Edith Newbold Jones

"*Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.*"

## Edith Newbold Jones

### Namesake

Edith Wharton (Novelist, short story writer, and designer)

## Professional Information

### Reference

Ethan Frome (fantasy-fiction horror book) 1911

### Occupation

UK. Military Corporal (Formerly)Jazzmen Agent (Currently)

## Relationships

### Family

Unknown Mother and Father

Edith Newbold Jones (イーディス・ニューボールド・ジョーンズ Īdisu nyūbōrudo jōnzu) is a former British military executive and corporal, working now for the Jazzmen Organization after its sudden ability attack. She represents England in the team. She possess the ability, Edith Frome.

## Appearance

Edith stands as an average height but tall stunning-looking woman. She is a robust individual who's not the the type to look too feminine and doesn't like wearing anything that would make her too feminine in that regard. She usually then always consider wearing suits for men alike, as they give her a sense of strength. She appreciates wearing the Jazzmen suits usually making her more endowed while in duty. Edith goes along the way to wear black turtleneck shirts underneath her buttoned dress shirt on top to show her warmth and comfort and an extra layer with wearing her suits that she loves.

Her features shows an extravagant beauty and soft skin, making her an attractive woman. Edith's white hair is long that reaches all the way to her upper body, keeping much of her hair on the right side, being partially messy while still clean and smooth. Another passion she enjoys is wearing piercings around her ears to show her boldness and glamor to her feminine side. After the war she have also picked up the habit of smoking to help her relax from the battle scars.

## Personality

Although a determined woman by heart, she possesses an equal love for both men and women and is passionate while stoic to the people around her. Edith is seen as both rebellious and fierce as she does not like standing out as a weak individual and thus trained hard and under guidance by others, having other men seeing her as special and uniquely tenacious. Edith enjoys seeing the strength and values of men, and wants to be on their level of appreciation, so she decided to dress up like a man and wear different suits. She does not hate all men, but she does hate men who sees the weak side of women, so she grew a good relationship with the soldiers around her because they liked her for who she was.

This can also be that she relies on others when she is in danger or threatened, having appreciation for such actions. However, after the sudden ability attack amidst the fighting between the Spaniards, she had changed from her stoic and kindheartedness into a ruthless women in combat during her retreat. Edith became more serious thereafter and wanted to swear revenge on those lives that was unfair and ungiven to them during the battlefield. While she does retain her positive side, she usually don't want to show it as it would be seen callous of her. Although thanks to Langston's words she was able to get through her trauma and return to a more kindhearted state and become more determined during the missions.

## Ability

Edith's Ability, Edith Frome (イーディス・フロム Īdisu Furomu) allows her to lower the temperature to freezing levels and control snow. She can generate large amounts of snow and fill an entire floor with it in quick succession, creating a cold environment with ease. Her blizzards are strong enough to push people back with incredible force, as well as control the snow in waves to bury them alive with heavy snow. She can compact her snow with enough pressure and form ice to create strong bullets and projectiles as well as defensive walls against attacks. This makes her ability quite versatile and dangerous, for example, Edith used her Ability as a form of armor and defended against Langston's sound Ability. Using it to dampen and absorb the sound waves and overpower Langston because of it. She can also use her ability in tandem with existing snow to boost the strength of her powers and use it to its fullest potential. Her snow can also induce someone's senses when inside an enclosed space and create snow falling on their body, being able to slowly get them sluggish and drain away their fighting spirits. Her power makes her a terrifying individual on par with Langston in terms of versatility and strength. Ernest finds her ability relatively useful as he always borrows her ability during a big fight.

## Skills

* Militarian Knowledge
* Hand-to-Hand Combatant
* Combat Adaptation
* Weapon Proficiency
* Reactive Adaptation

## Background

When she was a child, her mother and father always saw her as someone extraordinary and different than the rest. They saw her as a capable individual who could reach great heights depending on her choices in life. However, they were afraid to let her go and do something she wasn't ready for, wanting her to be a safe independent woman. As the years flew by with her being given restriction after restriction, there wasn't anything her parents could do but accept that she was devoted to being as strong as many others and not being cast aside. Edith fell in love with fashion that stood out beyond what females chose, showing a different womanly trait and it even surprised many more by how she dressed. Edith didn't show any hesitation or fear by wearing clothing that did not follow the criteria of women and was understandably someone exceptionally endowed to overthrow such. Becoming what she always wanted to feel like, and wanted to demonstrate that feeling by joining the army and fighting for the country to show the likeness of men alike. Having fought many wars, some stood good with her, and one of them was a young spirited Ernest Hemingway. He happened to still be climbing the ranks while Edith had worked her hardest to be in the position of corporal.

Edith grew many friends, and while she felt pity for the lives she was taking, she was always getting support from others and helping her. In fairness, she despised the battlefield but saw it as a must for someone to rise against the conflicts that kept ensuing due to the political differences and needs that she kept going. It was always the connection of being like everyone else that gave her some strength to go against hell itself. It was then a day when they were gonna get to war with the Spaniards due to human rights violations that became increasingly concerning by a man called Machiavelli. Not knowing they were behind this to prepare an unexpected attack against both sides, having given both sides the wrong information that escalated with many men dying on the battlefield. Some called it an "Ability" Attack due to the supernatural confusion of its attack on both military powers. This would slowly end with the two having a peace treaty, but it would not stop the threat from hiding in the shadows and creating false information that created an unnecessary war.

Being in the middle of this conflict, she happened to be prepared to die, as she experienced horrors that made her feel terrible and weak. Some even speculated she was a part of this Ability Attack because she was an ability user herself. Leading to her sudden demotion and also with the government preventing any usage of Abilities inside its country. This act of law would go to such extremes to give ability users harsh punishments and long sentences, fortunately, because of Edith's military position she was trusted partially, but kept the regulations and took away her military position and occupation thereafter. This led to Edith's depression, having lost friends, her position of power, and her social integrity. However, Ernest would step in and assist her with stopping the threat, and remove the law for the sake of all ability users. Edith asked what his plan was, but Ernest responded he wasn't entirely there yet, and was still thinking. Though now Edith had someone to help her with her revenge for her countrymen, she proposed the idea of an organization. Something that piqued Ernest greatly and a duo was formed, becoming the start of the Jazzmen Organization to stop Machiavelli's Faction and other terrorist attacks that were beyond military strength. Working underground in the United Kingdom as defending agents of ability users.

## Trivia

* Her Ability is a reference to the setting of the book being a harsh winter.
* Her dislike for etiquette is the same as her real-life author who found it oppressing.