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6. Goldilocks

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If you had told me prior to this campaign that one of my favorite characters would end up being a bratty Veruca Salt-type kid themed after a bratty nursery rhyme character, I probably wouldn't have believed you. At the very least, I'd be confused and ask for more clarification. So clarify, I shall!

Goldilocks we found back in Jackson, an Apokoliptikan fire pit being taken over by The Society. It was the introductory session of Silhouette actually, the PC that took over after Taliesin died in Warpath. He was being held and tortured by a handful of the worst of the worst scumbags the Society had to offer. Many of those Society minions went up in flames when Jackson exploded, leaving a firey mess in its wake. Of course, we couldn't leave the Society's youngest member behind to die in the blast, so Goldilocks came along with us, though she put up a fight in the process.

See, Goldilocks is just a kid, one with abilties based on her hair, and whose sister Godiva had gone missing, leaving her alone and vulnerable in a terrifying world. It's frankly no wonder she ended up taken in by the Society, given her options were largely that or die at the hands of the equated or Parademons or whatever else may come along. She was brought to Z'onn Z'orr as a captive villain; her head was shaved to prevent her from using her most powerful asset, and she was locked alone in a cell, abandoned with no way of finding her missing sister.

Of course, Bloodfruit, one of those who helped take down Jackson and bring her in, was wracked with guilt over the idea of locking away an impressionable child for the crime of doing what she had to to get by, and took it on herself to really rehabilitate Goldilocks and give her a second chance at life, in a situation of parables so closely related to her own story that it would be painful to overlook them.

It wasn't an easy task, and much like with Jay, is a sort of point of pride in that it has been a task I've taken on directly as a player, slowly going through the steps of helping Goldilocks find both companionship and a solid role within Z'onn Z'orr. With the permission of Amanda Waller and the help of Etta Candy, Goldi eventually regrew her hair, was released from the holding facility and took up a room with Bloodfruit. The two have become almost like sisters, filling a role for one another that they both crucially needed.

Also much like Jay, Goldi is not a person that clicks with the majority of the people she comes across, as her sometimes (usually) entitled nature drives the ire of many, Etta herself included. But these flaws are easy for Bloodfruit to look past, as she has begun to care deeply for the child like a proper sibling. Most recently, on the urging of Bloodfruit, Goldilocks has joined the London field team under the watchful eye of Sir Justin and Valda, allowing her to explore what was once her home and continue looking for clues about her missing sister (all the while, Bloodfruit may know just a touch more about the unconfirmed but possibly tragic fate of Godiva than she would let on).

Hint for #5: This person has at one point shaken hands with Bloodfruit.