"If it weren't for the rocks in the bed, the stream would have no song."
- Carl Perkins

▬▬▬▬▬ SABINE RILEY GOTTSCHALK • • • • •
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ as played by ISOS Duke

❖ Sabine, Little Duckling (from her past) or the organization knew her as SN01489
❖ Siren
❖ Female
❖ Heterosexual
❖ None
❖ 26
❖ 5' 6"
❖ Blue
❖ Blonde

❖ APPEARANCE Sabine prefers to keep her hair short, just above her shoulders. It was something that hasn't changed for as long as she can remember. Her blue eyes tend to pull people in, like the depths of the ocean and like the ocean, they seem to sing a sorrowful song.

She has wide hips and a narrow waist and whether it was something of genetics or from the experimentation remains a mystery, but it certainly adds to her Siren appearance.

Sabine tends to wear a pair of skinny black pants, knee high heeled boots and a form fitting, red button up shirt which has the top few buttons undone, leaving the top of her chest exposed. To finish off the look, a red flower is pinned in her hair.

SN01489 is branded in raised scar tissue on her left shoulder blade. The SN stands for her project species "Siren" and the 1489 is the number she is referred to as; she is the 1,489th person to have been brought in since the organizations newest project began years ago.


❖ SKILLS Sirens were creatures of song that would lure men and women to their deaths through music and physical temptation. Her abilities are just that, a lure. Her songs pose no physical threat to those that hear them, but for enemies, she can pull them away from the larger battle field and to a place of ambush by others she works with.

For her allies, her songs can be used to help empower them and for all, she's able to influence emotion in the same manner. Her songs are rooted from past memories so as she sings, she's reliving the period in time that those emotions came from.

She's able to bring panic to the field of her enemies with a single scream. A scream of pure terror, it reverberates in the core of her enemies, making them feel true vulnerabilities and helplessness.

Her voice also seems to contain a somewhat commanding ability as she is able to silence those around her. That's about it though, she's unable to force people to do things, much to her displeasure. Seeing as her powers had been around for a while now, she's convinced that, that was just how things were going to be.

The woman's natural pheromones have been altered as well. She's able to control when they are active and can be used to lure in both men and women alike. Unlike normal pheromones, hers don't carry a particular 'scent'; it adapts for each person, causing a trigger in their head which creates the illusion of the scent that would draw them in.

Like all the other experiments, the testing done to their immune system left them all with a very high immune system (putting that very lightly). They are unable to fall ill to any known illness.

❖ WEAKNESS Like stated before, Sabine has to relive her past in order to create her songs. Some memories may be good, others bad and while that may seem like an impact enough, her mind seems to actually be there, leaving her body open to attack as she's not really present in that time.

Her scream can cause her to lose her voice and being someone that depends on it for her powers, the loss of her voice is not something she is willing to risk unless needed.

People need to hear her, so not only does she need her voice, people need to be within hearing range for her songs to have an impact. On top of that, one needs air to make sound and if Sabine's breathing is restricted or compromised, it effects her songs.



❖ PERSONALITY Sabine is a woman of few words, but that's more to save her voice than anything else. She's highly opinionated and judgmental to those around her, but it's more of her putting onto others what others had put onto her.

She seems to go out of her way to avoid people, not wanting to get too close to anyone anymore. This has created almost an air of depression or malice around her and many avoid her because of that. While she's grateful that people are so willing to leave her alone, at the same time she's spiteful at how they all get along so well with others, leaving her behind.

She's the type to manipulate behind the scenes; while she doesn't want the role of a leader, she wants to have the power of one. It's not uncommon for her to direct people to do things or even hold things against them to get them to do what she wants. Though, the latter rarely happens as she has a way of just being able to convince people do to things. Part of her Siren powers? Who knows.

Sabine wears a true mask, refusing to let people know how she really feels and refusing to let anyone know anything about her or her past.

❖ HISTORY A past full of darkness, despair and pain. Events over the recently years of her life seemed to have had no real impact on the woman mentally, at least no more than the rest of her past.

Sabine is a twin, or was at least, her brother's name was Killian. The two grew up in a very wealthy family; everyone know who the Gottschalks were. The twins were iconic among the people in their city. Sabine was always the shy one, hiding behind her brother; her brother was protective and caring towards his sister and the two were usually dressed the same way, only Sabine had a bow and Killian had a tie.

Growing up, Sabine was the sickly child. She spent most of her childhood in bed, Killian always by her side. As they grew older, their parents started to view their attachment as a problem. Both of them were going to be married into other well to do families, but so far they had little interest in interacting with anyone other than each other.

They separated the twins, putting their rooms on two different sides of the house, but it didn't stop anything. Their father took his anger of this out on Sabine, afterall, Killian was the one that would be able to get them a true heir. Their parents also viewed Sabine's poor health as a curse of sorts and often took their frustrations out on her. She would try to do her best to please them, but it was never enough. When they were upset, she was their outlet.

Sick and covered with bruises and cuts, Killian watched as his sister's spirit started to break, his other half whithering away into helplessness. He could stand for it and late one night, he pulled her from her bed and pulled her outside, knocking over every candle they passed. Their large mansion was engulfed in flames, flames so hot and so high that even the rain couldn't dose the fire. They were the only two to survive that night.

The twins lived on the streets after that, hiding from authorities that wanted to take them in and rehome them with other family. They were going to be separated and they knew it. Though, being in your early teens and trying to live on your own, it was difficult and they often got into trouble that they had to escape from.

One day though, they couldn't escape, not both of them. The two had started to be viewed as problem children in the town they were currently in and the towns people started looking around for help to stop this nuisance. Killian had snuck into the back of a store to steal some food for them; it had been a couple of days since they had eaten anything other than berries from the nearby woods. Sabine kept watch as she always did, but when a large white van parked on either end of the alley, men piling out, she panicked.

As the men neared her, Sabine screamed. They grabbed her, covering her mouth as her brother came running out. Furious, he grabbed a nearby pipe and charged at the men holding his sister when a shot rang out. Killian stopped suddenly, a sob shook Sabine's throat as she looked at the twisted pained look on her brother's face before he fell to his knees, then fully to the ground.

Then dark suited men holding her turned and began walking towards one of the vans. Sabine fought against them, forcing herself over their shoulder. Biting the man's hand, he released her mouth and she screamed her brother's name over and over again, but he didn't move. To cease her fighting, a white cloth was pressed to her mouth and nose and though she tried to fight against it, she could feel herself slipping away.

As she sat, truly alone in the place these men had taken her, she did what came naturally to her. She sang. The song was sad, tears rolled down her cheeks as she sang a song mourning her brother and the life they had had until that point. Sabine swore that she would avenger her brother's death; she would do whatever she could to destroy this place and everything that it meant.

As the tests went on, she complied, not fighting back. Fighting back had never gotten her anything. Then, one day, she was finally released, though she didn't know why. She didn't know why, but she was given a partner and they were sent on their way. Her partner disgusted her; he willingly worked for this company, the company that killed her brother. That was why she was the one that killed her guard while he slept and she felt no remose as she watched his last breath leave his lips.

After that, Sabine stayed alone for many months. As her powers started to develop, she found it easier and easier to get what she needed to live. Men were so much easier to handle now.

When she was in town one day, someone approached her, excited to see her, but Sabine had no idea who she was. No, that wasn't entirely true. The one woman had brown hair and dull eyes, the one that was inviting her was much brighter, white hair that seemed to glow and lively blue eyes. There was something in her that just told her that they were the same. She agreed to go with them, but mostly because she had been promised that they had food and shelter; it would be easier than relying on the wiles of men.