Lorin Hammon

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

### Lorin Hammon: 1989 - 2001

Lorin is the son of an architect of Irish ancestry and a real estate agent of Italian and Spanish ancestry. He was raised in a religious home and made to attend worship services regularly. His family's church also offered a wide variety of social functions outside of typical Sunday services and Lorin often was sent to attend these as well.

When Lorin was twelve, he attended a summer camp with several other youth from his church. One night, as the children retired to their tents to sleep, Lorin's friend began showing Lorin and the other boys in their tent a pornographic magazine. Lorin felt left out as he did not have the same reaction to the naked women as his peers — though feigned the same reaction well enough to avoid scrutiny.

### Lorin Hammon: 2001 - 2004

For the next two-and-half years, Lorin worked to deduce his sexuality. He confided in his pastor who told his parents about Lorin's "affliction" (the pastor's word — not mine) and the three of them agreed to send Lorin to a different sort of summer camp. Lorin attended the pray-away-the-gay camps through two summers and even went so far as to flirt and make-out with girls through the school year.

Of course, none of that worked. Seeting a New Years' resolution to be true to himself, Lorin struggled for over a month to build the courage to confront his parents. He finally did and came as being gay and told them that he would no longer be attenting any service that tried to curb his behavior. When his parents insisted that Lorin's sexuality was a sign of demonic influences, Lorin had enough and decided to run away. Using the little money he had, Lorin bought a bus ticket heading for Star City which had been recently voted "Most LGBT Friendly City in the US" according to a quick Spyder-Fynder web search Lorin had done.

### Lorin Hammon: 2004 - Present

Lorin met another teenage runaway at the bus depot. Her name was Lula. Though their relationship started with Lorin rejecting her sexual advances (twice), the two became an odd couple headed for Star City to make a new life for themselves.

Admittedly, Lorin didn't have much a plan. He went to Star City thinking he could become a child actor but was soon met with reality. Lula helped Lorin to survive on the streets, but Lorin's depression would soon lead him to self-medicating with some of Lula's drugs. Loring was not prepared for what drugs would do to him.

After spending the Cataclysm in a long string of one bad trip after another, Lorin decided to get sober. He left Lula behind when she was unwilling to join him in sobriety. But without Lula's streetwise talents, Lorin was likely to die before long.

Needing a miracle, that's just what Lorin got when he caught the interest of the archangel Raphael. The two fell in love and Raphael helped changed his life.

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* **Occult:** As a boyfriend to an archangel and working in a occult-themed bookstore, Lorin has become an accidental expert on the occult without any formal training.
* **Aesthetics:** Lorin has an eye for fashion, interior design, and is a makeup artist and hair stylist — though these are all hobbies and he refuses to pursue these professionally.
* **Trendy:** Lorin is good with using and navigating social media. He usually is well-informed and keeps himself up-to-date with the goings-on in the worlds of entertainment, fashion, and influecers. Lorin also knows a lot about politics.

### Weaknesses

* **Confidence:** Lorin does not think highly of himself. He can easily fall into a depression if he is insulted or left to doubt his abilities or regard himself as a failure.

### Analytics

* **Physicality:** 2 — Basic / Typical
* **Occult:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
* **Weaponry:** 1 — Paltry / Below Average
* **Expertise:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
* **Ranged:** 2 — Basic / Typical
* **Strategy:** 1 — Paltry / Below Average
	+ **TOTAL:** 16
	+ **RANKING:** Minimal Threat

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* He was living on the streets of Star City when he met Raphael Demiurgos. Rapheal was on his way to an opera when he saw Lorin digging through a dumpster. They had a conversation and Raphael was moved by Lorin's optimistic outlook and faith despite being in some capacity responsible for his troubles.
* Raphael set Lorin up in a luxurious apartment, helped him procure gainful employment, and treated him to a lifestyle that Lorin could never have imagined was possible. He did all this because Raphael felt differently about Lorin. He was not like his previous lovers in the way he made Raphael feel. He accepted Raphael for who he was but also challenged him to be better — even after Raphael revealed his divine nature to the young man. Though Raphael's business would often leave him away from Lorin for long periods of time, he would never leave Lorin without one of his angel feathers which could be used to summon Raphael if there was ever an emergency.
* According to him Raphael "doesn't deserve this shit" (dealing with politics and schemes of Heaven)
* He is friends with Amanita Caplan, Nomi Marks, and Bug.
* According to Nomi Marks, his and Amanita's idea of Christmas is like a thriatlon - there are a lot of activities.
* During Halloween of 2016, The Presence gave Uriel and Raphael Supernal endowments and sent them to Earth to both conceive nephilic vessels. It was agreed between Uriel and Raphael that she would conceive her child with Lorin Hammon so that Lorin and Raphael could raise one on their own.

## Network Files

Network Files Lorin Hammon.jpgNetwork Files: Lorin Hammon

## Links and References

* Appearances of Lorin Hammon

1. ↑  Network Files: Lorin Hammon
2. ↑ NFX: Raphael Demiurgos
3. ↑ VOX Box: On the Head of a Pin 25
4. ↑ VOX Box: Holiday Special 4
5. ↑ VOX Box: Fall From Grace 6