First, quick outline of my story.
Latimer, a necromancer in practice, decides to resurrect a spirit to help him act as a sort of 'bodyguard' at night. He secretly wants to help prevent crime in the city of Chicago, and what better way to do it than use those already dead? The day he buys the books, a girl runs into him, which causes him to drop them all. He barely catches a glimpse at her, but in a few days he'll know he ran into Nanette. Since he started the resurrection ritual, he had his sunglasses on in order to avoid direct eye contact with the spirit. Because the eyes are said to be the window to the soul, that eye contact could result in his being sucked out of him from a spirit, whether intensional or not.
Nanette's soul is brought back, though why her's was chosen Latimer can't figure out. It is possible that since she was the last person to physically touch him by running into him a connection was made, but this is just a theory. No one else can see her except for Latimer, those from the other side, and people who she allows to see her, such as during hauntings. Nanette has the ability to travel through shadows and cause people to hallucinate for as long as she wants. She is also able to protect Latimer from small evil spirits by absorbing their souls with a single breath.
Naomi is in charge of the soul's passage to the other side. She is similar to a female version of Satan. When a soul goes missing, she goes to find it and take it back by any means necessary. At this point, they are no longer allowed to arrive to their original destination and stay in her possession for eternity. When she finds out that one was taken by her through weak magic, she decides to end Latimer's life to prevent him from doing it again, as well as regain the soul that now belongs to her.
Here are some sketches of the characters so far. Naomi's design is pretty much set, while Latimer and Nanette still need a lot of work.
