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AU Idea

So, there's a particular moment in book one, in which Sophie hears a voice, from "somewhere deeper than soul." And, this may be a reach, but I have a theory.

First, look at this:

This is the voice that convinces her not to go along with Rhian's corrupt soul. It says the very same line that both prequel Rafal and later, Lady Lesso have said. It could very well be Sophie's own subconscious, but what if it wasn't? What if it came from outside of her? It could be ghost Rafal's presence, who appears shortly thereafter. The true Rafal. And although this line probably appears in the series four times, at least, the real Rafal is the first person to say it, chronology-wise. So, why couldn't it be him?

Anyway, now, for this AU, we're taking Rafal's "ghost" presence into consideration, not necessarily any variations of his character depicted in canon.

The concept in the screenshot above, about a warlock sincerely believing he's a paladin, a devout holy knight, recalls Sophie's initial denial of her Evil soul fairly well, so in this AU, Sophie could be a high priestess/sorceress (perhaps, like a Morgan le Fay/Lady Morgana figure?), who mistakes herself for Good, as usual.

Meanwhile, everyone else would quite transparently see that that the "benevolent deity" she serves clearly isn't that Good (and neither is she). Thus, again, it's obvious to everyone but her, which makes for staggering comedic potential. Like:

Someone else: Unleash the witch! [said with a similar, booming intonation as "UNLEASH THE HOUNDS!"]

Sophie: Not a witch, darling.

Someone else: Fine, priestess.

Sophie: Indubitably so.

For further context, this Rafal was a vengeful spirit, wrongly slain and never properly laid to rest, elevated to the status of eldritch god by having a patron. So, he tries to coax Sophie's Evil out, little by little, but can't seem to move her to consciousness. And, she's absolutely, infuriatingly irremediable. That false, incurable belief of her Goodness is well-entrenched in the bedrock of her being by this point of her life. So, he continues to work tirelessly to no avail, while she is doing irreparable damage to her psyche, denying her true Evil's emergence, suppressing it, along with his influence. Though, everyone else should be rightly grateful toward the fact that Sophie hasn't awoken the full extent of her deity-derived powers.

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"Who's your deity?" Agatha asked skeptically.

"Rafal of House Mistral, Sorcerer King, Master of the Dark Arts, and Magus of Deception," Sophie stated primly.

"Sophie... are your sure that you're a holy high priestess? That name—it sounds... Evil."

"What tripe!" Sophie rebuffed. "You're just splitting hairs that this point, Aggie, darling. An eldritch god is an eldritch god."

"Whatever you say." Agatha held up her hands in surrender. "I'm not getting between you and that thing of yours."

This "thing" you speak of would not hesitate at murdering you by unpleasant means, a deep, spectral voice seethed from Sophie's lungs.

"Why that's beyond the pale, Rafal! I will not be your vessel for an act like that," Sophie's voice returned to overtake the deity.

You're boring.

"And you're terribly uncivilized," she argued. "Find another follower if I won't do!"

But the other mortals don't understand.

"Then stay dormant when Agatha's around, or speak from the sky or the mists for all I care, not my airways, mind you. And don't let your winds ruin my hair. I expect to look presentable from all angles."

You expect me to use my sorcery for that?

"I won't do my libations for you otherwise. You'll wither before I next restore you."

Fine.

Agatha shook her head. "You need an exorcism."

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