Drake

Drake (ドレイク) was an archbishop in the Holy Land, Lindwurm.

Background
Long ago, Drake was a Bishop who secretly became an auditor for the Templars. However, he is under suspicion due to his dark rumors about corruption and missing orphans has already reached as far as the royal capital.

In the Templars' main headquarters located at the underground chamber of Orum cathedral, Drake expresses his disappointment with the Templars' leader, Victoria after hearing reports of her mission's failure to seize a human possessed from the Cult of Diablos which eventually fell into the hands of Shadow Garden. Due to Victoria's mistake, Drake's position within the Church as bishop was undermined until the Cult gave reason in questioning their inquisition rights.

Therefore, Drake decided to refrain Victoria's action from exercising her inquisitorial powers unnecessarily by concentrate on her role as a Saint for the time being so that his position as auditor for the leader of the Templars would not be jeopardized.

Although Drake serve as Victoria's auditor, he afraid that her purely devotional faith is working against her because she has gained unnecessary wisdom her contact with the outside world. Because of this, Drake forced to make Victoria withdraw from the battlefield so he could brainwash her by increasing the dose of the secret drug on her and letting her hear the mighty "voice of the Goddess".

On a year and a half later, Drake was appointed to be Archbishop, charged with the sacred ministry of Lindwurm cathedral.

Sanctuary Infiltration
Prior to the Goddess's Trial, Drake was assigned to hosting the event. However, the Midgar royal family had decided to investigate the truth about Archbishop Drake's rumors and conducting an investigation on him by sending Second Princess Alexia Midgar.

Before that happens, Drake have been killed by Venom the Executioner on Nelson's order, in order to erase the evidence from Princess Alexia and the Crimson Order before they arrived in Holy City Lindwurm and trying to investigate him. Alpha from Shadow Garden is next to Archbishop Drake's corpse and wonders what things he was hiding that the Cult of Diablos wanted to killed him, even with his high status.

After his death, Jack Nelson was appointed to be an acting Archbishop to replacing him as a host for the Goddess's Trial event.