Marissa Sabell

**Marissa Sabell** was a Guardian born on World 3, and the wife of Tommy Karter. She made her first appearance in a flashback during Chapter 22, later making a proper introduction during Series 2: Destiny's Traitor. She lived a peaceful and loving life with Tommy, becoming pregnant with their child until she died by Orizon's jaws due to Tommy's avoidance of his promise with the god. She passed away before she could give birth to their son, dying in Tommy's arms.

During Series 2, Marissa is temporarily brought back through the Umberbug's reconstruction of stardust. She aids the True Guardians in their efforts to help Tommy recover from his past traumas and ascend, before being impaled by a wooden spike after falling from a collapsing wooden bridge. She died in Tommy's arms, and reduced to stardust along with the rest of World 3.

## Appearance

Marissa is a desaturated orange colored Guardian with two significant sprouts of large fluff from her cheeks, and very short fur coating the edges of her main body. Her kind and round eyes are a slightly redder color than her body, with a pinkish skin tone coloring the inside of her ears. A large growth of fluffy hair sprouting from the top of her head to the top of her neck flows down to her shoulders, a slightly deeper brown-ish orange. The hair falls neatly on her forehead, retaining a sort of wavy quality. Her hooves and nose are a more deeper color to her body, with her tail a slightly lighter brown. Three noticeably large spots are on both sides of her hips, pertaining the same color as her hair.

## Personality

Marissa is a kind and gentle soul. She always gained a calm demeanor, sharing her kindness with everyone she meets. Though she has stunned confidence in confrontation, she is strong in her actions and remains loyal to whatever she does. She stands by the best of intentions with her good hearted morality.

## Relationships

### Tommy Karter

Marissa loved Tommy dearly, and always showed great kindness towards him. Meeting as young fawns, Marissa aided Tommy after he sustained a head injury. Growing older, she and Tommy would frequently sneak away from their villages to see each other. Their love blossomed into a healthy romance, eventually becoming a serious romantic relationship. Upon her parents denial to bless their marriage, they fled to Tennahram Village to stay together. Further in the future, Marissa would become pregnant with their child. The two were blissful with their lives together, and chose to name their child Lewis. Despite the complications that led to her pregnancy to become stillbirth, she kept this knowledge from Tommy and feigned ignorance that the pain was normal pregnancy issues. Through to her last moments, Marissa always loved Tommy.

## History

### Pre-Series

Born in Vizinho village, Hutan, to leaders of the tribe, Kaden and Moki Sabell, Marissa first met Tommy as fawns following an accident in which she came to his aid after a head injury. Over the following years the pair would frequently sneak out to each other’s villages to visit one another. In their late teens, Tommy would ask Kaden for his blessing to marry his daughter, though he would refuse. Claiming Tommy’s position as True Guardian would put his daughter in grave danger, the pair protested and ignored her parents as they fled to Tennahram Village regardless to be together. Marissa in later life would become pregnant with a single fawn she had dreamed to be male, whom the pair had agreed to name Lewis. Due to pregnancy complications and the child’s size, Marissa realized near the end of her pregnancy Lewis had already passed away before being born. Far into denial, she would continue to carry the child regardless, sustaining horrible internal infection and swelling, inevitably sealing her own fate. Before nature could take it’s course, Marissa would meet her end at the hands of Orizon, who ripped Lewis from her in revenge for Tommy’s broken promise towards him. She would soon after pass away at age 40 in Tommy’s arms that day.

### Series 2: Destiny's Traitor

In the Series 2 revisit to World 3 with the True Guardians, Marissa spots the group through the bushes just after being dropped off into the world via the Umberbug. She nervously challenges the group, demanding fearfully through a veil of confidence what their purpose on Tennahram Village territory is. She pins King to the ground in a weak attempt of intimidation. She quickly gets off him from Apollo's demand, and quickly learns through Holly and Jasper that they have relations with Tommy. Marissa apologizes, and leads them to the village. Upon reuniting with Tommy, he greets her with an unexpectedly sentimental hug. After Marissa teases him lovingly, she hops on Tommy's back. She watches as Tommy introduces his family to the True Guardians. Upon the family's leave, she reminds Tommy that the pair's meeting with her parents is soon. Though Marissa is confused by the mention of Tommy's regrets, Tommy agrees to treat them kindly.

## Trivia

* Marissa is the first to have attempted to bare a child with a True Guardian.