Name: Nicki Torres Age: 46 Community Job: Raider Job Before: Street Racer & Exotic Dancer Reside in: Old garage near Community Center How long have they lived in Redwood?: 1 years Family: None Status: Open relationship with Ares Melania Faceclaim: Zoe Saldana
Biography:
Nicole Torres, although she refuses to be called Nicole as she much prefers Nicki, was born in the Dominican Republic and lived there for the first few years of her life, although she doesn’t remember much of it. Her parents moved her to New York when she was four to have a better life. Her father opened up a little grocery shop in the Bronx while her mother worked as a maid, cleaning for a bunch of rich families in the city. Nicki would often help out at her father’s shop growing up but honestly, she found it really, really boring. What she loved were cars. Her father had gotten his hands on a 69 Camaro that he was restoring and Nicki worked with him a lot on restoring the vehicle. At her dad’s store she would often have the latest vehicle magazine behind the counter to read while she was working. When she grew up she wanted to collect cars and have her own shop where she would upgrade cars to make them better. When she was sixteen, her dad gave her the keys to the Camaro and she couldn’t have asked for a better birthday present.
With her new wheels Nicki wanted to show off her ride and very quickly joined the street racing scene. The money was good, especially when she won, which was very, very often. Nicki enjoyed when she got to crush the boys as they thought they were automatically better drivers than her because she was young and a woman. The look on their faces when she collected their money - priceless. Unfortunately during one of the races, the cops were called and Nicki was arrested for illegal street racing and fleeing the scene. She was placed on probation and mandatory community service for six months and her poor Camaro was stuck in the garage. And while she couldn’t drive it, she did buy some new parts for her baby and upgraded her. As soon as she could, she was going to take her baby out on the road again. She wanted to go on a cross-country road trip and nothing was going to stop her.
But first thing’s first - she needed cash. She worked at her dad’s shop for as long as she could but eventually she knew it wasn’t going to be enough. She spent a few more years traveling around New York, racing again for cash. One night while he was out racing, her father’s store was hit and robbed. The robbers had shot and killed her father when he tried to use his shotgun on them and then shot her mom when she stopped by to bring him dinner. Nicki was devastated and, unable to handle the loss of both of her parents, she moved to Philly.
Nicki remained on the racing scene but it wasn’t as big as it was in New York so she started exotic dancing. The money was very, very good and honestly, she enjoyed it. Once again she was tricking men and taking their money. What better way was there to earn money? However, the more she found how much she loved dancing and racing in her new home, the longer she put off her cross country road trip. After all, the more money she made, the better her trip. That and she had all the time in the world…
At least, until the outbreak happened. It was one of her nights off from the club but she was out street racing. They were just getting ready to start the race when a group of zombies started eating the crowd. Nicki, not sure what to do, sped off towards her little apartment and turned on the news. She couldn’t believe it - a zombie apocalypse? She only thought shit like that happened in the movies. She decided to pack up her stuff and drive out of Pennsylvania, thinking if she got out of the Northeast that she could escape it and let the government contain it.
That was years ago. After driving for what seemed like forever, she unfortunately ran out of gas and with no gas station having any fuel for her to fill up, she had to abandon her baby and head out on foot. Eventually she came across Redwood, the town not being far from where she left her car. She was glad to find a place that seemed relatively normal and hopes that one day this virus will be gone and she can save her baby and take that road trip.
Headcanons:
Nicki joined the raiders for a couple of reasons - one, she felt like it was too much of a boys’ club and she enjoys showing men up. And two - it allows her to go check on her baby and make sure that no one else has found it and moved it. If anything happens to that car she will bash someone’s head in.
Nicki danced at the same club as Mayra and the two had been friends. She was glad to find her here in Redwood and have a close friend, given the end of the world was quite literally upon them.
She has a full sleeve of tattoos and bracelets and rings that she had made from old car parts and small tools like lug nuts and coils. She even has a pair of earrings that have blunted nails on them. She likes little trinkets and collectibles like that.
Before coming to Redwood, Nicki had been a part of Zack's Wolves right before they were killed and captured by the Daybreakers. Nicki had been there for about a month before she managed to escape, although she won't really talk about what happened. The failure of that still haunts her and she's bound and determined to make sure that if that happens again, she won't lose.














