Jenna Sullivan • 27 • Female (she/her) • Metahuman • Animal Shapeshifting • Civilian
Jenna was born July 8, 2018 just outside of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas in a small town as the second child, and first girl, to John and Maria Sullivan. Since her parents had married young, the family grew up with little money to spare for material wants. However, the family was close and loving, which helped her to learn how to be loyal, kind, giving and loving so easily. Neither of her parents or siblings were metahumans, but her father’s father was.
Every summer, Jenna spent her time on her grandfather’s farm and learned how to control her abilities, since they were the same as hers. She grew up riding horses, helping out on the farm, and putting girly things low on the list of priorities. That of course, was until she started high school. When she was fourteen, she started dressing more girly and wearing some making up, which attracted her first boyfriend, Joel. They dated all through high school, but when he went off to college and she didn’t, they broke up.
Jenna started playing shows at local clubs and bars with her guitar or piano when she was 18. Since she was from a small town, they allowed her in the clubs and bars at 18 knowing she wouldn’t abuse the privilege and try to underage drink. Her life’s ambition was to become a singer that could support herself, if never becoming famous, but it wasn’t easy. Jenna struggled for years, but as great as working the small town circuit was it wasn’t enough. She desperately wanted to move to a bigger city, but the fear of being found out as a metahuman kept her at home.
When she was 24, Jenna couldn’t wait any longer. Packing up her bags, she moved to New York City to give it a go and see if she could make anything of herself and her music career. Almost as soon as she moved to the city, she met a man who was several years older than her named Jared. He told her he could get her the best gigs and a lot of exposure as an artist. For a while, they were strictly work friends. He’d give her leads on gigs, but the city had a cruel side and it was expensive. After her apartment was broken into for the second time, she moved in with Jared for safety and their relationship blossomed. Instead of just giving her leads on gigs, he’d get her a spot in them. He used his power and influence to progress her career.
However, it all came at a cost. It started off with an overly forceful grip of her arm to bring her closer to his side while meeting with a client. Then it progressed to pushing, shoving, and backhanding when she’d get in his way after meeting with a client didn’t go well. Having had enough of the abuse, Jenna had packed her bags to leave and was on her way out when Jared came home early and caught her. When he went to shove her down the stairs, she grew so angry that her wolf form took over and she shifted on the spot. Growling, she snapped at him and bit his arm hard enough to cause a significant bleed. Scared, Jenna shifted back quickly, grabbed her things and ran. Luckily she was able to get on a subway train and rest for the five minutes she needed, but now she needed to come up with a plan. Deciding it was best to get as far away from her mess, she hightailed it across the country and ended up in Pansaw. She’s been here just about a year and fears that her actions back in New York will come back to haunt her.
ANIMAL SHAPESHIFTING: Jenna can take on the abilities and strengths of four animal forms (wolf, cat, eagle, fly). Her forms always look the same and she can never switch what four she has… once you take on a form, it’s yours for life. While in these forms, she can retain all the information she sees/hears when she returns to her human form.
While her forms, she can be killed any way that they can be killed (ie. hunted, shot, hit by a car, swatted/smashed). When it comes to her wolf and cat form, Jenna needs half the time she was in that form to recover (ie. 4 hours in wolf/cat form, she needs 2 hours of sleep and a little food to recover). As for her eagle and fly form, Jenna needs the same amount of time she was in that form to recover because it’s such a significant change from human form (ie. 8 hours in eagle/fly form, she needs 8 hours of sleep and a decent amount of food). Once she shifts back to human form, she only has about 15 to 20 minutes to get somewhere safe to recover before she passes out.
+ Kind-hearted
+ Loyal
+ Friendly
– Insecure
– Naive
– Too-trusting