PATTI
PATTI
Real Name: Patricia "Patti" (last name unrevealed)
Identity/Class: Human magic-user
Occupation: Adventurer;
former student
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: James Owl (Ghost
Dancer), Dickerson
formerly
Lori,
Mikey;
former unwilling pawn of Clown
demons,
Iktomi, the
Manitou
Enemies: Clown demons, Iktomi, the Manitou
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Currently unrevealed;
formerly Beverly Hills, California
First Appearance: Dances with Demons#1 (September, 1993)
Powers/Abilities: Patti was originally a normal college girl. She had some limited form of extra-sensory perception, as her
emotional attachment to James was powerful enough for her to locate him across
the country, and she could sense his emotional trauma during his visionquest.
Via merging with Lori, she has gained unspecified mystical
abilities which would allow her to serve as the guardian and companion of Ghost
Dancer.
History:
(Dances with Demons#1) - Patti attended college alongside friends James Owl,
on whom she had a crush, and Mike. She didn't appreciate it when guys like
Dickerson called James "Red," after his Native American heritage, though James
didn't seem to care in the least. When James began having dreams about his
grandfather as the "Ghost Dancer," a magical warrior, Patti asked James if he'd
ever seen a picture of his grandfather, but he hadn't, as his father had severed
ties after Nathaniel had abandoned his own wife, James' grandmother.
Patti later shared her concerns about James, frustrated that
he acted like a "meathead surf bum," instead of applying himself better. James
then showed up, having had another dream. Later still, Patti was on the phone
with James, expressing concern for him, when Lori--the eagle spirit who had been
his grandfather's guardian--came crashing through the window. Returning to human
form, Lori hung up the phone, telling James to call her back.
(Dances with Demons#3) - As James began his testing by the past Ghost Dancers, Lori sensed James' emotional trauma as his own grandfather seemed to rip out James' heart. The trickster-god Iktomi sensed Patti's connection and realized that he could use it to locate James. Iktomi then met with Patti, claiming to be a friend of another friend, Mike, and convinced her to accompany him becomes James needed her help. As they approached the storm drains, Patti realized something was wrong, but it was too late, and Iktomi trapped her between himself and the Manitou demon and his Clowns.
(Dances with Demons#4 (fb) - BTS) - Iktomi, Manitou, and the Clowns inhabited the flesh of Patti, forcing her to use her spiritual connection to James to lead them to him.
(Dances with Demons#4) - As James continued his confrontation
with and training by his ancestor Ghost Dancers, Patti--possessed by Iktomi,
Manitou, and the Clowns--was forced to follow the psychic trail to James in the
Grand Canyon, after which they erupted from her form. Patti lay stunned during
the battle, during which Mike--magically enhanced by Lori--slaughtered the
Clowns before being slain by the Manitou. Lori knocked Iktomi off a ledge to the
bottom of the canyon, and then--in order to delay the Manitou from reaching
James before he had completed his training, Lori endured, even prolonged, his
torture. Dying, Lori passed her essence into Patti, saving Patti's life, while
James--now the new Ghost Dancer--overwhelmed the Manitou demon.
Patti became James/Ghost Dancer's new companion and guardian.
The two then vanished, to parts unknown...
Comments: Created by Simon Jowett and Charlie Adlard.
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
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images: (without ads)
Dances with Demons#1, p18, panel 2 (full body...pictures are in short supply)
#3, p21, panel 3 (face)
Other Appearances:
Dances with Demons#1-4 (September-December, 1993) - by Simon Jowett (script), Charlie Adlard
(art), Garry Russell (editor)
Last updated: 07/08/06
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