Jules Nez

"Everyone ends up on the table eventually."- Jules

## Introduction

Jules Gilbert M.D is the current resident doctor of Saint Denis and not an alcoholic. Armed with a sharp tongue, questionable bedside manner, and no-nonsense approach to delivering diagnoses she spends most her days patching up the citizens of the largest city on the East Side of the State. Her reputation proceeds her as a trauma doctor able to handle the most grievous of injuries, but it is her reputation for **never** divulging the names of her patients that has made her particularly popular among certain groups. A chalkboard posted outside the Saint Denis Clinic updates Patients constantly on here whereabouts in the city.

*"The Good Doctor is currently out. Send a letter to 341 to reach Doctor Gilbert."-The chalkboard outside The Saint Denis Medical Clinic*

## Biography

Note: Information presented is assumed to be from her POV and not 100% accurate to OOC meta accounts.

### Early Life

Jules Gilbert (Maiden Name Nez) was born to a mixed immigrant family in the Shanghai International Settlement in 1864. Her mother died in childbirth and there is little information available about the father, although reports indicate he is alive. It has been confirmed he irresponsible for her education and funding her extensive traveling. Cursory surface research uncovered that the man goes by several aliases and has been spotted in major sea port cities meeting with Oriental Trading Companies.

Jules was raised predominantly by the matriarch of the family, who she described as as "small fearsome angry red woman whose gaze could make you confess even if you hadn't done anything." She lived there for most of her life with a brood of cousins, aunts and uncles all under the same boarding house roof. Most of her family worked in manufacturing factories while she focused on her education while working part time as a nanny and flirting with the idea of becoming a midwife despite the fact that she despised children.

*"Look watchin' them is bit like takin' care of your drunk mates except you can't shove them off on someone else on account of the fact that they're babies."-Jules Gilbert*

### Education

Opportunity struck in part due to a suffrage movement calling for increased acceptance of women in the university's education programs. By chance, Jules was pushed by an overly boisterous aunt into applying for the program and accepted. The program and residency were nothing short of hell for the woman who was forced to endure ridicule, harassment, and towards the end outright violence by her peers in an attempt to prevent her graduation. She ended up earning her doctorate, but at the expense of her once somewhat pleasant demeanor, social life, friends, and tact.

*"I..well. I suppose I lost a bit of everything during that time. All I did was study and stand up for myself. I forgot my hobbies. It was just read, learn. Cut. Sew. Stitch. Fight. Rinse. Repeat. You think I had time for anything else?"-Jules Gilbert*

The notoriety of being a female doctor made her somewhat of an oddity and minor celebrity to be either gawked at or ridiculed by patients in the neighborhood where she attempted to open a practice initially. After several months of limited success and high stress a particularly troublesome patient allegedly grabbed her inappropriately during a routine exam and found his ████ shoved up his ███ so far that the police were contacted.

Doctor Gilbert was unable to be located for questioning on the matter. She was later seen departing boat in Saint Denis where she now resides.

### Saint Denis

Jules currently runs and operates the Saint Denis clinic. She has a cordial relationship with most citizens and proactively advertises her services. She is an outspoken advocate for practical medicine over tonics and is more likely to stitch, wrap, suture, or cauterize over resorting to an herbal concoction. Since coming to Odessa she has predominantly stayed around the Saint Denis area, though frequently makes trips to treat patients in Rhodes.

### The Attack

Saturday October 3, 1899 around 3 am gunshots ran out in the streets outside the clinic. Jules Gilbert was discovered on the street with multiple gunshots by John Gilbert and rushed into her own office. The office interior was ransacked, bottles of medicine stolen, a pool of blood left on the floor, and bandages/fur clogging the sink. Jules has been staying with Mr.Gilbert's family since the attack for her protection while she recovers. Her memory of the attack is hazy other than knowing that she had went into the office to treat a patient and a struggle had broken out.

### The Bastille

Following a night on the town The Peaky Blinders and The Good Doctor stopped by The Bastille for a chance meeting with the new owner who was recruiting staff for her business. Tensions rose resulting in multiple gunshots being heard across the city. Rurik Stanislav emerged carrying the proprietor of The Bastille Miss Morningstar in his arms and she was rushed to the Doctor's office with The Doctor trailing after. Miss Morningstar died as a result of multiple gun shot wounds to her legs and neck.

### Laudanum

While trying to move a thoroughbred horse named Laudanum from Valentine to Saint Denis John Gilbert repeatedly spooked the horse. Due to his inexperience with horses he was kicked repeatedly and suffered an orbital fracture resulting in permanent damage to his eyesight. In response, Jules shot the horse without hesitation.

### The Man In Red

One fine Sunday a man dressed in red was discovered peeing on the church doors of Saint Denis, which attracted the attention of multiple saint Denis residents. The man in red bore a striking resemblance to Ryker Lundale, who soon appeared from down the street alleging the church pisser shot him from the bank and showing his bleeding side to the crowd as proof. Both men were escorted into the doctors office and treated by Doctor Gilbert. The unknown man in red was released after being treated and Ryker Lundale pursued him leaving behind his own red coat and hat after his gun shot wound was bandaged and packed.

The deputies arrived soon after to question the whereabouts of both men after the body of the man in red was discovered. Dr. Gilbert's candid testimony of seeing both men and the events of that day was used to deduce that a cover story was being fabricated to frame Ryker Lundale.