Archived:Samuel Abel

Personality
Samuel is a rather smart guy but tends to play the fool. He is really nice to those who don't tick him off. And he is always ready for a fight. He loves his little brother to death and will destroy anyone who tries to harm him.

History
Birth: Samuel was born to Frans Abel a young librarian who loved to gaze at the stars. One night while he was out observing the skys Frans was interrupted by a young woman who walked up. They conversed well into the star cycle and then they agreed to meet up again for another star gazing trip out in the woods. Frans made it to their meeting area at the specified time and set up. When she arrived he was dumbstruck by her beauty. She looked like she was sparkling with all the stars of the night sky. She took his hand and led him into the camp. And soon after they were finished Frans fell to sleep. When he awoke the next morning the beautiful woman was gone. He was greatly sorrowed but simply went back to his books. And some three months later the woman re appeared on his doorstep bearing a young boy. Frans took the child from her arms and she said, "His name is Samuel. Give this to him when he is ready." And with that she rested a pair of rings on the baby boys bundle. Childhood: Samuel grew up a happy little boy. Constantly curious looking at everything. He especially seemed to enjoy going out with his father to gaze at the stars. And then one night they chose a special spot out of town where all the stars could be seen; A graveyard. And there Frans met another young woman. She spoke of her love of this spot and he told her about his love of stars and the serenity of the grave yard. He promised to come back here in a week without Samuel. And when he did they watched the stars for a short while before she attempted to make love with him. He was all too willing and soon he was asleep after a long time of sleeping on the hard ground with the woman. But once again when he awoke the woman was gone. And as before she showed up again three months later bareing a baby boy. She told him, "His name is Daniel. And when he is ready bestow upon him this." And with that she rested on the boy a small key chain and left. Samuel continued to grow up as a fine yong man. He was very outgoing and happy. Him and his brother Daniel often went down to a near by river where he would shadow box for fun while his brother read his books. He was friends with everyone but his shy little brother was always the one he loved the most. But one day while they were out he wondered off. He was soon shadow boxing in the shade of a tree a few yards away from his brother. He practiced his quick 1 2 combo with his fists and swiftly followed it with a powerful kick. But the kick shot out a beam of plasma like substance that burned the tree to his right to the ground. He ran back to Daniel freaking out. When they went home and told Frans he said, "I think it is time I gave you the gift from your mother." and he produced the two rings from a drawer. Samuel slid them on and they changed into a pair of gauntlets that seemed to be made from some kind of bronze. As he realized what they were he smiled. A new pair of fists for his boxing. He wished them to retract and they turned back into rings. He spent the next 5 years training out by the river doing everything to hone his new found abilities. He soon learned he could summon the nights gems to his aid for both offense and defense. He honed these abilities never knowing that one day he may need them to protect himself. First monster attack: Samuel went down to the grove he had located a year ago where he often trained his powers. You could tell this by the many burn marks everywhere and the spots where trees had been splintered slightly by his fists and feet. But today something was different. There were six birds standing in the clearing. Not knowing what to expect Samuel willed his rings to enter their gauntlet form. He stepped into the clearing and hit the tree to his right to get their attention. As he was 14 at this point his strength made the bang ring loudly in the clearing. The birds stumbled around confused for a moment before rising into the air and circling. Samuel saw flashes of bronze in their midst and knew that these birds were gonna fight. He stepped into the clearing just as two of the birds dove for him. He swiftly spun around and the first bird missed him by inches but he recieved a small gash from the second one. But as it tried to pull up he grabbed it and punched it repeatedly until it turned to a golden dust. He knew they could be killed. As the next pair dove he threw up a star wall that shredded the beasts leaving nothing but golden dust to float down on him. The next three decided to come all at once. Samuel side stepped the first one and swiftly stomped its head in. As it faded into dust the next two arrived. He jumped to avoid the first one and punched the second one while airborne willing his plasma to shoot through his fist he burned the beast. As he landed the last one landed before him. He glared at it and it charged. He tried to side step but recieved another gash along his