With a little reworking from my part, to give interesting motives to this dynasty of murderers. Aren't the best villains the heroes of their own stories ?
Jacques Boudreaux, aka The Sin Eater
Known aliases: Jakelin of Bordeaux (birthname)
Notable characteristics: Psychopath; wore a skull mask
Weapon: Two-handed Crusader sword
Status
Most recent base of operations: London, Kingdom
of England
Occupation: Posing as blacksmith, serial killer hunting non-Christian
inhabitants of London
Prior occupation: Templar Knight
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 15 June 1453
Place: London
Victor: Eadwulf, SIS
Watcher: Research, Immortals of Medieval Europe
Background
Original cultural affiliation: French
Born: 1119, Bordeaux, Duchy of Aquitaine
First death: 1153; Siege of Ascalon, Fatimid Caliphate
of Egypt; fighting for the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
First teacher : Hugues Payen, cross-identifed as
Maximian of Ephesus
Known associates: Ambrose Valance
Known past associates: Maximian of Ephesus,
Odo de Saint-Armand, Henri St. Cloud
First recorded sighting: 1153. Siege of Ascalon
Found and mentored by Maximian of Ephesus
Jakelin of Bordeaux is better known in our records as one of the earliest recorded Immortal serial killers with a nickname, Jacques Boudreaux, aka The Sin Eater, during his rampage across western Europe and in London where, on 15 June 1453, his career came to an end by the blade of Saxon Immortal and SIS member Eadwulf. Before 1307, he was a religious fundamentalist Templar Knight, who believed his immortality was a divine gift. Unusually for an Immortal, he stayed in the ranks of the Templars for nearly two centuries by continuously dying in battle and then relocating to another region, changing his identity and appearance, and re-joining the Order, something a lot easier to do in those days.
Then in 1307, he, along with hundreds of other Templars, was arrested on the orders of Phillip IV of France, tortured to suffer multiple deaths. His wounds never fully healed, nor his damaged psyche. Convinced God had punished him for not doing enough to punish sinners (that is, non-Christians), he set out to correct that mistake. He drifted from town to town, murdering (eating the sins) of those he judged had committed sins against the Word of God.
He appeared in London in 1452 as a blacksmith, while at night he stalked the streets in a skull mask and murdered his victims, branding the corpses with his mark in Latin, Peceatum Comedenti, the Sin Eater. Richeard of Mercia, convinced an Immortal was responsible, sent Alfgar of Winchester and Eadwulf onto the streets of London to hunt him down. Eventually, Eadwulf tracked Boudreaux to his forge in the East End and finally brought his rampage to an end, the Quickening setting fire to his forge.
From the Chronicle of the SIS
Ambrose Valance, aka The Sin Eater II
Known aliases: Alexander Jakelin
Notable characteristics: Psychopath; repentant paedophile,
religious fundamentalist; wore his teacher's skull mask
Weapon: Customised broadsword
Status
Most recent base of operations: London,
England
Occupation: Blacksmith, serial killer hunting defroked priests and monks
Prior occupations: Apprentice to Jacques Boudreaux,
priest
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 12 Aug 1693
Place: London
Victor: Alfgar of Winchester, SIS
Watcher: Research, Immortal Serial Killers
Background
Original cultural affiliation: English
Born: 1399, Oxford, Kingdom of England
First death: 1441; Paedophile priest caught and
murdered by a posse of former victims
First teacher: Jacques Boudreaux, aka The Sin Eater
Known associates: Caleb Judge, aka The Sin Eater III
Known past associates: Jacques Boudreaux
First recorded sighting: 1453, London
Apprentice to Boudreaux. Flees when he is beheaded by Eadwulf
When seven castrated bodies (two prists, five monks) were found over two weeks in London marked with the Latin words, Peceatum Comedenti, Richeard of Mercia recognised the handiwork of the Immortal serial killer Jacques Boudreaux, the Sin Eater. But he knew the Sin Eater was killed by Eadwulf in 1453, so Richeard suspected a copycat was at work. Alfgar, Eadwulf, Raimond d'Amboise, Helen Bondeville, and Allegra Chambers hunted the serial killer through the streets of London, but two more bodies dropped before Alfgar of Winchester tracked him down to a blacksmith's forge in the West End. There, he discovered that Ambrose Valance wasn't a copycat, but rather Boudreaux's apprentice and had been responsible for two of the murders in 1453. He had witnessed his teacher's demise, but had vowed to continue his holy work. Alfgar put an end to Ambrose after a short battle and, presumably, the Sin Eater. However, a week later, one more body was found in a tavern on the outskirts of London with the mark of the Sin Eater. No more deaths were recorded that year, but Richeard and his crew remained on alert in case Ambrose had also trained an apprentice.
