Where are you from and what are you doing on the Isle of Luachmhar?
This backstory is considered a secret.
Emily was born in the united states in a lower class family, and spent most of their life in poverty, acquiring a few skills relating to CRIME. Their life began to change when they found a book detailing psychic practices, dismissed by most, they became intrigued. Pursuing this further overtime, they eventually discovered the innate ability to leave a body, and possess others. Like all criminals, they sough to leverage this newfound ability to get ahead. Believing they were special, above other people.
They began by possessing a woman who works at the bank, and eventually leveraged her into stealing and hiding him a large sum of currency, then leaving the woman to be arrested. Pushing further, they began pulling off more detailed crimes, always leaving a innocent person to take the fall through their influence. Rapidly acquiring wealth and resources, they began living a life of luxury.
This went on for several years, at first people claimed to be possessed by demons, leading to the catholic church to get involved, and on more than one occasion torture a host Emily was in, inflicting pain on them until she was forced to flee. The FBI began building a case seeing how the crimes were similar, and ended in the same story, across multiple accounts within the same city. Seeing the investigators turn to questioning them, within a vessel, and address her directly, Emily began toying with them, claiming to be a demon from the underworld, and generally mocking the church and agents. This lead to the FBP taking over the case.
Two years ago, the FBP made a break in thier case, discovering Emily's 'hideout' after using magical means, in a panic, Emily fled, inhabiting a random man passing by. Fearful of being captured or killed by the circling agents, she spent too long away, the FBP eventually stormed the building, only to find Emily's original body had perished from thirst. Now, a homless psychic energy, Emily began moving from host to host, spending as little time as she could with one. Finding some people more willing than others to let her stay, she began regaining her strength.
However, criminals can't run forever, and she was captured during a scam to transfer a man's life savings, but unlike the other times, she had no body to run back to, and the agents of the FBP were more resistant to her influence, able to easily repulse her. feeling herself decay, and her life force waning, she surrendered to the agents. explaining her circumstances and that she only wanted to keep from dying, they agreed to help her. Finding a comatose body with no consciousnesses in a hospital, they allowed her to transfer into it, leaving her where she is now. the FBP made her agree to no longer destroy a humans consciousnesses, and that she should check in with them regularly. She would be permitted to attend a school and stay on a remote island, under the supervision of a group called the slingers.
Arriving at the island, Emily was mostly dismissed by the slingers, they did not seem too interested in her, So she wandered around aimlessly until she got sleepy, but she had no where to sleep. Looking around she walked to a inn and managed to score a room with money in a reserve account she kept for emergencies! Settling in she slept for most of the next day... then went to the community center! she made a friend there! Going on her way to the library eating her cookie she found another friend, some kind of magic lady! The magic lady helped her get books, and seems smart. So she will come back to hang out with her again.
Backstory Connections
List the characters you are connected to, the story between you, and who gets what Leverage. Everyone must do at least three connections.
- P! - Emily went to the community center looking for some fun, and saw a jar of cookies. she nicely asked the lady at the desk for a cookie, but was told chubby girls dont need cookies... its not her fault her new body is a bit chubby...and that is a very rude thing to say! So She came back a few hours later when the woman had left, and looked around for something to help get to the cookies, they were up high on a shelf! Luckily, a super tall and strong woman was nearby. Running over, Emily asked for some help and managed to get picked up and carried over to the cookies, see, if she was too heavy this woman couldn't pick her up, her weight is fine! Happily reaching the cookies with the woman holding her up, she gave her new friend a cookie, and took one for herself ,then re-arranged the cookies in the jar so it looked like none were missing, then made her escape!
- Bastilla! - Looking around the library for fun books on something interesting, Emily needed help from a nice library worker! The huggable person told her all about math, but math is boring, So Emily tried to read another book covertly.. hopefully they did not notice! But then she got worried about her placement test, they test you to figure out if you have to take math classes and the like! This was worrying, because Emily hates extra work, and the only reason the FBP let her go was if she could get a education and live a normal life. Failing wasn't a option! So she went back to the library the next day and the worker was still there! So she followed them around and asked questions from the test booklet.
- Bullets
Inventory- Lock-picking tools
- Tarot Cards (sentimental)
- Disguise Kit
- a bag of assorted googley eyes
- A very large person sized pillow, it is very squishy. (Sentimental)
- A book detailing mediation and psychic practices
