Jessica Jones

> *"Don't try to be a hero. It's a shitty job."*
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> *―Jessica Jones*
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**Jessica Campbell Jones** is a private investigator from New York City. After becoming orphaned at a young age, Jones was taken in by Dorothy Walker and developed a deep friendship bond with her adoptive sister, Trish Walker. Shortly after being adopted, Jones discovered she possessed superhuman abilities due to the fatal car crash that took the lives of her parents and eventually decided to pursue a career as a superhero. However, a fateful encounter with Kilgrave, a vicious man with mind controlling powers, derailed her superhero career and she spent a torturous tenure as Kilgrave's sex slave before finally breaking free of his control. The experience left Jones suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, prompting her to hang up her secret identity and open her own detective agency.

Trying to remain an average person and keep a low profile, she would take on minor cases for cash, while caught in a spiral of despair and destructive behavior. However, the return of Kilgrave and the victims he left in his wake on her behalf forced her to put aside her trauma and stop him. Jones had multiple grueling encounters with Kilgrave, but with the help of Walker, Jeri Hogarth, Claire Temple, and fellow superhuman Luke Cage, Jones finally killed the maniac, conquering her demons and prompting her to continue her superhero career.

Trying to remain an average person and keep a low profile, she would take on minor cases for cash, while caught in a spiral of despair and destructive behavior.

## Biography

### Early Life

#### Death of the Jones'

The only daughter of Brian and Alisa Jones, Jessica Jones often spent most of her time alone in her room and getting annoyed at overly nosy neighbors like Elizabeth De Luca. She also liked to watch people; writing your notes in a diary. Although her younger brother Phillip often pissed her off, Jones was incredibly protective of him, whom she described as a great boy. During a car trip with her family, an argument between her and her brother about a Gameboy distracted her father long enough for the car to hit the back of the truck in front of them, resulting in an accident that apparently killed everyone else in the car. leaving her orphaned.

While recovering in the hospital where she had fallen into a coma, Jones was adopted by Dorothy Walker as a publicity stunt to promote Trish Walker's television show. As Jones began to wake up from her coma while lying in bed, she overheard the Walkers discussing the death of her parents. This being the first time Jessica had learned of their death, she begins crying as the Walkers realized their mistake. Unbeknownst to her, IGH paid off Jessica's hospital bills. They also erased 17 days out of Jones' time in the hospital to cover up how she experimented with gene editing therapy, that would eventually cause Jessica to develop enhanced physical abilities, such as strength, mobility, and resilience, as well as a limited form of flight.

#### Living with the Walkers

As they prepared to leave Jones Residence where she had grown up, Dorothy Walker refused to allow her to search for her journal which she had lost. Much to Jones' annoyance, Walker proved to be very forceful and would often push Jones to say please and thank you to the point of rude judgment. As Jones sat in the car, she noticed that Trish Walker had bruises on her neck which were inflicted by her mother.

While living in the Walker residence, Jones would often overhear the Walkers having huge arguments about their daughter's television show. During one of these arguments, Jones locked herself in the bathroom and accidentally broke the sink made out of marble. Shocked by her own strength, Jones discovers that she could also lift the heavy sink above her head with one hand. She was spotted by Trish Walker, who was shocked at her incredible strength, but the pair agreed to keep each others' secrets from the world.

However, when Jones witnessed Dorothy forcing her daughter to vomit in the toilet in order to lose weight, Jones lost her temper. She grabbed her adopted mother and, with an incredible feat of strength, threw her across the room to protect her new sister. Dorothy ran downstairs while Jones helped Walker back to her feet and the pair struck up a friendship which would last for decades. Although Walker often pushed Jones to use her gifts for good, Jones preferred to keep them a secret.

### College Years

#### Relationship with Stirling Adams

Jones enrolled in college, against Jones' objections, and was paid by Trish Walker. Jessica Jones encountered a bartender Stirling Adams, who flirted with her one night at a bar. Later, he called Jessica and invited her to join him for a whisky tasting. They then began dating. Jones dropped out and relocated in with Adams, who hoped to start his own club called "Club Alias," while relying on her courage to support herself by shoplifting, including her iconic leather jacket, and stealing from ATMs. Over the next month, she started to drift apart from Walker as she continued to abuse alcohol and drugs, helped by her sister continuing in the artistic life by attempting to become a singer. After Stirling was murdered by someone who repeatedly bashed his head against a wall, Jones decided to go after Walker.

#### Job-Hopping

Jones began working at an office job within New York City for a few weeks and despised it. When her boss continued to discredit her work and make sexist remarks towards her, Jones used her detective skills to then blackmail her fraud-committing boss into giving her six months severance and a glowing recommendation for her next job. As she was leaving, the boss insulted her, and in the process mentioned her parents. Out of rage, she knocked over the many filing cabinets and walked out of the door.