From the Chronicle of the SIS
Caleb Judge, aka The Sin Eater III
Known aliases: Caleb Ambrose
Notable characteristics: Psychopath; a taste for
teenage girls; religious fundamentalist;wears
his former teacher's skull mask
Weapon: One-handed custom broadsword
Status
Most recent base of operations: Oxford, England
Occupation: Professor of Religious Studies,
Oxford University, serial killer targeting pedophile teachers
Prior occupations: Teacher
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 17 Oct 1734
Place: Oxford
Victor: Helen Bondeville, SIS
Watcher: Robert Foster
Background
Original cultural affiliation: English
Born: 1660, Newcastle, England
First death: 1690; Beaten to death by 24 year old girl student he had groomed
and had sex with when she was 14
First teacher: Ambrose Valance. aka The Sin Eater II
Known associates: Eli Bedloe, aka The Sin Eater IV
Known past associates: Ambrose Valance
First recorded sighting: 1690, Newcastle.
Dug up from an unmarked grave by Ambrose who told him
his own sins would be forgiven if he joined his crusade to
punish other sinners
The third Immortal to carry the name of The Sin Eater, Caleb was, like Ambrose Valance before him, the student and apprentice of the last Sin Eater. His teacher was killed by Alfgar of Winchester in 1693 and Caleb left a calling card a week later, a corpse in a tavern to let the world know that The Sin Eater's works would continue. To avoid Richeard of Mercia and his band of Immortals, Caleb fled to Scandinavia and continued his work there, targeting teachers who groomed and abused young students.
It wasn't until 41 years later that he resurfaced in Oxford as a professor at the university where, at night, he would don the skull mask and stalk the streets punishing the kind of sinners her hated and leaving the mark of The Sin Eater on their mutilated, castrated bodies, making one mistake when he murdered a teacher who wasn't guilty of using his power on his young charges.
At this time, Helen Bondeville was on an assignment for Richeard in Oxford and recognised the signs. It took her a month to locate Caleb and watched him from afar, waiting for him to make his move. She finally confronted him as he stalked his next would-be victim, challenging Caleb, who tried to run for a nearby cemetery, but she caught up to him. The fight was brief, Helen being a more skilled swordswoman, and she put an end to the third Sin Eater.
Eli Bedloe, aka The Sin Eater IV
Known aliases: Elias Bettle
Notable characteristics: Psychopath; religious
fundamentalist; wears his teacher's skull mask
Weapon: One handed custom broadsword, retrieved
from his former teacher's decapitated body
Status
Most recent base of operations: London,
England
Occupation: Book seller, serial killer targeting wife-beaters and incestors
Prior occupations: Failed writer
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 4 June 1799
Place: London
Victor: Alfgar of Winchester, SIS
Watcher: William Gilbert
Background
Original cultural affiliation: English
Born: 1701, Bath, England
First death: 1731; Committed suicide after
murdering his wife in a drunken rage
First teacher: Caleb Judge, aka The Sin Eater III
Known associates: Jeremiah Morse, aka The Sin Eater V
Known past associates: Caleb Judge
First recorded sighting: 1731, Bath.
