Jane the Ripper

Courtney Norris

Jane the Ripper

Damien Vinson (Husband)

Edward Maglio (Nephew)

Ava Maglio (Niece)

Barry Maglio (Brother-in-law)

Rita Singleton (Niece)

Olivia Maglio (Niece)

Natalie Maglio (Niece)

> "*Damn it, Eddie! I told you to stay in the States! It's too dangerous for you here!*"
> ― Courtney Norris arguing with Edward Maglio
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**Courtney Norris** (*née* Lipton)  is the aunt of Edward Maglio and the sister of Diana Maglio. She aspired to be a justice warrior from childhood, though her ideas came to be at odds with her sister Diana's very different ideology of seeking to avoid conflict. This fascination with fighting crime led to her taking martial arts classes throughout her life and eventually transforming into a masked vigilante named **Painkiller Jane**.
In 2019, it is revealed that she participated in the Bolivian Conflict against the Bolivian People's Unity Army, which caught the attention of her nephew Edward Maglio. She later went on to participate in the Venezuelan Civil War as well, only this time she operated under the name **Jane the Ripper**.

## Biography

### Early life

Not much is known about Courtney's early life. However, it is known that she is the older sister of Diana Maglio. In 2000, she became an aunt to triplets, and eventually maternal twins. 2010, she married Damien Norris, a journalist for The New York Times.

### Bolivian Conflict

In 2019, it was discovered that Courtney had gone to Bolivia to fight against the Bolivian People's Unity Army and aid the rebels in overthrowing the new Ultranationalist government, in addition to dismantling a human trafficking network that the BPUA was supposedly complicit in organizing. This caught the attention of her nephew Edward Maglio, who had been told that she was going to Bolivia to visit some friends there. It was also found that she was conducting sabotage operations under the name **Painkiller Jane**.
Though Edward decided not to go to Bolivia to launch is own investigation and join his aunt, Courtney's actions attracted the attention of Kyle Bates, a British international student who saw Courtney as a role model, and his girlfriend Evelynn Parrish.

Kyle and Evelyn went to Bolivia to investigate in place of Edward, who was unable to go to Bolivia due to prior commitments. However, although he was inexperienced in fighting the Bolivian military, considering he was a mere college student, he was secretly being surveilled and protected by Jane the Ripper, who saved his life on numerous occasions. In one particular incident, he was almost killed in a shootout with Los Eternos, which he found had formed a corrupt business deal with the Bolivians, but was rescued by Painkiller Jane. After bringing Kyle and Evelyn to a safe location, Kyle questioned Courtney concerning her motive for fighting the new Bolivian government. It was then that he was introduced to Ascencion Quiroz, the founder and head of the local Bolivian resistance movement. Although Kyle was initially hostile to the idea of fighting the Bolivian military, seeing it as a suicide mission, Courtney persuaded him to join the cause after showing him what the Bolivian government was doing to oppress people. Courtney and the rebels then spent several months conducting sabotage operations against the BPUA, becoming an near-unstoppable force in the process.

Eventually, they were able to destabilize enough of the Bolivian regime to send it into a state of civil unrest and, eventually, complete anarchy. Satisfied that she'd wreaked enough havoc against the Bolivian regime, Courtney left Bolivia and returned to the States.

### Venezuelan Civil War

In 2020, Courtney Norris went to Venezuela after her husband Damien went missing while investigating Division 9, a corrupt Venezuelan special operations group. She found out that Damien was arrested and imprisoned after Division 9 found out he was attempting to expose the military unit's corruption to the world. After rescuing Damien from a Division 9 stockade, she also discovered that Rodrigo Carballal, the founder and former leader of the Free Venezuelan People's Army, which fought against Los Eternos and Division 9, had died of pneumonia and that the resistance had descended into in-fighting. Deciding to reunite the organization against a common enemy, Courtney and Damien went to work rebuilding the resistance and reuniting it against Division 9.

Throughout the summer of 2020, Courtney conducted sabotage operations against Division 9, operating under the name **Jane the Ripper**. In early 2020, Courtney's exploits caught the attention of her nephew Edward. Her missions in Venezuela eventually convinced Edward that he needed to get involved in the situation, despite facing opposition from his family. Nontheless, Edward chose to return to Venezuela anyway, fearing that if he stayed out of the war, Courtney would end up the same way his father did during the War against Los Eternos.

