# 16 # According to the **[official Marvel web site](http://marvel.com/news/comics/14857/marvel_announces_a_new_imprint)**, Rey is 16 years old: > SIGIL stars Samantha Rey, a **16-year-old girl from South Carolina** who gets swept up in a war beyond her understanding and may possess the power to turn the tide in the form of a mysterious symbol on her chest even she doesn't understand. For the record, there is no evidence that she has aged since the comic was released in 2011 (that is, there is no evidence that time is elapsing in the comic at the same rate as in the real world).