Later at the bar, Trish Walker tried to convince her to use her gifts to become a real superhero and protect innocent people, but Jones remained reluctant at the idea. As they were speaking, a man came over and tried to flirt with Walker. When the man then made crude sexual jokes towards Walker, Jones challenged him to a strength competition, agreeing if she won he would buy all of their drinks and if he won she would have sex with him. Jones then wins the challenge and gets the money, while also forcing the man to apologize. Jones then used the money to buy shots for everyone in the bar.

From here, Jones had a few more jobs before encountering the man known as Kilgrave...

### Kilgrave's Influence

#### Meeting the Man

While walking one day, Jones came across Malcolm Ducasse about to be killed by muggers, whom she quickly overpowered in order to save him. This action was spotted by Kilgrave, who clapped enthusiastically, marveled at her powers. He enthralled her with his own abilities, and Jones soon fell under Kilgrave's mind control, answering his questions and discovering her true identity. Kilgrave complimented her on her appearance before inviting her to dinner, which she gladly accepted due to his mind-control.

#### Enslavement

Kilgrave kept Jones as his own slave for the next few months, regularly using his powers to manipulate her to spend time and have sex with him, something she always knew was rape despite Kilgrave thinking they were in a genuine relationship. As Trish Walker called Jones to see if she was okay, Kilgrave made certain that Jones explained everything was perfectly fine.

It quickly became clear that Kilgrave's powers would only last twelve hours until he would need to give a new order. One day, no order was given and Jones became free of him for a few short seconds, finally offering her a new chance to escape from his power. She considered jumping off the balcony and escaping, as she does that, Jones imagined a white horse below which was there to take her from Kilgrave, but before she could, Kilgrave ordered her to step down, putting her under his control again. When he questioned why she initially had not listened to him, he decided to punish her by ordering her to cut off her own ear, which later was revealed by Jessica to have a scar where he forced her to self-harm. When she began to obey, Kilgrave changed his mind and hugged her.

#### Breaking Free

Kilgrave becomes aware that Reva Connors was previously in possession of a hard-drive which he wished to gain ownership of for unknown reasons. With Jones by his side, Kilgrave put Connors under his power and discovers that she buried the hard-drive under concrete. Kilgrave orders Jones to uncover it and after hours of digging, which leads to her hands bleeding, Jones finds the hard-drive and gives it to Kilgrave.

Kilgrave and the women leave the factory, satisfied that they have gotten what they wanted. Jones complies with Kilgrave's command by summoning all of her power and hitting Connors in the chest, halting her pulse and killing her instantly. Jones, on the other hand, was so terrified of committing murder that she walked away from Kilgrave, refusing his orders and successfully breaking free from his grasp. As Kilgrave yelled for Jones to return to him, a bus swerved to avoid hitting Connors' body and thus collided with Kilgrave, seemingly killing him.

Jones receives a death certificate which confirmed Kilgrave had been killed in the crash and returned to Trish Walker for comfort. However, the prolonged experience of being under Kilgrave's control left Jones suffering from PTSD and she gave up all hope of becoming a hero. Jones moved from Walker's apartment and found her own place, deciding to use her gifts to open Alias Investigations and earn a living investigating people, mainly men, and women having affairs. Jones became addicted to whiskey and avoided human contact as much as possible, even from her own adoptive sister.

### Alias Investigations

#### First few Jobs

During her time as private investigator Jones started to work on jobs for Hogarth, Chao and Benowitz. So far Jones had finished eight jobs that no one could deliver on. The way she handled these jobs got several people to complain about her to Hogarth, who ignored them and kept Jones her methods a secret. When Jeri Hogarth asked her to become the private investigator for their law office, Jones, who preferred to work as a freelancer, declined.

Jones was hired by a man to stalk his wife to see if she was cheating on him. She tracked the woman down and found her having sex with another man. When Jones showed her client the photos at her office, he began to get angry that his own wife was cheating on him with his brother. When he began to get violently aggressive, Jones tossed him through the door, breaking it and its window, still demanding her payment.

### Present

Jessica Jones still works as a P.I (Private Investigator) at her private agency, Alias Investigations. She also, after the encounter with Kilgrave, began to drink heavily which is something she still does. She also constantly has flashbacks to the time with Kilgrave which has clearly affecting her badly, causing her to have bursts of anger. She is also still a very seemingly rude and blunt person, but deep down still has a good heart and is willing to help someone if she is convinced or realises herself that it's the right thing to do.

## Personality

Jessica Jones can easily come across as cold, arrogant, brutal, snarky, and cynical. She is contemptuous and blunt toward others, expressing herself and her views out loud with no remorse or guilt about offending or disrespecting others. Jessica will become a frightening figure if she is enraged or irritated by anyone she dislikes. According to her childhood neighbor, she had been an introvert since she was a girl and only opens up to a select few of people, and even those she has difficulty expressing to openly and truly. Beneath her hard-bitten demeanor, however, lies a more vulnerable side, plagued by self-loathing and deep-seated insecurity.

