Nell Rourke



"I was a rebellious kid. When I got into high school, I dyed my hair blue. My parents were furious. ...After E-day, I didn't know if I'd ever see anything look like it did before. I wasn't sure if I'd ever manage to get back to my hometown, and when I did... The blue hair's all I've got left of that life. Stupid, huh?"

Nell Rourke is a twenty-nine-year-old Stranded with dyed blue hair and an anarchy A tattooed on her inner left shoulder. She resides in Big Town with a number of other Stranded and acts as the team sniper.

Background
Nell was born an only child in the suburban town of Vradina. Her father was drafted during the Pendulum Wars, but since his previous white-collar job had him travelling nearly all the time, things didn't change much at home. She was visiting her uncles in Ephyra when the Locust first emerged. Worrying for her mother, she attempted to leave, but the gears refused to let anyone out of the city.

After spending five years in Ephyra as a worker in a munitions factory, she managed to sneak past the thinly stretched patrols by stowing away on a supply truck. She stole a Longshot and as much ammo as she could carry on her person. Once she was out of city lines, she hopped off the truck and walked back to Vradina. By that time the city had been raided and subsequently deserted by the Locust for its lack of strategic value. She took up residence in the old but highly defensible Town Hall, renamed the city 'Big Town', and has lived there ever since.

Today
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Trivia

 * The day after the Locust emerged, Nell bought all the blue dye in every local hair salon she could find and stockpiled it. At this point, she has a lifetime supply.
 * Nell's father taught her to shoot when she was young, but her surrogate brother Gabe helped her develop her accuracy.