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Terri Jacobs

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Name:  Terri Machelle Jacobs

Nickname:

Age:  25

Birthday:  Aug. 19th

Sexual Orientation:  Straight

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Baptist (doesn't practice)

Chronic diseases/Other Illness: 

Allergies:  Shellfish

Drinks:  Yes, socially

Smokes:  No

Illegal Drugs:  No (has tried pot and X)

Highest Education Obtained:  Bachelor's in Printed Journalism from USC

Former Occupation(s):  Student at the University of South Carolina; Research assistant at The Statesman

Favorite Feature:  Eyes

Least Favorite Feature:  Hands

Skills:  The trauma she's suffered has hardened her to the horror around her and allows her to function and do things that are necessary.

Biggest Weakness:  With her anger/rage issues, she could be a liability

Biggest Fear:  That she will give up

Most Common Misconception:

Appearance

Height:  5' 4"

Weight:  119 lbs

Build:  Athletic

Hair:  Blond

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Medium; light freckling along her face and upper body

Glasses:  No

Scars:  Small scar along her right thumb; small scar on her left knee

Tattoos:  Interlinking rings around her left ankle

Usually wears:  Terri's dress was a mix of biker and urbanite.  She nearly always wears her hair up, but refuses to cut it short

Personality

Terri had always been the socially out-going, bubbly type that some people find cute and others find annoying.  She used to have this never-wavering positive attitude about everything, whether it was the weather or nuclear proliferation.  Many believed she was born with a spirit that couldn't be dampened, but in fact it comes from an inner strength that many do not relate to her.  Her friendliness, kindness, and trustworthiness garnered her many friends growing up.  Growing up in a rural community, she learned that lifestyle but never really liked it.  As a teen, Terri developed a bit of a wild side to expand her playful nature.  But this never detracted her from goal to be an award-winning journalist, so she remained studious and hard-working.  All these traits helped her get into USC with little difficulty, and college had broadened her horizons both intellectually and professionally.  Fun-loving, dedicated, and socially conscious were some ways to describe what she matured into.

All this changed two months after the outbreak.  Since her ordeal, Terri has become withdrawn, highly suspicious, and quick to agitate.  She possibly suffers from some type of rape trauma, but without a thorough evaluation everything is guesswork.  It isn't hard to see the seething anger just behind her eyes now, and she has demonstrated an inability to control her rage.  As such, there is a developed lack of empathy towards the dead and living.  While she no longer talks, Terri spends hours writing in her journals.  Her social interactions are very limited, although she seems to have developed a trust and respect for C.  Terri tries to find quiet spots off to herself---usually to think or cry---but it is hard when you are almost constantly on the move.

Personal History

Jacobs was born at Conway Hospital in Conway, SC the second of two daughters.  She grew up in the small community of Bayboro.  As a child, she was bright and inquisitive with a personality that made people want to like her.  Always willing to please, she did very well in grade school and was a popular student.  Her mother tried in vain to showcase her cuteness in beauty pageants early on, but Terri preferred the outdoors to tiaras.  She took to playing soccer and softball into her teens.  At eleven, her uncle gave her a motorcycle ride which had a profound effect---she had her own dirt bike within a month.  Although her family took vacations to the beach often, Jacobs fell in love with the mountains during a school field trip and convinced her family to go there at least once a year.  Her first year at Aynor High School Terri won an essay contest, which began a life-long love of writing.  Giving into peer pressure, she also gave up sports for cheerleading.  She continued to do well in school, and she committed to a career in journalism as she wrote for the school's newspaper and served as the yearbook editor her junior and senior year.  Those summers she spent interning at the Post and Courier in Charleston.  She was accepted at USC in Columbia and won a partial scholarship to study journalism.  Boys were never a big item on her list, although she did date. 

Prior to beginning her sophomore year, Terri took a tumble while vacationing near Black Mountain, NC and badly lacerated her right knee.  The following summer she returned, riding her Yamaha the whole way.  She wrote about her fall and her trip back with such conviction that it not only made the front page of the student newspaper, but was also picked up by some of the local media outlets.  Working hard and staying grounded eventually wore on Terri, and to relieve the stress she went out dancing often.  Sometimes they were with dates, but mostly with friends.  Eventually she fell in love with an Information Systems major named Nicholas Chandler, and they dated all through her junior year.  The relationship ended after he cheated, at which time Terri handled the pain two ways:  writing and playing hard.  By the middle of her senior year, she had a reputation as a party girl.  While some of her "wild ways" didn't sit well with her parents, they did little to effect her grades.  She took up jogging to keep in shape and volunteered at the annual Children's Miracle Network every year she was in college.  She also worked at a variety of jobs to help pay for her room and board.