Found by Caleb and convinced he has been restored
to life by God to seek redemption by punishing sinners
Bedloe continued the tradition of preying on true sinners, or those he deemed true sinners, that is men who drank too much, murdered their spouses or who assulted their own children, as incest is considered a sin by the Catholic church. A remorseful wreck of a man who beat his beloved wife to death in a drunken rage for an imagined slight and slit his own wrists, he was mentored by Caleb Judge, who convinced him he could atone for his mistake and find redemption by following him and punishing sinners. Like the three previous Sin Eaters, Eli had a talent for hunting and killing his targets, often stalking them for weeks, and tven befriending them, before donning the skull mask and carrying out the sentence. With Eli, it was less about mutilation and more about the punishment. So good was he that in one week in May 1799, five people fell victim to the Sin Eater, three beat theri wives and children, two were suspected of comitting incest, one of the five was rumored to have bred childreN with his oldest daughter.
Once again the SIS were on the case, needing to keep order in the London Immortal community and it was Alfgar of Winchester, responsible for killing the first Sin Eater, who made it his personal mission to hunt down his latest successor. Eli proved more elusive than his predecessors, killing six more mortals before Alfgar trapped him in his book shop and took his head. Despite the victory, Richeard of Mercia had the SIS remain vigilant, knowing that sooner or later, the skull mask would appear again.
From the Chronicle of the Secret Immortals Society
Jeremiah Morse, aka The Sin Eater V
Known aliases: Father James Morrison, Father
Julian Miller
Notable characteristics: Psychopath; religious
fundamentalist; magnetic personality; wears his
teacher's skull mask
Weapon: Two-handed customised broadsword
Status
Most recent base of operations: Liverpool,
England
Occupation: Travelling preacher, serial killer targeting unfaithful husbands and wives
Prior occupations: Parish rector
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 29 Aug 1853
Place: Liverpool
Victor: Raimond d'Amboise, SIS
Watcher: Robert Hopkins
Background
Original cultural affiliation: English
Born: 1742, Norfolk, England
First death: 1793; Parish rector killed by husband
of female congregation member he seduced
First teacher: Eli Bedloe, The Sin Eater IV
Known associates: Absalom Finch, The Sin Eater VI
Known past associates: Eli Bedloe
First recorded sighting: 1794, Norfolk
Found by Eli drowning his sorrows in a tavern, convinced
him he was restored to life to atone for his sins
When eight bodies showed up in Liverpool over four weeks in August 1853 with marks gouged into their flesh in Latin, Richeard of Mercia recognised the signature of the Sin Eater and knew another Immortal had taken up the skull mask. Letters were sent to the local constabulary claiming responsibility for the murders of men and harlots who wrecked entire familes and were left unpunished and that the Sin Eater had chosen the city because it was a hotbed of "sin and decadence". At this time, Raimond d'Amboise was based in the city and immediately set to the task of tracking the Sin Eater down. Four more bodies were found at the dockyards over two weeks and d'Amboise, posing as an Inspector from Manchester, joined the police investigation and was soon able to get on the trail of the Sin Eater, but three more victims were claimed before d'Amboise found the Sin Eater's lair in an abandoned rectory, finally confronting Jeremiah Morse, at this time known as Father Julian Miller. Morse, like a cornered rat, fought like a demon, but d'Amboise soon brought him to his knees and struck off his head.
Knowing there is always another apprentice, d'Amboise scoured the city, but the successor had already eluded him, little realising at the time that the next Immortal to wear the skull mask would be the most dangerous and devious of all of them.
From the Chronicle of the Secret Immortals Society
Thomas Baxter
Known aliases: Tommy Barker
Notable characteristics: Hothead; prone to
impulsive acts; something of a show-off
Weapon: English cavalry sabre
Status
Most recent base of operations: London,
England
Occupation: Agent of the SIS
Prior occupation: Weaver
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 14 Dec 1936
Place: London
Victor: Allegra Chambers, SIS
Watcher: SIS Watcher Team
Background
Original cultural affiliation: English
Born: 1801, Blackburn, Lancashire, England
First death: 1819; Blanketeer killed during the Peterloo
Massacre, St Peter's Field, Manchester
First teacher: Allegra Chambers, SIS
Known associates: Allegra Chambers, SIS Immortals
Known past associates: None
First recorded sighting: 1819, Manchester
Found and mentored by Allegra Chambers, at this time
observing the march on behalf of the SIS who helped
orchestrate it. He was later recruited into the SIS.
