Father Edward Miller

Priest of Mithras, Deceased Invasion 1107

Born on the Island of Santia, Edward was raised by Matthew and Melissa, a Miller and his wife. Edward remembers very little of his early childhood except a feeling of contentment and happiness, vague recollections of his mother’s face and his father picking him up and carrying him. It was a tragic day when the mill burned down due to a dust explosion. The accident killed his father and mortally wounded his mother, Edward was aged 5. Her last act was to place him in the care of the Order of the Green Band, an order of monks devoted to the understanding and worship of the God Mithras. The monastery was a sprawling construction of gardens, stone buildings, stables and chapels, following a simple circular feature on the land. It was built on a small hill and at the summit stood the church of the Perpetual

Edward learned quickly in those calm surroundings and at 16, was deemed suitable to be entered as a noviciate to the order. Many years were spent in quiet contemplation of the world and how Mithras acted upon it. Edward was taught by the brothers and the Abbot, Samuel Keeting. A man older and wiser in the ways of Mithras did not exist.

The time came for Edward to be entered as a full brother of the order at 18, instead, Edward, always the outgoing and interested student, decided he would prefer to be invested as a priest, to go and spread the word of Mithras to the people before settling down and starting his own church. Armed with two hammers, the Abbot’s own, and The Book of the Constant, the holy scripture of the order, Edward left on a very special mission. Travelling to Oxford, he enrolled in the Holy College of the Circle and spent three years there in sabbatical before Archbishop House ordained him as a Priest of Mithras.

Edward spent six months as a junior priest in the Church of the Circle, Oxford, developing his confidence among friendly faces. In the cloistered halls of the Santian Monastery, he had not realised the real lack of understanding regarding Mithras among the people of Albion, the misconceptions about the faith and the role Mithras plays in Albion. It was in Oxford where he became determined to preach the faith and become a missionary to distant lands as well as at home. It was a difficult choice, leaving the familiar sights of Albion but, bartering passage on a cargo ship, he made his way across Teutonia by Ox cart and on foot. When he was hungry, he earned his meals with simple manual labour, usually in farming communities, where he preached the word of Mithras to the locals. He was hounded from more than a few settlements for his troubles.

From Teutonia, he followed rumours of a great host of Albion which was heading back to Albion from the Jhereg lands. He was told that the City of Norovik had come under siege and that a great host of Daemons had poured out over the lands. This was a violation of the teachings of the Constant as Daemons unbalanced the world with evil energies from other planes and corrupted the souls of men. With renewed vigour, he made to join the army of Albion, the Lions.