Buffy Anne Summers (The Slayer)

# The Slayer

## Buffy

The Vampire Slayer DCWW

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## History

### Early Life

If one were to look at the early life of Buffy Anne Summers, one would not consider her to be anything special. Her parents Hank and Joyce Summers raised the girl in Los Angeles. She grew up in a fairly ordinary household and her school career too continued entirely ordinary. She had above average to good grades and was quite popular in her school, becoming cheerleader and even prom queen at a certain point.

That all would change when Summers was Called, a process in which a Slayer is selected after the last one died. She encountered a man named Merrick, who introduced himself as her Watcher. At barely 15 years old, he expected Summers to take down a Vampire King named Lothos. The first encounter went very badly. Summers - having no experience - was no challenge for Lothos and Merrick sacrificed his own life to allow her an escape. Later she did manage to trap the Vampire King in a Gym and burn it down with him inside. She was then shortly assigned to a mental asylum as the police found her there and she shared her tale with them, but obviously did not believe it. Soon she was let go again though.

After having experienced marital troubles for quite some time, Buffy’s parents divorced and Summers moved - alongside Buffy - to the city of Sunnydale in California. There she encountered several allies and friends in her battle against the creatures of the Hellmouth, a place where the veil between Hell and Earth was much smaller than at other places. She also encountered her new Watcher, Rupert Giles.

### Meeting Angel

Summers continued facing vampires and even some more powerful creatures like the so called “Master”, but thanks to her increasingly dangerous skills and the assistance of her close friend group - the so called Scooby Gang - she managed to overcome him. The next big moments that are worth mentioning would be her encounter with the Vampire Angel also known as Subject 74 “Angelus” a powerful and ancient vampire who had been punished by being given a soul. It is also worth mentioning that during a particularly difficult mission, Summers nearly drowned. She was dead for just a moment. That seemed enough though for the cycle to continue and a new Slayer Subject 883 “Kendra Young” was Called.

Angelus and Summers soon became an item and got romantically involved. Their bond was a strange one. Differences that brought them together and thus they faced many a great challenge and battles together. By causing Angel a moment of happiness though, Summers unknowingly broke the curse on him and the Vampire returned to the personality of Angelus, thus hellbent on destroying Summers, her friends and everything she held dearly. In the end Summers found there was no other way than to face off against her lover, even though she held onto the hope he could regain his soul. Angel proceeded to kill Jenny Calendar - the lover of her watcher - as well as get Kendra, who Summers had gotten close to, killed. Seeing the one person who understood what it meant to be a Slayer like her and the love of her father figure laying there and Angelus smiling, she snapped, killing and dusting the vampire who she had once loved.

### Meeting Faith

Buffy from this point on seemed to grow more distant and focused on her Slaying, putting some distance between her and her friends. They still assisted her, but for obvious reasons Summers was much less joyful and happy, having lost three people she had held dearly and close to her heart. She never wavered in her duty as a Slayer though. That was when she encountered Subject 704 “Faith Lehane”. Being called after the death of Kendra Young, she was the second Slayer Summers encountered. While the two of them had started off rather different and even antagonistic from each other, the two women soon bonded. Much like Angel before her, Faith was dark, brooding and gorgeous with a dangerous element to her and yet she was also very different from her former lover.

The two continued working together and formed a closer relationship, comparable to Summers’ former relationship to Angel as the two women even became romantically involved. From Summer’s point of view it must have seemed like Faith was the only person to truly understand what it meant to be a Slayer and the great difficulties both women carried on their shoulders. Lehane soon started growing closer with the Mayor of Sunnydale Subject 50/c “Richard Wilkins” who would be trying to ascend to full demonhood. The Second Slayer continued working undercover for the Mayor while continuing to be Summers’ companion and lover…. Until she showed her true colours. The reports of the battle between Summers and Lehane are very different. Some say the latter was completely on the side of the Mayor while others insist she was torn on whether to join her lover or her father figure. In the end Summers stood victorious and Lehane was nearly killed, put in a coma she had not yet awoken from. After having ended her second relationship by facing off and killing her opponent - or at least Summers thought it was as close to killing as she could - she then proceeded to kill the Mayor and stop his ascension to demonhood. The mayor’s destruction released a great amount of energy, destroying the Hellmouth for good. After having confirmed that and on the eve of having lost her second lover at her own hands, Summers became even more distant with her friend group and family.

### Moving to LA

Despite having received perfect scores in her SATs, she instead decided to move to Los Angeles and proceed to hunt down and kill the supernatural dangers hunting mankind. That she did for the last two years since the destruction of her last foe in Sunnydale. Many of her friends and former members of the Scooby Gang moved on to have more normal lives and Buffy grows more distant and distant, the only person she truly remains in contact being her Watcher, Rupert Giles, who she relies on for information and assistance, though their bond also not being as close as it used to be. Summers now feels like she has to be the one to stand between the world and the evils that are thrust upon it by the Supernatural. It is her duty. The one thing that kept her going after she had faced her lovers - to protect the world -  and pushed away her friends… To keep them safe. What she does not know though is that while there are many dangers lurking in the supernatural world… It also has quite the numbers of protectors and fellow heroes standing in their way… Heroes she would meet sooner than later.

