PROFILE
Adam is the Antichrist, a character from the book Good Omens.
Book Summary:
According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter -- the world's only totally reliable guide to the future -- the world will end on a Saturday.
Next Saturday, in fact.
Just after tea.
Which means that Armageddon will happen on a Saturday night. There will be seas of fire, rains of fish, the moon turning to blood and the massed armies of Heaven and Hell will sort it out once and for all.
Which is a major problem for Crowley, Hell's most approachable demon and former serpent, and his opposite number and old friend Aziraphale, genuine angel and Soho bookshop owner.
They like it down here (or, in Crowley's case, up here).
So they've got no alternative but to stop the Four Motorcyclists of the Apocalypse, defeat the marching ranks of the Witchfinder's army (all two of them) and -- somehow -- stop it all happening.
Above all (or, in Aziraphale's case, below all), they need to find and kill the Antichrist, currently the most powerful creature on Earth.
This is a shame.
Because he's eleven years old, loves his dog (even though it's really a Satanic hellhound under all that hair), really cares about the environment, and is the sort of boy anyone would be proud to have as a son. He's also totally invulnerable, and a nice kid.
And if that isn't enough, they've still got Sunday to deal with...
Character Summary: (spoilers)
When Adam was born, he was entrusted to the Chattering Order of Saint Beryl, a group of Satanic nuns who were to switch him with the baby of an American diplomat.
Sister Mary headed through the night-time hospital with the Adversary, Destroyer of Kings, Angel of the Bottomless Pit, Great Beast that is called Dragon, Prince of This World, Father of Lies, Spawn of Satan and Lord of Darkness safely in her arms. She found a bassinet and laid him down in it.
He gurgled. She gave him a tickle.
However, due to a bit of bumbling and bad sign language, Adam was instead given over to Mr. and Mrs. Young, a perfectly normal couple from a small village (Tadfield) in England.
As such, instead of being raised as the Antichrist, Adam was raised as a perfectly normal and polite young man, if not a bit adventurous, mischievous, and opinionated.
It was a face that didn't belong in the twentieth century. It was thatched with golden curls which glowed. Michelangelo should have sculpted it. He probably would not have included the battered sneakers, frayed jeans, or grubby T-shirt, though.
Adam has a group of friends - Pepper, Brian, and Wensleydale - and together, they're known infamously in Tadfield as Them. He also has a dog, who is really a Satanic Hell Hound, who was given to him by Hell for his 11th birthday.
The [Hell-hound] waited. This was the moment. The Naming. This would give it its purpose, its function, its identity. Its eyes glowed a dull red...
"I'll call him Dog," said his Master, positively. "It saves a lot of trouble, a name like that."
Not soon after, the time came for the world to end. Ironically, it was Adam's active imagination and concern for the betterment of the environment and of all mankind that ultimately triggered his powers.
Adam: "Serve everyone right if all the nuclear bombs went off and it all started again, only prop'ly organized. Sometimes I think that's what I'd like to happen. An' then we could sort everythin' out."
Pepper: "Well, I dunno about we. Dunno about the we, because, if there's all these bombs goin' off, we all get blown up. Speaking as a mother of unborn generations, I'm against it."
Things began to fall apart pretty quickly. UFOs landed, Tibetans popped up out of the ground, the Kraken stirred as 10 billion sushi dinners cried out for vengeance, computers started planning WWIII, nature began to overtake civilization and...well, basically, it was the end of the world.
Adam was unconscious of what he was doing at first, but became aware before the damage was irreparable. And Adam, being a rather wise and reasonable young man, conferred with Them (his usual council), and came to his senses before it was too late.
"Don't see why you have to take sides," said Wensleydale.
"Of course I have to take sides," said Pepper. "Everyone has to take sides in something."
Adam appeared to reach a decision.
"Yes. But I reckon you can make your own side."
And he did. And he told the Metatron, and the Dukes of Hell, the entire hosts of Heaven and Hell, and even his Father (the real one), to bloody well bugger off.
"I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out."
And Adam fixed everything so it went back to the way it was before, ultimately deciding that it wasn't nice to mess people about or to change things that people should learn to change on their own.
"But you can't just leave it at that!" said Anathema, pushing forward. "Think of all the things you could do! Good things!"
"Like what?" said Adam suspiciously.
"Well ... you could bring all the whales back, to start with."
He put his head to one side. "An' that'd stop people killing them, would it?"
She hesitated. It would have been nice to say yes.
And the world continued on, and so did Adam.
In Game:
In the game, Adam is 14 years old, and just a little bit more grown up than he was in the books. Of course, he's going through puberty now, so talk of certain things will make him both blush and be very curious. Talk of his friend Pepper especially, in any kind of romantic manner, will definitely get him to blush.
Adam thinks of Seiben as an adventure, and hopes more of his friends will show up soon. Most of his powers are still intact (even the Hibou can only do so much where Adam is concerned), so he could, conceivably, solve a whole bunch of problems for everyone in Seiben. However, not only would that be breaking his promise of not messing people about anymore, but that would also be cheating, and he finds this whole thing almost as entertaining as the owls do. Sorry! ;)
Book Summary:
According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter -- the world's only totally reliable guide to the future -- the world will end on a Saturday.
