Characters

ERIC KADE

Age: 34
Born: March 4th
Occupation: Pastor and demon hunter.
Sects: Formerly a member of The Three and The Progeny.
Family: Son to Lyla and Jerome Kade, deceased.

Abandoned at the age of eight, Eric was raised at the children’s home in Chapel Port. Given his circumstances, he was often ridiculed as a child and found it difficult to form bonds with other people. His one close friend was also his first girlfriend, Nickel Warren. They were together the night he was taken at the age of sixteen by members of a sect that called themselves The Progeny.

Trained by this same group to be a tracker and demon hunter, he roamed Europe and became the protégé of Progeny leader, The Father. Under his tutelage, Eric furthered his education by learning of the spiritual record associated with demonology. During this time, he witnessed an event so horrific it altered his life forever. It was then, at the age of thirty, that Eric entered into the ministry and became a preacher.

Already a member of The Progeny’s most elite sect, The Three, Eric continued to rise through the ranks and was whispered to be the future successor of The Progeny. It was during that time when The Father announced his ability of prophecy and made a startling prediction. Suddenly, Eric found himself opposed by his mentor and targeted for execution. Though he escaped, the prophecy put Eric on the run and brought him back to Bishop’s Island.

Now reunited with Nickel after eighteen years, he will be forced to balance the life he once knew with the life he has led. Protective of his friend, he will do whatever he deems necessary to protect her while trying to hide the truth behind his return. In an attempt to return to gentler ways, he becomes a pastor in the town of Harvest Cove and settles into a quiet life. But when The Progeny tracks him down, he will be forced to defend what is sacred at risk of losing what he holds most dear.

NICKEL WARREN

Age: 34
Born: November 2nd
Family: Daughter to Karin and Davis Warren, sister to Ava and Melody.

Born Emma Nichole Warren, it didn’t take long for Nickel’s persona to come shining through. The second of three daughters and full of dreams, her imagination led her to become a renowned adolescent dancer. Blessed with natural grace and beauty, she turned many heads but only had eyes for her best friend, Eric Kade. As they grew older, she and Eric were inseparable and solidified their bond in blood and in love.

Her happiness suffered a tormented halting after Eric mysteriously vanished when they were sixteen. Devoted to finding him, she put her future on hold and became trapped by the past.

Though determined to never give up, Nickel’s life took her down an unexpected path. Plagued by misfortune and heartache, a string of bad decisions led her to regrettable circumstances none would have imagined for her. Isolating herself from the world, she focused on an obscure existence she felt could not unravel out of control. The comfort of her routine was soon turned upside down though by the sudden reappearance of her long lost love. With Eric back in her life, Nickel found the desire to live again. The secrets of his existence, however, were nothing she could have ever prepared herself for.

Now immersed in the darkness of his world, she witnesses the horrific and miraculous elements of creation. But as she regains her relationship with Eric, an inevitable threat of disaster becomes harder to avoid. Faced with the most difficult choice of her life, Nickel must decide between what she has always wanted and the safety of the citizens of Bishop’s Island. In those bleak moments, her strength will emerge to define her.

MALCOLM FISK

Age: 50
Born: January 15th
Occupation: Former priest turned author.
Family: Son to Marjorie and Gerald, identical twin brother of Benefiel.

The son of loving parents, Malcolm had a privileged childhood filled with the finest of educations and culture.  His fondness for reading and his devotion to the church led him into the priesthood at the age of twenty-six.  More a scholar than a shepherd, his fascination with relics and archives prompted him to pen his first historical study while serving as a parish priest in northern California.  At the age of forty-seven, he published his first book, One God: The Myth of Modern Faith, to expose relics the church kept hidden from its congregation.  Though a commercial success, the book noted an end to Malcolm’s tenure as a priest.

Relocating to Bishop’s Island, he toiled away in anonymity until his twin brother also moved to Chapel Port.  Less of a ladies’ man than his twin, Malcolm instead focused on his antique book collection and became chair of the Chapel Port Literary Society.  This led him to other artistic endeavors which fed his curiosity but left him feeling alone.  Working on a series of fiction novels, he ran across cryptic lore regarding a religious leader who called himself The Father.

As the years progressed, Malcolm’s research into The Father and his Progeny exposed him to the world of demonology.  Traveling abroad, he found sites and villages where The Progeny had conducted hunts and missions.  Further research led him to believe that one of The Father’s lieutenants, Eric Kade, was the same man who had been kidnapped on Bishop’s Island several years before.  When a mysterious preacher reopens a church in the town of Harvest Cove, Malcolm realizes he can offer support to the man who has become a legend of his own.

LUCINDA JAMES

Age: 31
Born: February 29th
Occupation: Witch hunter.
Sects: Member of The Progeny.
Family: Daughter to Crystal James.

Born on Leap Day, Lucinda Dawn James has always possessed a rare brand of luck and misfortune. A sickly infant, she was the only child born to Crystal James, a loving mother and waitress who died of lung cancer before Lucinda was five. Taken in by her grandparents to live on their farm, she had trouble fitting in and eventually ran away at the age of sixteen. While living on the streets of Toronto, she was befriended by a woman who introduced her to witchcraft and, more notably, how to hunt practitioners of evil.

When she was nineteen, she crossed paths with members of a sect named The Progeny and befriended demon hunters Eric Kade and Allan Marshall. Unlike the majority of its members, Lucinda asked to be taken in by the group. Initially accepted, it wasn’t long before she was deemed a troubled soul and made an outcast. Sent away from The Progeny, she sought to wreak havoc for their dismissal and fell in with deadly company. True to the nature of their friendship, Lucinda was rescued by Eric and trained to be a hunter and tracker. Allowed to return to the ranks of the sect, she traveled exclusively with Eric the next two years before being put in-charge of her own hunting packs.

OLESIA KACZANEK

Mysteriously appearing in Harvest Cove, Olesia has connections that span the generations of the island’s citizens. Her influence will prove pivotal to Eric Kade and his battle against The Progeny. She will be the source of a combination of events that solidify Eric’s mission and give new purpose to Malcolm Fisk.

ARTHUR ROCARD

One of the island’s first newspaper men, Arthur built his career on reporting stories that made the legends of the island thrive. For more than thirty years, Arthur remained connected to the power players in both the forefront and behind the scenes. His information contributed to keeping the unknowing safe and the hunters who have protected those people alive, all the while securing a deeply-rooted connection to Eric Kade.