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• THE BASICS

Real Name: Jacques Rousseau
Other Aliases: Jack, Jacky, J, JR
Status: Active
Identity: Local
Occupation: Freeloader
Race: Human
Nationality: Gaian
Place of Birth: Mount Gizemli of the Durem Mountain Range
Alignment: Good
Patron Deity: The White Dragon
Type: Tragic Hero
Class: Shaman/Mystic
Mode of Combat: Stoned Fighting
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Francis Roussea (Father/Deceased), La(Mother/Killed in child birth)
Base of Operations: None.
Group Affiliation: Shamans of Gizemli

• PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES

Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 170 lbs
Eye Color: Brown (slanted)
Hair Color: Black (short)
Complexion: Redish brown skin
Blood Type: O-
Age: 23
Age Appearance: 24


• APPEARANCE

..2 years ago............Now


• PERSONALITY

[Super Chill]
Jacques is a wander, having no true purpose or meaning in his life save for his quest for a cure of his affliction. So he sees no reason to take life seriously or speed through it and more than content to just wander around and see all there is to see. Thus he may sometime come off as too relaxed and unconcerned, as the thing that make other people jump or squirm or get agitated don't really make him flinch. He'd marvel at the sight if he hasn't seen it before and general just enjoy the moment.

[Acccident Prone]
Going along with his peaceful, relaxed attitude is Jacques' habit of zoning out a lot of what's going on and focus on the littlest insignificant details. He'll stand back and watch the setting set while a battles goes on behind him and this often leads to him getting into accidents. One moment he'll be marveling at sand the color of charcoal and then he'll bump into someone he would have avoided had he been paying attention. Or he'll listen to the beat of his legs thumping down a staircase and end up missing the last step which sends him into a head over heels tumble out into the bottom floor.

[Keeping it Real]
As a result of his super chill nature, Jacques tends to speak blunts just speaking what comes to the top of his head or what he feels about a situation. He won't filter or censor his speech and he won't worry about whose feelings he may hurt when doing so. He simply doesn't care what you may think, he'll speak his mind. This also means he won't hold in his laughter or snorts when someone says something funny or stupid. He thinks its hilarious and will gladly let everyone know.

[Fight Magnet]
Because he seems to not care and will speak off the top of his head, Jacques will often get into fights over "misunderstandings." Some people just don't know how to take a compliment or take a joke or don't like to hear the truth. And he can't help it that some of those people like to fight when they feel embarrassed or offended. And being a go with the flow kinda guy, he just puts up his dukes and tries to return everything they dish out in equal measure.


• HISTORY

Like his father and all other Shamans of Mount Gizemli, Jacques was born and raised as close to sky, and thus the spirit world, as any man could be. During his early years he was introduced to many stretches, drugs and mental states used to bring his body into a trance to commune better with the other side. He was taught how to identify the multiple spirits that coexisted with life on the physical plane and how to identify them. Such things as how to identify if the plant will aid or harm one's spirit or others and if the spiritual aura around the person means they were born here or are originally from another plane of existence. And as was his style, he took to these teachings as most babes took to breast milk, with a passion. He enjoyed his studies and practiced often, maybe to often since it was to the point that he had ended up secluding himself in his childhood.

As he grew older, his father taught him more than just how to see more than their is to see but how to use this knowledge for the villages benefit. Together father and son journey out amount the mountains, above and below their small isolated community seeking to use their talents to rid their home of evil spirits and unwanted visitors from other planes. He was taught how to boil and smoke an assortment of herbs, each one drawing a different spirit close to him which he would contract with or use to heal the sick and repel the wicked. It was also during this time that Francis Rousseau take his son one of his most radical practices, using the very parts and pieces of physical form that evil spirits inhabited to repel them and return their to the original plane. The finger of a zombie or a vampire's fang or a werewolf's fur did wonders on repelling others of their kind, though it sometimes meant they were more in danger as they sough out these potent ingredients more than was necessary. Why? Maybe it was the thrill of the hunt or the machismo that his father got from taking now evil with evil but the times when a simple herb would do, the father and son duo would always attempt to gain a more useful ingredient. And this would ultimately be their downfall.

