Lorena Chen

Lorena Chen is a Chinese immigrant who came to America in the early 1900's. Her mysterious background is the main focus of Mission 246.

Background
Lorena Chen was born in Hanzhong, China on May 11, 1860. Very little can be said about her childhood and young adulthood, other than that she was born under the name Karma Lee, but changed her name to Lorena Chen at the age of eighteen. It is said she became fascinated with witchcraft at a young age, particularly the idea of granting eternal life. At the age of forty-four, she was accused of witchcraft and sentenced to death. She went on the run, and hid out in Shanghai. A month later, she was tracked down. She snuck aboard a freight ship heading to America with very little possessions; just some clothes and an old family relic. She spent several months at sea, until she arrived in San Francisco on July 29, 1904.

She spent a whole year looking for work until she met a man named James Willoughby. James Willoughby offered a well-paying job as a housemaid at his home in Tamalpais Valley. Lorena gladly accepted. Lorena moved up with James in 1905. She grew an immense love for the green trees and hills of the surrounding area, as well as her homeowner James. But she grew afraid of dying, and the idea of leaving everything she loved behind. She decided to perform a secret ritual on her family relic, supposedly "putting her life" into it. On April 16, 1906, she told James she'd be leaving for a few days, but never returned.

Instead, she ran off to live in the nearby Montoya Wilderness.

Two days later, the great 1906 Earthquake hit San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area. Lorena thought it to be a bad omen for leaving James, but still continued to live isolated in the Montoya Wilderness. She spent the rest of her life there until she died around July of 1912. The cause of death is unknown, however it is rumored she died on The Raven's Nest, a large rock and notable attraction in the Montoya Wilderness.

She never returned to Tamalpais Valley, breaking James' heart.

Relationships

 * James Willoughby - James is the homeowner of the house Lorena worked at. It is rumored James and Lorena had a romantic relationship. He never got over Lorena leaving him until his death in 1916.

Mission 246
In 1999, the Organization of Secret Affairs uncovered evidence of Lorena Chen's existence in the Montoya Wilderness. A mission was proposed around the discovery, Mission 246. Agent James Wilford appointed agent Andrew Lockney to the mission, assigning him to find and investigate Lorena Chen's family relic. Lockney returned three days later, but was supposedly murdered, and had the relic stolen. The mission was put on hold until 2013, when the relic was eventually found by agent Michael Fischer.