Baxter's impulsiveness and recklessness was always his greatest weakness. Despite everything Allegra tried to teach him, he was always a loose cannon in the ranks of the SIS. For years after she took him under her wing, Baxter had a crush on Allegra but she always kept him at arm's length. At some point in his 139 years though, the two did sleep together, although it meant more to him than it did to Allegra, who has after all, slept with hundreds of men in her three hundred years. It was clear he still held some resentment toward her; perfect fodder for Absalom Finch, the sixth Sin Eater, the most manipulative and brilliant of all his predecessors.
When the killings began in the summer of 1936, the SIS recognised the handiwork of the Sin Eater. Richeard of Mercia had all of the SIS hunting for the newest incarnation, but he was more elusive than they had thought. A chess grandmaster in his pre-immortal life and a psychologist, he knew how to strategize and his charismatic personality would prove to be decisive.
Allegra and Thomas picked up a trail after another murder in the East End, but while Allegra wanted to inform Richeard and the others, her hot-headed student was determined to make a name for himself and went off hunting for Finch himself.
Unknown to Allegra, he walked into a trap laid by Finch and his apprentice Keaton Bartlett. He was captured and spent the next six weeks being tortured and brainwashed by Finch while Allegra and the other SIS Immortals turned London upside down searching for their missing comrade. Finch convinced Thomas that Allegra and the SIS were using him, that they were responsible for his crimes and he was merely a scapegoat so Richeard and his cohorts could gain political capital. Finch's dominant personality easily subsumed that of Thomas Baxter.
Thomas was released and when Allegra found him wandering in Hyde Park in the middle of the night, he accused her of toying with him and using him and the SIS of betraying him. Despite Allegra's pleas, Thomas drew his sword and attacked her. Unable to reason with him, Allegra was forced to defend herself and in the end had no choice but to take his head. She sobbed as the Quickening filled her.
Grief stricken and consumed by rage, she swore to avenge his death by hunting down and killing the Sin Eater without mercy.
From the Chronicle of the Secret Immortals Society
Absalom Finch, aka The Sin Eater VI
Known aliases: Arthur Flynn, Artemis Finn
Notable characteristics: Charismatic; brilliant mind,
able to dominate weak personalities; sociopath;
immortality triggered past his prime
Weapon: Sword hidden in cane
Status
Most recent base of operations: Paris,
France
Occupation: Psychiatrist & serial killer targeting incurable patients.
Prior occupations: Ditto
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 23 Nov 1958
Place: Paris
Victor: Allegra Chambers, SIS
Watcher: Jean-Pierre La Coure
Background
Original cultural affiliation: English
Born: 1802, Norwich, England
First death: 1850; run down and killed by runaway
coach, suspected murder by relative of one of his victims
First teacher: Jeremiah Morse, aka The Sin Eater V
Known associates: Abigail Crane, aka The Sin Eater VIII
Known past associates: Keaton Bartlett, aka The Sin Eater VII,
Jeremiah Morse
Known enemies: Allegra Chambers, SIS
First recorded sighting: 1850, Brighton, England
Mentored by Morse, who had been watching him for
several months
Absalom Finch, the sixth Immortal to carry the title of The Sin Eater, was a dark mirror of the revered Sean Burns. While Burns studied the human mind to help mortals and Immortals alike, Finch sought only to eliminate Immortals and mortals he deemeed incurable (having met John Garrick and Brian Cullen) and felt caused an imbalance in the Game. Absalom felt the Prize shouldn't fall in the hands of a madman and as were mortal affairs were concerned, less madmen walking on earth, the better. Of all the Sin Eaters, he was the most sinister and devious. A psychiatrist before his First Death, Finch preyed on his patients in sick psychological experiments often leading to suicide, and was thought to have been murdered by a relative of one of his victims. He was then mentored by Jeremiah Morse, who had been watching him for some time, offering him redemption for his crimes and a means to channel his murderous urges into killing only "sinners".
