My Patron, My Enemy

[the_matrix_walker]

I'm writing up a character for a friend's game and I've been toying with some ideas, and something occurred to me that I thought I would bring to the board.

I was wondering if in the event that your (Secret) Patron puts you through horrible crap for no particular reason other than to toughen you up for his later plans, is this simply what you got the point break for the Secret limitation on your Patron advantage for, or at some point would they qualify as an Enemy (maybe with a price comparable to a Watcher or Rival) to offset this? Helping me out when the Patron frequency came up and putting me through hell when the Enemy "rolled in"?

Or maybe it should just be an Duty? Would the character having no idea what the heck was going on the whole time be compatible with a Duty?

(If there is an existing thread on this subject that my search-fu has failed me on, I would be most grateful to be pointed in the proper direction.)

In this fantasy game, I was considering a Patron, a minor deity, maybe a secret one at that. combined with a rare Reputation reaction modifier with their clergy (who only know he's marked for an unknown, presumably good something, that they probably shouldn't mention to him, just be nice to him (which may turn into a claim to hospitality.. not sure yet)). The (still rough) idea is that this god has somehow taken an interest him and decided to groom him for who knows what for good or ill, wether he likes it or not.