Who is Shaun Simmons from Repossessed and what is their importance?

Shaun Simmons, a seventeen-year-old suburban teenager who dies when he foolishly steps into the path of a speeding cement mixer. At the instant of impact, his body is possessed by Kiriel, who uses Shaun's physical form to exist on the earthly plane.

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