Peter

Peter is Arthur's younger son. Early in the integration Peter attempted to infiltrate The Holy Church to get closer to his older brother Jacob.

At first, the young man had fit in well with the Church. His affinity for light magic was high, and he was quickly recruited in a covert role. He had risen through the ranks, gained power, had his own elite party, and generally just been a real asset. He actually enjoyed his time there and thought the Church a force of good… until something happened.

There was a woman he fell for. She was a mage that had joined the Church together with him. Their party had joined the Treasure Hunt, but he had left pretty early on due to getting into a scuffle with vampires a bit above his own league while some members of his party had stayed behind.

His crush never returned.

This in itself was not that suspicious. Many died during the hunt. Peter had kept going as normal for months after that until one day, he had coincidentally met up with her parents and heard them talk about how much of a hero their daughter had been. Peter had agreed, but when they talked a bit more about her, he found out that she hadn’t died in a fight or anything like that. She had sacrificed herself in a ritual to create a sword for Bertram to use against the final boss.

Peter had been distraught, and he only felt more messed up when no one around him thought it that weird. They praised her sacrifice and said she was just in the Holy Land now. He had even been brought and spoken to her spirit… but even so. She had even explained how she had reached the end of her Path and had trouble gaining levels, and she had gone out doing what was best for everyone.

Even if Peter could see the logic, he just didn’t like it. He had heard about it happening but, like an idiot, never believed it would happen to someone he cared about. His faith was broken, and it was almost as if his progress stopped from one day to the next.

Until that event he had been genuinely split between two camps. One was ruled by his father… and the other was ruled by someone Peter had always looked up to. Yet now, he found it hard to truly recognize him. He looked the same, and his demeanor was similar, but he had changed. He didn't blame Jacob, but he now knew that the Holy Church was a cancer on Earth.

When the system event of Unusual Unions arrived, he participated and began to progress and level again. He had even renounced the god from the Holy Church that had blessed him.

Later, Peter met Jake and Carmen while they are hunting for Carmen's family in the city of Paradise. He pretended to be a loner and help them out, but secretly made use of them to deal with one of the Alliance's problems and then slipped away before he could get caught. This left Jake and Carmen washing their hands of him, even though they were not hurt by the fallout.