Characters / Roxy Was Here New Jerusalem

Characters that appear in the Roxy Was Here Multiverse native to New Jerusalem

Danesville Citizens

Karen

Karen Reis AKA Artemis

A former US army sergeant who was stationed at the Bullion Depository at Fort Knox during the Event.

• Ambiguously Brown: It's noted that even to Roxy's keen eye Karen could be any of a dozen different non-white races.
• An Arm and a Leg: Roxy amputated her arm to save her from a Manticore Venom injection, and eventually she loses her legs as well.
• Disabled Badass: After losing her arm.
• Gayngst: She's suffered a lot of stress from being gay in the military, even since the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
• Human Popsicle: When her and her subordinates were trapped by the Manticore, they were all frozen to wait for somebody to rescue them. That somebody ended up being Roxy, 10 years later.
• Improbable Aiming Skills: Karen's one ability. She can hit any target with any weapon at any range the weapon could conceivably function at.
• Love at First Sight: Karen was very obviously infatuated the first time she laid eyes on Roxy. Eventually they get married.

David

David Furst AKA Knight

Roxy's brother, a mafioso before the Event but an immensely skilled speedster now.

• The Ace: Roxy considers Dave the most skilled superhuman she's ever met.
• Action Dad
• Big Brother Mentor: For Roxy.
• Happily Married: To Romana.
• Heroes Prefer Swords: His weapon of choice is his wife's Ancestral Weapon Morte.
• If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...: When Roxy brings Jake home, after talking about how he kills evil people, Dave tells Jake thus:
  Dave: Now, if you are lying to me, and you hurt her, you are an evil person and I will have to kill you. Got it?
  Jake: Definitely, sir.
• Knight Templar Big Brother: When Roxy first brings Jake home, Dave threatens to kill him if he breaks her heart.
• Kosher Nostra: David was a Jewish member of the American Midwest's Italian Mob, having married the Mafia Princess. It's ambiguous as to how much he got his hands dirty, but he has admitted to killing people.
• Promotion to Parent: He was eighteen when Johanna died, so he moved in with Romana and brought Roxy with.
• Super-Speed: With the Super-Reflexes to go with it.

Romana

Romana Scomparsa AKA Witch

Former mafia boss and current president of Danesville. Eventually the Queen of New Jerusalem.

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• Amazonian Beauty: She's 6 foot 6, with washboard abs.
• Bait-and-Switch Tyrant: After weathering the apocalypse, Romana managed to transition her criminal control to seize legitimate power as the President of a post-apocalyptic city-state. Despite having been a publically known mob boss, she is well liked her by citizens and seems to have embraced the idea of Danesville as a republic.
• Large and in Charge: A 6 foot 6 President certainly qualifies.
• Mafia Princess: Romana was the heir of the Danesville Mob while David was dating her. It's not said how much she knew about her parent's business growing up, but she eventually inherited the title of Capofamiglia.
• Promotion to Parent: Romana has admitted that she thinks of Roxy as her first daughter, having raised her like one.
• Shiksa Goddess: She's a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Italian Catholic, married to the Jewish David.

Ashley

Ashley Scomparsa AKA Phoenix

Romana and Dave's eldest daughter, who was four when the Event happened and doesn't remember anything before it.

• Cool Big Sis: To Aradia.
• Flying Brick: She's been flying as long as she can remember and has had super strength for just as long.
• Jacob and Esau: She takes much more after her mother than her father in both looks and personality.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: The Tomboy to Aradia's Girly Girl.

Aradia

Aradia Johanna Christa Scomparsa

Dave and Romana's youngest daughter, born 9 months after the Event.

• Doomed by Canon: According to Roxy in New Light, Aradia is going to die young, though what age specifically is unknown.
• Extra-ore-dinary: She has the ability to almost effortlessly manipulate "noble" metals, including Adamantium.
• Identical Granddaughter: It's noted that she looks exactly like her grandmother Johanna.
• Jacob and Esau: She takes after her father's side of the family in looks and is closer to him than her mother.
• Light 'em Up: Her other power is to manipulate light, but she doesn't have much control over it.
• Power Glows: She can glow when she's sleeping or not otherwise trying to do so.
• Supernatural Gold Eyes: Aradia's eyes are a shiny gold color.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: The Girly Girl to Ashley's Tomboy.

Theresa

Theresa Landis AKA The Oracle

The all-seeing voice of God on Earth.

