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Contrary to what most might presume of someone that became a Villain, Church had a very supportive upbringing and was raised by very loving parents, but perhaps that was his downfall. Church was the second son of Dr. Alice Blackburn and Dr. Jason Blackburn, a couple that ran an illegal clinic offering medical services to Villains. Despite their profession and lack of typical morals, his parents put nothing above family and cared deeply for Church and his two siblings. Young Church was happy and often helped his mother and father in the clinic alongside his twin sister, Faith. Of his siblings, Church was the only child to inherit both of his parent's Quirks, although not as potent as the originals.

Two tragedies likely helped shape Church into the young man he is today, the first being the loss of his twin sister. Faith had inherited their mother's Quirk, Vishakanya, but had very little control over it. Because of this and the dangers of her own power, she was instructed to not use it for fear of her safety. However, as they grew older Faith began to feel useless compared to her two siblings who could use their quirks without issue. When she and Church were fifteen, she began to practice in secret to try and learn how to control her power, until she made a fetal mistake. While trying to change a drop of her blood into an acid, the blood inside of her body took on the properties instead. Without the control necessary to protect herself, the acid began to do what it did best, consume. At the time, their parents had been out and there was nothing Church or their older Brother, Arch, could do to save her. All Church could do was make a compound to knock her out and hold her until it was over. He suffered burns across his chest and arms from the ordeal, but unlike the mental damage, those healed in time.

The second tragedy came when Church was eighteen. His older brother had grown increasingly distant, and sometimes even violent, towards him and their parents over the years since Faith's gruesome death. The atmosphere in their home slowly become tainted and strained, everyone walking on eggshells to avoid another fight with Arch breaking out. Church often took the brunt of Arch's rage, and more than once the two were badly injured in an altercation with each other. Because of this, Church began to roam aimlessly in the city most days, refusing to come home until well after Arch had gone to bed. It had been one of those nights when Church returned to find firetrucks surrounding the building his family lived in, except that there was no building. Where it had been there was merely a pile of rubble, still burning and smoldering in some places. Here and there he could see remnants of their home and the clinic. A metal tray on the street, a charred blanket snagged on the hydrant beside him, the skeleton of their sofa half-buried by what had been their living room wall. Church stared at the scene in numb silence until a police officer mistook him for a nosy passerby and shoo'd him away, leaving him to wander off confused and in shock.

Later on, Church learned his home had been destroyed by an explosion. Both of his parents had been killed in the blast, but no evidence of his brother had ever been found. A part of Church believed his brother was responsible for their parent's demise, but Arch had seemingly vanished without a trace so he held no real hope of revenge or even just confirming this. Instead, he simply gave in to the effects of his quirk and trauma and slowly slipped away mentally, becoming the deranged man he is today.