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Hey everybody, Deanna here. There’s no easy way to make this announcement, so I’ll cut to the chase: I have decided to put Burning Maddox on an indefinite hiatus. It breaks my heart so much to do this, after five months of a lot of fun and a lot of hard work, but it has come to my attention that there’s been a serious lull within the group, one that I just don’t have the time to keep trying to mend. It’s not the first time we’ve had this issue, and everything just sort of comes back to it in one way or another. But I’d like to thank our members so much for all they’ve done for the group -- applying, keeping active, bringing to life the characters I cherish so dearly. I especially thank those who have been here since practically the beginning, and have stuck around through thick and thin. You have no idea how much it hurts me to put the group on hiatus. 

But if anybody knows me, you should know this isn’t the end of Maddox. In one way or another anticipate its return, and when the time comes, I hope to see you all back. You’re welcome to continue roleplaying your characters for now on the dash, but I just ask that you please don’t bring them to other groups or whatnot. If you need me at all, don’t hesitate to message here or on my personal.

The following people have 48 hours to become active or message us, or your role will become reopened:

Callum Knight

April Park

Marnie Whittaker

Cordelia FitzGerald

Gabriel Mueller

Yes, they probably would have a few stationed there at all times. Perhaps the confusion was because we didn’t go into grave details about what they do or where they are, to allow creative freedom to our members. But they would be everywhere in town. If there’s a thread going on that negates this or makes you confused in general, feel free to message us off anon and we can talk about it. It’d be a lot easier knowing where the confusion is.

They’re all over, everywhere. They have no issues going between boundaries of the Cabellos and Voltaires.

Probably nothing crazy plot wise regarding them anytime soon, you’ll have to see for yourself really. But if it’s information on human guards regarding how to play them or details about their job, I’ve added some information on this page regarding them. Eventually I’d like to take this entire page and add it to the bestiary page to make it cleaner, but that involves time, which I’ve been lacking of lately. If you have any questions about the guards though, feel free to ask! I try to be as clear as possible, but sometimes it doesn’t translate as well as I anticipate.

Cubi have the power of persuasion and seduction. When they are touching a human, they can make that human “want” them, which is how the Cubi get a human to have sex with them so that they can feed off of their energy. If they have fed enough times and are strong enough for it, Cubi can change their appearance. Cubi can also sense other supers, though they won’t know exactly what type they are, and they can also sense other Cubi and recognize each other. They are also immortal. Hope that answers your question!

       Sorry, we just don’t see her working for Victoria.

The following people have 48 hours to become active or message us, or your role will become reopened:

Lydia Perkins

       Hi anon, do you mean be accepted by the members rather than an application acceptance? If so, my biggest advice is plot! Making sure you’re relentless with plotting because personally I find it’s the best way to make those connections out of character and in character with others. That’s also why admin Deanna has gone to such trouble making sure each character has connections.

       If you’re having a little difficulty please don’t hesitate to come off anon and chat with us! Also whilst we’re on the subject, everyone should be making sure to reply to starters before posting more -- especially those with limited notes!

The Jamerson family had always been one of the closest in town, family friends and neighbors alike whispering about how borderline unhealthy it was that all five of them were so close, in a relationship that would give the Brady Bunch a run for its money. But in reality, Mr. and Mrs. Jamerson and their three daughters were nothing more than a typical functional family, one that had no secrets between them and spent much of their time together. Meredith was the oldest of the group, starting a precedent of darling Jamerson daughters that were well behaved, listened to their parents, and were excellent at posing for family portraits to put above their fireplace. The Jamerson daughters were brought up in a lap of luxury, in a great big house just shy of a white picket fence and golden retriever. Meredith's childhood memories are some of the greatest parts of her life, going on camping trips or long car rides with her family. There were no secrets in the Jamerson home -- or at least, so Meredith thought. She was nine years old when her parents were killed in a car crash, shocking everyone to the core. But nobody was as completely heartbroken as the three children they left behind in the mix, their youngest daughter being only four years old at the time. Meredith and her sisters went from daughters to orphans in a matter of minutes. Their parents had made sure everything would be perfect for them in case something like this did occur, setting them up with everything they could need: a new guardian, their estranged grandmother, and a comfy trust fund that included the deed to their childhood home. Unfortunately their grandmother refused to move into the home, so instead the three girls were shipped off to San Francisco to meet the grandma they had never known.

