Jada Mercerise

She is a strong willed woman and will not back down from a fight. She does have some trust issues until she gets to know the person. She also gives the impression that she is a quiet and shy person even though she is the exact opposite.

Pre-Apocalypse
Jada grew up in the city of Adelaide but also lived in a few other cities in Australia. Canberra was the last city that her family had moved too when her father become a Teacher.

Jada's Mother died from breast cancer when Jada was 20. After that Jada turned to drinking to avoid facing her mother's death. Jada fixed herself up and joined the army.

Jada was a good solider and was chosen for an Officer Exchange program with the US Army.

Post-Apocalypse
Once the Apocalypse happened Jada was sent to Salina to help with the Extraction teams. But her Commanding officer was either losing his mind or had already lost it when they lost communication.The Commanding Officer order Jada to kill a woman and child and when she refused he threaten to kill her. Jada followed his orders but killed her Commanding officer after. To escape any fallout on killing her CO Jada ran from Salina and ended up in Hays.

Season One
The first people Jada met in Hays was Andre and Terrence Rowel and help them get supplies from the hospital for one of their wounded friend.

Jada wouldn't allow anyone to go down and check the bus to see if Jack and Megan would still be alive. She thought no one could have survived that fall due to the height if the cliff. Jada ended up leading the group most of the way to TSU after the bus had fallen off the cliff. Jada stepped aside to allow Jack to take the Leadership rback when Jack and Megan returned to the group.

Killed victims

 * Unnamed Mother and Son
 * Todd
 * Countless Walkers

Jack Thompson
Jada grew to respect Jack and she does trust him with her life. He is one of a few who knows about what she had done in Salina. Jada appreciates that Jack had stood up for her with Marcus. Even though she respects him as the leader of the group she will also question some of his choices if they conflict with her views.