Nina Jelen

None.

October 15, 1997.

17 going on 18

Female

Pansexual

Standing at five foot four, Nina doesn’t tend to stand out amongst a crowd of her peers. She has brown/auburn hair, which reaches to her mid back and is usually loosely braided. She tends to wear a lot of dark eyeliner, liking the smoky eye effect it gives. She is never seen without her red leather jacket, which she wears over all her clothing. Tends to like wearing darker colors, feeling comfortable blending into the shadows than standing out. She is rather thin, with a cheerleader sort of build, but was more into gymnastics as a child, giving her the lithe figure she has now as a young woman.

Two piercings in each of her earlobes. As well as a small tattoo along her spine, in the middle of her shoulder blades. Small red star.
Also has a small scar on her right hand from a childhood incident involving a knife.

✔Her red leather jacket
✔Her brother
✔Motorcycles (Really wants a Ninja Motorcycle.)
✔Heavy Metal/ Symphonic Metal
✔Cats
✔Cheese Pizza
✔Gymnastics
✔ Boys and Girls
✘School
✘How much her father works
✘People that make fun of her or her brother
✘Being poor
✘Her part-time job.
✘The snobby cheerleaders at school.
✘Mushrooms. (Shared with her twin.)
✘Coffee

Reading, practicing her (somewhat rusty) gymnastics, cooking.

Tugging at her piercings when nervous, hiding behind her brother when uncomfortable, kicking at the ground at random.

☠Losing her brother, never getting out of Verona, and giving birth.

Nina has always been the rather quiet child most of her life, preferring to keep behind her brother, and let him do most of the talking. It was found out quickly that she could speak her mind, having a quick tongue. (Possibly from her mother, as her father once told her.) She was quite good at making quick strikes with her words. However, she was very loyal to her friends and family, and would never tolerate an unkind word against them. Her best friend in the world is still her twin brother, Petyr.

She became a bit of an athlete as a child, getting into gymnastics at the local YMCA. She could never afford to go very far with those athletic pursuits, but continued to learn and practice where she could. She was very disappointed that the local high school had no gymnastics team, and when she tried out for Cheerleaders they sneered at her for her ‘outlandish’ style. This caused her to withdraw more, avoiding the party scene at school.

Nina’s story starts right at her birth. As her mother was giving birth to Nina and Petyr complications arose with the birth. The twins were born healthy, but their mother gave her life on the table, leaving the twins alone in the world with only each other and their father, Silvester. Silvester, not sure how to handle the children, and also due to the needs of raising two children, ended up working many hours as a lumberjack in Verona. This caused the twins to become reliant on each other, since they were mostly home alone most of the time. They both stepped up, learning how to take care of the house, and various chores. Nina discovered a love of cooking at young age, and took over those duties as they grew.

However, without a mother, Nina never really gained what one would call ‘womanly instincts.’ She had to learn much about growing up as a girl from either books or the internet. Her brother tried to help where he could, but there were areas they were both ignorant in.

At about age seven, she started learning gymnastics at the local YMCA, and made some friends that way. However, as she got older, and the money got tighter in the family, she had to give up the sport, and resorted to practicing at home alone. She grew more introverted, and angry. However, it wasn’t at any one in particular, just more the world. For taking away her mother. For leaving her feeling awkward all the time. For leaving her without many friends.

At fifteen, when they legally could, both she and her brother got part-time jobs working at the local coffee shop. After doing that for almost three years, she pretty much hates coffee in all shape and form at this point. However, it pays well, and at this point since she has been there three years, she gets tipped well by regulars. However, her dream is to go off to college somewhere better, and is working her butt off on trying to get scholarships to any college she can. However, she is unsure of what her brother wants, and would not so easily abandon him.

At fifteen Nina figured out that she liked people, and wasn’t limited to what was just in their pants. However, she keeps herself in the closet for now, not sure how her father or brother would respond. She is sure that Petyr would support her, but she still is a bit scare of how everyone in their small town would react.

Silvester Jelen, Father. Age 47. Silvester raised his son and daughter the best he could on his own, however his world schedule was rather demanding and left the twins alone quite often. Nina does not see herself all that close to her father, but still loves him and would do anything for him.

Petyr Jelen, brother. Age 17. Nina’s best friend, and constant companion. They were born only seven minutes apart, but have not really separated from one another for very long. They always have each other’s backs, even if there are secrets they keep from each other. (Nina keeps her tattoo and love of girls quiet for now.)