Their grandmother was a fine guardian, giving the three girls just as much nice things as their parents had. Unlike them the woman did not work, which meant more time spent alone in the house with their grandmother, as well as the maids and cooks she had working for her. Yet with all those people around the house, the Jamerson's new home felt a lot lonelier without their mom or dad. Only time could heal their wounds, and eventually it did, though all three of the girls would always carry their parent's memory with them. Their grandmother, however, was not the warmest woman, so all the love and support the three sisters were given were from each other, a strong bond forming between them. Though Meredith was the oldest by two years, her middle sister Eloise was the maternal figure, making sure their youngest sister Sage was protected as much as possible, while also watching to make sure Meredith kept her cool at all times. Even at a young age, Meredith was a spitfire, unable to keep her opinions to herself, or the passion out of her eyes. Their living situation wasn't ideal, and their grandmother wasn't Meredith's favorite person, but Eloise kept them all in line, knowing it would only be so long until they could escape the walls of that stuffy home.

Meredith's grandmother didn't pass away until she was twenty-one, and by then a lot was going on. The oldest sister was nearly done with her college degree, going to a state school not too far they lived, still with the old woman. Eloise was nineteen and working two jobs to save up for the future while Sage was finishing high school, with the plan for them all to move back to their childhood home once she turned eighteen. Compared to their parent's death, their grandmother didn't leave them much, just one thing that meant the world to them: freedom. Meredith was able to get custody of Sage for her remaining minor years, and together the sisters went back to their old house, refurbishing the abandoned place and making it their forever home. One night Meredith was cleaning out her parent's room when she came across the most unusual thing in such an ordinary house: a trap door, one that led to a panic room that held quite the arsenal of weapons. With more digging through the rest of the house, slowly pieces started getting fit together, and the Jamerson sisters found out the truth about their family -- their parents had been secret supernatural hunters, and from the looks of it, they highly doubted they had lost their lives by anything other than their apparent profession.

The revelation struck all three girls quite hard. Of course Meredith and them had known about the supernatural -- it was hard not to hear about it, when it was such a rising issue in the country. But it had never really affected her until she realized that they were the cause for her parent's death, the reason her family had been broken for so long. The three of them decided together that they had to make this right. So they followed in their parent's footsteps, using their research books and studying up on all the fighting styles they could find to transform themselves into hunters their parents would be proud of. While Eloise and Sage had some trouble at first, Meredith was a natural; for the first time the woman had realized she found her calling, studying more than she ever had in college, and becoming the one to help teach her sisters everything she learned. After almost a year of practicing their moves, Meredith told them the only way they could get better was to put them in action. So they went on their first hunt, when most hunters would've told them they were asking for a death wish, considering they had no other experience or outsider knowledge. But instead they made their first kill together, an omega werewolf, and from there it only got better. The girls got better with each passing hunt, and more popular in the hunting community. Other hunters around the country couldn't stop gossiping about the three sisters who rose from their parent's ashes and made a name for themselves, and a good one at that.

It was exactly ten years after their grandmother's death that tragedy struck once more. The girls were asleep at home when a group of vampires ambushed them in the middle of the night, catching them completely off guard. Meredith had to watch with horror as her sisters were killed right in front of her, though not without putting up a good fight. It was by nothing more than sheer luck that the woman was able to escape with her life, before the vampires lit the entire house on fire. There was no doubt the next day there'd be talk about how Meredith was coincidentally the only Jamerson daughter that lived, but she didn't give enough time to hear it. The woman moved across the country, as far as she possibly could from California, only to spend her free time day drinking in bars across the east coast. With no family, no anchor, and no desire to go near another vampire again, Meredith let the vices of alcohol and men consume her, so she didn't have to think about her sister's screams, or her childhood home burnt to the ground. It wasn't until six months ago that Meredith heard about a group of vampires attacking a small town in Georgia. It wasn't something out of the ordinary lately, but the news resonated with her more than usual. So she went and paid the town a visit, not leaving until every last vampire was dead. And just like that, Meredith knew she still had a purpose: make sure every last super paid for the pain they inflicted on Meredith's parents, and Meredith's sisters, and every other person in the world that died at the hands of magic. But the woman wasn't ready to take on hunting on her own, not after so many memories of doing it with Eloise and Sage. So she sought out a job in the American government, after hearing from a friend that they were working towards riding the country of supers for good. What she didn't expect was to be brought into a super-infested town with a group of amateurs.

