![[gord_portrait_xl.png| 350]] *Alastair at the 24th [[Apostle Exams]] in 688 AL.* ## Bio --- Gordon Alastair (born 18 Ustala 611 AL) is a former [[Old Elmany|Elman]] Royal Bishop, [[Transelmany|Transelman]] politician and revolutionary who was the second leader of [[Transelmany]] from 678 AL until he stepped down in 682 AL, also serving as the Saint of the Transelman [[Dioceses of Transelmany#Space|Church of Space]] from its inception till date. A founding member of the [[Voromiraka]], he is the only person who survived the [[History of Transelmany — Foundation & Protracted Rebellion (648-658 AL)|Protracted Rebellion]], the [[Transelman Civil War]] and the subsequent era of peace that followed until the present day. He is also a sage academic, authoring numerous works and theoretical contributions to [[Hagioism]], most notably the *History of the Transelman Church of Saints*, in which he formalized his Fayowaist interpretation of Hagioism as Hagioism-Fayowaism and made it the country's governing ideology. Gordon Alastair was a Bishop in the [[Royal Elman Church|Royal Elman Church of Saints]] until Yemisi Fayowa came to him with the radical notion of revolution against the Crown, as outlined in her book [[Deadline]]. After renouncing his position and joining Fayowa’s [[Transelman Church of Saints|new Church in the South]], he and a few other rebel bishops spent years with her in the Elman countryside [[History of Transelmany — Foundation & Protracted Rebellion (648-658 AL)|building dual power]] to undermine the royal authority there until they were invited to Haal at the Crown’s request to sign a treaty dividing the nation in half and avoiding war. He is a revered figure in the country, not only as the first leader of the [[Transelman Council of Saints|Council of Saints]], but as one of the leaders of the [[History of Transelmany — Foundation & Protracted Rebellion (648-658 AL)|Protracted Rebellion]] that led to the nation’s founding. ## Quick Facts --- | Born | 18 Ustala 611 AL (age 74) | | ------------ | -------------------------------------------- | | - | Confluence of Fates, [[Old Elmany\|Elmany]] | | Height | 6'4" (193 cm) | | Eyes | Hazel | | Hair | Grey (formerly Ginger) | | Flux | [[Flux\|Dimension]] | | Home Diocese | [[Dioceses of Transelmany\|Church of Space]] | | Alliance | [[Transelman Church of Saints]] | | Ideology | Hagioism-Fayowaism | ## Gallery --- ![[gordon_full.png|400]] *Alastair in the Yola Basilica, 682 AL.* ![[Gordon.png | 400]] *Alastair in the Twelve Saints #1 Space variant cover.*