Biography: Prudence Gao

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{ Prudence Gao }

Faceclaim: Lucy Liu
Age: 42
Gender Identity & Pronouns: woman, she/her
Sexual & Romantic Orientation: homoromantic bisexual, ID queer, bi-dyke, or lesbian (it varies)
Occupation: lawyer
Religion: varies; raised with a mix of New Age and Confucian influences
Tag: c: Pru the true

Starters

History

Prudence began as a Cinderella story. Her first few years were tough, living with a strict and absent father and a mother who had begun to tipple almost as soon as Prudence was out of the womb. At nine, found malnourished in a dirty apartment with an empty fridge, she was snapped up by her wealthy aunt Amelia and her education finished as the third favourite daughter of a yoghurt magnate.

Pru knew she would never be free of her background, so even as her confidence grew to the point of arrogance she began to engage with it. This led her to law school, where she intended to attack the system that had allowed the deterioration of her birth family.

At the age of 32, already tired of the hopeless battle against systematic injustice, she received an offer from an upscale law firm. She took it and never looked back. Ten years later she is still working for Holmes, Gordon & Gibbs in Boston, specializing in civil suits, and positively rolling in money.

Her middle name is 映月(Ying Yue).

Personality

Prudence projects a cool, tough aura, and there is nothing fake about it. She has a short temper but years of experience mastering it. Power gives her a rush of pleasure in her public and private life both; surrender may be sweet, but even then Pru feels she needs to be in control. She is fiercely loyal, sharp-tongued, and never an easy touch.