The manipulation and death of Immortal Thomas Baxter of the SIS in 1936, brought him into the crosshairs of Allegra Chambers and a relentless pursuit ensued, interrupted only by World War II, during which Finch picked up his own apprentice, although she was reluctant to follow in his footsteps.
His manipulation of two young, vulnerable Immortals and their subsequent deaths, eventually allowed Allegra Chambers to pick up his trail and track him to Paris in 1958. Wary of how dangerous Finch could be, Richeard of Mercia sent Chambers to Sean Burns to offer insight into the mind and methods of Finch. When Chambers followed him to his Paris apartment, she had to combat his attempts to provoke her and probe for her mental weaknesses, but thanks to Sean Burns' insights, she resisted Finch's tricks and attacked him with her sword. Finch was surprisingly fleet-footed for someone of his physical appearance, having spent several years training with European fencing champions, but Chambers' centuries of experience was telling and she decapitated him on his expensive Persian carpet.
From the Chronicle of the Secret Immortals Society
Neither Allegra Chambers nor the SIS could have known that Absalom Finch's demise that day helped create the current Sin Eater. Abigail Crane had resisted her lover's attempts to cajole her into murder and the mask of The Sin Eater, but his death led to her grief transforming into rage and a steely determination to carry on his legacy and find and destroy Allegra Chambers and the SIS.
Special Agent Cindy Williams, FBI, 2 April 2018
Chronicle of Abigail Crane, aka The Sin Eater VIII
Keaton Bartlett, aka The Sin Eater VII
Known aliases: Bart Kelsoe
Notable characteristics: Psychopath; sexual
sadist; religious fundamentalist; under the thrall
of The Sin Eater VI; wears replica skull mask
Weapon: English cavalry sabre, a gift from
Absalom Finch
Status
Most recent base of operations: Manchester,
England
Occupation: Acolyte of Absalom Finch
Prior occupations: University student
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 29 Dec 1936
Place: Manchester
Victor: Eadwulf, SIS
Watcher: Roger Adams
Background
Original cultural affiliation: English
Born: 1915, Preston, England
First death: 1934; Stabbed to death in self-
defence by woman he had been stalking
First teacher: Absalom Finch, aka The Sin Eater VI
Known associates: Absalom Finch
First recorded sighting: 1934, Birmingham, England.
Found by Absalom Finch, at this time a guest lecturer
at the university, and quickly falls under his spell,
becoming his devoted disciple.
The seventh Sin Eater proved to be merely a tool, a distraction, used by his predecessor to hoodwink Richeard of Mercia and the SIS to enable Absalom Finch to escape their clutches. After the tragic events orchestrated by Finch in which SIS member Allegra Chambers was forced to kill her own former student and fellow SIS Immortal Thomas Baxter, the sixth Sin Eater knew Allegra and her cohorts would leave no stone unturned to hunt him down, especially the revenge-seeking Allegra. So Finch used his devoted apprentice Keaton Bartlett as a decoy, sending him to Manchester with a replica mask and the Sin Eater name to draw off the SIS.
When Bartlett began killing there, Allegra was determined to be the one to take his head, but Richeard of Mercia was concerned that her emotions would cloud her judgement and make her vulnerable to the Sin Eater's machinations - none of them were aware that Finch had already slipped away to Europe and the Sin Eater they were hunting was just his devoted apprentice.
While Eadwulf was sent by Richeard to hunt him down, Allegra was ordered to stand down, a decision she was furious with. However, once Eadwulf was easily able to track Bartlett to his lair and take his head, Allegra suspected that it had been too easy. Starting her own investigation, she soon discovered the true identity of Bartlett's master and, against the orders of Richeard of Mercia, she left England for France to hunt him down.
The Second World War would interrupt her personal vendetta and bring her back into the SIS fold, although she made it clear to Richeard that when Finch resurfaced, she would be the one to end him and nothing he could do would stop her.
