Female
Jessica Pheriss was a Manticoran citizen living on the planet Sphinx in the 16th Century PD, and one of the first humans to be adopted by a treecat.
Physical appearance[]
Jessica had a curvy figure and full, curly, light auburn hair with hazel green eyes. (SK3,SK4)
Family[]
She was the daughter of Buddy and Naomi, and had a number of siblings, including Archie, Billiam, Melanie-Anne, Nathan, and Tabitha. (SK3)
Biography[]
Born in the Van Mook System, she was eldest of seven children of Buddy Pheriss, a notorious "drifter", and his wife, Naomi. During Jessica's youth, her family lived in the Madeleine, Trebuchet, and Tasmania systems before eventually settling down on the planet Sphinx in the newly created Star Kingdom of Manticore in 1520 PD. She worked as a day care assistant on the passenger ship to Manticore.
Jessica soon befriended Stephanie Harrington, the first human to form a telepathic bond with a member the native treecat species. When she helped Stephanie and others to save a group of researchers from a forest fire, Jessica herself was saved from a burning tree falling on her by a male treecat from the Damp Ground Clan, and in turn protected the creature from the fire. In this moment of extreme danger, the treecat adopted Jessica, who named him Valiant.
Some time later, Jessica began to grow closer and closer with Stephanie's boyfriend, Anders Whittaker. The two eventually acknowledged their romantic feelings for each other, but Jessica was reluctant about a potential relationship because of her friendship to Stephanie. (SK2, SK3)
In 1522 PD, she was a medical volunteer at the hospital in Twin Forks in order to gain experience with the intention of attending medical school. (SK4)