Samantha
Kellman
Samantha
was always seen by her peers as somewhat wierd. She believed in ghosts,
and even went so far as to study reports of them. She had very few
friends, and her parents ignored her because they were always too busy
to talk.
It
got so bad that she had to write in appointments for herself to even get
a 5 minute conversation out of her parents. Her parents were always
busy, and they were very much an '80s yuppie couple, so Sam grew up wearing
whatever was fashionable, and never having to worry about wearing old clothes,
and she always had a new dress for any social occasion. But she didn't
care.
She
wanted someone to like her for who she was, and not her clothes or her
looks. Inevitably, however, the only guys that asked her out were
jocks looking to "score with that hot chick." When she met Erik Sarensen,
she thought, "he sounds nice." But, she didn't really know what to think
of him, and was faced with the moral dilemma: does she incur the scorn
of her peers even more, by asking him out, or does she live in this false
life as a socialite.
Her
problems were solved in the last few weeks of high school. Erik finally
asked her out, and they spent a little time getting to know each other
better, having long talks as they walked through the park at lunch and
after school. She also remembers how he didn't show up for school
the next day. Or the next.
In
fact, she last saw him on a visit to Erik's house. He looked as if
he'd been beaten, and she knew no one had touched him on the way to his
house. So, being concerned for the only person in her life who truly
cared about her, Sam called the police on Erik's parents. The next
day, his family were found dead. The news reports said that they
were killed by some crazy axe-murderer. She knew different.
She had to identify the body. No human could have done what happened
to those bodies, especially Erik's.
After
Erik died, Sam put away all but her darkest-colored dresses, and now mourns
for Erik's loss. Her sorrow lessened somewhat when she first heard
that whisper in the darkness, and then started having such strange and
vivid dreams of walking in the realm of the dead with Erik, but she still
wears black to this day.
A few short days after
his death, Sam began to see Erik appear to her once in a while. This
triggered on a frenzy of reading about death, and souls, and eventually
led her to question what exactly she believed in. At the same time,
she found that she was getting more and more detached and aloof.
In a moment of desperation, she went into a church and consulted a priest
about what was going on, reasoning that he would have to know what was
going on. She got more than she bargained for.
After a series of questions
that questioned everything that she relied upon as keeping her rooted in
reality, she was informed that reality was not exactly what she would be
most beneficial rooting herself in. In fact, the priest, and now
her, were Magi of an ancient order known as the Celestial Chorus.
Sam ran out of the church, her mind in tatters, not knowing whether she
was sane or not, not knowing much of anything.
A few days passed, and
wierd things started happening. Ones she knew weren't the work of
Erik's enemies, for he had acquired a couple in his short time among the
dead. She knew this because she found that she could sometimes see
the dead, and always, at the very least, able to feel their presence.
She finally decided to go back to the priest, and learn a little.
She visited him for an
hour each day, spending the rest of the time visiting with Erik, until
he told her that he had to go somewhere else, to go help save the realm
of the dead from a great evil. She admired his courage, and began
to muster some of her own. When Erik left, she spent more time with
the priest, honing her skills, but staying ever vigilant for any sign of
Erik.
When he finally returned,
she sensed something different about him, something not quite right...and
that was when the thing attacked. The real Erik came rushing in and
tried to help her, but to no avail. Her magick and his Arcanoi ultimately
failed, and Sam watched helplessly as Erik was destroyed. There was
a struggle after that, and Sam hasn't been seen since.
Arete 3
Spheres
Prime 3
Spirit 3
Mind 1