From the Chronicle of the Secret Immortals Society
Magdalena Bujak, aka False Sin-Eater I
Known aliases : Agnecza Boklowski
Notable characteristics : Mentally unsable, easily
controlled and manipulated
Weapon : Basket-hilted saber
Recorded kills : None, not a player of the Game
Status
Most recent base of operations: Warsaw,
Polish People's Republic
Occupation: Movie actress, Polish dissident, murderer targeting Stalinist agents
Prior occupations: Polish resistance, 1939-45;
Captain, Polish Army
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 21 Mar 1949
Place: Warsaw
Victor: Alex Raven
Watcher: Radman Eile
Background
Original cultural affiliation: Polish
Born: 1890, Grodno, Poland
First death: 1920; Battle of Warsaw, Polish-
Soviet War
First teacher: Stosch Basalok
Known associates: Absalom Finch, The Sin
Eater VI
Known past associates : Stosch Basalok
First recorded sighting : Warsaw, Poland
Found and mentored by Stosch Basalok
From: Justin Grieves, Supervisor, Secret Immortals Society Watcher Team
To: Sir Martin Huw Loundes, Chief Archivist
Re: Magdalena Bujak, Bruno Falck
For forty years or so the above mentioned Immortals were aberrations in our chronicles; young Immortals who, for unknown reasons, despite being mentored by what we would deem as "good" Immortals, committed heinous acts and were themselves then killed by other decent Immortals, one was even slain by his own teacher. Some Watcher scholars speculated that they had all encountered some previously unidentified ancient Immortal powerful enough to corrupt them. He/she had even been dubbed "the Corruptor" in the archives. Now, however, we have been able to positively identify "The Corruptor" as Absalom Finch, the sixth Sin Eater. A talented psychiatrist before he became immortal, Finch had already proved his talent for manipulating vulnerable minds during the Thomas Baxter Incident of 1936. Following information provided by Richeard of Mercia and Allegra Chambers concerning the movements of Finch after the Second World War, we can now update the chronicles of Magdalena Bujak and Bruno Falck.
Bruno Falck, aka False Sin-Eater II
Known aliases : Franz Bruno-Hiller
Notable characteristics : Mind broken after having
been tortured in Dachau concentration camp
Weapon : Austrian cavalry saber
Recorded kills : None, not a player of the Game
Status
Most recent base of operations: Linz, Austria
Occupation: Security guard, Commerzbank; serial
killer targeting mortals he mistakenly believed to be ex Nazis
Prior occupations: Anti-Nazi resistance,
shoemaker
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 4 Apr 1953
Place: Frankfurt
Victor: Eike Koubek
Watcher: Wilhelm Hoffer
Background
Original cultural affiliation: Austrian
Born: 1915, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
First death: 1939; Beaten to death by Fascist
Black Shirts for being homosexual
First teacher: Eike Koubek
Known past associates : Eike Koubek
Known ennemies : Ernst Daimler
First recorded sighting : 1939. Linz, Austria
Found and mentored by Eike Koubek
From: Justin Grieves, Supervisor, Secret Immortals Society Watcher Team
To: Sir Martin Huw Loundes, Chief Archivist
Re: Magdalena Bujak, Bruno Falck
For forty years or so the above mentioned Immortals were aberrations in our chronicles; young Immortals who, for unknown reasons, despite being mentored by what we would deem as "good" Immortals, committed heinous acts and were themselves then killed by other decent Immortals, one was even slain by his own teacher. Some Watcher scholars speculated that they had all encountered some previously unidentified ancient Immortal powerful enough to corrupt them. He/she had even been dubbed "the Corruptor" in the archives. Now, however, we have been able to positively identify "The Corruptor" as Absalom Finch, the sixth Sin Eater. A talented psychiatrist before he became immortal, Finch had already proved his talent for manipulating vulnerable minds during the Thomas Baxter Incident of 1936. Following information provided by Richeard of Mercia and Allegra Chambers concerning the movements of Finch after the Second World War, we can now update the chronicles of MagdalenaBujak and Bruno Falck.
