Jen Emberton (Cataclysmic Gerosha)

Jen Evelyn Monide (neé Emberton) is a character from Corando's "Don't Lose Hope". She is the drummer for the band Corando, and a sister to lead singer Jerry Emberton, and eventually becomes the wife of bass guitarist Spike Monide.

Character bio
Jen was born on August 15th of 1984, to Hal and Angie Emberton. She grew up next to her brother Jerry with a strong passion for studying not only music in general, but especially grunge from the 1990s. Jen learned how to play drums in the fall of 1997, and there was no looking back. While their parents wished the two would develop more of a passion for organ and church music, the two couldn't shake their love for grunge and post-grunge. However, they were also concerned about social causes, such as Voice of the Martyrs.

Jerry and Jen's futures were seemingly solidified at the high school prom in 2000, when the two of them performed a "Christian music" song set to the tune of "Lithium" by Nirvana, and performed it well enough to make many of their classmates barely notice that they'd changed the lyrics and message. Other post-grunge groups inspired them in this time, such as Breaking Benjamin, Creed, and Puddle of Mudd.

While the two of them were attending the University of Maine for music degrees in 2003, Jen met and later fell in love with a new friend she'd made, who had similar passions to hers: bass guitarist Spike Monide. Spike quickly became good friends with Jerry as well. It was not long after that in which Jen and her friends got a chance to visit some of Spike's old friends. They attended the reception to a wedding held in Coranado, California. By shortening "Coranado" to "Corando," Jerry decided that he and his sister and new best friend should officially form a band. They quickly turned what would have otherwise been a typical reception into almost a full-on rock concert, with many arguing they should go professional.

After receiving their diplomas in January of 2006, Corando became an official band, and began touring. Their debut album, released in 2007, was only a moderate success, with their sophomore album in 2009 faring much better. Corando was able to return in 2014, hitting gold with songs that commented on everything happening from the attack on Miami by Chillingworth to Extirpon saving Madeline Casey's life after a senator from Nevada tried to have her assassinated. The latter song led to Corando being investigated, as DC politicians were offended to no end that the band would portray Extirpon as a folk hero after what happened.

This wouldn't be the only time that the band would find themselves facing controversy, as they had opinions to share on more events in the upcoming years that embarrassed so-called "world leaders" - including the railroading of Ciem, Trudeau capitulating to the demands of Rappaccini after Anarteq saves Sault Ste Marie, Korsicht's destruction of Louisville and Cincinnati, Cherinob destroying Arcturus to save South Dakota, and the saving of Des Moines by Pilltar and Strawberry. The band received cease and desist orders several times to not discuss these events in their songs; but refused to back down and be intimidated by unlawful orders. As Halal Affadidah slowly eroded and destroyed the United States, many of Corando's other enemies began to disappear, rendering their threats to the band idle.

Jerry in 2017 was hearing numerous stories from others about "losing hope" in the wake of the devastation around them. He initially wrote "Don't Lose Hope" in a rough draft to describe a spirit of determination to overcome feelings of hopelessness and loneliness, of the sort that would later be expressed via the "Doomer" meme a year later. He was also troubled by the instability of politics around the world, and to stories of relationships torn apart by it. What cemented him to write "Don't Lose Hope" in its ultimate form, however, was learning about what happened to Darshan and Mahima in the wake of the destruction of Porbandar by Filforth. Jen decided to give it her best to come up with drum parts, while she and Spike planned their own future life together.

As Affadidah made life in Maine increasingly difficult for Corando, Jerry made plans to relocate the band to Texas. They recorded some basic footage for a music video for "Don't Lose Hope, in a rough draft edit that would have only included the band's performance and nothing else. They were then able to relocate to Arcola in early 2018, fleeing "Ameristan" around the same time as the Baret family - and the band Turkeybreath Skyline.

While trying to stay out of trouble in the wake of continued unrest in 2018, Jen visited Arizona during a tour, and shot some album art with other band members for a compilation on the making of "Don't Lose Hope." She and the rest of Corando continued to work together, and remained in touch with Darshan and his family, throughout the many more struggles that life in Toklisana would bring. Stefflin Records allowed for a stable business model for the band for the remainder of its life as a band. After the relocation to Texas, Jen married Spike. They later had a daughter, whom they named Kasey.

Personality
Jen enjoys drums, is very caring about others, and is almost as passionate as Jerry about charity projects - although she is less personally eccentric than her brother. She is excited about maternity, and desires to raise her daughter Kasey especially well. In addition to musical talent, she is adept at improvised crafts and doomsday prepping - especially for electrical outages. Her character model in The Sims 4 is described as having the Self-Care Specialist aspiration, with an automatic Spa Membership trait. She is also given the "Romantic," "Self-Assured," and "Creative" personality traits.

Trivia

 * This newer Jen sheds some of the "rebel" spirit of the previous Jen. While she has tattoos, she doesn't sport a "Generation: Hot Coffee" T-shirt anymore.  This was largely due to the joke being dated to the mid-2000s, such that it wouldn't be funny anymore for an audience in the 2010s, 2020s, or beyond.
 * Jen and Spike being allowed to get married this time made for their relationship to have a satisfying outcome, whereas the outcome of the Gerosha Prime versions of these characters is left open-ended.