Prophet Quinziano

he/him

Faction: Quartic Church

Notes

• His name is remarkably close to Quiznos, dangerous
• Used to be a sad man, now he’s a holy man

History given as sermon

In the early days of Promised Gol, on the road from Tenebris to Mount Anthrus, a sad and broken man called Quinziano stumbled upon travellers who had wandered from the path and tripped a landmine from wars long forgotten. He stayed with the travellers, wanting to tend their wounds, but didn’t know how to do so. A doctor came along later that day and assessed their condition, and declared that they were beyond saving. With all the power of modern medicine, he could not help these people. Quinziano had faith in their ability to heal, and so he stayed by their side and brought them water from the nearest well and gathered berries for them to eat. 

The next day, another traveler came along, a builder, who had learned to set bone when his apprentice fell from a roof. He taught Quinziano how to set the travellers’ bones and then went on their way. The next day, a butcher came along, who knew how to clean and preserve flesh. He cleaned the wounds and cut away infected tissue, and went along his way. 

The next day, a seamstress came along who knew how to sow. She shows Quinziano how to stitch closed the skin, and with that the travellers were well on the road to healing. 

When they could walk again, Quinziano brought the travellers all the way with him to Mount Anthrus, they arrived the next day and they invited him to meet the great Prophet Manus, father of the faith. The travellers, it turned out, were the four cardinals themselves. 

“How lucky,” said Quinziano, “that the people along the road could heal your bone and flesh and skin.” 

“It is not luck,” said Manus, “but destiny. Life gives us all the tools we need, the only thing we lack is faith. So it is those who have faith in ourselves and each other that will be materially saved.” 

And Quinziano was taught the ways of the church and made a prophet. On that fourth day of healing, the soul was healed. But not the souls of the cardinals, but of Quinziano.