Of the Jamerson sisters, Meredith had always been the one who was the most passionate about hunting, finding a way to let her lifetime of frustration out and because she knew they were making the world a better place. Though a bit rough around the edges, she was never a hard person to get along with -- at least, until the deaths of Eloise and Sage. Now people are lucky if they can get a few words out of her that aren't ice cold. Only when Meredith is flirting or drinking is she at her kindest, the two ways she'll dulled the pain of her grievances for a long time. But since getting a job, she's working hard to wean herself off her vices, as well as become a little more sociable, for the sake of her career. She was never the most trustful person to meet, but her old self was nothing compared to who she is now. She's sensitive about her past, finding no reason anybody should bother to know anything. Meredith keeps her words vague and her tone passive (borderline bored), until there's a spark in the conversation that really keeps going. But since her sister's death she has a longing to see as many supers killed as possible, no matter what the cost. She doesn't agree with the way the government is handling the Operation per say, locking the guards in there but not giving them permission to kill, but like a good soldier, Meredith will listen to directions... for now.

DEAN COOLIDGE:  In the short time they’ve known each other, Dean and Meredith have become good friends, and perhaps the closest Meredith’s had to one in awhile. She serves as an unofficial second to the leader, clearly the most qualified and experienced hunter other than him within the group. They’ve known each other for only the month or so they’ve been working towards the Operation, but the two have figured out a lot about each other during that time, mostly through piecing stories together. There’s something about him that makes it easy to let her guard down and trust him, or at the very least, makes her want to trust him.

AARON REEVES & LYDIA PERKINS: Considering most of the guardsmen are either qualified and a little mundane for her, Meredith finds herself spending more time with the hunters within town, even if they are the ones posing as supers. Lydia was the first of the group Meredith had met, and immediately took a liking for the passionate blonde. Aaron, however, had surprised the hunter -- though she was told his training wasn’t much better than most of the so called “hunters” that now parade as guards, the man clearly knows what he’s doing, both in his field and with his words. He’s a charming man, that’s for sure, and while Meredith isn’t usually one to be charmed by men so easily, even she has her limits.

REYNA SANTANA: The young hunter in training has made it pretty clear since meeting her that she hopes to get some sort of mentorship or advice from Meredith, which makes her a bit wary, to be honest. It’s been a long time since she’s worked with others so closely, and Meredith isn’t sure she’s ready to spill all her secrets to the younger woman. But she does see a fire and potential in Reyna, and will certainly be keeping an eye on her during the Operation.

It was Noah’s generation that was the first to grow up in a world where supernaturals were public knowledge – but for Noah, it didn’t make much of a difference. Growing up, him and his friends would joke about how unlikely having a super living in their small Virginia town was, purely because their town was just so boring. And they weren’t wrong; Fortuna barely had enough square miles and human residents to be considered a separate town from its neighbors, let alone the looming threat of having to worry about creatures with fangs or claws. In Noah’s town the only true tragedies or terrors were getting pulled over for speeding on the back roads, or going to third base with your girlfriend only to have your mother walk in. Living in Fortuna was like another planet, one whose sole occupants were the kids from Noah’s school, and all of his quirky neighbors. Not everyone could handle small town life forever, but Noah never minded. Fortuna may have been a caste system, but Noah and his friends were on top, untouchable to the average high school student. His friends were ones he made through his parents, before he had even been born, or could comprehend who exactly they would become. They were the kings of the basketball court, making a name for their small town by winning every tournament in their region.