Courtney Norris later encountered Edward during an assassination mission, which surprised her, as she didn't want anyone following her, much less a family member, for fear that if anyone followed her, it would lead Division 9 to figure out what she was doing and either arrest or assassinate her. However, Edward retorted that he only returned because he was convinced that if he stayed, Courtney would end up like his father, something Courtney admitted he was right about later down the line.

Edward, Courtney and Damien began working together to conduct sabotage operations against Division 9, assassinating key Division 9 officers in order to weaken the new dictatorship government, while simultaneously rebuilding the scattered resistance fighters.

### Crossing the line

Jane the Ripper eventually found out that Division 9's new commander, Diego Herrera, was targeting Edward Maglio after news got out of the young man's return to Venezuela. Convinced that Diego needed to die in order to protect Edward, Jane pursued Diego, tracking him to an underground data center in a Division 9 FOB. She stealthily infiltrated the unit and entered the data center, only to discover that Diego's men had been spying on Edward throughout his adventures with his aunt (having mistaken him for a CIA agent).

Infuriated, she killed the Division 9 agents in the facility before taking on Diego one on one, beating him within an inch of his life before Edward arrived, intending to stop Diego from starting a third world war by killing CIA operatives in Venezuela. When Edward saw what he had done, he confronted Diego, but Jane stopped him, claiming that all Diego deserved was the death penalty. Edward retorted that the only lawful resolution was to have Diego arrested and have him stand trial for his crimes. Diego proceeded to mock Edward and Courtney's differences, noting that even if he were to die, Division 9 would simply find another repalcement and continue their crusade against the United States government. He also threatened the lives of Edward's family back home, claiming that he had sleeper agents inside America waiting for orders to brutally massacre Edward's entire family, before pulling out a knife and threatening to start by killing Edward himself. Hearing these words caused Courtney to snap, and kill Diego by beating his brains in.

She also massacred dozens of Division 9 operatives in a brutal killing spree while she and Edward escaped the facility. At this point, Edward began to realize that his own aunt had been consumed by hatred and was turning into a monster.

## Personal details

### Physical appearance

Courtney looks deceptively taller than she really is; she is currently 5'3" but physically looks 5'7". She is a blonde woman with blue eyes.

## Equipment

### Other equipment

* **Painkiller Jane Mantel**: In her early days as Jane the Ripper/Painkiller Jane, Courtney wore a black beanie hat, and a black Kevlar jacket with a black scarf concealing the lower half of her face, resembling Hellcat from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
* **Jane the Ripper Mantel**: During her latter days as Jane the Ripper, Courtney wore a customized Kevlar vest with desert camouflage, complete with a mask covering the lower half of her face and a headset, along with fingerless Kevlar gloves and brown Cargo pants. She wore another configuration in all black camouflage for night operations.

## Quotes

### Dialog

*"Damn it, Eddie! I told you to stay in the States! It's too dangerous for you here!"*

*"You know what, I actually thought staying in the States was a great idea-until I remembered what happened to Dad. So I had to get involved! Besides, if I didn't come here, you'd be rotting in a Division 9 stockade by now!"*

- Courtney arguing with her nephew over getting involved with the war on Division 9.

*"Why did you follow me? I explicitly told you not to-!"*

*"Yeah, I remember. But guess what? I came anyway. You want to know why? It was because of Dad. Those cartel monsters-they killed Dad and kidnapped Marsha. You think the cartel was barbaric? These guys-this Latin American Nazi regime-they're capable of so much worse! I mean, you've seen the TV news, the horror stories of survivors that fled the country."*

*"That was precisely the reason why I told you to stay away."*

*"Well, guess what? That's also precisely the reason why I chose to come back here and get you home! I just couldn't fathom the possibility that you'd get caught and imprisoned for life without trial in a Division 9 stockade, or tortured to death in one of their prison camps! So it's either I get you home, or Division 9 throws us all in a stockade or kills us both!"*

*"I'm STAYING, Ed! I'm needed here!"*

*"Why would that be? Last time I checked, Rodrigo's...."*

*(beat)*

*"You didn't hear? Rodrigo's dead, Eddie."*

(Silence; then...)

*"Great...Did Division 9 blow his head off? Was he tortured to death? Did...?"*

*"He died of pneumonia two months ago. Resistance had fallen apart, torn itself to pieces because people couldn't get along. Someone needs to reunite these guys against the new enemy. If I don't do it, who will?"*

- Courtney Norris and Edward Maglio, in which the former reveals the reason why she is fighting Division 9 in Venezuela.