Real Name: Jessica Park

Nickname/Codename/Alias: Shade

Allegiance: The Paragons of Atlanta

Gender: Female

Age: 22

Appearance: Out of costume: Jessica has a shapely, rather defined face, though somewhat circular. She is a natural redhead, though she has dyed her hair dirty-blonde. Her casual attire is unremarkable, usually consisting of a hoodie and sweatpants, and a mauve beanie. Like most of her family, Jessica has forest green eyes and fair skin.

In-costume: The basic layer of Shade's outfit is a dark purple military-esque coverall. Underneath are flexible ballistic materials, to protect her from bullet and knife wounds. Shade makes use of black special-ops combat boots and gloves. Over her suit, Shade wears a dark purple cape and a hood, resembling a cloak of sorts. The cape is not merely for aesthetics; it contains kevlar, acts a a parachute and can conceal her arms if necessary. It and the hood are detachable in case of emergencies. To store her items, Shade utilized three black utility belts: one worn across the chest (like a sash), one around the hips and one around her right thigh. To conceal her face and offer protection, Shade wears a black balaclava with filters. Over that she wears white-lensed military goggles. Overall, the suit's dark purple and black hues make it hard to spot at night, Shade's primary patrol hours.

Personality: While not asocial per se, Jessica tend to keep to herself. Unless to spoken to directly, she will tend to listen to a conversation far more often than contribute to it. It is difficult to rile her into anger, or any strong emotion in particular. Often, she prefers thinking things through alone rather than discussing things with her (oft capricious) partners. When she is speaking with others, her remarks are often sarcastic or matter-of-fact, to avoid any emotional connotations. However, despite her cold demeanor, Jessica has a strong moral compass and will not tolerate egocentric or detrimental acts; especially ones of violent nature against civilians. Not subscribing to any religion or school of thought, Jessica is a self-made individual with her own views of the world, though one could compare her to an existentialist due to studying the works of Friedrich Nietzsche, John Locke and Aristotle.

Personal History: Jessica was born in Atlanta, Georgia to a wealthy arms manufacturer, William Park, and his wife Melissa Park. Her father was an ex-Delta Force operative, who started the company ArmaMax with a few friends after his service. She has one older brother, Charles, who is now an electrician. Jessica always had an interesting in adventuring, and her hobbies consisted of such things as deer hunting, fishing and other outdoorsman activities in the Piedmont Mountains.

Despite being one of the wealthiest students in her school, Jessica was always down-to-earth, putting her nose to her studies. She was never much good in foreign languages or the arts, but she excelled in science, math and social studies. After her high school career, Jessica enlisted in the military as a form of public service, but a few years after her induction into the 75th Ranger Regiment, the United States Federal Government collapsed. Without any need for it anymore, the military was disbanded and the remaining servicemen with their separate ways. Without her clear-cut future, Jessica was left vengeful and confused. Despite her solitary nature, seeing the city of Atlanta (and the entire nation for that matter) fall to pieces left her with the desire to assist those worse-off than she. A solution was at hand: Crash, also known as Gary Jackson, leader of the Paragons, was a local vigilante and so-called "superhero" who led a group of civilians to crusade against crime and violent chaos. Jessica had no qualms with the idea, though her austere father did. She and her mother eventually talked him into keeping Jessica's identity a secret, because though he found the notion of masked vigilantes unnerving, he did understand her motives. Jessica choose the codename Shade, a synonym for specter or ghost, and applied for the Paragon's night shift. She's been patrolling the nasty streets of Atlanta ever since.

Powers, Weapons, Ect.: No superpowers. Shade's remarkably high intelligence manifests itself when she is problem-solving, and her deductive reasoning is considered the best among her colleagues. Aside from her brain, Shade is well-armed to deal with most criminals. In her utility belts Shade carries smoke pellets, stun grenades, a grappling hook pistol, a handgun that takes tranquilizer, non-lethal electric stun and lethal rounds, tracers, handcuffs, first-aid, a survival knife and more. She also carries a wrist computer. At the age of 19, Shade was among the first women to complete Ranger school, showing she had as strong a body as a mind.

Weaknesses: Despite her flexibility, Shade is only one woman, and often has the problem of overworking herself. Obviously, she is not omnipresent, and can only be in one place at one time. On top of this, she thinks with a logical mind, and often has trouble sympathizing with others; if they are not used to this, this might push them away. Shade takes failure personally, and will shoulder too much blame if her team fails to complete their goal. She also has difficultly winding down, and can be a bit too stiff off-duty. Combat-wise, the lack of any metahuman powers forces her to outsmart and not out-muscle any metahuman foes. In a straight-up fistfight, she will not last against someone with above-human strength.

Any additional information we should know: One of my two main characters. Partners with Scarecrow.