Soldier
Corporeal |
2 |
Ethereal |
2 |
Celestial |
2 |
Strength |
3 |
Intelligence |
3 |
Perception |
5 |
Agility |
5 |
Precision |
5 |
Will |
3 |
Mortal |
12 |
Mind Hits |
6 |
Soul Hits |
6 |
Superior: Karathiel
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Melanie was first involved in the Witness Protection Plan from the other side. She was witness in a case involving both organised crime and, on a lesser knows scale, demonic influence. She was working for the corporation involved - Emshen Technology - as a personal secretary to David Norman, the vice president of the company, and the main power behind the organisation. Melanie (then Kim Swinbourne) witnessed a number of transactions relating to theft of technology from a number of leading medical laboratories. She also discovered a number of other transactions that concerned her, mainly funds and equipment seeming to appear from a source she couldn�t even begin to trace.
She went to the police (having a very honest nature) and agreed to testify. Karen and her partner of the time (Ned Wills) agreed to protect her. Unfortunately, she felt she had to return to her workplace to pick up evidence she had been unable to bring with her before. Needless to say she was discovered, and in the fight that ensued (involving what she later discovered were two Servitors of Vapula - a Habbalah and a Lilim) Karen managed to protect Melanie and capture the bad guys, but was forced to use her powers in such a way that Melanie was again witness.
Afterwards she and Karen had a long chat about the nature of things and what had happened and Karen revealed herself to Melanie. Melanie saw the good in this and dedicated herself to helping out in the War, but somehow she managed to forget all about this after Karen left her that evening.
She was successfully protected by Karen and Ned until the trial and testified against the bad guys, getting them a nice long sentence behind bars. She then began her new life in another town, as a receptionist, Melanie Tan, in a legal firm. At nights she studied law, and eventually quit her job to join the police force. While she was never very strong, she managed to become skilful enough to rise in the ranks, and had made the rank of detective 7 years later, when she again encountered a very distraught Karen.
Karen told her about the recent death of her partner Ned, and asked her to consider taking his position at her side. Remembering their conversation of the night after the fight, she agreed. She received transfer orders the next day, and again started a new life. Two years of training passed before the Silence, in which she learnt to be a soldier.
Description:
She has dark brown hair and a dark, Asian complexion. At the moment she has
a birth certificate saying both parents are of Malaysian origin, although
her father was actually Australian. Her facial features reflect either origin.
Her manners are of one who has grown up in Australia, and she really only
has a Malaysian accent if she wishes to put one on. She is a very small woman,
thin and not particularly strong.
Family:
She has lost contact with her family, intentionally because of the WPP. She
keeps an eye on them through the WPP, and to her knowledge both her parents
are well and living still in Perth, as is her brother Tai. They believe that
she died during the fight.
She met her husband, James Lonard, through her work at the legal firm where he was a trainee and has since become a lawyer. They got married 5 years ago and have a small daughter Sally (4 years old now). They were actually planning on a second child when Melanie was promoted to being Karen�s partner, but she felt that it would not be the best move at that point, so has put it off indefinitely.