down in my bones is where i hide you

– inez paolmo, 25, 5'5
– mexican-born, fluent in spanish and english

– the middle of five siblings, did not receive as much attention in a hectic household because she was always in competition with her brothers and sisters; this has made her stubbornly self-sufficient
– her family is well-off, with many members under the thumb of the even wealthier class, but she has cut off most contact with them in order to be independent and tried to put herself through nursing school but quit early on due to the expensive school bills

– inez lives in a corrupt, crime-ridden dystopian metropolis ( think gotham ) run by the mafia and is currently a bar manager at a dive bar downtown where she manages to keep rowdy customers at bay
– recently, she ended an abusive relationship with an ex-boyfriend after paying a hit man to threaten him against going near her again – and is still recovering from that

– sometimes stoic and a little difficult to read, inez is tough and often underestimated both for her defensive skills and her intelligence, endlessly clever. often leaning towards neutral, she is neither selfish nor selfless, though to survive in this city, one must be a little self-serving
– a part of her will always want to help people even if the world hasn't been so kind to her; though she would never consider herself to be honorable, she sometimes puts her healing skills to use
– with a hardened heart, she has grown tired of trying to fight for someone else's attention but does not know how to start how to live entirely for herself. her empathetic side is often at odds with her inclination to self-isolate
– though inez does not trust easily, she is soft for the few who care to break through her steely exterior because she is ultimately a lonely person beneath it all