• Blind Seer: She's been blind since she was seven.
• Happily Adopted: Theresa has nothing but love for her adoptive mother and sister.
• The Omniscient: She can see everything that has happened or can happen.
• Omniscient Morality Licence: She and Roxy argue endlessly about her right to "guide"/control everybody in the name of defeating the Demons and achieving world peace.
• Prophet Eyes: They're just blank white with cataracts.
• Those Two Guys: She's seen at her sister Victoria's side more often than not.

Luna

Luna Lily Lumos Landis

Theresa's daughter, and Aradia's best friend.

• Curtains Match the Window: Her eyes and hair are both shiny silver.
• Disappeared Dad: Luna's father is given only a passing mention, when Theresa first describes when she got her omniscience.
• Super-Toughness: When she's fighting the Manticore, it's revealed that her skin is unbreakable.
• Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: She punches Roxy in the face to make her stop trying to keep Luna out of a fight.
• Tyke Bomb: She's a very dangerous fighter at only 9 years old.

Victoria

Victoria Arachne

Theresa's foster sister and closest friend.

• Orphanage of Love: She runs an orphanage out of her home which has rescued all of the children in Danesville whose parents died during the apocalypse. There are at least 50 children that all live there as one big happy family. Vicky's own daughter, Aranea, and niece, Luna, live happily as just two more of the children in the orphanage.
• Parental Substitute: As a part of running the orphanage she acts as a mother to all the children there.
• Those Two Guys: She's seen at Theresa's side more often than not.

Johanna

Johanna Fürst

Roxy and David's mother.

• Immigrant Parents: She was born in Germany, and she and her brother moved to America in their teens.
• Missing Mom: She died of lung cancer when Roxy was seven.
• Posthumous Character: She's been dead 10 years by the start of the first chapter.
• Struggling Single Mother: Johanna had to raise her children alone, and couldn't afford to live anywhere more expensive than a trailer park.
• Teen Pregnancy: Johanna was 18 when she had David.

Jake

Jayadev "Jake" Newark AKA Fenris

Roxy's best friend for as long as she can remember, and current boyfriend.

• Future Badass: The version of hm that Rey meets is missing an eye in both human and wolf form, and is noticeably more intelligent.
• Our Werewolves Are Different: He can transform at will, and can control where along the transformation between man and wolf he ends up. He is immune to all damage except damage inflicted by silver weapons.
• Saved by Canon: He survives at least until Rey first comes to New Jerusalem, though a little worse for wear but wiser.

Jane

Jayanti "Jane" Newark AKA Babalon

Roxy's best friend for as long as she can remember.

• My Brother Is Off Limits: She expressly forbid Roxy from dating her brother. Roxy ignored her completely.

Ethel

Ethel Adams AKA Eitri

• Mythology Gag: Her deadname Sawyer evokes the other name often attributed to the mythological Eitri: Sindri.
• Our Dwarves Are All the Same: She's Dwarf Class, which means she is "short, sturdy, and has a fondess for drink and industry."
• Saved by Canon: She survives at least until Rey first comes to New Jerusalem.
• Shout-Out: Her and her brother's last name reference Tarn and Zach Adams, the creators of Dwarf Fortress.
• Old Friend, New Gender: A fact that completely surprises her brother, who had been frozen for the entirety of her transition.

Brock

Brock Adams AKA Brokkr

One of Karen's subordinates from Fort knox, recruited to Yggdrasil for his military training and technical skill.

• Our Dwarves Are All the Same: He's Dwarf Class, which means he is "short, sturdy, and has a fondess for drink and industry."
• Shout-Out: He and his sister's last name reference Tarn and Zach Adams, the creators of Dwarf Fortress.

Other New Jerusalemites

Bright

Michael Bright AKA Makkapitew

Roxy's supervisor at Yggdrasil.

• Expy: He's based off of the SCP Foundation's Jack Bright, and it's implied that his powerset is similar
• Shout-Out: He outright tells Karen that his codename is a reference, specifically to the Big Bad of Until Dawn.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: He is very lenient with Roxy's shenanigans, because he's one of Theresa's cohorts and is guiding Roxy to where she's supposed to be.

Clara

Clara Scomparsa

The Grim Reaper. An ancestor of Romana who died in Venice, Italy in 1479

• Don't Fear the Reaper: She is extraordinarily friendly not just to the dead but to the living she brings up to speak to.
• Dream Weaver: She can bring the living up to Paradise in their dreams.
• Ethereal White Dress: She's The Grim Reaper, and her "uniform" is an impeccably clean white shirt and skirt.

