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Name: Jade Harley
Background:
Once upon a time, a meteor crashed into the earth on December 1st, carrying with it a small little girl who would later be named Jade Harley. She was found by Grandpa (we would find out he was actually her ectobiology father), who deemed her a new traveling companion and took her to explore a strange island. Not much is really known about her past, other than that her Grandpa was shot with a dual-wielded flintlock pistol when Jade was very small, causing Jade to lose sleep over his death. Eventually, she slept and woke up on Prospit, where she has been dreaming ever since.
Jade lives on her island with her (deceased, stuffed) Grandfather and her omnipotent dog, Becquerel, who can warp time and space. And this island is in the middle of the ocean, somewhere between Australia and Hawaii. She has been collecting friends for years now, making them and keeping track of them over the internet, through the use of a client called Pesterchum. Her dog looks out for her, keeping her out of trouble on what has fondly been nicknamed Hellmurder Island.
Jade is really uncertain about the trolls she's met, blocking them all because she really can't stand most of them. They somehow find ways around this, but she keeps blocking them all the same. She is rather neutral on the trolls vs. humans debate, however, realizing that they need to live peacefully in order to survive.
Personality:
Jade is described in canon as “a very silly girl.” That is for the most part, true. Most of her time outside of Sburb is spent indulging in fun things, like talking to her friends online and playing her eclectic bass. She loves her Squiddle plushies, and is a great enthusiast of 'anthropomorphic fauna.' Often she daydreams about turning into an animal (though she would never, ever dress up as one). She is happy, usually putting a positive outlook on things, and is very rarely exasperated. This is expressed in the way she types. There, exclamation points abound, as well as smiley faces. Rarely does she forgo these, even when she’s angry (in fact, she almost uses MORE exclamation points when she’s upset).
Jade is fairly naive. She grew up somewhat sheltered, living on an island with mainly her dog Becquerel for company, since her grandfather gained an appreciation for wanderlust and took off to explore the world. While Bec isn’t just a dog, but rather a guardian of Earth, it still makes for a lonely childhood of sorts. Still, Jade doesn’t seem upset by this. Her sense of the unfairness of life is small, and she tends to rely on her dreams and her dog rather than common sense. Jade also doesn’t understand popular culture references (with the exception of Dave’s comics, which she reads religiously in a non-ironic way). She doesn’t always understand her friends’ jokes, but she laughs anyway, as a good friend and supporter should. But don’t mistake her naivety for dim wits. Jade might overlook the grim details, but she is extremely intelligent. Her favorite things to do include nuclear physics, of all things. She has used her time to her advantage, cultivating her talents. Jade has many unusual skills for a girl of thirteen, since she was taught by her grandfather at a young age to appreciate the thrill of the hunt and other various things, like science. While she may not be culturally in the know, Jade knows enough in her own fields to make up for that.
Jade has a problem with falling asleep in strange locations; this is frequently put down to a severe case of narcolepsy, but it has recently been discovered that Vriska (one of the trolls) is behind some of this. To what extent, the readers aren't yet certain, but Vriska has been controlling Jade's sleeping habits for a good portion of her life. She can’t control where she falls asleep; in canon, she almost seems to have a knack for falling asleep at the WORST times (though this is probably due to Vriska's subtle trolling). Jade presumably never knows that she’s fallen asleep (though when asked, her dream robot will admit that she probably is). People tend to make fun of her for this, but the only time this ever gets on her nerves is when it’s insults from the trolls, most of whom Jade detests. She is the only one of the kids to actually count all twelve of the distinct trolls at first, and is presumably the one that they first made contact with (and the one that they contact the most, though these conversations aren’t always shown in pages). She might be slow to anger, but she is anything but immune. Karkat certainly got on her nerves long before the series started, causing Jade to block him on her instant messaging client, pesterchum. Karkat finds a way to get around the block, much to Jade’s chagrin, and they continue their arguments. Her anger generally takes its form in a manner of ignoring whoever makes her mad, though she doesn’t often show true rage. When she does, it’s almost like a complete snap in personality. When Karkat and future!Karkat get into an argument in a chat (via freaky time shenanigans) Jade reverts to angry words and expletives, shocking the pair of them. This doesn’t happen often, but that’s probably a good thing; most people don’t expect it of her, since it’s so rare.
Since Jade has been awake on Prospit, the dream world closest to Skaia, for as long as she can remember, she often seems to be much of a dreamer. Because of her dream self, Jade has received visions of the future through Skaia’s clouds, telling her to do things that are important to her friends’ quests. When she wakes up from these dreams, she arranges her thoughts by tying pieces of multicolored string to her fingers, to help her to remember certain events. Most of her friends find her to be a little bit eerie and secretive, since she often knows things that they haven’t yet told her. Jade refuses to share anything more than is necessary with her friends about their futures, exclaiming that if she tells them, they will “mess it all up.” Despite that, she wishes all of her friends the best, becoming the main cheerleader of the group as the story progresses. As the last person to enter the medium, Jade is left out of the loop to some extent. Despite this, she doesn’t stop believing in her friends. She nudges them in the right directions, knowing that they’ll bring her up to speed eventually.
Title: Witch of Space, but this can be changed if needed.
Planet: Land of Frost and Steam
Chumhandle/Color: gardenGnostic, and she types like this!!
Other: riflekind, really cute.