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PLAYER
YOUR NAME: Michelle
18+?: ye!
CONTACT: sweetstacks
CHARACTERS IN GAME: none.
RESERVATION LINK: here.

CHARACTER: CANON SECTION
NAME: Nisha Kadam
AGE: No canon age given; I'd put her in early to mid-forties.
CANON: Borderlands

CANON HISTORY: here.

However, that's kind of a crappy run-down, so brief summary of Nisha's role in the games:

Nisha Kadam had a troubled childhood; her mother was abusive to her, and Nisha downright hated her. Still does, in fact, but not as actively; what's the fun in hating a dead woman 24/7? Anyway, Nisha and her mom had an awful, terrible relationship. It culminated in Nisha's mother throwing something, and Nisha dodging it--therefore hitting her dog, who'd been bitten by some Pandoran monstrosity. Her dog went bananas, essentially, and attacked Nisha. Nisha put the dog down herself... and after that, she absolutely hated small animals.

Not much is known about Nisha after that, until Jack hires her to hunt a vault for him. By this time, Nisha's cultivated a reputation for being "the bandit who kills bandits." She's infamous for it, and it's one of the reasons Jack hires her: She's good at what she does. Nisha joins up with Jack and the other Vault Hunters, and together, they hunt a vault. They manage to succeed... and then Lilith punches a Vault relic into Jack's face because, by this time, Jack has gone completely off the rails. This suits Nisha just fine, however; she's pretty in love with Jack at this point. So, while the other Vault Hunters leave Jack's employment and inner circle for good, Nisha and Wilhelm remain. She and Jack start a relationship, and by the time Borderlands 2 rolls around, Nisha and Jack are still together. Not all that shocking when you look at the kind of people they are.

Anyway, Jack at some point gives Nisha a town as an anniversary present: Lynchwood. Nisha styles herself as its sheriff, and luckily for Jack, there's an eridium mine just outside Lynchwood. She ships eridium out of the town for reasons she doesn't know, but she assumes it's part of Jack's plan to wake the Warrior. Somehow. Nisha's town is going pretty smoothly, with regular shipments out of it, until the Vault Hunter arrives. They basically disable her town however they can, by blowing up her bank and halting eridium shipments. Obviously, Nisha can't let this fly... so she challenges them to a showdown. The Vault Hunter accepts and faces her in a rigged fight.

And she dies.

CANON PERSONALITY:

Confident and self-assured, Nisha is not the kind of woman you want to mess with. She's a sharpshooter in every sense of the word--she's observant, which is kind of a good thing when you're on Elpis or Pandora. It's the reason she's so good at her job as the Sheriff: Nothing gets past her. Nisha's got eyes everywhere, and she's got a hell of a confident streak because of it. And as the Sheriff of Lynchwood, Nisha's absolutely unforgiving of any slights--which helps keep her in her position, most likely, because she scares the crap out of... a lot of people. A lot of people.

And Nisha's comfortable with who she is. She's had a rough childhood, but it's made her all the more strong. It's made her hardened and cruel, but she works it. Nisha's not a difficult person to please--just give her a gun or a whip and she's pretty much set, if someone doesn't get on her bad side. Nisha's a simple woman with simple needs: she likes killing. It's pretty much her calling, and she embraces it to hell and back. It's what makes her pretty darn independent; even her boyfriend won't convince her to change Lynchwood to "Hyperion City." But back to the killing thing: Nisha likes it a lot. It's what gets her rocks off; she cultivated a reputation for being the "bandit who kills bandits." She's good at it, too; Nisha is not a woman to be trifled with. A perfect example of her being honestly pretty damned petty is when the player works through the Lynchwood missions. They blow up her bank, disrupt the shipments of eridium going out of Lynchwood, and while Nisha acts impressed--and on some level she is--she is definitely steaming inside. It's a contrast from her Elpis days, when she'd merely shoot someone in the face; Nisha is more cool and collected, and calmly challenges the player to a showdown. A fair fight. That's what decent people would do: Set up a one-on-one showdown.

Except Nisha Kadam is not a decent person. Rather, she's so steamed that, while the player's Vault Hunter brings just themselves and their gun, Nisha has an entourage. This is after the fact that she's explicitly told the Vault Hunter to "come alone." Rather than address the fact that she's downright cheating, she merely tells the Vault Hunter, "Jack missed his shot. I won't!" before shooting at them. Funnily enough, it's in a fight that the crazy comes out. She even sounds winded--not from the physical effort, but from the pure adrenaline of a good gunfight. Nisha doesn't pull her punches at all; she taunts the Vault Hunter throughout the whole fight ("I'll tell Jack you said hi"), claiming that while they're good, she's better. Nisha's cocky--but that's because she's good and she knows it.