The first eighteen years of Noah's life were easy, skating by in his classes while being able to get away with just about anything. The only child of a fairly wealthy couple, Noah's mother only had the best to say about her son, unable to believe he could do any wrong. His father was barely around enough to grasp his own opinion on the matter, but he always took his wife's word as law within their home, siding with her even when she was clearly in the wrong. And with his mother on his side, Noah could do pretty much anything -- skip school, fail a test, trespass on private property -- and his mother was always the defense lawyer he never needed. Nothing was ever Noah's fault, but the faults of everyone and everything around him. It wasn't something the boy was ever even conscious of until his sophomore year, when an exchange student from England came to stay with his family for the year, and helped shed some light on the matter. But even with Jefferson's psychoanalyzing of his family, what did Noah care? He didn't have the best relationship with his parents, but they always came to his basketball games and took him on cool vacations every year. And by then it was only a matter of time before Noah was able to move out of his parent's home and start the real world once graduation came, just a few short years away.

The first real fight Noah had ever had with his mother -- one that lasted days, with her not backing down or caving -- was during his junior year of high school, when Noah somehow let it slip that he didn't plan on attending college after graduation. He honestly didn't think it was that big of a deal; he knew her and Noah's father were expecting him to apply to colleges, but after seeing so many of his old basketball teammates graduate and stay in Fortuna, getting jobs and doing just fine on their own, the boy began to expect that was how his future was going to turn out. Noah's parents wouldn't hear of it, though. To them their son had decent enough grades and a high enough bank account to get himself a college education, which had been the next step both his parents had taken when they were growing up, and it went without saying that Noah had to do the same. They had drilled in his head early on that the only reason they could see Noah not going to college was if he decided to enroll in the military (and even then, his mother probably would've had a heart attack). So graduating from high school only to get a full time job at the ice cream shop in town was insulting to his parents, and insulting to himself. All Noah wanted was to stay in town, get his own place with his friends, and continue the small town life he loved so dearly, but if he didn't give college a shot, he could kiss the savings account his parents had accumulated over the years for him goodbye.

So Noah gave it the good old college try, solely for the fact of getting recruited to join the basketball team of a college right in Washington DC, only a forty minute train ride from home. On top of that, he had a friend who was studying at a different university in the city, so between having one of his old teammates nearby and getting to play some basketball, the college thing sounded a lot better than he initially thought. The first semester was great -- before basketball season began the freshman was able to join a fraternity, where they welcomed him to the life of college girls and greek life parties. It was fun and fast, making the time speed by until basketball season and Noah's college career truly began. Unfortunately, it didn't take long before a realization dawned on the teenager: his team sucked. They worse than sucked, they couldn't win one game. They were the laughing stock of their school, compared to the other sports teams they had, and it began to take a toll on the kid. Shortly after the season ended he decided he was going to drop basketball for good, or at least his university's team. Something about having an empty gymnasium with no fans, or having teammates that could barely make a shot made the appeal quickly fade away. But Noah still had his fraternity and his brothers, there to help drown his sorrows in all the alcohol possible.

It wasn't until returning home for winter break that he realized the grades in college actually mattered, and he was not doing well. His parents spent the entire break pushing for him to focus on his grades more when he came back -- as it was he already lost his basketball scholarship, and he needed to keep his grades decent, otherwise he wouldn't have much more of a college career. However Noah just couldn't make his studies as much of a priority as his fraternity life was, so by the following winter break the young man had no choice but to drop out of college and return home. It was what he had wanted in high school, really, having to get a full time job and be able to live back in Fortuna. But it didn't take long before Noah started to compare the life he had in DC to the one back home, and how much more boring Fortuna really was. His friends hadn't changed at all, which was nice of course, but at the same time they had the same mentalities that their seventeen year old selves did. And working a crappy townie job made the days go by so much slower, and Noah had no money to move out of his parent's home. He was drowning in the ordinary life he once lived, and he hated it. So the man decided to do something rash -- he enrolled in a hunting academy all the way across the country, in Utah. Hunting schools were becoming more and more common, and while Noah knew little about supernatural life and even less about what being a hunter even meant, the school had a six month intensive course that helped with job placement after graduation. Noah needed a direction, so he roped his old friend Jefferson into it and studied there, eventually landing himself a job with the government, and in Operation: Maddox.