## Patient Information

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Summers is a rather complicated case. Even for the experts in the department. Then again once cannot even fathom what happens to a human being that is ripped out of a normal life and placed in front of the Gates of Hell, fighting, bleeding and suffering to protect its people. At the start of her journey Summers seemed exactly like what she was: A young woman who has been granted incredible powers to face a great evil. After having faced off against some of her major enemies and having spilled a fair amount of blood, Summers became more serious and left the personality of the Los Angeles Cheerleader behind her. She remained a kind and sweet woman though outside of Slaying. After the Incident with Subject 74 “Angelus” (See “Backstory”) Summers grew much colder, concentrating on her slaying much more than her former attempts to juggle normal and Slayer life.

After her death and the Incident with Subject 704 “Faith Lehane” Summers seemed to finally let go of the remnants of her former self and entirely turned to Slaying, giving up any form of further education and having grown significantly more concentrated on her Calling. That being said, some of the team assume she is still very much the young woman she once used to be before the many losses and deaths, but that woman is more difficult to reach than she used to be.

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## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Slayer Physiology:** Being the Slayer has greatly enhanced Summer’s physical strength, endurance, reactions and speed. She is capable of rather easily overpowering weaker vampires and being able to beat or keep up even with the most powerful of vampires and even some of the demons, though the latter often showed themselves far superior to Summer’s pure strength and speed and often had to be taken care of by more innovative methods. See the Incident 2/b THE MAGIC ROCKET LAUNCHER.
* **Slayer Senses:** Summers is capable of feeling the presence of vampires and demons in her surroundings, making it possible for her to spot them or hunt them down from a certain distance.  It also allows the Slayer to be able to fight without certain senses, as Summers has shown herself capable of fighting in complete darkness or while blind. More powerful Vampires and Demons have proven themselves often immune or resistant to those senses though.
* **Combat Mastery:** While Summers did not study any particular style of combat, she has been taught the basics of fighting by one Rupert Giles, member of the Council. (See addition 5/k). During her years as the Slayer and predominant defender of the Hellmouth of Sunnydale, Summers had increased her combat skills and experience exponentially, often having to face off against beings and creatures who had centuries of experience on her. While often having an advantage in speed and strength over them, Summers continued honing her combat skills and turned into quite the dangerous opponent, using a mixture of all the different forms and techniques she had picked up as the Slayer and only grew during her time hunting in Los Angeles.
* **Enhanced Healing:** The last ability that the Slayer blood gives Summers is a greatly enhanced healing factor. She is capable of recovering from minor wounds in a matter of seconds or minutes and can recover from even grievous wounds if given enough time and rest. The healing factor is not unlimited though and has not shown itself capable of overcoming lethal wounds or the removal of limbs or other body parts.
* **Prophetic Dreams:** A rather… inconsistent power that comes with being The Slayer. In the past it had given Summer warnings of things that could happen and would be a danger to her. Said prophetic dreams often were very cryptic though and difficult to understand.

### Abilities

* **Intelligence and Tactical planning:** While Summers often seems to play into the preconception of being a “dumb blonde” that has been to lure opponents into thinking she would not use her intelligence to her advantage. She had shown herself to be a good leader to her group and had a perfect score in her SATs, even though she never applied for any university.

### Weaknesses

* **Emotional:** Summers often seems to rush into problems head on even if she is advised not to do so. She is quite emotional and that was used against her in the past and still can be used against her, even though the woman seems less affected by it or at least managed to show it less. Summers remains a woman driven by her emotions though.
* **Healing Factor:** While the Slayer healing factor allows Summers to heal from even more grievous injuries, it is far from being capable of returning her from major injuries, as it had shown itself to be able to be overtaxed and overpowered by single powerful attacks or many smaller ones. Summers died before as well, so it seems she is very much killable by normal means, even if she is more durable than a human would be.
* **Disregard for own Safety:** After having died once before, Summers seemed to become more reckless, often finding herself barely escaping death a second time. What some would call bravery, others obviously would consider reckless and dangerous, not only for herself, but those she was supposed to protect.
* **Doubts:** While Summers shows herself to be confident and dangerous and her reputation is one that is quite well known in the realm of the Supernatural, the woman is certainly not without doubts. After dying and having had her heart broken twice as well as having been pretty much forced into the life of a Slayer - who usually do not have a very long lifespan - she often wonders why she is even trying anymore and questioning what she is fighting for.

***Note: While Angel is considered dead by Buffy, it does not have to be something permanent. There are a great many beings capable of returning him to life. Same with Faith and her coma, meaning they would very much be characters who could be picked up.***