Jessica Jones

"The big part of the job is looking for the worst in people. Turns out I excel at that. Clients hire me to find dirt. And I find it, which shouldn't surprise them, but it does."

- Jessica Jones

Jessica Jones is a private investigator from New York City. After she was orphaned at a young age, Jones was taken in by Dorothy Walker, and developed a sisterly bond with her daughter, Trish. During adolescence, Jones discovered she possessed superhuman strength and used her ability in adulthood to fight crime as a superhero. However, a fateful encounter with Kilgrave, a vicious man with mind controlling powers, tarnished her superhero career and she spent a torturous tenure as Kilgrave's slave before finally breaking free of his control. The experience left Jones suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, prompting her to hang up her secret identity and open her own detective agency.

Trying to remain an average person and keep a low profile, she would take on minor cases for cash, while caught in a spiral of despair and destructive behavior. However, the return of Kilgrave forced her to put aside her traumas and stop him. Jones had multiple grueling encounters with Kilgrave, but with the help of Trish, Jeri Hogarth, and fellow superhuman Luke Cage, Jones finally killed the maniac, conquering her demons and prompting her to continue her superhero career.

Early Life
The only daughter of Brian and Alisa Jones, Jessica Jones grew up as a antisocial young woman, often spending most of her time alone in her room and getting annoyed at overly nosy neighbors like Elizabeth De Luca. Although he would often annoy her, Jones was incredibly protective of her younger brother Phillip, whom she described as a great kid. Tragically, Jones became an orphan when she lost her parents and brother in a car accident.

While recovering in the hospital where she had fallen into a coma, Jones was adopted by a talent agent Dorothy Walker as a publicity stunt to promote her daughter Patsy's television show. As Jones began to wake up from her coma while lying in bed, she overheard the Walkers discussing the death of her parents. This being the first time Jones had learned of their death, she began crying as the Walkers realized their mistake.

Living with the Walkers
As they prepared to leave Jones' family home where she had grown up, Dorothy Walker refused to allow her to search for her journal which she had lost. Much to Jones' annoyance Walker proved to be very forceful and would often push Jones to say please and thank you to the point of rude judgement. As Jones sat in the car, she noticed that Trish Walker had bruises on her neck which were likely inflicted by her mother. While living in the Walker Residence, Jones would often overhear the Walkers having huge arguments about the daughter's television show. During one of these arguments, Jones locked herself in the bathroom and accidentally broke a large marble sink. Shocked by her own strength, Jones discovered she could also lift the heavy sink above her head with one hand. She was caught by Trish Walker, who was shocked at her incredible strength, but the pair agreed to keep each others' secrets from the world.

However when Jones witnessed Dorothy Walker forcing her daughter to vomit in the toilet in order to lose weight, Jones lost her temper. She grabbed her adopted mother and, with an incredible feat of power, threw her across the room to protect her new sister. Dorothy fled while Jones helped Trish back to her feet and the pair struck up a friendship which would last for decades. Although Trish would often push Jones to use her gifts for good, Jones preferred to keep them a secret.

Crappy Jobs
"This job was sucking my brains out through the air vent." "You're bored because you're overqualified for all these crappy jobs." "Yet I'm uniquely unqualified for anything else."

- Jessica Jones and Trish Walker

Jessica Jones was working at an office job for a few weeks and despised it. When her boss continued to discredit her and make sexist remarks, Jones used her detective skills to blackmail her fraud-committing boss into giving her six months severance and a glowing recommendation. As she was leaving, the boss insulted her parents, so with a single push, she knocked over the many filing cabinets and left.

Later at the bar, Trish Walker tried to convince her to use her gifts to become a real super hero, but Jones remained reluctant. As they were speaking a man came over and tried to flirt with Walker, noting he remembered her as a child star. When the man made crude sexiest jokes, Jones challenged him to a strength competition, agreeing if she won he would buy their drinks and if he won she would have sex with him. Jones won the challenge and got the money, using it to buy shots for everyone in the bar.

Back at Walker's apartment, Jones continued to be pushed about the idea of her becoming a super-hero, with Walker even having mock up costumes made and pitching the moniker "Jewel" as her superhero name; however, Jones only mocked the idea more and refused to get involved. In the back of Jones' mind, she did consider the idea and decided to help people whenever she could. Jones got another job, working at a cheap sandwich shop where she was forced to wear a large sandwich costume and hand out fliers. Clearly hating the job, Jones put little effort into her work. However, while on the street, Jones witnessed a young girl run into the road and into the path of a taxi; Jones ran out and used her strength to stop the taxi and save the girl. Hearing the girl's gratitude and knowing she had made a difference had a big impact of Jones' mentality towards becoming a hero.

Under Kilgrave's Influence
While walking home one day, Jones came across Malcolm Ducasse being mugged, so she quickly overpowered the thugs and saved him. This action was spotted by Kilgrave, who clapped enthusiastically. Jones immediately fell under Kilgrave's mind control powers, answering his questions about her powers and revealing her real name. Kilgrave complimented her on her beauty before ordering her to join him for dinner.

Over the next few months Kilgrave kept Jones as his prisoner, he constantly used his powers to force her to spend time with him and have sex with him, which she knew was rape despite Kilgrave believing it was a real relationship. When Trish Walker would call Jones to ensure that she was alright, Kilgrave ensured that Jones explain that everything was fine. Kilgrave would treat her to dinner and use his vast wealth to stay in a five star hotel; however it would constantly be his powers keeping her there, not Jones' own free will.

It quickly became clear that Kilgrave's powers would only last twelve hours until he would need to give a new order. One day no order was given and Jones became free of him for a few seconds. She considered jumping off the balcony and escaping, but before she could, Kilgrave ordered her to step down, putting her under his control again. When he questioned why she initially had not listened to him he decided to punish her by ordering her to cut off her own ear. When she began to obey Kilgrave changed his mind and hugged her.