leg. He swiftly kicked the beast back. He conjured up a small star in his hand and threw it at the bird severing its head from its body resulting in one last pile of golden dust. He limped home clutching the gash to his side. He stumbled into the library and collapsed and was unconcious. Time up until departure for camp: Samuel woke up some hours later in his bed. He was confused as to what happened but realized his gauntlets were still on. He willed them back to their ring forms and laid back for a moment. And as he lay there he remembered everything up to passing out in the library in front of Daniel. He quickly climbed out of bed and ran to find Daniel passed out. He quietly closed Daniel's door and went to find his father. He explained to him about what had happened and asked if Daniel's mom had left him anything like his rings. His father simply replied by turning around and producing a key chain and telling him, "His mother gave me this. Why do you ask?" Samuel replied simply stating, "If this happens again he needs to have something to fight with. And I will take him to my training spot and get him ready to fight." And with that he turned and strode out of the room. A few hours later as he sat in the kitchen making sandwhiches he heard someone come in. He turned to see Daniel. He threw the key chain at him but in mid air it turned into a spear which Daniel managed to catch. Samuel turned and picked up the sandwhiches and said to Daniel, "Follow me. We're gonna toughen you up." Him and Daniel went to Samuel's training spot to begin working. But Daniel refused to do any physical combat training. But while Samuel trained his own physical prowess Daniel gave him advice on his fighting skills and different methods of attack. With Daniels help Samuel was soon a very agile fighter. Able to launch off of trees and perform many amazing battle strategies. And Daniel had quickly developed a mind that would rival even the most influential tactician. But their training was often interupted by small groups of Stymphalian birds. Never enough to worry Samuel and they were good for training his new skills out with the advice his brother called out to him from the tree he was sitting in. But he never knew that in the short three years they had trained they were being surveyed by more powerful brutal monsters. Departure for camp: One day when Samuel and Daniel were out training Samuel heard something that was quite out of the ordinary. Eminating from the trees was a strange hissing sound. Samuel wasn't sure what to expect so he prepared his bronze gauntlets for combat. He got into his battle stance his coat blowing side ways in the breeze. And out of the woods slithered two women. Both had twin snake tails for legs and looked rather dangerous. He screamed for Daniel to get back because he could sense that these two were going to be very dangerous opponents. As he got ready to strike he realized that one of them was missing. He couldn't ignore the one in front of him though so he lept and initiated the combat. He punched the snake lady in her stomach as hard as he could and she doubled over. He swiftly brought his leg up around her head and kicked her very hard in the back of it. He launched off of her head expecting her to disintegrate like all those birds. But when he hit the tree behind her and spun around he saw that she was still there slowly rising back up. He was distracted by her long enough for the other one who had dissappeared to slither up behind him and wrap one of her tails around him squeezing him tightly. What Samuel didn't know was that Daniel had disobeyed him and stayed close by. He saw Daniel throw his spear and then his brother was gone but he felt the snake lady's body go limp as the spear was droven into her by a mysterious force. When he turned to look Samuel saw Daniel standing there with a pile of dust sitting in front of him where the snake lady had been Samuel was running out of energy as they had already been training all day. Samuel turned to find the other one standing there looking even more furious than before. She charged and knocked Samuel up against the tree making him see stars. He fell to his hands and knees winded and dazed. Daniel dropped down to his knees and shook Samuel trying to help him get up. But the snake lady simply swung her tail at him and knocked him away into another tree where he slumped to the ground dazed. Samuel looked up at the lady helpless and knew this was the end. But then he heard a beautiful flute song coming from the trees. A pair of vines snaked up around her as a goat man came running into the clearing charging at her holding a pitchfork like a battering ram. He struck her in the heart and she turned to golden dust. As the satyr turned to help Samuel he could see that Samuel had passed out. He picked him up and then told Daniel to get up and get moving. He told Daniel all about his heritage and about a camp with others like him. And Daniel recapped this on the plane ride to Long Island to Samuel who took it all in stride ready to meet more people and become stronger.

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