Allies

Sierra Nelson

Sierra is a hippie tree-hugging socialist activist Wiccan . She's currently attending Reed College during the day while working on her Masters Degree in Liberal Studies. At night she works as the curator of Powell's Rare Book Collection at Powell's City of Books. She has a BA in Literature from Miskatonic University in Massachussetts.

Alec Gormann

Gormann is a theologian, a former seminarian, who left the prospects of the priesthood behind as a young man. He's written articles about the secularization of the Catholic church, as well as its interactions with other religions, that some have called radical, others crackpot, and a rare few blasphemous. He's an articulate, educated figure with a keen eye for things that are not what they seem, and in his youth, likely did some battle on his own against the darkness that encroached. It was easier to battle the evils outside the church walls than within.

But age comes to all men, and by the time he reached the age of forty, he realized he couldn't fight the same way he had before.

Alec has been married, once. The marriage ended in divorce, but Alec did not pursue another romance until it was also annulled in the Catholic Church. He offers a lecture course every year at PSU with a once-a-month class geared towards a specific theme.

Alec Gormann was born 1958 in Lancastershire, England. Despite his Anglican parents’ protests, he joined the catholic seminary in 1976 at age 18. Graduated and ordained in 1982. Met an American girl in 1984. Decided to leave the priesthood and get married. Moved to America. Alec was divorced in 1989. He doesn't talk about it much. From 1989 to 1994, Alec disappeared. He doesn't talk about this period at all.

In 1994 he purchased a home in Northwest Portland. He began teaching at Portland State University. He owns the "Prince of Peace" Christian bookstore on 21st Ave and Glisan.

Tara Lipinski

Young Olympic figure skater Tara Lipinski found herself face-to-face with the supernatural during the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. She was attacked by a Japanese vampire but managed to fight it off and survive. Afterwards, she added Vampire Slaying to her already rigorous figure skating training regimen.

Tara has since met others who have encountered the supernatural, and has learned of the scope of the menace. Now she helps others, serving as a facilitator between various anti-supernatural cells throughout the world. If you need protection, if you need to find something, or if you need to get in contact with the local anti-supernatural underground in nearly any city in the world, Ms. Lipinski can set you up.