Barely twenty-one years old, Noah has no idea the direction his life is taking right now, still recovering from the one crazy choice he made to attend hunting academy to begin with. None of his friends would ever assume it was the path he took after leaving Fortuna, seeing as the nice kid never exactly had an aggressive side to him that went beyond the basketball court. It became pretty obvious once starting training as a guardsmen that he was probably the youngest one there, and his size compared to many of the older man made him look pretty... well, pathetic. But there's a positivity in Noah that's hard to crush, his feelings optimistic that he's doing the right thing, for the nation and for himself. Before the academy, the man knew essentially nothing about supers, and even with lots of training under his belt, he's definitely the less equipt for the Operation in front of him. That doesn't mean he won't work hard everyday if he has to, hoping to show his fellow guardsmen (especially his leader and the fearless huntress who constantly berates him) that he has what it takes to be there, just like everybody else. But Noah's naive in the sense that he doesn't completely realize what he signed up for, being feet or even inches away from dangerous creatures, ones who see him and the other guardsmen as nothing more than soldiers fighting against them in the war for their lives, and it could very quickly become a bloodbath.

JEFFERSON MADECKI: Noah has known Jefferson since he stayed with his family for a year in high school, and since then the two have remained the best of friends. They kept in touch even after Jefferson moved to Seattle and Noah went down his own college path, reconnecting after Jeff graduated college and decided to continue down the hunter path with his friend. He’s glad he had Jeff by his side for it all, otherwise sometimes Noah doesn’t believe he could’ve done it on his own. 

REYNA SANTANA: Reyna was one of the first guardsmen Noah had met when showing up on his first day, and the girl immediately captivated him.. at least, until she opened her mouth. From then on it seems her and her friends had made it their mission to tease Noah as much as physically possible, from his age to his size, compared to the other guardsmen. She’s borderline obnoxious, really -- according to Jefferson, at least. Noah takes everything she says with a grain of salt, more content with her talking to him to ever really be offended. Sure, he wishes they could be friends or have somewhat of a better relationship, but he’ll take what he can get with Reyna.

LEANNE MARLOW: As Reyna’s partner in crime, Leanne also loves to give him trouble for just about anything going on within his life. Unfortunately for Noah, Leanne has moved past the reasons for Reyna’s teasings and moved on to poking fun at his so called “obvious” crush on her. Noah can deny it all he wants, but they both know his crush on the hunter is as blunt as it is hopeless. Leanne’s constantly on his back, wanting to help set him up with Reyna once and for all, but that’s the last thing Noah wants. Otherwise he likes Leanne, and would like to at least know a little more about her, so he could rag on her in return. 

APRIL PARK: The two had only met twice but from what he can tell, Noah likes April. Most of the government agents and hunters within Maddox are stiff or boring, but the human girl feels like the first normal person within town yet. He knows he can’t exactly talk to her without supers seeing, but he wouldn’t mind making another friend on their side -- especially one who doesn’t yet have an opinion on his guard skills. 

Not any in the recent future. I’d like to plan one soon, but I’ve been a bit preoccupied with the second batch and everything. Keep an eye out!

When the supernatural world was revealed in American in 2015, the whole world was shaken, though they all reacted in very different ways. England’s way of coping was straight up denial, for as long as physically possible. It was rare that the news spoke about anything supernatural related, and when they did it was angled in a way that made it look like America's problem. None of the country's citizens realized just how serious the supernatural plague was, Jefferson and his family included. Born and raised in a small town within Durham, England, Jeff realized early on that people from his hometown only cared about their own business, of the business of others within arm's length of them. His town may as well have been its own country, as far as they were concerned -- and Jefferson hated it. He believed everyone was small minded and simple, when there was easily a whole world outside of their town that nobody seemed to care about. An easygoing and charming guy, it was never hard for him to surround himself with friends and classmates to spend time with. But there was never a deeper level of friendship involved with the mates from school, nobody that Jefferson could talk about things that appealed to him with, like traveling and history. So as soon as Jefferson was old enough to consider it, the boy began looking into exchange programs for a year of school. England would always be his home, but even as a teenager, Jeff needed to know if he was cut out for life beyond his small town, or if he was destined to be a big fish in a small pond forever.

