Person Type: Victims
Name: Melissa Riedal-Ephesian
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Sex: Female

History: Riedal came to the Temple of the Seven Stars at the age of 24, marrying its leader, Vernon Ephesian. A victim of severe abuse throughout her childhood, in adulthood Riedal appeared to suffer from Dissociative Identity Disorder. Riedal manifested a number of personas including "Sidney," the protective entity, "Lily," a child, and "Sarah," a Confederate woman during the Civil War. It was "Sidney" who served as an informant to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms on the practices and arms hoarding of the Temple of the Seven Stars. According to the regression hypnosis session of Agt. Fox Mulder, he and Riedal had met numerous times before in previous lives. At 25, Riedal died of cyanide poisoning in a mass suicide at the Temple of the Seven Stars compound.

Position: Member of the Temple of the Seven Stars