But Nisha isn't entirely jaded. She maintains a healthy level of respect for people who impress her. If she sees someone pull off a good shot, she freely compliments them. It's this that shows Nisha knows how to have fun in her fights--and she fights a lot. Nisha's managed to survive countless attempts on her life, so she's managed to make a name for herself and she's done more than survive. She thrives on Pandora, where pretty much anything wants to kill you. Nisha's not the sheriff of Lynchwood for nothing, after all. She's a go-getter; she gets things done, and she gets things done on her time and how she wants. And even when she dies during her showdown with the Vault Hunter... she compliments them on a job well done.

Nisha's not entirely heartless. In regards to her relationship with Jack, she genuinely loves him. So Nisha's not a coldblooded killer to everyone, just... mostly everyone. His crazy matches her crazy, and it's surprisingly a flawless match. They may be complete psychopaths, but honestly? They really do love each other. As twisted as they are, they make each other happy. While a lot of their relationship isn't shown post-Pre Sequel, obviously, they've been together for quite some time. Nisha is the one who's stuck with Jack, out of loyalty and love for him. However, Jack is absolutely pissed at the Vault Hunter for killing his girlfriend, as he tells them over the ECHO. Clearly, they spent a lot of time together; Jack gave Nisha Lynchwood as their anniversary present, after all. And she seems pretty proud when she refers to Jack as her boyfriend. However, she doesn't want to sit up in Jack's "ivory towers"--she'd rather have action in Pandora.

Nisha isn't the touchy-feely type of person; she's got a cruel streak hundreds of thousands of miles long. Nisha isn't the type of person you'd want to leave with your kids, then. Just as she thrives on Pandora, she thrives on others' misery and tragedy. She openly laughs at one of the other player characters when it's revealed that the character was tricked into killing a family member. Nisha didn't have the type of warm, loving family environment most kids should have. Then again... Nisha likes being sadistic and the way she is because it's fun. And that's a pretty dangerous woman to cross. So there's no real excuse or tragic backstory that explains Nisha's personality; she just... likes being cruel. And terrible. When faced with "robot genocide," Nisha is absolutely for it. She treats it like a present Jack's given to her, wrapped up with a pretty little ribbon. Similarly, Nisha has no concept of sympathy. When fellow Vault Hunter Athena reveals that she killed her own sister, Nisha straight up laughs at her. Murder is funny, after all, and it's Nisha's idea of a fun time.

Nisha takes absolutely no excuses. There's little room for forgiveness; all crimes are equal in her eyes, mostly because she loves killing. And as a sheriff, that's probably not the type of trait you want to see. Nisha's concept of mercy is completely nonexistent, and if you cross her, prepared to be in her crosshairs. When entering Lynchwood, you can see the bodies of people who have wronged her--she puts them out on display. Nisha's actually so terrifying that it scares those who work for her, including her deputy. Nisha even proudly talks about her murders, even the worst ones; she even mentions that "children are accomplices" and that she'll "be coming for them next." So... never leave Nisha with children.

Finally, Nisha Kadam is relaxed, even amiable, when she's not bored. She jokes around freely with whoever's nearby, and takes things less seriously. Unfortunately, when she gets bored, that's when she becomes even more dangerous. Nisha dislikes being bored, hates it even; many of her idle lines in the Pre-Sequel! involve her asking why she isn't killing, or even more masochistic, why she isn't being shot at. Nisha's motivations center around the next big thrill. Elpis is one thing--there are plenty of bandits to kill, but down on Pandora in Lynchwood, it's not so easy. Thus, when Nisha gets bored, she starts hanging people. Of course, as sheriff, she can't go around hanging people willy-nilly. So she makes up laws. Over two hundred of them, in fact. Nisha proudly displays these bodies, too; they're practically her trophies, and anyone who attempts to cut them down will face the other end of Nisha's gun.

