Morgan Coles is a mugger and serial killer who believes that spirits are the souls of the dead existing in some Otherworld.[1]
Overview[]
“ | You won't believe me if I say what’s wrong with me. No one ever believes me. | ” |
Having encountered a murder-spirit when mugging a victim, Coles was shocked at the sight of his own knife-riddled body coming to sup on Essence; naturally, the man fled.[1] Unfortunately for him, this process repeated itself several times over, culminating in the murder of his rapist cellmate.[1] At that point, Coles became Spirit-Urged, possessed by the spirit who had hounded him for so long.[1]
After his transfer to a special care facility, Coles began to study mythology and religion in an attempt to understand the nature of the being that has possessed him and regularly prods him to fury.[1] He has come to believe that it and other beings like it are the lost souls denied both heaven and hell.[2] At this point, in fear that he will lose all free will, Coles is desperate to find some way to exorcise himself of the "lost soul".[2]