THE BASICS

Name: Jessica Santos

From: Rio de Janeiro

Occupation: Master's student in psychology at UCLA, currently on leave

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Gender: Female

Age: 22

Hair: Dark brown/Black

Eyes: Deep chocolate brown.

Distinguishing Marks: Jessica has several tattoos, including a picture of her deceased pit bull on her calf, though nothing too extreme.

General Appearance: Jessica is a young Brazilian woman with a serious athletic bent. She competes at a high level in jiu jitsu and also trains capoiera. She's a little taller than average, about 5'9" with a solid athletic muscular build of someone dedicated to strength training and fitness. She's almost freakishly strong and trains for it with a fierce dedication. She's very attractive with long dark brown hair and almost hypnotic dark eyes, and an extremely curvy build that somewhat offsets her muscularity. Still, some find her athletic physique to be too much.


HISTORY
Background: Jessica comes from a wealthy upper-middle class family in Brazil. Her father is a very successful physician, while her mother keeps up a traditional home. As a rebellion against her mother's traditional views, she began martial arts training seriously in her early teens. Rebellion became a passion, as she found herself very good at it, and the spiritual aspects of her art helped her deal with the visions she began having.

She competes at an international level in Brazilian jiu jitsu, and also has a passion for capoeira. She's very interested in Brazilian spirituality -
 candomble, and finds it help her stay sane in a world where she literally sees ghosts.

She went away to study psychology with an emphasis on parapsychology, and is now registered in a master's degree program. She's taken some time because her mentor Mestre Rodrigo Alves, a man she almost worshipped, has disappeared while on a camping trip to the Parque Nacional do Caparaó a year ago, and is currently feeling a little lost, not knowing if she'll go back to her studies, or how she'll continue to compete internationally in jiu jitsu.

Personality: She's very confident and sure of herself, surprisingly intelligent and sensible, though she doesn't show it. She is lacking in formal education in many fields, having focused on her athletics and her field of study in psychology. She tends to have an obsessive personality. She doesn't get into much, but when she does she is very driven and determined young woman. When she puts her mind to it and actually starts with something, she always does it 110%, and she takes no crap from anyone. She is extremely charming with a quick wit and playful sense of humor.  She likes to shock people, showing off her strength and martial arts prowess in little harmless demonstrations, especially with men, and she has an insanely competitive streak.