Jessica Cohen

Jessica Cohen was a distinguished anthropology professor, specializing in understanding fairy culture. Until her last paper got her branded as a lunatic, and she was fired from her position. Angered by the rejection of the academic world, she vowed to continue her research on the streets, proving her theories correct through unauthorized interviews of unwilling subjects, shadowy contacts among the Fey, and impromptu street surveys. Then she will show them. She will show them all!

Personality
Jessica got her emblem as a graduate student from her advisor, while they were living with a rural Fey community. A woman who wished to bring Fairies and humans together, and to understand one another. Upon her death, she passed her title to Jessica, who vowed to pursue this goal zealously. Probably farther than her mentor would have been comfortable with.

As part of her attempts to unify the Fey and humanity, Jessica has argued that humans should behave more like fairies, making contracts and being more cautious about revealing their True Names. Her last proposal, which advocated mandatory mixed marriages between pureblooded Fey and humans living within Annwyn, was part of a broader goal of erasing the differences between fairies and humans. Having lost her position and funding, Jessica now works out of her home, gathering data through the small army of lesser Fey she has built relationships with over the years, as well as by simply spying on people's day-to-day activites. To support her research, Jessica has also been known to use her contacts to gather minor blackmail on people, or work small-time detective jobs.

Jessica is brilliant and quick-thinking, but dangerously fanatical when it comes to her research. Questioning her theories or methods is enough to set her ranting, and she has been known to resort to violence. Years spent attempting to get inside the Fey mindset has alienated her from human thinking, and has impressed upon her the importance of contracts.

Queenly Ambitions
Jessica is well-aware of how dangerous the others fighting for the throne are. All she wants is to have her theories validated, and promoted. She will fight to become queen, to enforce her thinking upon the city, but if she finds someone she believes will do it for her, she will gladly step aside.

Links
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