Aloysius Crowley

Aloysius Crowley (died 1655) was the father of Adam Crowley.

Background
Aloysius was a 17th century ship owner who participated in the slave trade. This allowed him to provide a comfortable life for his family in London. His son, Adam, wanted to study medicine, which he was able to do as the family had enough money to finance it.

Death
During the party organized in honor of Adam's diploma, Adam proved to be extremely worrying for his parents. Ignoring all the rules of etiquette, he was provocative and drank too heavily. Aloysius suddenly started convulsing. Anthony MacLeister, Adam's mentor, promptly carried the shaking body off to his laboratory. MacLeister did his best to save Aloysius, but his attempts were in vain.

Legacy
When Adam Crowley saw his father die in the arms of his mentor, a strange transformation came over him. Like an illumination, Crowley convinced himself that suffering cannot be abolished without attacking Death. He would become the vector of this destruction of Death, a being of another kind, perfect.