Muninn

Muninn

Prince of the Corvans. An intelligent crow living in New Jerusalem.

• Uplifted Animal: He was gifted his powers, and intelligence, the same time Humans got their powers.

Rey

Rey Walker AKA Neon

A native of New Jerusalem, though she doesn't know it because she was raised in the Astraverse. For her tropes, go to that worlds character page.

Trip

Trip Walker AKA Padparadscha Planeswalker III

Rey's mother, on the run from New Jerusalem, now living in the Astraverse. For her tropes, go to that worlds character page.

Demons

In General

Demons

The Denizens of New Jerusalem's attached Hell, released upon that world on September 3rd, 2018.

• Always Chaotic Evil: With a singular exception, Demons are all irredeemable bastards bent on destroying and defiling the works of God.
• Demonic Possession: They are each a powerful soul who has taken over a human body, though there is a spectrum to the nature of the possession. They can be in absolute control, having destroyed the human soul whose body they hijacked, and at the other end of the scale are the Demons who have completely synchronized with their human half and become one.
• The Legions of Hell
• Our Demons Are Different: They rebelled against Paradise and were punished by being locked in Hell away from the light of God. The Deceiver responded to this by releasing the rest of the Demons upon humanity to destroy and enslave them.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: The single common physical trait all Demons share is having red eyes in their human form, but they are capable of concealing their eye color when they want to hide their nature.

Xena

Xena Noble/Trisha Lustheart/Andrew McMann AKA The Salamander

A Demon possessing the shared body of three humans. Together they are an agent of Yggdrasil operating in Danesville.

• Ascended Demon: Xena is the single Demon on Earth who is working on the side of good against the Deceiver and the rest of the Demons, even if it is mostly unwillingly.
• Cannibalism Superpower: Xena's power was to absorb people's minds and abilities. After absorbing two people, they were able to lock her out of using it.
• Fiery Redhead: Andy
• Humanity Ensues: Xena was supposed to be a great warrior for The Legions of Hell but her first two victims locked her down and forced her to work for Humanity, and have even started working her towards her Demon soul achieving redemption.
• Nominal Hero: Xena is only an Anti-Hero because Trisha and Andy (and Roxy, externally) are giving her no choice but to put her destructive habits to good use.
• Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: Trisha
• Perky Goth: Trisha wears the darkest clothes but is the most cheerful of the three about their situation.
• Playing with Fire: Andy was a pyrokinetic.
• Restraining Bolt: Trisha and Andy have put a lock on Xena's ability to absorb others.
• Secret Identity: Xena tries very hard to keep the fact that she has more than one identity in her head a secret. Roxy blackmailing her with the threat of being revealed is one of the major things keeping her loyal to Roxy and/or the organisation.
• Shapeshifter Identity Crisis: Whichever persona is currently dominant tends to be the one presenting their form, though there are exceptions when they are trying to hide their situation.
• Technically Naked Shapeshifter: As Trisha points out at one point, their clothes are all created and absorbed during the process of shifting from form to form. The Ifrit, their combat form, forgoes even the appearance of clothes altogether.
• Voices Are Mental: Subverted. It seems to be the case at first but there are times when one of the identities uses another's voice to speak while maintaining their cover.
• Voluntary Shapeshifter: Trisha was a shapeshifter.

Mercury

Mercury AKA Flash Strider

A Demon speedster who attempted to murder Roxy after she first returned to Danesville.

• The Quiet One: While the other Demons all take their time to taunt Roxy as they try to kill her, Mercury just silently attacks her.
• Super-Speed: He is the fastest character on Pre-New Jerusalem Earth, but he doesn't have the Super-Reflexes required to fully utilize it.

The Manticore

The Manticore

A Demon who had been locked in the Bullion Depository for the 10 years since the Event.

• From a Single Cell: It was capable of recovering from being blown in half by a grenade.
• No Name Given: His human form's name is never mentioned.
• Our Manticores Are Spinier: It's big, it's red, it eats people and its scorpion-like tail has a venom that disrupts healing and shapshifting. It also appears to have near human intelligence.

Orion

Orion

A Demon sent to interrupt Roxy's raid of the Bullion Depository

• Explosion Propulsion: How he flies.
• Having a Blast: He can generate explosions spontaneously.

Legion

Legion

A Demon Roxy first meets in Vegas.

• Hive Mind: All of her bodies share the same mind, psychically linked together
• I Am Legion: But of course.
• No Name Given: She is only ever referred to as "Legion", or sometimes "Groupie" by Roxy.
• Self-Duplication: Her power.