Benedictus (Empath stories)

Benedictus was a Viperion posing as a harmless traveling missionary who visited the Smurfs during a time after their return from time-traveling when they were waiting for Empath to recover from his coma. Benedictus at first appeared to offer comfort to the Smurfs who received his teachings, but over time with more Smurfs converted to those teachings, they were starting to revolt against everything in the Smurf Village and turned against those who refused to submit, namely Polaris Psyche, Grandpa Smurf, Wild Smurf, and Baby Smurf -- the last of which sensed something evil about this missionary. Empath, who had just recovered around the same time that most of the village had turned against the non-converts, joined with the non-converts to help the converts see reason that they were being used by Benedictus, but now they turned against Empath. Through Baby Smurf's power, the spell Benedictus had over the converted Smurfs was broken and the missionary's harmless form was changed into that of his real form, a Viperion. Realizing that he couldn't control the Smurfs any longer, Benedictus fled from the village as the Smurfs chased him out.