Winona

Personality

Self-confident || Compassionate || Reliable || Social || Hardy || Incompliant || Quick-tempered || Defensive

• Not easy to intimidate and very self-reliant, sometimes to the point of overburdening herself.
• Despite her tough demeanor, she has a big heart and would never ignore anyone in need of help.
• It's hard to change her mind once she's made a decision, as she can't stand others trying to rule over her.
• She doesn't take shit from anyone and is quick to lash out with either words or fists.
• Her unwavering will also expresses itself in her reluctance to admit mistakes, that's why she always tries to not make any.

Past

Poverty and violence were constant companions of Winona's childhood. At home, she was always at the mercy of her drug-addicted single father, who only kept her around to receive child support. A stark contrast to that was her situation with the neighborhood kids. Many of them lived under similarly miserable conditions, and her tendency to take care of those in need had quickly earned her their respect and loyalty. The future was bleak for misfits like her, but Winona knew that she didn't want to follow her parents' footsteps. The day for her to find her own path arrived when she found her father's corpse, done in by an overdose. Taking whatever he left behind in money and possessions, she hit the road with her closest friends, never to return.

For a good while, they travelled with a gang of experienced bikers that came from the same place as them. Things went well until one drunken night, she and one of her friends were sexually assaulted by their older companions. Although they managed to fight them off and received apologies, Winona could not find the will to swallow her rage and forgive them. Marked by the abuse she suffered as a child, she had sworn to never let anyone hurt her or those under her wing ever again. Making true on her promise, she split off from the gang to form her own with those who'd been willing to follow her.

Leading a biker gang was anything but easy. Due to the reputation that came with their kind, legal work was hard to find. To ensure their financial survival, Winona saw no other way than for the Ursa Major to take on illegal activities and become outlaws. It's ironic that their rough past gave them the necessary experience and connections to make it work. As her growing gang moved into new territories, she came into contact with other Powered that have great influence in the criminal world. Among those were enemies, and allies - from the second sort were the Gold Bolts, one of the gangs that emerged after the fall of Rosso City's most notorious gang.

After a few fruitful collaborations, Winona got to know the Bolts' leader on a more personal level. While she already had some respect for the man's leadership qualities, she began to see a kindred soul in Early Asher. Over time, some sort of friendship formed between them and things might've carried on like this, if they haven't slipped up one alcohol-induced night. The result of that night, a pregnancy, threw her relatively stable world into disorder. Despite Early urging her to have an abortion, Winona vehemently rejected the idea. She couldn't explain what drove her to throw away her lifework and position as the Ursa Major's leader, but she had never been the type to regret her decisions.

Since then, Winona had settled down and opened up a bar to provide a somewhat safe environment for her daughter, Madeleine, to grow up in. She had handed leadership of the Ursa Major over to her vice president, though didn't cut off all contact to the gang. The members who've been with her the longest still visit her bar, the Ursa Minor, from time to time.

Trivia

• She treasures her daughter above all else. If anyone dared to harm her, they'd have to be prepared for Winona's wrath.
• Used to smoke, but has given up on it and switched to vaping after her pregnancy.
• Her 'signature' during her biker days was a blood red motorcycle - it's still with her, though with a few child-friendly modifications.