Tessa Lamb is a character role-played by Nakkida.
Description[]
Tessa Lamb is the former Game Warden of the San Andreas State Park Rangers. She was also the owner of Right of Way Driving School before it closed.
After retiring from the Police Department, Tessa went to rehab due to her rampant alcoholism that she developed following the death of her adoptive father Sam Baas among other comrades and friends. After she completed her rehab, she then went on an adventure around the world, mostly with a focus on wildlife, and avoiding human contact as much as possible.
Personality[]
Tessa has changed a lot over the past several years. She has gone from innocent and naive, to bold and confident, to breaking down slowly but surely. Her love of animals is one of the few things that has remained a constant part of her life.
She became jaded over the past several of years in the city. She can see the flaws and corruption of everyone around her. She has had to become more cunning and manipulative in order to stay ahead of the flow of the city. She learned to be a leader from her experience in the Rangers, and will continue to rely on these traits as she enters the next chapter of her life.
Backstory[]
Tessa grew up in an unhealthy household. Her parents, Don and Tina, were alcoholics who constantly fought. If she didn't make herself scarce, they would turn their anger onto her. She only found solace in her pet dog, Maisy, who they also relentlessly abused in Tessa's place. When she was abused, Tessa would often protect herself by disassociating, if Maisy couldn't keep her distracted.
Her parents were irresponsible and didn't get Maisy fixed, so she ended up pregnant with five puppies. When Maisy gave birth, Tessa was elated and spent the day tending to her, bringing things to her so the puppies would be safe and warm. However, that night her father came home drunk and angry with her mother, who was also very drunk. They appeared to have had a physical fight, and Tessa did not want to be found while they were acting that way, so she hid from them. Her mother didn't even register that Tessa was missing and passed out on the bed, leaving Tessa to the mercy of her father. When he found her, she was hiding outside with Maisy.
He wrenched Tessa up by her arm, revealing the puppies she was covering with her legs. He became more angry and reached for them, but Maisy snapped and bit him. Then he was furious. He beat Maisy until she wasn't moving and then turned to the puppies. He stole them away, taking them into the woods in a sack while Tessa begged him to leave them be. When he got tired of her hitting his legs as he walked, he beat her senseless and drunkenly proceeded with what he was doing. She could not stop what happened next, and was dragged into the house afterwards. She begged him to let Maisy inside so she could check on her, but he refused and told her that he would shoot the dog in the morning if she wasn't already dead. She didn't know where he went after that, but assumed he was asleep because the house was finally quiet.
With her only source of comfort gone, something broke in Tessa. That night she set the house on fire, ending with the death of her parents. This caused intense scarring on her hands. She has said that this was "the only way." This event is something that she scarcely recalls, and it was probably the point at which Mary Wolf, her alter, came to exist. She spent the rest of her childhood in foster care, enduring not much better treatment in that system, but eventually aged out and found a life for herself. She is very smart and became well adjusted as an adult in spite of her childhood and family.
Her adoptive family is far more important to her however, with her late father being Sam Baas, with all of his other adopted kids, and her cousin that she sees as a brother Johnny Divine. She also adopted Chatterbox and BonBon as her clown children.
Returning to Los Santos[]
Upon return to Los Santos, it was evident that Tessa had changed. She had no desire to return to the stressful and unrewarding work within the PD, and is working to find her new path in life. She had picked up some 'bad' habits from the places she visited during her travels, such as no longer strictly obeying the traffic laws (which comes as a necessity in some of those countries). Also, no longer shackled by the chains of duty, Tessa is now free to be friends with who she wants, keep secrets like she used to, and dip her feet into the underground factions of the city like she was never able to before.
After a few days of being back in the city, making connections, and rekindling old friendships, Tessa was invited by Luciano DiCenzo to join their family after they unanimously voted to bring her in. Tessa wasn't sure how deep she would go with this new life, but she was willing and eager to put in the work for her friends and newfound family.
She later joined Juno Sweeney as co-manager of the mayoral campaign of Maximilian Thoroughbred. Although she has not done much with Max since his election, she still maintained a friendly connection with the mayor.
The family eventually proved to not be a proper fit for Tessa, and she left them behind to find something that she could match better with. The family itself completely collapsed the following day, and there is still some drama and fallout from that. Tessa still keeps in touch with some of the former members such as Tommy DeVito and Tiny Tony.
After leaving the family she was invited by Jay Que to join him and his informal crew in their hunt for a group of people that could work together, but didn't have the restrictions and limitations of a crew that was giving Tessa grief with the Italians.
She ended up assisting Jay, Malakai Anderson, Damien Tinkerman, and a few others in purchasing a home up in Paleto Bay. Tessa has been working on getting the home decorated so that it is both functional and pleasant to live in.
Tessa is working on starting a new business, the San Andreas Derby, which is a hobby horsing league. She is working on selling custom hobby horses, and in the prep stages of getting things such as racing/sporting events set up including gambling on races at the Casino race track.
Tessa eventually joined her adopted son Chatterbox in joining the Clowncil (and signing the New Clown Order Clown Code), finally finding a good fit for herself in the city since her return, and fully embracing a life of crime as a clown.
Relationships[]
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Trivia & Quotes[]
- Tessa owns a Glendale.
- Tessa can frequently be seen wearing bandaids on her face from the frequent injuries that happen to her.
- Tessa named her cat Norman, after Norman Bones.
- Tessa saved Wesley Arnold's nametag after his death and wears it on a necklace sometimes.
- Tessa has a deep hatred for Officer Cornwood for the dolphin event. The event involved Cletus Cornwood gifting a dolphin to Yung Dab and Siobhan's wedding ceremony, killing the poor aminal and parading around with it.
Tessa
- "Aminals!"
- "Lissen"
- "I have... Immense power"
- "Stop being illegal!"
- "Crime-inals!"
- "*Audible Gasp*"
- "Why are you the way that you are?"
Mary
- "Oh, I'm just peachy... Thank you for asking."
- "No one is of consequence."
Gallery[]
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| Played By: Nakkida |
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