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Name: Jack
Species: Hollow Choopa
Gender: Male
Elements: Dark/
EarthDiet: Carnivore
Level: 4
Offense: 8
Defense: 13
Precision: 8
Endurance: 15
Speed: 9
Fame: 17
Posts: 2/5
Passive Traits---Acclimation: City Dweller, Terrain Traveler.
Personal Traits: Blunt, Chaotic Mind, Cynic, Dominant, Defensive, Explorer, Expressive, For the Cause, Gold-Hearted Jerk, Intellectual, Look it Up, Mischievous, One-Track Mind, Opinionated, Perceptive, Rude, Snooty, Socially Inept, Sticky Fingers, Traumatized, Wanderlust, Workaholic
Social Traits: Alchemist, Criminal, Cryptic Speech, Homeless, Hunted, Klutz, Scavenger, The Quest
Physical Traits: Climber, Evasive, Human Speech
Healing Traits: Regenerate Limbs
Magic Traits: Spirit Sense [R], Spirit Communication
Battle Traits: Aura Sight, BlindSense, Powerful Jaws [R], Spectral Strike
History:
Jack was born with pretty humble origins. He lived deep in a swamp, foraging for himself, and pretty much lived isolated from other people in the small house he was born and raised in. The only problem was that he wasn’t quite alone.
Being a Hollow, Jack could naturally sense and see spirits whether they were natural or dead. The problem was that Jack was a little too sensitive and was regularly harassed each day by ghosts both benevolent and violent. It grew to the point that he couldn’t go anywhere without walking into a crowd of ghosts in places that should be isolated. He had no privacy. Was told things he didn’t want to know. Constantly heard whispering and screaming in the background when he <i>needed</i> to sleep.
…To make a long story short: he flipped his gourd.
Finally sick of his ‘gift,’ Jack packed up and left his home. At first he was only hoping to simply escape the ghosts. Then when he realized that that wasn’t going to happen anytime soon, he decided that the best thing he could do was seek out a way to get rid of his sixth sense entirely. In desperation, he resorted to stealing whatever magical means and information that sounded the most promising to fix his situation. And he is willing to do anything just for a bit of peace…
Personality:
Due to his sensitivity, Jack is often manic from a combination of lack of sleep and paranoia over ‘who’ is listening in. He will giggle often even when the timing is inappropriate or will drop often uncomfortable remarks about people or the situation he’s in. He doesn’t seem to outwardly care about others at all if he doesn’t already make it clear that he doesn’t want them around. He is even willing to sell other people out if he’s on the trail of a way to get rid of his powers. When he’s accused of this (and of stealing in general) he will vehemently deny any wrong doing and may even blame his victims and the ghosts (whom he refers to as ‘they’ or ‘them’). He feels that he is always wholly justified in his actions since, in his mind, he is the real victim.
Under that mania, however, there is a lot of cunning. Jack is wholly devoted to his cause so once he senses an opportunity he will take it regardless of whose hurt in the process. Untrusting, he will often work alone or trick others into helping. He can also be an incredibly fast learner, picking up on techniques quickly and is even capable of self-teaching even complicated spells and tasks albeit with enough practice.
At heart Jack isn’t really cruel. He doesn’t just feel nothing when he hurts someone. He even pities them, but he is just so desperate to be rid of his problem he doesn’t consider the long term consequences. It is very well possible that even if he gets what he wants he would wind up with more problems with the living than he ever had with the dead.
Other:
-Jack will periodically start talking to or even shouting at whatever ghosts are nearby. To outsiders it will seem like he’s talking to no one at all further cementing his crazy status in the eyes of the public.
-Ironically he prefers cities and being in large groups of people. His explanation is that they help drown out the dead.
-He’s pretty skilled in alchemy. He credits cooking for himself for all his years in the swamp for this talent.
-His favorite way of introducing himself is to give out everything about himself. Ie: his name, his birthday, his age, his blood type, his best hand, etc.
Roleplays
Lessons in Ecology by Sitara- Jack crashes a lecture and becomes the class clown.