Warning: Casey wrote this story, buckle up! -Tori

When Titanic hit theaters, it quickly became a global phenomenon throughout 1998, redefining what a blockbuster could be. Directed by James Cameron, the sweeping epic combined historical tragedy with a fictional love story, captivating audiences with its groundbreaking visual effects, emotional storytelling, and unforgettable performances by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The film dominated the box office, eventually becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time at that point, and went on to win 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. More than just a movie, Titanic became a cultural moment—its soundtrack soared, its lines were quoted endlessly, and its legacy remains unsinkable. More importantly, however, that is also the year that Casey David Daron and Victoria Frances Hern were born.

Victoria was born on a quaint .34 acre farm in Salem, NH. As a child, she enjoyed finger painting, milking cows, and stealing plastic animal toys from her local preschool. Some of Victoria’s earliest memories include pub crawls with her older brother Andrew and golfing for 19 hours straight with her mother and father, who are successful Wall Street investors and early backers of the Fushigi. Throughout her elementary school years, Victoria developed a passion for specialized marketing and proposal content creation - something she could only dream of doing as her full-time profession as she grew older.

Meanwhile, Casey was managing stocks at his inner city studio apartment in Londonderry, NH. Being the eldest brother of 5 boys, he quickly taught his younger brothers how to take care of him. When he was hungry, they would make him food. When he had to go to the bathroom, they would take him outside. Casey’s parents were especially proud of him when he stopped wearing Pull-Ups at the age of 7. As he grew older, however, stocks lost Casey’s interest. At the age of 14, he discovered Club Penguin. Casey’s been in front of a screen ever since—and wouldn’t have it any other way.

Fast forward to 2022: Casey was deep into a cross-country expedition, liberating turtles from the murky swamps of Spokane, Washington. It was a noble mission—one that would change the course of his life forever, because in the middle of that swamp, among the reeds and the ripples, he met Tori… who, at the time, was living in a turtle shell.

Their eyes met. Time stopped. Nature wept. They immediately fell in love and agreed there was only one logical course of action: get married exactly four years and three months later.

The couple now resides on a peaceful ranch in Toledo, where they spend their days tending to the land, building puppets, and investing money into minor-league softball players.