Salem Hannibal

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**Salem Hannibal** is a character role-played by Grimm.

## Description

Salem Hannibal is the kind and sweet southern bell from Japan. Salem is best known around the city as one of the kindest cops with a heart of gold who goes out of her way to help those in need.

### Appearance

Salem is most often recognized by her snow white hair that contrasts against her incredibly pale skin which is adorned with light freckles along her cheeks. Her eyes are a bright jade green with eyeshadow beneath her lash line in the color of a deep crimson with thick winged eyeliner in black.

Her clothing style alines with alternative mixed with gothic. You will often find her in a pair of black joggers or black jeans accompanied by a long black shirt or another type of alternative top. She will not leave her house without a silver chain gifted to her by her second husband, Earl Quigley.

In her arc titled Vigilante - Salem did not cut her hair for quite some time causing it to grow from her signature bob to become long enough to put in a ponytail which she wears over her shoulder.

### Personality

Salem was raised in Japan till the age of 16 before being relocated to the United States down in the south of Texas. While growing up in Japan, her parents put a heavy emphasis on manners and being personable to others. This set the ground for her to develop her skills of negotiations and relatability to those whom she had never met.

In her arc Red and Blue Lights, Salem was shy yet humble when entering LSPD. This was a direct indication to her shy demeanor yet showing an outward willingness to help others. During her time in the PD, she met Ryan Cooper who helped her come more out of her shell than she had ever anticipated. This development led to her slowly being able to hold her ground in situations that she would have previously never done so. Her kind demeanor sets her apart from most and leads her to feign being gulible as to use it to her advantage to gain information.

During Fox and the Hound, Salem began to show her aggressiveness towards her pursuit of Earl Quigley. During this arc, she was outwardly insistent with him for evidence and answers as well as incredibly persistent. This time that spent pursuing answers helped her grow a thick skin to combat the constant death threats and fear tactics that Earl and others began to use against her in the Dark Chat and outwardly via threats on MRPD walls and property.

Vigilante centered around Salem loosing her position within LSPD due to a misfire during a hostage negotiation. The incident led her to become paranoid of everyone around her, including her partner Ryan Cooper. The LSPD had barred her from returning for a month and during this time, she went out on patrol of her own accord under the guise of a rogue vigilante. This began to weigh on her psyche and made her unable to trust those she knew and didn't know alike causing trust issues that strained her relationships.

## Background

Salem Hannibal is the kind and sweet southern bell from Japan. Salem was raised in the large city of Tokyo with her parents for her early years. Her father was a mild mannered business man while her mother, who broke all the rules of standard Japanese homes, was an officer in the local precinct. Every night, Salem would come home from primary school to her father deep in the throws of alcohol while her mother was at work. This, as I'm sure you can imagine, led to Salem being the brunt of a lot of her fathers frustation and unhappiness. While Salem knew her mothers profession, she could never bring it upon herself to speak up and ruin what she deemed to be a 'normal family'.

Once Salem turned 13, her father had insisted she reach out to a local cafe and attempt to find work. The family wasn't strugging financially whatsoever. When she hesitantly asked why he was so insistent, she was met with silence and a hand rose to her face. She learned from then on to never question his reasoning and so she left the home to go to her designated location. The cafe was more than willing to hire her. She had excellent grades and a bare minimum for extra curiculars leaving her schedule wide open. This was a bit of a let down for her as she was hoping they would turn her down - yet she knew if they had then her father...well.. she didn't want to think about it.

Months turned to years as she approached the age of 16. Her money had been stacking minus the few odds and ends that she paid for for her parents. Again, they didn't need help but she had hoped if she took on some responsibility that it would be enough for them to look at her in a more mature light.

One night on her way home during a winter storm, a cop car bolted past her with sirens blaring. It wasn't uncommon to see such a site, but as the car turned the corner it slowly began to stop. Her heart suddenly began to race. Her fingers got weak and the bag of baked goods slipped to the ground, spilling along the snow. Her feet picked up and began their race to the corner where she begged the police not to have turned. Yet, there they sat. Infront of her home. From inside, she could see her mother coming down the stairs. Her anxiety turned to relief until she caught a glimpse of her face. It was stained red with blood and emotion was found nowhere.