Pyrokinesis

The ability to manipulate/ control fire. However, she can not set fires herself, just manipulate fire once it exists.

Nina can manipulate and control any fire that already exists. She can use this to help make a fire grow, move, or put it out if she so wanted. She can also make fire take any shape she wants, like a small flower, or a large dragon. However, trying to make a dragon larger than herself would go out of control quickly and make for a lot of wildfires.

If the fire is bigger than the size a fire in the fireplace, it can get out of her control easily. Prolonged use of her powers can result in nosebleeds and blackouts. (Sustained use over a period of a half-hour or more.)

Jade Taylor

Tay, J

December 2nd

16

Female

Still trying things out

All her life, Jade has always gotten compliments about her appearance. As a kid, she was told by her uncle’s “colleagues” that she was going to be a heartbreaker one day. As creepy as that was at the time, Jade didn’t know how right they were until she became a real heartbreaker. Be it her slim figure and tasteful bust or the long blonde hair(people love blondes, apparently), she turned a considerably amount of heads(some guys, some girls) as soon she came into her own(when her boobs came in). At the time, Jade didn’t know she would have that kind of hold on people. She was only thirteen at the time and she hadn’t grown into her body yet. However, once she reached a lovely height of sixty-eight inches, she became a literal blonde bombshell with quite the edge. Though, she does invoke some kind of sweetness with her greenish-blue eyes. They are further enhanced by the large amount of black eyeshadow she puts on every morning.

Heavily influenced by her Uncle Charlie and her love for the 60s,70s, and 80s, Jade embraces it to the fullest. Some may call her a rocker chick and some may call her a bad girl slut. Regardless of what they do call her, she isn’t afraid to flaunt what the good lord gave her(or in this case, Luci herself). She chooses to wear revealing clothing because it makes her feel sexy. No, it’s not that she’s an attention-whore(she is, but that’s not the reason). She wears it because it makes her feel good. When she feels good, everyone else will by extension. Most of her clothing, while mostly revealing, is almost always black and made of some kind of leather. It’s either mixed with wool and leather or pure leather itself. She fancies black because it’s part of her style. Though, that’s not the only color she wears. She has been known to wear white and red. Sometimes, you might even catch her in some kind of tie-dye shirts. However, that’s probably not going to happen often.

She has several pants of red and black, shirts of several bands, bras that are usually black and red, shoes, heels, boots, and socks that can range from heel height to her mid-thigh. She also has dresses, but they are a bit skin-tight. Some are black, some are red, some are white, and some are a mix of all three colors. There are also some that have wild cat prints, like leopards, lions, cheetahs, tigers, and much more. Some are low-cut and some are strapless. There are also some dresses that stop high-thigh. Most of her dresses are what prostitutes wear on the street — and Jade loves every one of them. Accessory-wise, Jade has several bracelets that are multi-colored and some that have spikes on them. J

Despite her age, Jade has a few tattoos and piercing. She has a tattoo of the pentagram on her right shoulder. She also has a tattoo of a black cross on her back, and one of her uncle’s birthday(6/6/82) on her inner-left wrist. She got them while in jail. As far as piercing go, Jade has a few on both of her ears, one on her lip and nose, one on both of her tits, and belly button. She often decorates them with black or red pieces of jewelry.

Jade has a bad reputation of getting into trouble. The whole town of Verona knows this. She just can‘t help it. The enticing nature of the opposite end of the law(or lack thereof) has always been where Jade found the most fun. Whether it‘s going to places where she knew she shouldn‘t go, like an adult club with a fake ID or simply causing some mayhem for the law enforcement. Wherever her desires lead her, Jade doesn‘t like to be a nice girl. She just doesn‘t know how to do that. She just doesn‘t get into trouble with the law enforcement. Jade has gotten into some trouble with parents of certain boys, wives of older men, girlfriends, fiancés because she has a tendency to go after men of any age. Jade is a trouble-maker through and through.

Added to her trouble-making and flirtatious ways, Jade also doesn’t have a filter for her mouth. She’ll say what she’s thinking at the moment that the thought enters her mind. Be it from her upbringing or simply her give-no-fucks attitude, Jade doesn’t really care about the personal feelings of others. She’ll say whatever she wants. That sometimes can be a good trait to have, but for Jade being the way that she is, it’s quite the opposite. When she’s speaking her mind about/towards someone, she is so brutally honest that it doesn’t really come off as being honest. It sounds like she’s ripping into them in a mean way. She doesn’t mean to(somewhat), but it always comes off that way and that’s simply something that Jade can’t control most of the time.

