h1][/center]
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[center][h3][color=MediumPurple]“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”[/color][/h3][/center]
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[center][h3]General[/h3][/center]

[color=MediumPurple]|| NAME ||[/color]
[indent]Father Patrick William Coughlin[/indent]
[color=MediumPurple]|| GENDER ||[/color]
[indent] Male [/indent]
[color=MediumPurple]|| AGE ||[/color]
[indent] 54 [/indent]
[color=MediumPurple]|| ROLE ||[/color]
[indent]Church Leader[/indent]
[color=MediumPurple]|| SEXUALITY ||[/color]
[indent]Heterosexual[/indent]
[color=MediumPurple]|| RELATIONSHIP STATUS ||[/color]
[indent]Single in Service of God[/indent]
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[center][h3]Personal[/h3][/center]
[color=MediumPurple]|| POSITIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS ||[/color]
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[*] Personable - One can seldom work the pulpit without getting to know folks
[*] Protective - Strongly motivated to help others in danger, a small repetance
[*] Reputable - Known by the community as a good man, regardless of truth
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[color=MediumPurple]|| NEGATIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS ||[/color]
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[*] Beset By Doubt - Having lost his faith and done a great many sins, Coughlin is torn apart from within
[*] Addictive Personality - Entertains a large number of vices, these days mostly hidden drinks and smoke breaks
[*] Liar - Refuses to admit his true feelings of guilt to himself or others, hides his wrongdoings
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[color=MediumPurple]|| QUIRKS ||[/color]
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[*] Walks With a Limp - The result of a motor accident as a youth, has a slight hitch in his step
[*] Heavy Metal Fan - Though he keeps it on the down-low, Coughlin still jams out in private to his favorite metal bands from his youth
[*] Solid Memory - Can throw out theological quotes all day with stunning accuracy
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[color=MediumPurple]|| HOBBIES ||[/color]
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[*] Chatting with the congregation
[*] Drinking his sorrows away in private
[*] Harassing people for donations to the church and orphanage
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[center][h3]Family[/h3][/center]
[color=MediumPurple]|| FAMILY MEMBERS ||[/color]
[indent]Hank Jamison - Son - Abandoned by Coughlin shortly after his birth and he is unaware of their relation, Coughlin does not plan on ever telling him, works in the police force
Jenna Jamison - One of Coughlin's many flings, told to keep quiet and get lost by Coughlin after becoming pregnant with his child, died during childbirth[/indent]
[color=MediumPurple]|| HOUSE DESCRIPTION ||[/color]
[indent]Coughlin lives directly north of the church, in the middle house of the three grouped there, thus being Sheriff Lodrick's neighbor. Cozy, Coughlin has all the trappings of a normal home - rugs, pictures, even the occasional painting of Jesus - however he finds the place unbearable, the silence allowing him to reflect on his life. More often than not he's in the bedroom, blinds covered by a blanket, where he can drink alone and then drink off to sleep. As far as the community knows, he just likes to sleep in total darkness.[/indent]
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[center][h3]History[/h3][/center]
[color=MediumPurple]|| BIOGRAPHY ||[/color]
[indent]Born in 1962 to hyper-religious in a podunk village, Patrick William Coughlin was a hellion, a rebel through and through. He cheated, stole, and got into too many fights to count as a youth, even running with a rough crowd of bikers at one point until a tragic accident ended up breaking his leg and killing a few of his closest friends. His family decided to counter this with routine beatings and blatant abuse, but that did little to dissuade him from making their lives hell.

It was no surprise that he took to all the vices of the world in excess, doing things that less lucky men would die from. It was only after a particularly bad few weeks that Coughlin mustered all his will to turn his life to something more innocent, and so he entered the clergy, thinking it would temper his attitude while getting away from his folks without much nagging. In actuality though, this helped none, and if anything, his obligations from the church just intensified his behavior. It became almost a point of pride for him to break the rules of the church, though as discreetly as he could muster. There was some delight in the double life for him.

In his mid-thirties, Coughlin ended up within Ashenport, given the responsibility over the local church. For those who can remember those early few weeks, Coughlin was downright awful; sure, he could recite verses verbatim, but when it came to being someone with conviction, he fell flat. The congregation gave him the cold shoulder early on, all of them except Jenna Jamison. A woman in her twenties, she took a liking to Coughlin and was the only one to be his friend in those days. With her help, he became a better speaker and ultimately a better priest for the people - except for their love affair. Though not meant to succumb to lust, the two secretly became romantically involved. If ever there was a time when Coughlin truly believed in God, it was now.

This was not to last. Life came crashing down when Jenna became pregnant, something which could not be hidden from the people, the same people who now regarded Coughlin as a pillar of the community. Coughlin was not prepared to be a father, and fear and irrational anger overtook him. In harsh words, he rebuked Jenna, naming her all sorts of insults, and made clear that she best not breathe a word to anyone about the father of her baby. In a sudden shift, the two were ripped apart and Coughlin refused to talk with her again. When she went into labor, she would die, but not before Hank Jamison would be born. Without parents, he was entered into the orphanage, ironically under the guidance of Coughlin.

Her death would devastate Coughlin, and at her funeral he spoke with great passion, earning the permanent trust of the community and cementing his status as an outwardly good man. His pain was furthered due to the constant contact with his illegitimate son Hank. To some degree, he deflected his self-hatred onto Hank and partially blamed him for what had transpired, though he never showed it. Since then, Coughlin has continued the motions of being a decent person, while slowly he has wallowed in agony from within, lacking the courage and moral integrity to right his wrongs and fess up to Hank and the community.[/indent]
[color=MediumPurple]|| THEME SONG ||[/color]
[indent][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJlN9jdQFSc] God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash[/url]
[sub]You can run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down[/sub][/indent]
[color=MediumPurple]|| NIGHTMARE ||[/color]
[indent]Despite his lack of faith in any sort of god, what frightens Coughlin the most is that he is wrong and indeed there is someone out there who knows just what sort of person he has been. His nightmare is a dark, looming figure, an inescapable force of nature that stares directly at him from his periphery before brining in justice to his soul. This being recites his crimes for the world to hear and when he finally has to withstand that dread judgement, it rips his skin, salts his flesh, and sends him to Hell. It's been the subject of many unfortunate night terrors.[/indent]
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