Ava 'The Bluejay' Vetarc

== The Bluejay ==
=== Early to Mid Life ===
Ava was born in 2073 to a British immigrant mother and a Free States Movement Lieutenant in 2073. Her twin, Aleoc, was her only Friend in the years before Harpers Ferry. Once the Vetarc Family Bunker opened, it was revealed to Ava just how much the world had changed, and she wanted to know everything about everything. While her brother threw himself into the meat-grinder of Wasteland Survival training, Ava quickly picked up medicine, both formal and wasteland. She worked at the clinic for many years, and saw first hand what the Scorched were capable of. Ava persisted though, making many friends in the movement and helping anyone who needed, often just from the goodness of her own heart. It was at the clinic where she helped begin the Free States Vaccine.
==== Ava Alone ====
When her brother forcibly dragged her back to the family bunker before the city fell, she was livid. It was only after her brother made her promise to stay that she relented. Then came the distress calls, the internal memos for retreat, all of it broke Ava. She threw herself into her research for the vaccine, but she was too late. When the last Bunker fell off the grid, and the internal system fell silent, Ava never felt more alone. Her brother tried, of course, but Aleoc wasn't a good substitute for the friends and colleagues she'd made during her tenure. It took her five years in the bunker to finish the vaccine, and only after using dangerous Mire native flora and fauna to produce it. The twins were inoculated, after which, Ava vanished. She left in the dead of night, heading West, not stopping for six months until she made it to the greater Saint Louis Area. There she found a wasteland settlement struggling to survive, and once again she had purpose. She opened a practice, helping the fledgling settlement that sat along a growing Wasteland trade route. It was here where she heard of the Appalachia survivors. After two long years away, she felt it was time to return.
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