Kiera Jackson

### Arcs

Missing Pieces, Reflections, Agendas, Reunions, Out of Time, The Tower Inverted, Contingency, Road Trip, OPSEC, Panopticon, Invitations, Fairchild Home for Children, Vermilion, Sanctuary, Judgment, Homecoming, Advent

### Played By

Staci

**Kiera 'Jacks' Jackson** is an Orpheus agent and part of the 'rogue' Orpheus cell that includes herself, Mitch Hook and Pierce Keswick. Kiera is the Witch of the cell and is often both a combat support and a powerful combatant in her own right, using her Witch abilities along with the powers of the Hecate to her advantage in combat.

## Archetypes

### **Psychic**

*"You can read my mind", "I am not sure I want to"* - [Redacted] and Rhett

For those who can read minds and see into others mental states many things are possible. Holding minds that should be shattered together, exploring places miles away, and tricking people into doing anything are all in a days work for the Psychic.

### **Witch**

*"I can fly!"* - Keira

Witches have long been feared through history, however history did miss the worst reason for the hate and fear of the witch. Blood curse has found every weakness within the flesh and tore it asunder. Everyone thinks that flying might be the best, or maybe its the familiar. No, its the blood curse.

## Background

Kiera is an orphan. She lived in the public foster system until she turned 19. After that, she was left to fend for herself. She lived on the margins of society, using her psychic gifts to run scams and cause trouble.

### Relationship with Ellie

As a young adult, Kiera took in a runaway girl named Ellie who had supernatural gifts of her own. Kiera offered Ellie the love and protection that she never had as a child.

### Training with ORPHEUS

Eventually, ORPHEUS came calling. They offered Kiera a generous stipend, a place for her and Ellie to live, and training to develop her powers. Kiera accepted, and she took up residence in the Orpheus Chicago facility. They paired Kiera with Magda, an older witch who helped Kiera hone her powers in witchcraft and quickly became a part of the adopted family. Kiera became close friends with Ashley Rhodes and Marcus Emerson, also ORPHEUS agents.

### Field Work with ORPHEUS

When Kiera was ready for field work, she was teamed up with Mitch Hook and Pierce Keswick, under the supervision of a handler named Tireseus.

### The Hecate

Kiera has assumed the mantle of The Mother as a part of the Hecate, which is based in the reflecting pool at the Braddock House in Chester, Illinois.

Kiera first joins the Hecate after touching an emerald brooch belonging to Vivian Braddock, which she discovers while she, Mitch, and Pierce are on assignment in Chester. Kiera enters the reflecting pool and is shown a terrible vision in which Magda is killed and Ellie is kidnapped and murdered by a minotaur. She is then met by Hailee Pennington, who appears to be an old woman despite having attended high school with Mitch. She offers Kiera the opportunity to join the Hecate. Kiera promises to consider the offer, and ultimately agrees.

Kiera stays at the Braddock House to train with the Hecate while Pierce and Mitch return to Chicago. She is soon joined by Ellie and Magda, who settle in to a pleasant routine at the house.

Kiera fully assumes the mantle of The Mother in an effort to save Ellie from Nadra and Darren in the Judgment arc.

### Out of Time

After being critically wounded by a sniper while on assignment in Washington state, Kiera was put in a pocket dimension by Koji Miyazaki. She reappeared in 1893 London after being summoned in a ritual conducted by Sir Alfred Spencer and Freya Benton at a society party.

Kiera struggles to find her way back to 21st century America. She is ultimately reduced to her essential salts in a reversal of the ritual that brought her to the past, and her remains are guarded by Freya Benton for over a century until she is ultimately restored by a ritual conducted by Freya and Tireseus.

### Familiar

Kiera has a familiar - a red bearded vulture named Adama.