Paul

From The Heretic Knowledge Vault

A high-ranking member of the Ensigerum, who has most likely has been with the Order for quite some time. Paul appears to be Anita's right-hand man, second-in-command at the very least, and seems to normally tend to the issues and problems within the Order.

Paul normally has the function of interacting with the Veracian Church, as he's a bit more experienced in brown-nosingdiplomacy than Anita. This has given him access to some of the church's secrets, although whether this extends as far as access to the Heretic Knowledge Vault itself is uncertain. He is also considerably more conservative in outlook than Anita, whom he finds brash (with good reason). He believes that the minimal contact between Ensigerum and the outside world has generally been a good thing that has kept the Order alive over the years, and is not pleased with Anita's plans for expansion and elimination of the Gewehr Wraiths. In his traditionalist role, he's the one who recalls the business of testing new recruits' loyalty by setting them against someone from their former lives, sending Sara down the path that leads to Jon, Sarine, and who knows what.

All of that said, he doesn't shy away from getting his hands (or more accurately, the Ensigerum's) bloody when appropriate. After the Winston Maurel gig misfires, he joins Anita in jumping to erroneous conclusions as to what happened, and doesn't hesitate to send "several" monks out to wipe out the Wraiths in Veracia. Cautious and conservative, yes; a wuss, not.

He's high enough in the hierarchy of the Ensigerum that he normally is able to send others out to do the bloodletting rather than get his hands dirty himself. However, he definitely has the Time-ninja skills of a working monk, as he shows here when enraged by Ian's nonchalantness about the carnage he caused in Emerylon. So Paul has a bit of sympathy for Veracia? Whoda thunkit...