Jacobs got the nickname "Hell on Wheels" from some of the staff at The Statesman newspaper where she did her senior internship.  This was because of her "go-get'em" attitude and her use of her motorcycle to zip around covering stories, doing research, and running errands.  The paper offered her a job as a researcher even before she graduated.  It wasn't the reporter gig she wanted, but it would allow her to pursue her master's while working full-time.  Plus, she was already writing stories for her hometown paper all of which kept her plenty busy.  With her BA in Printed Journalism in hand, Terri went right to work on her master's degree at USC.

Like every journalist in the world, Terri was working on various projects regarding the viral outbreak and the emergence of zombie-like victims.  Three weeks into it, the Army ordered the paper shut down and the building cleared.  Back on campus, she and the rest of the student body that had not already left were locked down.  Once panic hit the streets of Columbia, Terri jumped on her bike and alluded several roadblocks headed for home.  She made it 30 miles before joining a group of 60-70 survivors camped along the Black River.  In a month and a half, the number was down to 26.  Walkers overran the camp in the middle of an September night, and Terri managed to escape with another woman named Brenda and her two children.  Three days later, they were found by an armed foraging party in an abandoned farmhouse.  The women were separated and restrained, put into different rooms, and submitted to repeated rapes.  Terri awoke sometime later and managed to free herself, but there was no sign of Brenda or her children.  Gathering what supplies and strength she had left, she made it to I-20 and followed it for a few miles.  Zombies surrounded the tractor-trailer truck she was using as shelter when she was rescued by Mike Cleyburne.  Since then, she quietly follows his small band wherever they go.

Terri is yet to speak since her ordeal even though she physically can.  She struggles with it daily along with the situation the world has degraded into. 

Former Residence

Last Address:  Greenville Hall Dormitory, University of South Carolina

Lived With:  Her roommate, Cheryl

Lived in Bridgend since:  Never.  Resided in Bayboro, SC prior to attending college

Stuff S/He Uses Daily

Firearms: 

Top:  H&K MP5 Personal Defense Weapon (9mm).  Terri took it from after she shot him.

Bottom:  Mike gave Terri his issued Beretta M9A1 with tac-lite as protection and a sign of trust.  Mrs. Humphries gave Terri a Winchester Model 94 that had belonged to her husband (now in the Armory).

Melee weapon(s):

SOG Seal Pup Combat Knife

Personal items:  After her attack, Terri had little save the tattered clothes still on her and a canteen of water.  Along her travels, she's found several pens, pencils, and notebooks that she writes in daily.

Facts

Activities:  Jogging, writing (creative and professional), club dancing, supporting causes for children

Likes:  Motorcycles, writing for her hometown newspaper, vacations in the mountains, dogs,

Dislikes:  Cold weather, snakes, bad breath

Family

Gregory L. Jacobs - Father:  A well-known and prosperous farmer in the Bayboro area.  Without a son he promoted Terri's tom-boy behavior and secretly doled on her.  A loving, supporting father.  Status unknown.

Donna R. Jacobs - Mother:  Terri's Mom was a housewife who liked to donate her time to worthy causes.  She was determined to have her daughters grow into ladies with successful lives.  Status unknown.

Stacy C. Price - Sister:  Only married a little over a year when the End occurred, Terri's sister worked as a loan officer at a local bank.  More refined and lady-like than Terri, the two were nevertheless close.  Stacy's husband Arnie owned a trucking business.  Status of both unknown.

Relationships with Other Characters

Character	How do they know each other?
	Her rescuer and the sole person she trusts is Mike Cleyburne.  She silently admires his ability to function in this world and to face hardship and press on.  His single-minded quest to get home to his family inspires her.  She appreciates all he does to protect her and teach her how to stand on her own.  Terri writes about him often in her journals.

NPCs and Inactive Characters

Character

How do they know each other?

Charlie Reynolds was with Mike when he coaxed her out of the 18-wheeler she was hiding in and convinced her to go with them.  Despite his efforts at befriending her and trying to cheer her up, Terri sees Charlie as more of a nuisance.  She thinks him too childish to make it in the world as it is, and has concerns he will get someone killed for it.  Still, he is one of only two men she doesn't see as a threat.

Other Characters Talk

Questionnaires

What Makes You...

...Joyfully smile?:  Now, not much.  Ever so often a thought of the mountains makes her smile

...Laugh out loud?:  Again, Terri hasn't laughed in a while

...Cry your eyes out?:  On a bad day, she will cry for seemingly no reason.  Fact is, even the smallest memories will trigger tears.

...Really sad?:  That she has to live like this day after day.

...Smirk?:  Some of the better attempts at getting her to smile

...Want to be by yourself?:  Thinking she will never see her family again

What is...

...Your favorite pre-apocalyptic memory?

...The thing you miss the most?  Her motorcycle

...The thing you miss the least?

Rick's Question...

Have you had to kill another living person since it all started?  Why?

Her Secret

Terri has a lot of secrets now, as she has yet regained the ability to speak.  No one is certain what happened to her, although Mike and Charlie have a pretty good idea that she was raped.  An even bigger secret is that, despite her anger and general distrust in men, she's starting to crush heavily on Mike Cleyburne.