As many of you know by now, GEIST ‘Book of Light’ is based on the adventures of Martin Cole. As the Disciples gather, there are those who will fight for what is right and those who are tempted by ANRAC’s powers of resonance. Here we introduce you to one of the characters: Julie Strummer.
Back Story
Julie Strummer does not remember a mother’s face or a father’s voice. Her earliest memories are heat rising off cracked asphalt, neon buzzing in the distance, and the endless hum of traffic bleeding into the desert night. She grew up on the outskirts of Las Vegas, in the forgotten zones where casinos cast long shadows but no light ever truly reaches. Tent cities, abandoned strip malls, drainage tunnels - these were her playgrounds. Hunger was constant. So was motion. Standing still meant being noticed. Being noticed meant being taken. She learned early how to disappear. At six years old, Julie wandered away from a makeshift encampment after a violent argument erupted among the adults. She followed a sound she couldn’t explain - a low, layered murmur that seemed to pulse beneath the world. It led her to a fenced industrial compound on the edge of the city: a data center. The gates were partially open. No alarms sounded. No guards stopped her. Inside, she found cathedral-like halls filled with towering server racks. Blue and white LEDs flickered like artificial stars. Cold air poured from vents. But it wasn’t the lights that transfixed her. It was the sound. Not noise. Not static. Voices. Not human voices - something deeper. Rhythmic. Structured. Alive.
