@Lithophene @Ventura
Iain is Catholic in the sense that he holds onto his Catholic guilt, tries to remember not to eat meat on Fridays during Lent, attends Mass on Easter Sunday and midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. Occasionally he goes to confession, and on the even rarer occasion may go to Mass on a normal weekend.
As to how he reacts to finding out who Gabriel really is, it depends on the way he is informed/it is revealed to him. He reacts worse if he finds out accidentally/from another source, but no matter what he finds out he has a little bit of a crisis. (There’s an easter-egg of sorts if you choose to have your MC keep the name Gabriel/Gabrielle.) His initial reaction after his freak-out is to proceed by largely ignoring the fact that you are Gabriel. Gabriel can choose to let him proceed like that or talk to him about it, and they can go from there… but I don’t want to spoil too much…
The shell: So customization currently extends to skin color (pale white, cream, peach, tan, light brown, mocha, dark brown, ebony, midnight black), hair color(limited to white-blonde, blonde, dirty-blonde, light brown, brunette, dark brown, black, red, salt-and-pepper, strawberry-blonde, auburn), hair length and style/texture (short–pixie, crew-cut, buzz-cut, short, bob, relaxed; shoulder-length–afro, ponytail, bun; long: cornrows, weave, beaded, bun, single braid, french-plait, pony-tail; texture: wavy, kinky, straight, wiry, frizzy, curly, knappy), eye color (grey, blue, green, brown, hazel, black), height (very tall-6’6", tall-6’2", average, 5’8", short, 5’4", very-short, 5’), and musculature build (skinny, lean, lanky, toned, hulking, runner, swimmer’s build, pudgy, round, curvy, boxy, petite). Mustache options and goatee will be available for men (No full beards, against the police office regulations).
There are limitations for two reasons: A: Sabriel does not want you to attract to much attention. B: You will be working as a police-officer. Your hair must be above your collar, either pulled back or cut to that length. To add on to that: no visible tattoos, and Sabriel will not permit you to have tattoos initially. This goes for piercings as well. This is also why there will be no custom colors. Essentially what Gabriel does is fill out a form and the body is created for them. ((If there is something you want to see added, go ahead and mention it as this is for the next update after the one I will be posting a little later on tonight.)) You will have the opportunity to get some tattoos and piercings during the story ((maybe I’ll let you dye your hair after the end of part one…))
Gabriel does have to eat as a human shell, but generally only a normal amount (~2000 calories a day) to maintain their strength. The more Grace they try to use in their human form, the more food they require. They can control their metabolism to a limited degree (i.e. they do not gain or lose weight unless they want/need to for muscle mass or other reasons). In general, Gabriel’s shell has excellent health (they can get sick, but this is usually after they overuse powers/do not take care of the shell by eating and sleeping).