Mortimer Kersey is the one and only priest of Ewing Bay; a lifelong Christian with a deep passion for the biblical texts he has read ever since his childhood, even since his days spent with his father on the run from the rampaging Klansmen Confederacy's acts in Mississippi. His sincere beliefs in his own moral code has naturally led him to butt heads with the more powerful pseudo-aristocracy in town, especially where the matters of slavery and class inequality come to the play; having faced discrimination himself, Kersey's own message of unity and strength have given him a large number of followers in the growing community, mostly made up of members of his own congregation, Kersey's own power in the community is known to practically everyone bar Kersey, who instead puts his full focus into