Villain Focus - Papa Abélard Delacroix

Papa Abélard Delacroix

    Papa Abélard Delacroix is an ever-present threat to Ville des Marai. Once an aristocrat, Abélard was seduced by malevolent loa, primarily Beraie. Finding discontentment in upper class life, Abélard started to study vaudou and soon became a bokor. He rejected his wealth and position and moved to the stinking bayou west of the city. This pleased Beraie, and she started whispering of even greater secrets into his ear.

    For more than a decade Abélard communed with the loa and the life within the bayou, eventually discovering the means to extend his life unnaturally. He made deal after deal with the various malevolent loa, allowing them to ride him whenever they pleased. After a multitude of dark rituals and ceremonies, he achieved lichdom.

    Now Abélard is seeking even more power, and is slowly building an army of zombies to do his bidding. A natural with the necromantic arts, he possesses a necromantic charisma that is rarely seen. He is also able to empower the dead, making his servants much more powerful than usual. He is becoming a beast that threatens to consume Ville des Marai and all those who call the beautiful city home.

Papa Abélard Delacroix's bayou