Abigail Crane, aka The Sin Eater VIII
Known aliases: Alison Colter, Amanda Couteau, Angela Colt
Notable characteristics: Strategic thinker; excellent mimic
of people and accents; poses as a man when wearing
the mask of the Sin Eater
Weapon: White braid katana, stolen from antique
dealer who she then murdered
Status
Most recent base of operations: Washington, DC,
USA
Occupation: FBI Special Agent & profiler, murderer
Prior occupations: Detective, London Metropolitan
Police; Inspector, Paris Police Prefecture; SOE Agent
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 12 May 2008
Place: Washington DC
Victor: Allegra Chambers, SIS
Watcher: Cindy Williams, FBI
Background
Original cultural affiliation: British, French
mother, English father
Born: 1918, Lille, France
First death: 1943; SOE Agent working with Yugoslav
partisans, killed in ambush by Chetniks
First teacher: Absalom Finch, aka The Sin Eater VI
Known associates: None
Known past associates: Absalom Finch
First recorded sighting: 1943, Eastern Bosnia.
Mentored by Absalom Finch, at this time serving as
a medic, in return for access to German prisoners
Abigail Crane is the first female Immortal to bear the title of The Sin Eater. Unlike her predecessors, Crane's murders are a means to an end: revenge.
When Absalom Finch found Abigail following her First Death in an ambush, he not only became her mentor but also her lover, despite the apparent age gap. Even after she found out about his true nature and the legacy he carried, she still loved him, although she refused to follow in his footsteps.
All that changed in November 1956, when she returned to the apartment they shared in Paris and discovered the decapitated body of Finch. Grief-stricken, she picked up Finch's sword and scoured the streets for his killer, but found nothing.
It would be a full decade before she found out who killed her lover and the group of Immortals to which she belonged. Another ten years of research to uncover everything she could about the SIS and its activities. Then she set about planning her revenge, a long-term plan. She entered law enforcement and took up the mantle of the Sin Eater, knowing it would eventually draw the attention of Allegra Chambers and her compatriots. She used her job to cover her tracks as she killed "sinners" - read, criminals who escaped prosecution enven when convicted - and utilised her mimicry skills to pose as a man while killing, so Immortals would hunt for the wrong perpetrator, as would their mortal counterparts in law enforcement.
For Abigail, killing Allegra Chambers is not enough, destroying her world first is. So she used her work and skills to plant evidence and lead investigating Immortals where she wanted to lead them: to innocent Immortals she had decided to implicate as a dry run for what she intended to do to Chambers. Two Immortals have been framed and killed in the last decade as Abigail hones her talents. Preparing for the time when Allegra Chambers falls into her web.
22 August 2005
From the Chronicle of the Secret Immortals Society
Since transferring to DC, Abigail has already made her mark as the Sin Eater. Three bodies have been dragged out of the Potomac in the last six weeks; the leader of a local Latino street gang, a sleazy lawyer with links to organised crime, and a suspected paedophile. The Director has already set up a task force which we've been assigned to and i suspect, as before, all the evidence will point to a male perp. At some point, the mark of The Sin Eater will be found and before long, word will get back to the UK and a certain centuries-old female Immortal with unfinished business. When she comes to Washington, she'll be walking into Abigail's intricate trap.
Cindy Williams, FBI, 10 April 2008
Chronicle of Abigail Crane, aka The Sin Eater VIII
Finally Allegra Chambers didn't take long before taking out Abigail Crane, in a search and kill party she headed with Rhiannon
Teague who hads the same exact background as Abigail : both women served as SOE agents durign WWII and were first
killed durign those terrible years. Aigail was like a sister to Rhiannon but soon became her dark reflection in the mirror,
terrorozing her for decades. It was to exorcize this particular demon that Rhiannon volunteered for the mission, a mission
which met both women's expectations : Allegra got her revenge and Rhianon finally laid old nightmares to sleep.
Cindy Williams, FBI, 12 May 2008
Chronicle of Abigail Crane, aka The Sin Eater VIII
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