Ezra

Biography: Ezra Evanlight

Ezra is Julian’s best friend both in and outside of the church; He’s also one of Julian’s bosses, something they both tend to forget and ignore.  Ezra’s early life details are vague.

Ezra is Julian’s best friend, both inside and outside of the church. While technically one of Julian’s ‘bosses’, the two have developed a whole-hearted friendship devoid of a normal boss-employee-workplace rhythm.

Ezra watches out for Julian as he might a younger sibling, challenges his thinking to some degree, and plays Devil’s Advocate to some of Julian’s personal debates or ideals–reminding him or informing him of how the non-secular world views things differently than the Catholic Church does.

Unlike Julian, Ezra was raised without any intent of a religious employment later in life; In fact, Ezra was raised without any kind of faith, religion, or moral structure in his home (And may have been drawn to the Church for providing one.) However, details on Ezra’s life prior to joining the priesthood are unclear. It has been uncovered that Ezra was kicked out of his childhood home on his 18th birthday, by his father, as his gift. Ezra’s father died a short time later, never once speaking to Ezra again. Ezra has no criminal record, or history of trouble making, making the expulsion from the household the source of many unanswered questions.

What Happens if Exposed to Fear:

Ezra will panic if he finds himself high in the air; He often isn’t, and therefore, does not often recall his crippling fear until it’s too late. His last forgetful incident is when Ezra boarded a plane about three years ago, to take a forced vacation by his employer (Who discovered Ezra had not taken one in the nearly ten years he has been employed, and forced him on a trip for legal reasons.) His reaction is that of abject terror, screaming and crying. He will eventually revert to a fetal position and cry silently if not able to avoid the height itself.

Ezra’s fear of the occult/witchcraft has never been confronted but it has been observed that anything of this nature is something Ezra avoids, to the extent of refusing to learn his own astrology sign (Ezra does not, in fact, know it.)

What also happens:

Ezra’s fear of intimacy is less documented; It is known that he is a homosexual, but also impotent. It is thought this fear of an intimate relationship is somehow connected to the above accident, as research shows Ezra was the center of a strange, yet silent, love triangle (One we are uncertain he was even aware of.) In any event, any such attempts to find out more about Ezra prior to joining the church are met with claims of forgetfulness and amnesia, though he does not show symptoms of either. While his lying is not normally a problem for us, much of Ezra’s historical documents–school records, for example–were requested by his father as soon as Ezra graduated from one school to another, which it was discovered the father also destroyed for unknown reasons.