After plenty of researching and pleading to his parents, Jefferson hopped on a plane a few days before his last year of secondary school and headed to the United States of America. Jeff had been told his new school was only a half hour outside of the capital of the country; what they failed to tell him, however, was that he had just traded one small town for another. Fortuna, Virginia was a lot like his hometown: small, rural, and full of townies that weren't interested in anything beyond the gates of their little community. But Jefferson found himself enjoying this town more than back home, actually. As an exchange student, nearly every kid in Fortuna High School wanted to befriend the "exotic British boy," but it was the son of the couple that hosted him that wound up being Jefferson's closest friend within town. In a lot of ways Noah embodied everything Jefferson had disliked about his own hometown -- athletic, popular, and a tad small-minded -- but although he was two years younger than Jeff, he helped the new kid settle into high school as best as he could. On the weekends Noah and his parents would take Jefferson to see as much of the East Coast as possible: DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Charleston, Atlanta, even New York. But most important, it was Noah that introduced Jefferson to the two most important parts of his Virginia life: american football, and Isabelle.

Though Noah was a rising star of the basketball team at their high school, easily making him one of the obvious popular kids of his grade, he somehow convinced Jefferson to try out a sport of his own: american football. Though Jeff hated all sports in general -- and made a point of telling Noah that numerous times -- his friend had an ongoing hunch that he'd be good at it... and he was absolutely right. The football coach had to pretty much beg the Englishman to join the school's team, and with the addition of Jefferson the once severely bad team actually began to get some wins, and some fans. A once empty stadium soon began to get more and more crowded with every passing game, and slowly Jeff began to see the appeal of small town sports and unity. And it was at a house party after their team's latest victory that Noah introduced Jeff to Isabelle, arguably the most beautiful girl Jefferson had ever met. That night the two decided to leave the party early, instead driving to the lake in town and talking until the sun came up the next morning. The two shared many similar views about the world -- and if they didn't have similar opinions, neither were afraid to argue their sides. It was a match made in heaven, making saying goodbye to Isabelle come June the hardest thing Jefferson had ever had to do.

The goodbye between the two wasn't for long, though; only a week after meeting Isabelle, Jefferson had begun looking into universities in the states, in hopes to stay close to her. Isabelle already had plans to attend her parent's alma mater in Seattle, and because he had never been to the West Coast, why not give it a try? Jefferson was back in England for two months to get a new visa and prepare for school before flying back to Virginia, picking up Isabelle, and taking a three week cross-country road trip to their new university. Thanks to Jefferson's skills on the football field in high school, he was quickly welcomed on the college's team, a passion that quickly became an obsession. A lot changed during his college years -- him and Isabelle eventually split in a not so amicable breakup sophomore year, he traveled less and partied more, and football became more important than grades and just about everything else. A lot changed in America as well, namely the SRA and rise of supernatural related crime. Even back home in England, Jefferson's home country was beginning to do something about the super infestation in big cities like London and Liverpool. High school Jefferson may have been interested in everything going on, but college Jeff had his eyes on a prize: earning a professional football career. However it all came crashing to the ground a few weeks before the end of his senior football season, when a play gone wrong ended in a trip to the ER, where he was told it wasn't likely he'd ever be able to play the sport again.

The injury in his leg didn't seem like a lot; he only had to wear a cast for a few weeks, and then a brace for another few weeks, before it looked good as new. But the doctors had made it clear that he couldn't do much physical exertion with it until it healed better, and even then, it didn't look like playing a sport would ever be in his future. The fact brought Jeff into a spiraling depression, barely getting through his senior year. A few weeks before graduation a man approached him after leaving his physical therapist, claiming to be a doctor that could help perform "miracles," included helping fix his leg. It sounded too good to be true, but the man had threw a lot of medical jargon at him, and plus at that point Jeff didn't think he had anything to lose. All the imp had done was make Jefferson sign a contact, but he should've read the fine print; no surgery was necessary when Jeff was turned into an imp, and his leg was magically healed. Had it been under any other circumstance and Jefferson would've been ecstatic, but getting tricked into becoming a creature that the entire world hated suddenly made the thought of playing football repulsive. Meanwhile graduation was just around the corner, and it wouldn't be long after that he would have to return back home, where riots were happening and hundreds of people were getting murdered in super protests and hunts. America was bad, but England made it look like a supernatural Disney World, so there was no way Jeff was going to go home. Thankfully his old friend Noah contacted him, telling Jefferson all about a hunting academy in Utah he was planning on going to, to take a six month intensive course and eventually work for the government. In order to keep his visa he decided to join him, doing perhaps the most ironic thing possible -- becoming a supernatural hunter.

