Short History: Andrew was born and raised in Silvermoon, into a large family of mother and father, two sisters, one brother and several distant relatives living on the outskirts. His was a country family, on his mother’s side, although she was the oddball of the family who preferred the arts and philosophy instead of ploughing fields and nursing sheep. Her name was Gillian and was the first in the family to move into Silvermoon for college, where she met the fledging horror writer Paul Huskers and later married.
Andrew was the first born in the family and the oldest of his siblings. Although raised in the city, he wishfully gazed at the stars and would stay out in the country with his distant relatives whenever the opportunity arose. It was out there, on his 16th birthday when he was out hunting with his grandfather –Lorick- where his life changed forever.
They were following deer tracks over two days and camped within a coven of trees under a full moon. Andrew stirred in his tent as a foul, musky odour filled the air. A hunched shadow blocked any light the moon shared over the tent as the sounds of the forest seemed to deafen. As Andrew wearily muttered ‘Lor-‘ all hell broke loose. The thing outside ripped open the tent like paper and thrashing claws and fangs snapped, teared and slashed in Andrew’s vision. He could only scream as his sleeping bed slowly grew warm and slick with copper-smelling blood, his feet weakly kicking at whatever the creature was as blackness filled the corners of his eyes. The pain was becoming more dull, more distant. He did*’t know what was happening anymore and if he had died, he wouldn’t care.
Andrew woke thirty three days later at the hospital, where his mother had stayed every waking hour. He was weak but seemed remarkably alright, if you ignored the deep fresh scars on his legs, chest, back, arms and the tooth marks in his side.
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