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Name: Victoria (Tori) Neisin
Age: 18
Profession: Student/Receptionist
Family: Rodrick Neisin (Father) Laura Neisin (Mother) Victor Neisin (Brother)
History: The Neisin family had always been that family on the block, the ones everyone talked about but no one interfered with out of fear of Rodrick's wrath. Being the wealthiest family in their small town as well as the main employer made Rodrick practically untouchable, although the rumor mill loved to spread the gossip each time Laura stepped out of the house with wide sunglasses or long sleeved shirts on hot summer days. It wasn't uncommon for the patriarch of the family to brag about how he'd put his wife in her place or how he kept his children in line. Of all the members of the household, Tori was the one who got off the lightest. The apple of her father's eye, the girl received a slap on the wrist for offenses that would earn her brother or mother a beating of a lifetime. Fortunately for them, Tori did not abuse the situation. Rather than take advantage of the way her father would turn his brutal assaults on his spouse and son, Tori began to take responsibility for offenses she knew would lead to trouble.
Seven years her senior, Victor was out of the house before he was even eighteen. At the age of 16 he fast tracked his way through the last two years of high school and enlisted in the Navy the minute he was free. He didn't have any problems having his father or mother sign off on the paperwork and at the age of 17 Victor was off leaving Tori and Laura behind until he could swoop in to save them. Unfortunately, he would never get the opportunity to.
Three years after Victor's departure, Rodrick's wrath could no longer be satisfied by slapping his wife around the house. The man became a sadist, inflicting physical pain on his spouse and emotionally and psychologically terrorizing both Laura and Tori. Rodrick would make Tori choose her mother's punishments, giving her horrifyingly brutal options that would leave the older woman scarred for life. If Tori refused to chose, he would simply inflict both punishments and force the young teenager to watch. Their sprawling mansion became a regular house of horrors and the once beautiful Laura was merely a shell of her former self, without an ounce of courage to defend herself or her daughter. Tori herself began to shrink into the background, hiding away from everyone and everything out of fear of what would happen if she infuriated her father at the wrong time.
All the while, Victor was trying to make a name for himself in the military. Along the way he became friends with a man whose background didn't differ much from his own. Born into wealth with a dictator of a father and a mouse of a mother, his best friend knew exactly what it was like to witness abuse. Like Victor, he'd run off the first chance he got, deciding to run straight to the one place his father couldn't reach him. However, the moment his enlistment was up, the man made a life for himself. He purchased a ranch where he was determined to live out the remainder of his days with only the people he chose to keep in his life, Victor being one of them. It was this friendship that eventually became Victor's saving grace, at least at first. With his friend's support, Victor intended to rescue his mother and sister, bringing them to the ranch where they could recover from their emotional scars and begin new lives for themselves.
However, Rodrick had other plans. Learning that Laura intended to leave with a now fifteen year old Tori, the man lost what little of his sanity remained. In the middle of the night and directly in front of Tori, the man doused his wife in gasoline and burned her alive, leaving Tori to find her way out of the burning home with nothing more than the clothes on her back and a lifetime of trauma.
For the first time, Rodrick finally faced the consequences of his actions. The trial, which became the spectacle of the century in their little town, lasted two whole years, mostly due to the Tori's traumatized state. As the only witness, the state's case relied heavily on a girl who refused to speak at all, yet that did not deter the prosecutors. They managed to build their case, using the now mute teenager's trauma as well as her attempts at communication to nail Rodrick for his crimes. The punishment wasn't near harsh enough for the lifetime of torment he'd put his family through, but it ensured that Victor and Tori would never have to lay eyes on the man again. This also left both children with a small fortune at their disposal.
At first, Victor invested in Tori's mental health. He hired all of the best psychiatrists and therapists to analyze the young woman. Doctors were brought in to find if there was a physical cause for her silence. They all came to the same conclusion; Tori could speak, she simply refused to. She did, however, find comfort in music. During a therapy session while her therapist sought out ways to help the girl express herself, she was placed in front of a piano and from that moment on things changed. Tori didn't begin to speak, but with a new outlet for all of her emotions, she would spend hours behind the keyes, playing lamentful songs. Still, she was no closer to finding her voice than she had been from the night of the murder.
Enter Victor's original escape plan for his sister. Knowing that a change of scenery as well as a new start was exactly what his sister needed, the man sends her off to stay with his best friend, hoping that being surrounded by nature along with the solitude of his friend's ranch will help her regain some peace of mind and start to heal the scars left behind.