From the hunting academy to landing a job with the American government that's trying to rid supers of their country, Jefferson has done perhaps the best job possible blending in with the rest of the normal, everyday humans. There's a lot that scares him about what is is, most of which being something he hasn't bothered to explore yet, but the only thing getting him through each passing day is the feeling of almost nothing changing. Sure, a few months ago he had a terrible illness that only went away once he "sold someone's soul" (a tactic he had to resort to the internet to figuring out how to do it), and the fact that he won't ever look a day older than his twenty-two self is incredibly frightening, but Jeff's hoping that time will eventually make it all okay. Jefferson's one of those guys who doesn't try to cut corners, and that's exactly what he's doing with his disguise in the human world: he's working hard to eventually become an American citizen, keeping up with as many friendships as possible, and making sure not a soul knows of his species change. Unfortunately following every rule in the book still can't help him for Operation: Maddox, even after all the planning he had done. As charismatic as he is, it won't take long before somebody asks one too many questions, or any of the guardsmen that are training to kill his kind eventually get some kind of tip off regarding who he really is. 

NOAH HARPER: Arguably the first American friend Jefferson had made in his five years in America, the two guys are to this day very close. It was Noah who got back in touch with him and brought him to the hunting academy in Utah, and it was with Noah that Jefferson was hired as a guard for Operation: Maddox. He’s been one of the main things that keep Jeff feeling normal and human lately, and was without a doubt the one person to bring him out of his post-imp funk. He cares a lot for the younger man, and hates that he has to lie about who and what he is to him, but there’s nothing else he can really do.

TARA DESAI: It didn’t take long once Jefferson heard the details of the Operation to realize that if he wanted to continue getting away with appearing human, he had to work a lot harder. And when him and his coworkers got to meet the Marbella Coven the idea finally came to mind. It took a lot cornering Tara without his judgmental peers and her coven members knowing, but it surprisingly didn’t take long to convince her to help him. Like the humans in wearing stones that make them appear super to blend in, she was able to give him a stone that would make him appear human towards other supers. 

ROGELIO CRUZ: So far in the eight months Jefferson has become an imp, he has yet to meet one of his own, other than the imp that had tricked him into turning. But from both the research and the talk within residents, it’s clear Rogelio is both imp and powerful at that. Though there’s already one person in town who knows what he is with Tara, the idea of talking to Rogelio is tempting, though the backlash could be deadly. For now he’ll continue to keep an eye on the imp, wondering just how much it would take to make Jefferson jump ship, from the human’s side to his own kind’s.

Congratulations Rhonda! You have been accepted for the role of April Park. Please refer to our after acceptance checklist here, and send us your account within the next twenty-four hours. Welcome to Maddox!

ADMIN NOTE: Wonderful application, love! April is one of the characters close to my heart, and I adored reading all you had to say about her character and your portrayal. There’s a lot that could be developed or explored with our little scientist, and I can’t wait to see what you do with her.

Being on her own. Solitude is a thing Scout knows incredibly well, have run away at thirteen, but spending the majority of her earlier childhood neglected by her mother. Scout’s time to herself is an important part of who they are, helping form their relationships with other people. Pick any point in their life where she was the only one on their side – growing up in town, moving to Toronto, living in the woods in wolf form. Contrasting that with the life Scout lives now with the pack would be really interesting to see.

Changing into a wolf. Though they begged for the bite to be turned, becoming a werewolf brought a lot of complications to Scout’s life. First it was the fact of being a werewolf in a big city, and the complications that arose with it. Then was moving to the woods and being on their own, letting the wolf side take over until it was all that was left. Yet against it all, becoming the animal seemed to be one of the most natural things Scout had ever done, and none of it is a regret. Explore Scout either becoming a werewolf for the first time, or her time as a lone wolf, where the animal was the dominant figure.

Joining the pack. Becoming a member of the Voltaire pack isn’t a typical Scout move, since they usually prefer to be on their own, where they know how safe they really are. But Scout decided to join the group, and feel free to talk about why or how. What was it like joining the group, after not having spoken to anyone else in so long? How do they fit in among the group? How does she feel about Caleb and the direction he’s bringing it in, especially with the latest “treaty” with him and the Cabellos. Show Scout with any of their packmates, people they like such as Iliana, or someone they don’t such as Ryan.