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@edeneyed said: meta — the church & his part in it
From the very beginning Kirei’s life revolved around the Holy Church. Kirei was a baby given up by his real parents to Risei while on a pilgrimage (I have a HC that he was possibly born in The Balkans, but that’s not what this meta is about). As such Kirei grew up in Rome, either in Vatican City or the surrounding areas. He went to school like a normal child would and primarily studied Catholicism until he was chosen to become an Executor for the Holy Church at the age of ten.
The Executors are inquisitors of the Holy Church and are known as the bloodiest department. As an Executor one could take on a variety of specialties such as Magus, Demon and Vampire killing (all of which Kirei is very good at). If there was any entity or like that the Church felt threatened its existence, the Executors were sent to snuff it out. While the bloodiest department it was not uncommon for members to fall like flies. What was uncommon was someone like Kirei to survive forty years (As I HC him in his 50s at this point and still an executor) as an Executor.
Kirei was a devout follower of God (and still is to this day, though in a more twisted way) and there was a brief pause in his life where he moved away from the Executors department and Holy Church to try and find himself. This led to him studying a variety of topics where he could have held several phd’s and doctorates had he not dropped them at the last second, eventually leading to his marriage with Claudia in his final attempt at finding something worth living for.
After his marriage ended Kirei returned to the Holy Church where he then took his vows of poverty, chastity and obedience and became an official priest while still being an Executor for the Holy Church. At this point there’s not much more as he would eventually study under Tokiomi and take place in the Holy Grail War. It was only after his death and realization (My HC being that he wants to kill his God and then promptly fade away from existence) that he would go back to the Holy Church and take up his role as an official priest (A job he takes seriously) and Executor whenever the Holy Church needs him (Which I HC as quite often).
In a TLDR; the Holy Church was and still is Kirei’s entire life. He knew nothing else and through all the suffering he experienced it helped shape him into the man he is today.









