Adriana Tavares

== Adriana Tavares ==
Adrian Tavares was an American constructor and textile worker who began her own practice building custom contraptions and clothing prior to the Great Collapse. After the formation of the Appalachian Republic, she continued this in a new location, often taking custom orders from military personnel, including her cousin, Dakota Taylor.
== Life Before the Great Collapse ==
Tavares was born in the mid 1990s to Maria and Miguel Tavares, who were second-generation European immigrants. Her father ran a textile workshop where he created various items, such as bags, clothes, customized boots, and other items. He worked with fabrics, metals, and leathers. Tavares, to her mother's disappointment, was rather keen on her father's work even from a young age, not indulging in academics.
Eventually, Tavares worked with her father, continuing the family business. While not close, Tavares occasionally saw Dakota Taylor in family gatherings. Her younger cousin on her mother's side of the family, the two didn't have much of a personal relationship. Regardless, Tavares continued her employment in Scranton, marrying her boyfriend from High School. He didn't take interest in her line of work though, and worked in an office.
In late 2017, Tavares became pregnant and chose to go through with having a child. However, the hardships brought on by the spread of the Jinanvirus began to fracture her relationship with her husband. Tavares' mother contracted the virus, and then the entire family did, all while her husband was visiting family. Once learning of their contraction of the sickness, he chose to stay until they recovered. However, cell lines went down before they did. Tavares suffered a miscarriage due to complications caused by the brutal virus, and her mother died shortly after.
Tavares was devastated by the loss, and never got in contact with her husband again. Her siblings no longer lived with the family, so Tavares and her father lived alone, struggling to make it day to day. When Miguel Tavares left to pick up food and potable water rations, a fight broke out among the lines. A shootout followed, and Miguel Tavares was wounded. He returned home, but died shortly after as his wounds couldn't be treated.
== Restarting the Practice ==
After the formation of the Appalachian Republic in 2021, Tavares considered beginning her practice again. With the knowledge that Seaboard created the Jinanvirus, she vowed to do what she could to help the cause. Tavares discovered her younger cousin was still alive, and the two worked together to submit an application to designate a workshop apartment for her practice.