Breaking Free
Kilgrave began aware that Reva Connors was previously in possession of a hard-drive which he wished to gain ownership of for unknown reasons. With Jones by his side, Kilgrave put Connors under his power and discovered she had buried the hard-drive under concrete. Kilgrave ordered Jones to uncover it and after hours of digging, leading to her hands bleeding, Jones found the hard-drive and gave it to Kilgrave.

Satisfied that he had gotten what he desired, Kilgrave and the women stepped outside the warehouse and Kilgrave ordered Jones to kill Connors. Jones mustered all her strength and punched Connors in the chest, stopping her heart. However, the trauma of committing murder horrified Jones so much that she walked away from Kilgrave, ignoring his commands. As Kilgrave screamed at Jones to come back to him, a bus crashed and hit Kilgrave, seemingly killing him and breaking his control over Jones.

Jones received a death certificate which confirmed Kilgrave had been killed in the crash and returned to Trish Walker for comfort. However the prolonged experience of being under Kilgrave's control left Jones suffering from PTSD and she gave up all hope of becoming a hero. Jones moved from Walker's apartment and found her own flat, deciding to use her gifts to open Alias Investigations and earn a living following men having affairs, becoming addicted to alcohol and avoiding human contact as much as possible.

Visiting Turk Barrett
"What happened to you Turk?" "D-Devil, the Devil in Hell's Kitchen, he's everywhere."

- Jessica Jones and Turk Barrett

Jessica Jones was hired by a former lover of Turk Barrett to locate him and force him to give money in order to raise the child he had had with her. When Barrett was attempting to get money from an old client, he was immediately ambushed by Daredevil. The brawl resulted in Barrett being brought to the hospital, where Jones found him. Once she had established what had happened, Jones took Barrett's wallet to give to her client and disconnected his IV before leaving.

Personality
"You are a hard-drinking, short-fused, mess of a woman, but you are not a piece of shit."

- Luke Cage to Jessica Jones

To be added

Powers

 * Superhuman Strength: Jones has strength beyond that of a regular human, especially notable regarding her size. She was able to completely crush an alarm clock with a single hand when she tried to sleep off a hangover, lift a slow moving car and hit a man with enough strength to make him fly across the street.
 * Enhanced Speed: Jones' overall strength allows her to run at speeds superior to the average human. She was able to catch up to a car fairly easily, and stated she can run a mile in under four minutes.
 * Enhanced Durability: Jones has durability far beyond that of a regular human, being able to resist multiple beatings with little to no visible injuries. However, she is still vulnerable to gunshots and explosions.
 * Regenerative Healing Factor: Jones' augmented metabolism heals about nearly ten times faster than an ordinary human being. She is capable of completely healing minor scratches and injuries in mere hours, and major injuries like broken ribs in just a single day. It may also allow her to not be affected by the harmful and long term affects of alcohol, leaving her only to experience intoxication and hangover while not experiencing any signs of toxicity.
 * Flight: Jones is able to fly, though she has never mastered this ability. She can propel herself off a surface and through the air at various speeds and altitudes, but she sometimes gets injured while landing. Jessica refers to this as "guided falling".

Abilities

 * Master Investigator: Jones is a highly skilled investigator, using a multitude of methods to achieve her goals. She often impersonates other people's voices on the phone to advance with her cases, and is able to easily connect evidence that other people may overlook.
 * Combatant: Jones has basic combat skills, often using her superhuman strength to her advantage. She, alongside Luke Cage was able to defeat a group of men led by Andre.

Equipment
To be added

Family

 * Brian Jones † - Father
 * Alisa Jones † - Mother
 * Phillip Jones † - Brother
 * Dorothy Walker - Adoptive Mother
 * Trish Walker - Adoptive Sister and Best Friend

Allies

 * Luke Cage - Friend and Former Lover
 * Jessica Jones' Apartment Building
 * Malcolm Ducasse - Neighbor and Friend
 * Ruben † - Neighbor and Admirer
 * Robyn - Neighbor
 * Alias Investigations
 * Bob Shlottman † - Client
 * Barbara Shlottman † - Client
 * Hope Shlottman † - Client
 * Hogarth, Chao and Benowitz
 * Jeri Hogarth - Employer
 * Pam
 * Desmond Tobey
 * Mei
 * Raj
 * New York City Police Department
 * Oscar Clemons †
 * Brett Mahoney
 * Metro-General Hospital
 * Claire Temple
 * Serena Grier
 * Antoine Grier - Assignment and Saviour
 * Charles Wallace
 * Doorman of Plaza Hotel
 * Adam‏‎

Enemies

 * Kilgrave † - Former Enthraller and Victim
 * Reva Connors † - Victim (under coercion)
 * Turk Barrett
 * Gregory Spheeris - Assignment
 * Gina
 * Andre
 * Audrey Eastman - Client
 * Carlo Eastman
 * Len Sirkes
 * Victor
 * Wendy Ross-Hogarth † - Assignment
 * Will Simpson - Ally turned Enemy
 * Sissy Garcia
 * Tweaky

Trivia

 * In the comics, Jessica Campbell went to High School with Peter Parker and had a crush on him. After a car accident killed her entire immediate family, Jessica fell into a coma and woke up months later by the cosmic energies released by . She is then adopted by the Jones family. During her adult years, she became a trusted friend and ally of Captain America, and pursued a relationship with Scott Lang, with Carol Danvers acting as their matchmaker, but she then realized she was in love with Luke Cage and pregnant with his child, so she eventually married him and had a daughter named Danielle. During her superhero career, she was codenamed Jewel, Knightress and Power Woman on different occasions and possessed superhuman strength, durability and flight.