Salem cautiosly approached the home. An officer held her back for a moment, but upon realizing who she was had raised him arm and advised her to not enter the home. Salem knew better. She knew what was inside. As she stepped on to the mat of the front door, the thick stench of iron permeated her nose and she gagged. Then, she was the evidence tabs along the floor. Her heart sank. Slowly the sound around her drowned out. She could no longer hear camera clicks and chatter of radios. Turning the corner to her parents room, a hand lay infront of the door. It was a mans hand, the wedding ring gone and replaced with indented skin where it had once rested.

One of the officers reached his hand out to stop her, but it was too late. Salem leaned her head in, eyes peaking around the corner. There she was faced with her father, slumped to the ground and a hole through his temple. The wall behind him was dyed crimson in his blood and no signs of life surged through him. In the moment, she couldn't peel her eyes away. Yet...her brain and heart felt no remorse for the man who had tortured her and most likely her mother, away from the eyes of the public for over a decade.

Her mother was sentenced to 15 years for murder. This left Salem unable to fend for herself in the home that her family once inhabbited. At the age of 16, there was nothing she was able to do herself thus she was placed in to the system for adoption by the city. It took a few months, however a lovely couple had flown all the way from the USA, specifically Texas, to bring her back with them.

Her years in Texas had been kind to her. The loving care of her foster parents had softened the rock hard hatred she held for her family and began to melt her into a demeanor that was kind and jello like. Her face slowly began to soften and her eyes glistened like jade jeweles instead of hard rocks. It took several years but by the time she entered college, Salem had gone from cold and bitter to a tall drink of iced tea with a smile that would melt your heart like honey.

From the ages of 18 to 23, Salem began to study Chemistry at Texas A&M and then moved to Los Santos at the age of 26 for an understudy position with Humane Labs.

During her career with Humane, she began to find herself slowly repulsed by the experiments that had been occuring. She was not involved in every single one of them, yet she had the clearance to access all of their files. One late night while she was finishing development on the truth serum that the lab planned to sell to FIB and CID, she stumbled upon something. She was passing through one of the cold rooms where a body lay on the table. Surrounded by multiple doctors, this didn't seem like much of a strange occurence. That was until she noticed the tips of the bodies fingers and toes slowly turning black and their veins began to pulse the same color. After a moment, a blood curdling scream cracked the glass next to her and she bolted, papers flying from her hands as she exited the building. She vowed to never return.

Stuck in her apartment unable to process what she'd seen, she grew restless of losing her purpose. All she'd wanted to do was help develop medications and artificial limbs to help the citizens of LS and the world. Days passed and turned in to a month when she had been out picking up clothing at the Binco next to Legion Square when she saw several officers outside assisting someone. It wasn't a heavy task, yet it was enough for her to want to try her hand at still being able to assist the community. Thus Salem entered LSPD and began her pursuit to continue helping the citizens of LS.

# **SIGNIFICANT EVENTS**

## Ryan Cooper Proposes

Salem Hannibal and Ryan Cooper got engaged on the mountains near Mirror Park on 10/3/2021. The two had been patroling for the evening when Salem pulled up to the mountain so the two could enjoy the sunset together. During this moment, Salem had been playing a special playlist she'd made the two of them for when they'd go on patrols together. Ryan took his chance and after only 2 weeks of dating, proposed to Salem. Salem was taken aback however she said yes. Her 'grandparents' had gotten married 2 months in to knowing each other and had stayed together till the end of their days. Salem had always wanted a chance at the type of love, and when she began to develop her relationship with Ryan, she knew that he was going to be the one she would spend that time with.

## Ryan Cooper and Salem Hannibal Elope

Ryan, faced with anxiety, voice his opinion to Salem that he couldn't be married in a public ceremony. He was nervous and unsure that he could do the event and this sent him into a spiral that nearly ended their engagement. Salem however was able to come to an agreement with Ryan that if she eloped with him privately, he would do a public ceremony with her afterwards.

On the night of 10/24/2021, Ryan and Salem met with Teddy Bear in the Mirror Park public park on the water and tied the knot in secrey without anyone to witness their vows. The two recited personal vows with another atop the sand as the sun began to set. After the ceremony was over, the two had left the park and returned to their home in Mirror Park right around the corner.

# **TRADING CARD**

During the Halloween event, the city began to create cards that featured its citizens.

**Her stats are as follows:**

* 100 Hit Points (HP)
* Rarity is listed as Ultra Rare.
* Her Attack is listed in Japanese as 私のそばにいてください。 This translates in English to "Please stay by my side."
* While this card is no longer available, it was heavily saught after by Earl Quigley who had purchased the card from Jaccson Helms for the price of $100,000.