Nelly Hawkins

Nelly is a newer recruit to the Darklight Society, she currently works in the research department and is training to become a field agent.

Background
Nelly is from Texas, with European and Native American heritage, though of more interest to the Society is her Wampus Blood. At some point in her family's history, someone was seduced and impregnated by one of these shape shifting trickster creatures. Nelly herself is able to take the shape of a powerful feline-human hybrid, akin to a were-cat of some kind. It was originally thought by the Society and herself that she actually was a were-cougar, after spending time searching local woodlands after hearing about a strange feline creature roaming about and causing trouble. Agent Lance Varney was dispatched and able to ascertain that she was in fact a Wampus, and the mysterious creature was in fact her latent and undiscovered abilities taking control during sleep. By an amazing coincidence Nelly was attacked by a wild cougar and from that point on all the clues she slowly discovered about herself and her previously hidden abilities lead her to the wrongful conclusion. Lance identified her nature due to recognising the trait of a large spiked ball at the end of her tail. He offered to help her come to grips with her abilities and to recruit her to the Darklight Society.

Abilities
Nelly is able to change into a human-feline hybrid, in this form she is faster, stronger, with heightened senses, she can control her shape somewhat, though is still a feline creature. Typically taking on truly amazonian proportions, standing at almost 7 feet tall, though she is able to become even taller and more muscular if needed.

She is still a young lady and somewhat self conscious of her normal self, spending most of her time in her wampus shape, finding it to be a confidence boost, though this can be troublesome due to certain feline quirks and not being able to work with civilians, she will need to come to accept her regular self before becoming a field agent.

Lance's Nicknames

 * Whoa Nelly
 * Tetherball Tom
 * Rumpleteaser (though other characters from the musical Cats are also fair game)
 * Choochoo
 * Kitkat
 * Puss with boobs