Norshin

About
Pope Norshin is the head of the Church of Eve, and by extension, leader of the City-State of Hamlet. He is the son of the former Pope Seydes, and has been pope essentially since the Arthur Tragedy, five years earlier. He essentially shares this trait with the acting head of state of the Central Empire, Prince Felton. Norshin often works closely with Saint Silent, the saint assigned to the Hamlet and Central regions.

In his role as monarch of Hamlet, Norshin was heavily involved in the city's defense against recent zombie attacks, and even took to the field to aid in military efforts. With Aster and family's help, the zombies were eventually pushed back, which led Norshin to appoint Aster a Holy Knight.

At this point, Norshin was forced to shift from a national crisis to a church crisis, as the Snake Crest made parts of their translation of the Evenicle public, causing global religious chaos. He was later involved in the military campaign to retake Central from the Snake Crest, with most of the allied troops gathering in his territory.

Personality and Appearance
Norshin is an especially young man for the position of head of state, much less the position of pope, but he handles his duties with an amiable disposition. His brief reign has been marked by military campaigns, with Norshin even putting the zombie attacks at a higher priority than his national and church matters. This makes for an atypical career for a member of the Church of Eve, but Norshin's focus has always been on reducing the harm done to the average person, be they citizen or soldier.

Unlike his father, Norshin seems to have kept his faith after reading the fully translated Evenicle. In staying on as pope, he will now have to face a period of intense reformation for the Church of Eve.

Abilities
As pope of the Church of Eve, Norshin has the power to participate in a number of religious rituals, such as the creation of holy water. Some of these rituals are even unique to him, including a spell that allows non-patients to enter the hospital-city of Horatio. He also possesses some measure of healing magic.

As head of the church, Norshin also possesses the original Evenicle, which has the power to create knights for the City of Hamlet. It is the only artifact known to be able to create Holy Knights.

It is possible that Norshin, like other members of the nobility in the World of Eve, is exempt from some or all of the rules of Mother Eve's blessing, but this is never explicitly stated. He does not appear to be married, nor to have ever killed a living being.

Trivia

 * Norshin's strange, pointed hood ornament may be designed to evoke the shape of a Roman Catholic mitre.