Dave Church

Background
Reverend Dave Church, formerly Blossom, is a major character in the Midge Chronicles.

Dave is the pastor and head of the church in The Neighbourhood and is devoted to the Lord. As early as Act I, Dave disassociated from his family, the Blossoms, and took on the last name Church, in honour of his Lord.

Dave grew up alongside his brother, Clifford Blossom, whom he never got along well with; Clifford had no morals and had no respect for anyone, constantly using people as pawns for his own, selfish reasons. Dave reviled Clifford, disgusted for the sins his brother was guilty of.

Dave employed a second pastor to assist him in his religious endeavours: a young man named Alsimi Flint. He and Dave cleansed The Neighbourhood of Ben Mitchell and his Chav gathering who had been an impurity in a wholesome community. The Chavs were captured, and subsequently put in chains and thrown out on the streets for a public stoning. Ben Mitchell, however, was to suffer a worse fate: abacination by a red-hot iron bar and thereafter sentenced to die by scaphism - an ancient, torturous punishment developed by the Persians. Whatever remained of him afterwards was left to be consumed by the parasites that lived inside his corpse.

When Clifford's seemingly legitimate business became the largest in the area, Dave was soon horrified to find that his brother, who had become successful businessman, was actually overseeing the production of illicit drugs under the hood. Dave was now in a dilemma: expose his brother, but risk tainting the Blossom name, or keep his discovery under wraps to protect his family...