Eric Simmons

Vital Information
Celestial Chorus
Vitals
Gender	Male
Race	Caucasian
Location	San Francisco
Status	Alive
Character stuff
Nature	Traditionalist
Demeanor	Survivor
Essence	Questing
Chantry	Chaos Theories
Cabal	Salvation (Deacon Primus)
OOC
Player	Mike W.

Description

Father Eric Simmons is a Catholic Priest in the Jesuit Order, and a member of the Celestial Chorus. He is about 5'7, about 175 pounds, with brown hair that is slowly greying. Eric's full name is Eric Paul Augustine Simmons. Eric has a full brown and grey beard. He is 38 years old, and is currently the oldest of the magi that he lives with in San Francisco. He has a werewolf glyph (Arun) symbol on his left shoulder indicating his place in the pack.

Background

For 3 years, Eric Simmons was a priest and a member of the Risen Savior Chantry in Miami. During this time, his mentor and friend, Bishop Brian Moore, was summoned to the Vatican. While there, Bishop Moore met with Pope Benedict XVI, who informed Bishop Moore that it had been revealed to him in his prayers that his impending death was not being caused by natural means, and that the Vatican would soon fall into darkness for perhaps a very long time. At the request of the dying Pope Benedict to protect various items in the Vatican from being desecrated and being used for evil, Bishop Moore constructed a talisman from a wooden chest(hence referred to as the Vatican Chest), and worked on placing various sacred and important items from the Vatican into the chest for their protection. Bishop Moore saved what he could and managed to smuggle the chest out of the Vatican weeks before the Vatican finally fell to the Nephandi.

Upon his return, Bishop Moore met with Eric, and told him about the Vatican Chest. He did not say what was in the chest specifically, other than the fact that it needed to be protected from the Black Church at all costs, as well as the fact that when the time was right, that the chest would open. Bishop Moore insited that Father Simmons take an oath to protect the chest from the Nephandi at all cost, including if necessary, sacraficing his own life to protect it. Eric, realizing the serious nature of what the Chorus would be facing, gave his word as a mage. Shortly after, Bishop Moore made arrangements for Eric to train with a Euthanatos, ensuring that Eric knew how to survive, fight and to fight well to defend the chest. He also had Eric study Nephandi, to understand and know the enemy.

Shortly after Bishop Moore gave the chest to Eric, Bishop Moore dissapeared. Not long after that, the Risen Savior Chantry was attacked by a Nephandi party led by Monsignor O'Donnell. Either fortune or divine providence was looking after Eric Simmons that night, as he was not at the chantry at the time for the attack, but was rather, out giving the last rites to a member of the parish who lived nearly a half an hour away from the parish. By the time Eric Simmons returned to the chantry, the church was in flames. Eric tried reaching his cabal mates by telphone, but was unable to reach anyone, and he headed for a motel, so that he could figure out what happened. Once he looked back in time and witnesed what Monsignor O'Donnell had done to his chantry, Eric left for a safe house in South Carolina.

Meeting War and Wisdom and Hope and Faith

After spending time at the Safe House, Eric was directed toward Chicago. In Chicago, Eric arrived at St. Michael's Cathedral, where he met Father Forthill and Michael Carpenter. Eric was soon introduced to other mages who had recently moved into town as well. These magi would soon constitute the majority of Salvation Cabal. Eric met with Sian Ashburn, and met other members of War and Wisdom. It was at this point where he also met Master William Dossier from the Euthanatos tradition. Master Dossier provided to Eric detailed information in regards to the Black Church. Shortly after arriving in Chicago, Eric and his fellow mages were assigned to head to Montana, were a Verbena chantry was protecting a very special child, Jacob, from the Technocrats. The resulting conflict between the Technocrats and the Verbena lead to a Paradox storm, which the Technocrats blamed on terrorists, and resulted in martial law for the United States. Sian, trying to ensure the safety of Jacob, sent Eric, along with Charlie, Danny,David and Matt to Canada, to help protect and live with a pack of Garou.

Canada

While living in Canada, the loose assocation of magi that Master Ashburn sent to live with the Garou soon came together to begin working more like a cabal. In Canada, Eric and the other mages helped the werewolves with their problems with Pentex. It was during this time, that Eric, frozen in place from Time paradox, was determined to be the leader of the cabal. It was also during this time that Jacob's true nature was discovered. Also during this time, Eric and the other magi in the community went through a series of rites to prove that they could work together as a cohesive group. After successfully coming this rite, Eric and his fellow magi were accepted fully into the pack. Eric was branded with a werewolf glyph for Aroun, the werewolf's symbol for a warrior. After about a year of living in Canada, the werewolves asked Eric and the other magi to move to Salvation, Idaho, where they would be responsible for looking after the kinfolk in that area.