Jackie Rayleigh
Full Name
Jacquelyn Rayleigh
Nicknames
Jackie, Lynn
Race
Human
Gender
Female
Age
Twenty-eight
Occupation
Information broker, burglar and cutpurse
Jacquelyn Rayleigh
Nicknames
Jackie, Lynn
Race
Human
Gender
Female
Age
Twenty-eight
Occupation
Information broker, burglar and cutpurse
Appearance
Personality
Although her concern for strangers may very well be for personal gain, Jackie's care for the people she trusts and her need to keep them from certain harm is truly beyond comparison. However, she still retains a somewhat selfish, often greedy outlook and wouldn't mind taking advantage of anyone who foolishly trusts her without truly knowing her - Of course, there have been exceptions in this regard, but rarely. Jackie is also extremely cocky and confident in both herself and her abilities. She doesn't necessarily feel the need to prove her worth to others, but can find simple pleasure in bragging about her latest accomplishments to great extents. Although this is usually reserved for private circles, even if she does tell an exaggerated story in public it's often a flat-out lie.
Gear
Skills
History
Born as the inconvenient and unwanted child of a crime lord and a whore who had long since past her expiration date, Jackie grew up in a literal hive of scum and villainy. The muggings of unsuspecting pedestrians, the murder of an innocent young woman left for dead after having been savagely raped. There was no doubt that Jackie would meet what civil society referred to as: Hell on Earth. A dark place that no sane person would want to grow up in. To Jackie, however, this.... "filth". This place of lies and abuse, where literally nothing was sacred, was nothing different to growing up in a less run down place. It was home, a fucked up home. With her parents barely in the picture, if ever, Jackie was forced to mature and learn the basis of survival all on her own by scouring a cruel place at a very young age. She would beg for dimes and eat the leftover rotten meals that were dumped in the nearest bin.
She had nobody that looked out for her, nobody to turn to for help but her own damn self. Maybe the odd passerby who was kind enough to toss out some clothes, food or money every now and then, but nothing more. Jackie was quick to adapt to the "kill or be killed" mentality that her environment seemed to uphold, and it wouldn't be long until she moved on from innocently begging for things to just taking whatever she needed, whenever she wanted. Jackie's newly acquired infamy among the riffraff as an information dealer caught the swift attention of merchants and nobles wanting to make use of her talents in gaining the upper hand on their fellow man, something Jackie often turned to her own advantage by playing for both sides. It never earned her much money, but enough to afford a night's stay at the local inn and three meals a day.
Her famed talents eventually led the woman to the biggest job yet, to bring to light the true intentions of the current dictator queen as per request of a woman by the name of Nora Belenko. Swayed by her curiosity and the promise that an out-of-the-blue idea would come to fruition, Jackie took months upon months to dig out every dirty little secret that the queen kept hidden from the public eye and report her findings to her employer. Down the long line of gathering a copious amount of proof, Jackie found herself intrigued as her employer's suspicion proved to be true and worrisome. The latter mutually shared. Not that Jackie ever spoke of her personal thoughts on the people and things she "investigated" - Especially not with her employers. It was strictly business, and her opinions didn't matter unless she was specifically paid to give one.
As the final days of her job description came to an end and the last pieces of the intricate puzzle had been fitted, Jackie assisted in Nora's plans to set the ominous discovery ablaze the following night before making their silent escape. Of course, making sure to leave not a single trail behind for someone to chase. Jackie felt it was only right to help Nora one more time by providing a safe haven while she tried to locate the mysterious Corsair Knights. The woman knows her companion is eager to join these wanna-be crusaders, but she herself is not yet convinced to help make a change in the world and its many inhabitants...