Fanon:Sage Heilman

Sageblossom Margaret Plumb Cheesman, better known as Sage, is currently a scholarship student at Sims University. She was born in Sunset Valley to Andrew Cheesman, a professional soccer player, and Savannah Plumb, an author, adventurer, and archaeologist. The first daughter born to the couple, Sage was conceived in Shang Simla, China, while her parents were on a mission to retrieve Pangu's Axe, and named after flowers Savannah saw there. She was given the middle name of Margaret in honor of Savannah's aunt, Margaret Plumb, who died when she was a teenager.

Early years
Sage Cheesman grew up in Sunset Valley as a child of privilege. As the daughter of a professional athlete and a famous author and adventurer, she had the best of everything. But there were things that were unusual about this child. For example, when she turned child, she stopped eating meat, and remains a vegetarian to this day, preferring to eat salads instead of sweets. For a science project, she had to collect samples of insects, and she cried for three days because she couldn't find a rare water beetle. She also preferred sleeping outside in the treehouse her father built than in the four-poster bed her parents had bought for her. She took ballet lessons but quit because other girls were teasing her. When her older brothers, AJ and Imsety, were sentenced to a stint at Fort Starch Military Academy due to bad behavior, Sage was affected the most. She couldn't understand why her brothers had to go away.

Adolescence
After her brothers were sent to Fort Starch, Sage and her family moved to Hidden Springs. She was lonely and lonesome and missed her friends. And there weren't many other children in Hidden Springs her age. To alleviate this, Sage's father, Andrew, bought her a horse, and enrolled her in horseback riding lessons. Sage grew to enjoy her Hanoverian, Eager Traveller, and loved riding through the woods of Hidden Springs, soaking in the sights, sounds, and smells of nature. At the same time, however, her relationship with her mother, Savannah, became strained. Sage wrote a three-page letter to her mother wanting her to spend more time with her and her siblings. As a response to this letter, Savannah took Sage to see a local psychologist, Dr. Bill McGaw, to try to help her work through her problems. Dr. McGaw instead took Savannah to task for her laser focus on her career. Sage's love of animals and the outdoors stood in stark contrast to her adventurous, intellectually-minded mother.

At this point, Sage became a decent enough rider to join the Hidden Springs Riding Club, where she learned that riding was a favorite pastime among many of the teens in Hidden Springs. She met Kayleigh Andre, daughter of ranchers who'd emigrated from Appaloosa Plains, who would become her new best friend. Later, she would meet another rider - Alexandra Vanderburg, Princess of Hidden Springs.

Despite all this, though, she did have some similarities with her mother: Sage was editor of the Alpine Community School's student newspaper and participated in its art club. She graduated with the highest average in her class and was voted "Most Likely to Succeed."