Absolution
An Experiment in Immersive Storytelling
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Behind the Scenes:
Character Chart for Zarina Rosiello

Role

• Heroine

Values

• Nothing is more important unraveling mysteries.
• Nothing is more important than protecting herself and her family.
• Nothing is more important than the safety and well-being of her friends.

Ambition

• To live life to the fullest.

Goal

• Figure out what is going on, who to trust, and how to protect herself.

Conflict

• She doubts she has the skills necessary to solve the mystery.

Epiphany

• Zarina learns to trust herself and that there are reliable friends in her life that she can call upon when she's in need.

Backstory

• Zarina recently moved to Denver, Colorado. Her 25th birthday is coming, and she hopes to have a good one. She hasn't had many surreal adventures in her life or friends that were insane enough to put them for her to safely explore. She grew up in the South, but not once in her life has she ever even been shot at. Can you even imagine? Not even once.

Story Summary

• Zarina is unaware that the Italian part of her family was cursed in 1651 in Naples. She and Amon find out that she is about to irreversibly be cursed as a werewolf on the full moon after her 25th birthday. She uses her well-honed intellect and quick wit to piece together the truth of the family curse and solve every obstacle placed in her path. She calls upon her friends to help her break the curse using an ancient ritual and expects to live flea-free life afterward. Unless, of course, she fails to break the curse, in which case she's doomed to be forever told to get off the couch, wipe her paws when she comes inside, and quit chewing on things.

Notes

• Birthday: February 12, 1992
• Next full moon after birthday: March 12, 2017
• The name Zarina is primarily a female name of Arabic origin that means Golden.
• The name Rosiello, like many Italian surnames began as a personal name long before it was adopted as a surname; the name means "rose."