About Orphan Saga

ORPHAN SAGA is a campy side story that's been playing out in my Sims games for many years. It revolves around two orphans who, in searching for their own identities, will ultimately find each other -- for better or worse (more likely worse since one of them is being hunted by serial killers).

With 2019 being the 10th anniversary of The Sims 3, I felt drawn back to this storyline I started ten years ago and thought it would be a fun opportunity to not only continue playing it but to share some of it in a comic book/graphic novel style format. This blog will be updated periodically as these stories progress. Thanks for reading!

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—ORPHAN SAGA: THE CHARACTERS—


* JASON "GWYDION" ANDERSON, the lost son of the Andersons (my main Sims family). Born in secret and abandoned by his mother as a baby, Jason was kidnapped by the evil Ken Dumonte, a mad scientist incapable of having children of his own. Sixteen years later, the boy now known as Gwydion has lived his entire life in an underground lair, groomed to succeed a madman who murders Sims for sport. He's desperate for answers about his own existence -- but may never find them if his master's jealous henchmen manage to kill him first.


* CATHERINE JOLINA, the daughter of Sunset Valley's Jamie Jolina and Stiles McGraw. After a horrible drunken accident, Cathy's mother was killed, and her deadbeat father abandoned toddler Cathy on the doorstep of Daniel Anderson, a family friend. The Anderson family split custody of Cathy and raised her as one of their own, but she's always felt separate and uninvolved in their happy lives. She longs to learn more about the birth mother she never knew, and now that she's coming of age, she's ready to start looking for some answers.

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—THE MASTER: EXTENDED BACK STORY [optional reading]—


Many years ago in the quiet town of Pleasantview, a mad scientist named Ken Dumonte invented a machine that could both alter a Sim's face and prolong one's life -- but only by repurposing flesh harvested from the dead. After murdering his roommate Kris (who never washed his hands after using the bathroom) and transforming himself into a stunningly attractive man, Ken soon discovered that any offspring carrying his genes would be born with a resemblance to his former self, revealing to his lovers his hidden shame of not being born handsome.


With this knowledge, Ken grew obsessed with procuring an heir attractive enough to pose as his biological son. He hired henchmen to perform random kidnappings, enticing these minions with the gift of long life and hotness to secure their loyalty. For decades, Pleasantview was terrorized by a string of disappearances as Ken auditioned one potential heir after another, murdering each as they alternately failed to meet his approval or attempted escape.


Decades later, Ken grew tired of the graphics in Pleasantview and relocated to Sunset Valley to pursue his latest obsession: the Anderson family, my main Sims household of attractive Sims with perfect hair and piercing blue eyes and voices like angels singing lullabies to puppies in harmony. Ken knew these genes would be perfect for an heir to his legacy. All he needed was the right moment to sneak one of their young away unnoticed...


That opportunity came two generations later when a boy named Daniel Anderson impregnated a young Poly Sci student named Jessica Vera. Fearing for her future political career, Jessica gave birth in secret and abandoned her newborn son Jason on a random Sunset Valley doorstep. It was there that Ken swooped in and kidnapped the boy who would inherit his fortune and sins.


It has now been sixteen years. Ken's machine has begun to malfunction, requiring more materials for less desirable results. The orphan Jason Anderson, now simply called "Gwydion," has lived his entire life in an underground lair, unknown to his birth father, unwanted by his mother, helplessly watching the man he calls "Master" murder and collect flesh from the innocent people of Sunset Valley.

He thinks it's kind of gross.