redeemer

The club, it seemed, had their great redeemer.

A figure like Verástegui builds a story built around the idea that he, as a leader, is a redeemer committed to rescuing the soul of the nation from the hands of its enemies.

After a revolutionary announces himself the Madhi, or the redeemer, a war breaks out in 19th-century Sudan over the legitimacy of his messianic claim.

Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful Father, through Jesus Christ, our mediator and redeemer.

Mitchell sees himself in the role of redeemer — not destroyer.