SKILLS/ABILITIES:

Nothing superhuman; Nisha is human as they come. However, Nisha is a hell of a sharpshooter. She's good with a pistol, and when she's staring down a bandit with a gun in her hand, they'll most likely leave the fight in way worse of a condition than Nisha. One thing to note is that her melee skill can be upgraded to "whip that has lightning as a secondary effect" but that's less from Nisha and more from... well, how the Borderlands universe and its weapons work. Basically, the weapons do the special cool stuff, she just wields them. Really well.

She does have leadership skills; she's the sheriff of Lynchwood, and she leads her men pretty easily. If she says jump, they'll jump. Like she says in the game, she's more than just a pretty face--she didn't get Lynchwood just because Jack is her boyfriend. Essentially, she can command large groups of people, and they will listen to her without much argument.

CHARACTER: AU SECTION
AU NAME: Nisha Kadam
AU AGE: 43
PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES: Brown eyes instead of gold.

AU HISTORY:

⚹ Nisha grew up in a broken family. Her father left when she was younger, leaving her with an abusive, alcoholic mother. While Nisha mostly stayed out of her way, she wasn't always so lucky. A particularly bad day resulted in [ ANIMAL DEATH WARNING: ]Nisha's pet dog getting hit by a particularly heavy vase. The dog died, and Nisha harbored an intense disdain for her mother and a dislike for small animals as a result. After all, if the same thing happened again, she refused to get close to another companion. [ WARNING END. ]
⚹ Because her mother treated her like dirt, Nisha spent as much time as she could out of the house. She formed a close group of friends who were much like her--neglected and treated without much love. Essentially, they were terror children, and Nisha ended up in trouble quite often. She ended up in juvie a few times, for petty theft or graffiti--nothing too serious.
⚹ For most of her schooling, Nisha cruised by on the bare minimum work possible. She participated in sports--namely, basketball--and was actually very good. Mostly, Nisha wanted to get through school as fast as she could. She worked part-time at a convenience store near her house, and saved up as much money as she could. Every so often, she'd snag a few bucks from her mom's stash.
⚹ By the time she graduated high school, she had saved up more than enough money to get the hell out of dodge. Nisha ended up in Recolle at the age of eighteen with little more than the clothes on her back, a bag full of money, and sheer determination.
⚹ She managed to secure an apartment fairly quickly, and looked into stable jobs. She bounced from job to job, not sure what to settle on. It wasn't until she was twenty-three that she decided to pursue being a police officer. Through hard work and, again, determination, Nisha managed to actually make it through with flying colors. Ever since then, she's been working in the force.
⚹ ... However, while Nisha is a police officer, she's also pretty shady. She does drug dealings on the side, and she's so far been low key enough to not get caught.

Unlike her canon counterpart, Nisha has no interest in dealing with the harder stuff--thus she only deals weed to people she knows won't rat on her... partly because she supplies the good stuff from another source and partly because she's a terrifying lady. There are definitely death threats and blackmail involved.

Nisha got into it a few years after coming to Recolle, because she knew it would be an easy way to make an extra bit of money, something she needed. Nisha was aware at that point that weed dealing makes a lot of money--Mom spent too much of it on the stuff after all. In comparison to her earlier days Nisha does it very rarely now, as she is a member of the RPD now. Of course, I am more than willing to leave it open to being exposed by the force and exploring those consequences.

Additionally Nisha does occasionally smoke a bowl; verrrrry rarely though, since she knows it could land her in hot shit.

AU PERSONALITY:

While Nisha remains a disaster of a human being, she is far less so in Recolle. Considering she had an actual outlet to deal with her mother's abuse, she takes slights she's perceived and channels them into more constructive things. Nisha is less trigger-happy, since she's a cop and she knows she can't go on just shooting her problems away. Since the Real World has actual consequences for bad behavior, Nisha has learned a lot from her experiences in juvie--particularly that she does not want to end up in the actual slammer for doing something crazy. Also of note: Since this is not Pandora and there are rules and structures to it, Nisha actually has some shades of a moral compass. She's more willing to develop actual relationships with people who are outside of the type of person she is, more willing to branch out and reach out to people who are not like her.

However, she does internalize a lot... most... of her less-than-sane impulses. While she acts cool and collected on the outside, if she gets comfortable enough with someone, she's very likely to let all that out. Essentially, Nisha is far less outwardly crazy than her counterpart, and more of the type to keep it inside. So she ends up a little softer than her canon counterpart, and more willing to actually listen to people since she doesn't automatically reach for the trigger or a whip. Whether this change is a good thing or a bad thing is yet to be seen, though.

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