Roxanne Spaulding

## Background

### 1999 - 2013: Roxanne Spaulding

Roxanne is the daughter of Alexander Spaulding, a small time author. He had married a woman named Gloria when Roxanne was still an infant, leadind to the woman raising Roxanne as her own. Though born in San Antonio, Roxanne would not spend most of her life there. After her parents split when she was eight, her mother moved to Sun City & her father moved to San Fernando. As she was only legally Alex's daughter, she spent most of her time in San Fernando Valley. She even developed a valley girl accent though hers would be a variation due her time spent in in Sun City.

Right before Roxanne was to go to high school, her mother moved to National City to be closer to her as she had gotten a job at a casino there. As her father drove her down to spend time with her mother, the two of them went missing. While her family began searching, Roxanne was being shipped out to Death Valley by International Operations.

### 2013 - 2014: Roxanne Spaulding

Roxanne doesn't remember much of her time with the I.O. They regularly fed her pills, which she assumed was to keep her calm though they were really to enhance her powers. She met some of the other captives as their handlers had placed together a couple of times. Though scared out of her mind, Roxanne developed a bond with another captive by the name of Eddie Chang.

While locked down in her cell one night, Roxanne heard a commotion in the hall. With no way out, she stood in the corner until her door came right off its hinges at the hands of another captive, Caitlin. As the two tried to find their way out, Roxanne's powers activated due to the immense panic & stress she was under, allowing her to manipulate gravity. While running from the guards, the DEO infiltrated the compound & the teenagers were taken by DEO Agent John Lynch. He stayed with them until everything was settled & set them up with the other captives at a camp outside the compound.

Lynch explained to them that they were targeted as their father were members of a government cladestine team called Team 7 & had recieved GEN Factor Formula, enhancing their physiology. But Roxanne was quite adament that her father never worked for the government & had always been a writer. Lynch disregarded her & assumed he had never crossed paths with her father as the team constantly changed its ranks. After being given this information, the former captives were given an option to be excorted home or trained on their newfound abilities. Roxanne, having grown close to Eddie & another captive named Caitlin, chose to stay with them & learn about her powers.

### 2014 - Present: Freefall

Roxanne & the others were set up at a DEO saefhouse in Coral City. As they began learning their abilities, some began giving themselves nicknames. Roxanne chose the name Freefall due to her powers. While training with their others, she became quite infatuated with Eddie & began to see him as "the man of her dreams." Feeling that the two of them surviving that ordeal meant something more, she pushed for them to start dating. But Eddie had a wandering eye & he constantly was looking at Caitlin & her statuesque figure. Her jealousy along with her (illegal) smoking habits & general attitude, led to many arguments between her & her teammates.

Things took more of a left turn once Lynch did some more digging to discover that Roxanne's father was Kurt Lance, thus making her the younger half sister of Caitlin. And to make matters more complicated, the woman she thought was her stepmother was in fact her birth mother. In the mid-90s, Gloria had a short relationship with Kurt while he was passing through Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio. Gloria was the daughter of the base commander so the relationship was kept a secret. Like always, Kurt eventually disappeared without a word before even knowing Gloria was pregnant. With no way to contact him, Gloria secretly had the baby then got married to another man, Alexander Spaulding. She told everyone, including Roxanne that she was Alexander's daughter & that Gloria was her stepmother.

As a result, Roxy put distance between her mother due to her feelings of betrayal & depression from Alexander's death. She began spending more time with her birth father, who had been chosen to lead his own team. He regularly brought her & Caitlin upon their headquarters. When she was on good standing with Eddie, he would tag along but it would be one of these trips that would lead to the ultimate demise of her & Eddie's relationship. Not only was Eddie insensitive & immature, he was also unfaithful & had been having an affair with Stormwatch member Diva. Though still in love with him, Roxanne ended their relationship. Spending an increasing amount of time alone, she became a bit of an otaku, with a great love for pop music & anime.

## Romantic Relationships

* Eddie Chang: On & Off Boyfriend (2014 - 2018)

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* Roxanne is Catholic but her behavior indicates she is a lapsed Catholic.
* She has a habit of sometimes wearing a crucifix necklace.
* Growing up, Roxy was regularly called "trailer trash" by her classmates at her Catholic school.
* Roxy is a fan of the Indigo Girls & the British alternative rock band Bush.
* Her favorite anime series is *Sailor Moon.*

## Notes

* Alexander Spaulding is a nod to Alexander Fairchild, her father in the comics.