| Jordan Marie Bonham | |
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| Portrayed By | Fairuza Balk |
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| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | October 31, 1980 |
| Age | 27 |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Place of Birth | New York City, NY, USA |
| Current Location | New York City, NY, USA |
| Occupation | Primatech Paper Sales Representative (cover), Company Agent |
| Known Relatives | Mother and Father (deceased), Foster Father(in prison), Foster Mother and sisters (estranged) |
| Significant Other | None |
| Known Abilities | Clairaudience |
| First Appearance | Peek-a-boo, I hear you |
An abusive foster family raised Jordan Marie Bonham after her parents “buried” her from the Company as soon as she was born. But even through the turmoil life dumped on her, she managed to prove herself again and again to the people her birth parents tried to hide her from.
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History
On Halloween night, 1981, a little girl was born to an unnamed couple in New York City, NY. This wouldn’t have proven to be problematic except for her parents were both “special” and worked for a nameless company whose main goal is to track people like them. They were afraid that their newborn daughter would be subjugated to a multitude of tests and experiments, so with a heavy heart they gave her up to a secret foster family to go live in Emporia, KS.
Jordan’s foster parents had biological twin daughters that were five years older than her and the reason why their Holy Roller mother married an alcoholic. Her foster mother liked to remind her twin daughters that it was their fault that she had married an abusive alcoholic, but she truly delighted in her daily reminders to Jordan that she was a worthless little girl whose real parents didn’t want her. Her foster father like to take his aggression out on her, leaving welts and bruises on her body on several occasions. By the time that young Jordan was eight years old she would pray every night that God would kill them all.
At the age of ten her foster father turned his physical abuse into sexual, leaving the young girl frightened throughout the nights. When she tried to tell her older sisters about it they remained tightlipped, leading Jordan to believe that she wasn’t the only one subjected to this form of punishment. She took a chance and told her foster mother about it and was slapped across the mouth before being called a liar and a whore.
The abuse lasted to long and at the age of 14 she went to the authorities. The evidence against him was astonishing and he was quickly arrested and sent away to prison. Her foster mother blamed Jordan for her husband being taken away and was still convinced that the girl had made it all up. The courts had stepped in and ordered that Jordan’s foster mother sought out counseling for her daughters and ward. This lead to Jordan finally getting away from the vile family that her birth parents had given her away too.
One day she told the doctor that she was hearing voices, thirteen distinct ones to be exact. When she was asked about them all she could tell him is that they wanted to save the world. Her foster mother found out and leapt at the opportunity to have Jordan committed to a mental institution. The young lady was forced to spend the next two years of her life being force-fed anti-psychotics and was given doses of electro-shock therapy on several occasions. Of course none of these treatments actually helped to squelch the conversations inside her head. As a matter of fact it made her want to focus in on them more and when she did she was able to single out the calm voice of a stoic woman.
She didn’t know at the time that the philosophies she was committing to memory were from Angela Petrelli, all she knew was that something major had to happen to heal the world. A few days after her sixteenth birthday two women came to the hospital to retrieve her. They explained that they had worked with both of her parents and that her birth mother told the where to find her on her deathbed. A small glimmer of hope died when Jordan realized that she would never make a connection with the people that had abandoned her. But she agreed to take shelter at The Company and trained to become something that her foster mother said she would never become, valuable.
Jordan has worked for the Company for 11 years now and takes her job seriously. She is still a firm believer in the founders’ original philosophies and believes that without the existence of their group the world would be in turmoil. Outside of her professional life she still feels like the worthless little girl that her foster mother sent away to the hospital and jumps from one abusive relationship to another. She manages to stay on task doing whatever her superiors ask her to do without any questions or hesitation, making her one of the most indispensable agents they have.
Personality
Sweet, caring, and nurturing are NOT the best words to describe Jordan Bonham or anything she does. She exhibits the typical personality disorders that come with being sexually abused as a young girl, like a distrust in men coupled with a craving for their negative attention. She tends to cover this fear of the opposite sex up by shameless flirting and acting with overt sexual overtones. Of course she has also learned how to use this particular skill at her job.
As a Company employee, she firmly believes that what she and other agents are doing is in the best interest of the world. Her life philosophies are based mostly on what she had heard the Company founders talk about when they first joined together. She believes that there are two types of people in the world, people who are part of the solution and people who are the problem. Although, like most members of the Company she is morally gray but with the added attitude that sometimes a gunshot can end an argument a lot faster than a compromise.
Jordan doesn't lie to get what she wants, she merely bends the truth enough to get her point across. This causes serious rifts in any of her personal relationships, be they Platonic or intimate, but the truth is she doesn't really feel like she needs friendship or love. As a matter of fact she tends to exploit those around her for her bosses benefit, not that those whom she is using ever find out until it is to late. Ultimately, she has the perfect personality and attitude for a Company employee: Cunning, Intelligent, and Morally Gray.
Timeline
Power: Clairaudience
Clairaudience is the ability to hear any one without being anywhere near their location. It has a few fundamental differences from clairvoyance, like rather than being able to see people a clairaudient would be able to hear them. Also clairaudience does not require a picture or a voice recording to find sounds, instead the mind’s ear links into the audio vibrations of keywords and phrases that are carried through the air. Clairaudience also allows an advanced user to pick up sounds from the past or future for better insight to a situation.
Relationships
Quotes
** "Everybody has their own dirty little secrets and it's my job to find out what they are."
** "Besides, you don't want to hurt me, that's not how we make friends." (to Max)
** "I love a man with confidence, it gives me something to undermine." (to Max)
** "What do you think would happen to our kind if the Company wasn't protecting us? All of the atrocities in the past have one thing in common. People that are different." (explaining why she believes in the Company to Benjamin)
Trivia
Jordan is one of the best shots the Company has ever had.
She has a dark purple scar on her left arm from where a bullet grazed her during her first weeks of training.
Her favorite drink is Chai Tea and her favorite food is Cucumber Dill salad.
Jordan has four tattoos, a pistol on her right thigh, two 'Symbols' on each side of her lower back making it resemble a violin, and broken heart on the lower part of her left breast.