In spite of her flaws, Jessica is a good person at heart, choosing not to waste the super-strength given to her at the cost of her family's lives and becoming a hero to help people. Unfortunately, the harrowing encounter with Kilgrave, (who controlled her to do everything he wanted to, including being raped repeatedly and murdering a woman before breaking out of his control) caused Jessica to give up her life as a hero, no longer able to view herself as one, and preferring to keep a low profile as a private investigator. However, the combined trauma of losing her family and experience with Kilgrave has also made Jessica a somewhat unstable individual. She suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress and Survivor's Guilt, occasionally undergoing hallucinations and flashbacks of her time in Kilgrave's grasp.

Jessica developed a habit of using alcohol to cope with her struggles as a result of her trauma. Frequently, she is seen drinking various types of liquor, to little effect. She states that most of her money goes directly to booze. Due to her superhuman metabolism, she is able to consume vast quantities of alcohol without damage to her liver and appears to have high tolerance, being able to quickly drink an entire bottle of wine during dinner, then nonchalantly asking for another one. When inebriated, Jessica can become more violent.

## Physical Appearance

Jessica Jones is a 5 foot 9 inch tall, 124 pounds Caucasian female meta-human. She has darker brown eyes and long black hair. She often wears darker clothes such as her signature black leather jacket along side some ripped jeans, a black, grey or light grey t-shirt as well as a dark grey scarf. Occasionally she will pair her usual clothes with a black hoodie or a dark blue plaid shirt. She also wears black boots with these as well as a pair of finger-less black gloves. Jessica usually refuses to dress formally due to her stubborn nature.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Artificially Enhanced Physiology**: A private research corporation, known as IGH, revived teenage Jessica Jones from a fatal car crash that killed her entire family. IGH used genome editing to stimulate healing through advanced cellular regeneration. Jessica’s cells developed a new biological structure in response to the extensive bodily trauma suffered. Through rare interaction with specific DNA strands, the procedure not only imbued her with life once more but granted her superhuman powers as an unintended side-effect.
	+ **Enhanced Strength**: Jones possesses physical strength far beyond that of a regular human, especially notable regarding her size and muscle mass.
	+ **Enhanced Speed**: Jones' overall strength allows her to run at speeds superior to the average human.
	+ **Enhanced Durability**: Jones has durability far beyond that of a regular human, being able to resist multiple beatings with little to no visible injuries. This resilience also allows her to perform greater feats of strength without injuring herself, such as smashing a mirror with her fists or breaking a window with her elbow.
	+ **Enhanced Stamina**: Jones was able to run across all of New York City without tiring or stopping for breath, having very little to no build-up of fatigue toxins.
	+ **Regenerative Healing Factor**: Jones' augmented metabolism heals faster than an ordinary human being.
	+ **Flight**: Jessica Jones can propel herself from the ground and through the air. While Jessica's control over her power of flight eludes her at the moment; however, she can cover great lengths and altitudes in a single bound, notably jumping upon rooftops and balconies. Jones herself calls such an act "guided falling" and "more like jumping and then falling."

### Abilities

* **Master Investigator**: Jones is a highly skilled investigator, using a multitude of questionable methods to achieve her goals. She often impersonates other people's voices on the phone to advance with her cases, and is able to easily connect evidence that other people may overlook.
* **Combatant**: Jones has basic combat skills, often using her superhuman strength to overpower and rag-doll her opponents, throwing them several feet.

## Weaknesses

**Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder:** Jessica was traumatized by her time spent with the Purple Man. He affected her mind so much that she did not know what were her own thoughts.

* **Alcoholism:** Jessica coped with her trauma through alcohol regularly drinking to forget her troubles.

## Equipment

* **Cellphone**: Jones used applications on her cellphone to get information she needed for cases, such as a police scanner app. The specific types of phones she uses are Samsung Galaxy S5 and a black iPhone 8.
* **Camera**: As a detective, Jones utilizes a standard camera and often collected photographic evidence for her clients to use for her assignments.
* **Hip Flask**: The trauma Kilgrave gave her caused Jones to resort to alcohol to ease her thoughts; Jones carries a hip flask filled with alcohol to take a sip when desired on assignments.
* **Business Card**: Jessica Jones has Alias Investigations business cards.
* **Laptop**: Jessica owns a laptop in which she frequently uses to do research on her cases, able to track down people fairly easily through the internet. Often, she makes use of it to analyze images collected, either through her cellphone or photography camera.

## Relationships

### Family

* Brian Jones † - Father
* Alisa Jones † - Mother
* Phillip Jones † - Brother
* Dorothy Walker † - Adoptive Mother
* Trish Walker - Adoptive Sister, Best Friend

### Allies

* Alias Investigations
	+ Malcolm Ducasse - Neighbor and Friend
* Luke Cage - Friend and Former Love Interest
* Matt Murdock/Daredevil - Former Lawyer
* Danny Rand/Iron Fist

## Trivia

* Trish Walker attempted to make Jones wear a superhero suit as well as become a superhero named 'Jewel' but Jessica denied, claiming it was ridiculous.
* During her teens, Jones was a fan of rock bands such as Nirvana, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction.
* Jones' phone number is 212-256-1084