Next Saturday, in fact.
Just after tea.
Which means that Armageddon will happen on a Saturday night. There will be seas of fire, rains of fish, the moon turning to blood and the massed armies of Heaven and Hell will sort it out once and for all.
Which is a major problem for Crowley, Hell's most approachable demon and former serpent, and his opposite number and old friend Aziraphale, genuine angel and Soho bookshop owner.
They like it down here (or, in Crowley's case, up here).
So they've got no alternative but to stop the Four Motorcyclists of the Apocalypse, defeat the marching ranks of the Witchfinder's army (all two of them) and -- somehow -- stop it all happening.
Above all (or, in Aziraphale's case, below all), they need to find and kill the Antichrist, currently the most powerful creature on Earth.
This is a shame.
Because he's eleven years old, loves his dog (even though it's really a Satanic hellhound under all that hair), really cares about the environment, and is the sort of boy anyone would be proud to have as a son. He's also totally invulnerable, and a nice kid.
And if that isn't enough, they've still got Sunday to deal with...
Character Summary: (spoilers)
When Adam was born, he was entrusted to the Chattering Order of Saint Beryl, a group of Satanic nuns who were to switch him with the baby of an American diplomat.
Sister Mary headed through the night-time hospital with the Adversary, Destroyer of Kings, Angel of the Bottomless Pit, Great Beast that is called Dragon, Prince of This World, Father of Lies, Spawn of Satan and Lord of Darkness safely in her arms. She found a bassinet and laid him down in it.
He gurgled. She gave him a tickle.
However, due to a bit of bumbling and bad sign language, Adam was instead given over to Mr. and Mrs. Young, a perfectly normal couple from a small village (Tadfield) in England.
As such, instead of being raised as the Antichrist, Adam was raised as a perfectly normal and polite young man, if not a bit adventurous, mischievous, and opinionated.
It was a face that didn't belong in the twentieth century. It was thatched with golden curls which glowed. Michelangelo should have sculpted it. He probably would not have included the battered sneakers, frayed jeans, or grubby T-shirt, though.
Adam has a group of friends - Pepper, Brian, and Wensleydale - and together, they're known infamously in Tadfield as Them. He also has a dog, who is really a Satanic Hell Hound, who was given to him by Hell for his 11th birthday.
The [Hell-hound] waited. This was the moment. The Naming. This would give it its purpose, its function, its identity. Its eyes glowed a dull red...
"I'll call him Dog," said his Master, positively. "It saves a lot of trouble, a name like that."
Not soon after, the time came for the world to end. Ironically, it was Adam's active imagination and concern for the betterment of the environment and of all mankind that ultimately triggered his powers.
Adam: "Serve everyone right if all the nuclear bombs went off and it all started again, only prop'ly organized. Sometimes I think that's what I'd like to happen. An' then we could sort everythin' out."
Pepper: "Well, I dunno about we. Dunno about the we, because, if there's all these bombs goin' off, we all get blown up. Speaking as a mother of unborn generations, I'm against it."
Things began to fall apart pretty quickly. UFOs landed, Tibetans popped up out of the ground, the Kraken stirred as 10 billion sushi dinners cried out for vengeance, computers started planning WWIII, nature began to overtake civilization and...well, basically, it was the end of the world.
Adam was unconscious of what he was doing at first, but became aware before the damage was irreparable. And Adam, being a rather wise and reasonable young man, conferred with Them (his usual council), and came to his senses before it was too late.
"Don't see why you have to take sides," said Wensleydale.
"Of course I have to take sides," said Pepper. "Everyone has to take sides in something."
Adam appeared to reach a decision.
"Yes. But I reckon you can make your own side."
And he did. And he told the Metatron, and the Dukes of Hell, the entire hosts of Heaven and Hell, and even his Father (the real one), to bloody well bugger off.
"I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out."
And Adam fixed everything so it went back to the way it was before, ultimately deciding that it wasn't nice to mess people about or to change things that people should learn to change on their own.
"But you can't just leave it at that!" said Anathema, pushing forward. "Think of all the things you could do! Good things!"
"Like what?" said Adam suspiciously.
"Well ... you could bring all the whales back, to start with."
He put his head to one side. "An' that'd stop people killing them, would it?"
She hesitated. It would have been nice to say yes.
And the world continued on, and so did Adam.
In Game:
In the game, Adam is 14 years old, and just a little bit more grown up than he was in the books. Of course, he's going through puberty now, so talk of certain things will make him both blush and be very curious. Talk of his friend Pepper especially, in any kind of romantic manner, will definitely get him to blush.
Adam thinks of Seiben as an adventure, and hopes more of his friends will show up soon. Most of his powers are still intact (even the Hibou can only do so much where Adam is concerned), so he could, conceivably, solve a whole bunch of problems for everyone in Seiben. However, not only would that be breaking his promise of not messing people about anymore, but that would also be cheating, and he finds this whole thing almost as entertaining as the owls do. Sorry! ;)