Unconquered Son
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Once, it told him, it answered to many names: Ba'al, Ra, Shamash, Helios, Apollo and Baldr. The last pagan Romans called it Sol Invcitus, the Unconquered Sun.
Once, it told him, it stood as protector and nurturer of life, patron of soldiers and saints, a burning eye in the heavens standing vigilant watch over humanity's daylight hours.
But if you tell Dr. Vic Samson something, there's a good chance he won't believe you. A hungrily inquiring mind is the lasting consequence of being brought up by academics, and he's adept at finding doubts and points of criticism about just about anything.
He doesn't believe in gods. He's studied too many of the religions of too many fallen civilisations to place any stock in the power of divinity to save you from catastrophe.
All he knows is that when he touched a long-forgotten memento from one of his father's digs, he heard something -- an old, wise, powerful voice, claiming to be that same fiery force that spoke to so many ancients before him -- speak to him.
"Your people have forgotten the fire that nourished you and held back the long dark before the dawn of the world. But the torches flicker and falter in the wind. The blackness threatens to encroach once again.
The spark must be reignited. The fire must burn once more. They must again know the might of the unconquered sun. They must believe. They must have hope.
And you, Victor Samson, will give it to them."
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Background and Origin
The Medallion
It begins with a carved disc of unidentified stone with some crude symbolism of unclear meaning on the face and eight etched lines radiating outwards from the centre like sunbeams, small enough to fit into your palm. It has no direct provenance in the archaeological record, but many similar items have been discovered all over the world across time and space. Today, it would be easily mistaken for a charm picked up in a new age store or ordered from an online artisan.
In 1987, it came out of the earth in a dig in Armana, Egypt, but its placement in the sand was too recent for it to have been there since ancient times. Instead, analysis suggested it seemed to have been deposited at that most significant site in the Cult of Aten at some point in the twentieth century, but a botched attempt to carbon-date it seemed to suggest that it was much, much, much older, more ancient even than the site that was being excavated -- perhaps as old as humanity itself.
It is not known what it said to Colin Samson when he laid his hand upon it, but it was enough that he immediately locked it away and tried to forget about it. It was amongst the personal affects that were left to his son after his death in the summer of 2015, and would have gone unnoticed had its voice not been heard when his hand brushed over it.
Victor has come to theorise from his father's notes surrounding the stone's placement in the soil that it was buried there in recent decades, and intentionally, perhaps to be found again, perhaps to be 'returned' to a site associated with a particular solar deity's cult. Moreover, he firmly believes that he is not the first bearer of the medallion -- that there has been any number of Unconquered Sons before him throughout history and legend, imbued with similar might by the strange force that speaks through it -- and highly doubts that he will be the last.
The Man
Powers, Skills, and Attributes
Powers
Skills
Attributes
Gear and Equipment
The Medallion's Gifts
Relationships
Friends/Allies
Enemies
General Perception
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