Jade is all about living for the moment. To hell with what will happen afterwards. She wants to enjoy the moment and for all that it has to offer. This is especially true when her and the group of friends she hangs out with do. They go on adventures. They laugh about it and just have a good time. Sometimes it involves some not-so-legal stuff and sometimes it’s just having a night on the town. Whatever it may be, Jade lives for it to the maximum.

Taking all of the aforementioned qualities aside, Jade has a soft spot in there. Underneath it all, Jade is a sweet soul. She may not show it most of the time, but it’s there. It shows when she’s singing. She has a passion for music and it’s the only thing about her that she doesn’t let most of everyone know about. It’s pretty much something that she has that she can call her own. Added to that, she has a deep protective instinct to those that she holds close to her. She will do anything for them. She loves them dear.

Jade was born and raised in Verona, Washington and she was a healthy baby. Unfortunately, that’s where her life took a deep dive downward.

About a couple of years into her life, barely old enough to know what was happening, Jade’s parents left her. There was no warning at all. All they did was leave her with her with her Uncle Charlie, whom of which wasn’t really the type to take on a parental role. However, he had no choice. His brother and sister-in-law left without time to explain why. Let’s face it, though; there’s not a valid and reasonable excuse to leave your infant child with a less-than ideal uncle. Jade’s Uncle Charlie was — and still is today — a motorcycle gang member. Despite that, he didn’t abandon Jade. He was the only person left in Verona that would give a shit about her.

And so began her life as the niece of a motorcycle gang member. Surprisingly, it was a decent life. Charlie came to be rather wealthy — well, not millionaire wealthy, but comfortable enough to buy a house. Sometime along her later childhood years, Jade came to know about what her Uncle Charlie did for a living and she didn’t really care. To her, he was dad. It didn’t matter what he did for a living and it didn’t matter how he got money. As long as he didn’t die, Jade considered it a successful career.

As she progressed into her teen years, Charlie became less present in Jade’s life. His recent promotion as the leader of the Vices of Verona made it as such. As a result, Jade began to form ties to the “bad” teens of Verona. These kids engaged in vandelism, drugs, sex, and of course, they listened to rock and roll. Having been raised by a biker, Jade pretty much felt homey with these types of kids. That wasn’t the extent of it, though. Jade often went after older men(from the ages of 19 to 34) — and this was before she hit sixteen.

Though Charlie was aware of what was happening and he tried to get through to her, he just couldn’t. It took a reality call by getting arrested for vandalism and destruction of property for Jade to get the message. She got six months in the County Jail. Sure Charlie could have pulled some strings to get her out, but he felt that this was the only way that she could come back to her old self, or at least calm down a bit. And it worked. When she got out(one month ago), Jade seemed to be less than what she was.

Until she wasn’t.

Just a week ago, Jade seemed to be back to her old tricks and then some. Guess a tiger can’t change its spots, now can it?

Jade lives with her Uncle Charlie in their little red, brick house. It may not look like much, but inside it’s surprisingly spacious. Definitely not bad for a house that was bought illegally. They live in one of the bad parts of Verona. It’s not necessarily the parts where all of the criminals hang out, but close enough. Granted, that’s where you’ll probably find Jade.

Charlie Jackson Taylor | 33 | Uncle | President of the Vices of Verona Motorcycle Gang
Having raised her since she was an infant, Charlie cares for Jade quite a bit. Even though his more recent responsibilities with the Vices has made him less present in her life, he still loves her a great deal. He wants her to be happy, but more importantly, safe. The two of them, even though not as much as before, are really close. They share a love for motorcycles, rock music, and smoking, which is what they would be caught talking about, sometimes hours on end.

Charlie has a strong presence within Verona, Washington. The Vices of Verona have been tied to many high-profile crime such as Drug Trafficking, Murder, Bribery, and Prostitution. More recently, however, they have been tied to the murder of a president of a rival gang, The Verona Sons. It is still all just speculation and theorizing by the Verona Police Department, but people say that Charlie was the one that did the hit.

Magma Manipulation

Jade has the ability to manipulate the molten rock beneath the Earth‘s surface.