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Just Cause
Solara's Pre-History!
To really understand Solara, you have to start with her mother. Amanda Ricker was an only child, born late in life to a rich Oil Tycoon who lived close to the western oil fields. She spent her childhood in a small town, but moved east to the big city before she reached her teenage years. A lot of money and a lot of big city weren’t good for Amanda’s lifestyle, much to her father’s chagrin. Amanda had her first child by the time she was 16, a girl she named Melinda. Melinda’s father, Tony Michaels, was a drug dealer, and he ended up in jail when Amanda’s father (“Big Joe” Ricker) caught on to him. Within a year, Amanda was pregnant again, having met up with a French Mime, who was part of a traveling circus. At least, that’s who she claimed the father was, though there was some confusion over the issue. This time she gave birth to another girl, and named her Sybill. The mime left when the circus did, but Amanda still gave Sybill her father’s last name, rather than her own.
It was about this time that Big Joe decided to try some tough love, and Amanda was placed into drug rehab until she was cleaned up and straight. Her daughters never forgave their grandfather for stealing their mother from them, since after she was released, Amanda didn’t want to see any sign of her previously depraved existence. She moved to another town, leaving her girls with their grandfather, and fell in love with Daniel Johnson, a neophyte lawyer at the DA’s office. When she was 19, and he was 25, she and Daniel got married. By the time she was 20, she had her first son, and the couple named him Hawk after Daniel’s great grandfather. A year later, Big Joe died, leaving everything to Amanda, and she started drinking. The couple started fighting worse than cats and dogs, and in an attempt to keep Daniel from leaving, Amanda got pregnant again, giving birth to Solara. Her attempt at manipulation failed, and within a year after Solara’s birth, Daniel and Amanda were divorced.
Amanda went through a string of men recklessly, almost as fast as she went through money, and thus, she ended up pregnant again, obviously not very careful with either her own health or her wallet. Following her own habit, she named her youngest child Simon Barnes after his father. It is important to note that the only one of the men she slept with that Amanda even professed to love was Daniel Johnson, and this was reflected in her attitude towards her children.
Now then, having properly set up the pre-history, it’s time to look at Solara herself.
To really understand Solara, you have to start with her mother. Amanda Ricker was an only child, born late in life to a rich Oil Tycoon who lived close to the western oil fields. She spent her childhood in a small town, but moved east to the big city before she reached her teenage years. A lot of money and a lot of big city weren’t good for Amanda’s lifestyle, much to her father’s chagrin. Amanda had her first child by the time she was 16, a girl she named Melinda. Melinda’s father, Tony Michaels, was a drug dealer, and he ended up in jail when Amanda’s father (“Big Joe” Ricker) caught on to him. Within a year, Amanda was pregnant again, having met up with a French Mime, who was part of a traveling circus. At least, that’s who she claimed the father was, though there was some confusion over the issue. This time she gave birth to another girl, and named her Sybill. The mime left when the circus did, but Amanda still gave Sybill her father’s last name, rather than her own.
It was about this time that Big Joe decided to try some tough love, and Amanda was placed into drug rehab until she was cleaned up and straight. Her daughters never forgave their grandfather for stealing their mother from them, since after she was released, Amanda didn’t want to see any sign of her previously depraved existence. She moved to another town, leaving her girls with their grandfather, and fell in love with Daniel Johnson, a neophyte lawyer at the DA’s office. When she was 19, and he was 25, she and Daniel got married. By the time she was 20, she had her first son, and the couple named him Hawk after Daniel’s great grandfather. A year later, Big Joe died, leaving everything to Amanda, and she started drinking. The couple started fighting worse than cats and dogs, and in an attempt to keep Daniel from leaving, Amanda got pregnant again, giving birth to Solara. Her attempt at manipulation failed, and within a year after Solara’s birth, Daniel and Amanda were divorced.
Amanda went through a string of men recklessly, almost as fast as she went through money, and thus, she ended up pregnant again, obviously not very careful with either her own health or her wallet. Following her own habit, she named her youngest child Simon Barnes after his father. It is important to note that the only one of the men she slept with that Amanda even professed to love was Daniel Johnson, and this was reflected in her attitude towards her children.
Now then, having properly set up the pre-history, it’s time to look at Solara herself.