Jeanette Everglade

The Everglade family of Everglade County was built on wealth, power, and bloodstained prestige. Jeanette Everglade was born in St. Denis alongside her brother Jiuseppe, heirs to a name feared as much as it was respected. Their father, Josiah Everglade, ruled with cruelty and a whiskey bottle never far from reach. Josiah claimed their mother died of tuberculosis. Jeanette never believed him. Even as a child, she suspected the truth was far uglier, and that doubt never left her. From a young age, Jeanette proved the sharper of the two. She learned land management, politics, and the quiet rules of power while waiting for freedom. She tried to guide Jiuseppe, but he drank like their father, and it consumed him. When Jiuseppe married Adelaide Crowe, Jeanette saw through her immediately. Adelaide wanted the Everglade fortune, not the man. After their first child, Daniel, was born, Jeanette raised him herself. Their second, Liam, was born sickly during a violent storm, while Adelaide’s addictions worsened and Jiuseppe did nothing. Jeanette planted drugs in Adelaide’s quarters, ensuring her conviction. Adelaide was sent to Sisika, and Jeanette took the boys as her own. When Josiah threatened to abandon Liam, Jeanette acted. She paid the cooks to lace his drink. By morning, Josiah Everglade was dead. Jeanette took control of the county, rebuilding what her father ruined while Jiuseppe drank his life away. Years later, she took in SusieMay Everglade, her niece for an unknown half sibling, teaching her to survive and defend herself. She later married Archibald, who took the Everglade name. Jiuseppe eventually drank himself to death. Jeanette mourned briefly before uncovering his corruption. Now ruling Everglade County, Jeanette governs with calculated care, determined never to become her father. Sometimes, she visits two unmarked graves and spits on the ground surrounding her irrelevant father and brother. May they rest in pieces.