For on his 21st birthday, around the time when a Shaman and their mentor usually would part, the two thrill seekers attempted one of their biggest hunts ever. They recklessly assaulted a lich's lair attempting to sweep up the ingredient bag of a lifetime by adding all those undead to their inventory. But something went wrong, most likely having to due with their misplaced confidence in their abilities, and Jacques ended up without a father and on the verge of zombism. Having been bitten on his left arm, he knew it was only a matter of time before his spirit turned, corrupted by evil spirit that bite had transplanted. So he did what he could to stave off this event, making experimental mixture after experimental mixture, combining San Pedro cactus, Ayahuasca, Cedar, Sweetgrass, Sage and others in different quantities and orders to resist this corruption of his soul. Some worked and some didn't but the addition of vampiric flesh seemed to increase his odds of
fighting it.

But this plague of the soul could only be resisted and not stopped, his flesh from his hand up to his arm constantly changing from that of one of the living to one of the grave. And Jacques he was quick to hide this deformity, as he was more ashamed of it than anyone else. He took to wearing his shamanistic outfit, a blend of black and greens with some skeletal designs to confuse the spirits, at all times to cover up any exposed flesh that might give away his deadly little secret. However it now nearing a time when he will have to tell somebody, as his efforts at repressing this zombism are growing weaker and he's running out of vampiric flesh.

• ABILITIES


[Long and Limber]
As a bi-product of his lanky form and the many stretches that go into training the body to open up to the spirit world that he had to undergo as a kid, Jacques is quite flexible. He can do a number of gymnastic maneuvers like hand stands, hand springs, splits, cartweels and so on but since that was not the concentration of his training but merely a means to an end, he cannot perform at a level anywhere near that of the Gaian Olympics.


[ Tough Skin ]
His mouth and legs have gotten him into trouble more times than he can count and his body at any one point is a mismatch of scars and bruises. And after suffering all that pain, his a tougher man able to take more pain and punishment as well as being used to fighting not at top condition.

[ Unorthodox Fighting Style ]
Jacques has had no formal fighting training, he has simply had to learn to fight because he's such a fight magnet. He's learned to stay alive by watching and imitating other people fight, and just by being thrown around so many times. And as such, his style is quite irregular as he might come at you with a basic 1-2 combo or he might just make up something on the spot to meet the demands of the situation. And with a basic concept of torque and weight changes, he can actually make these awkward hits have some power. This learned talent coupled with his flexibility, makes him someone you gotta watch out for.

[ Sky High ]
Due to his prevalent drug use, he's built up a higher tolerance than most concerning how much of these "toxic" substances he can ingest without killing himself. However this also means he's always a little buzzed, and so it takes longer for him to experience the physical symtoms yet the psycological ones are more profound.

[ Medicine Man ]
Jacques' spiritual sense enables to see the souls of all living things, meaning plants as well. When gazing upon the plant, he can tell whether it is good for you or not and is able to get an idea of what it's use might be. As a part of his training he was taught how to combine this knowledge with with a mortar and pestle to grind up herbs creates salves, liquids and smokable bundles to aid in healing of the mind body and soul. So far he learned the purpose and how to use the following plants:
Shrooms - perception, halincogen
Canabis - joy, relaxtion, insight (trance), increased sensation, creativity
Tabacco - treats wounds
San Pedro cactus - spiritual healing
Peyote - pain relief, spiritual introspection/insight
Ayahuasca - rid parasites/purificaton/disease
Cedar - resist decay /durable/ weather
Datura - can't differentiate reality from fantasy, violence, frenzy
Belladonna - mild sedation, motion sickness, headache, confusion
Iboga - treat addiction
Morning Glory/ LSD - sensory enhancement, loss of the whole, (trance) radiant color, ripping surfaces
Sweetgrass - purifier, insense, healer
Salvia divinorum - joy, remeberance, merging
Sage - heals memory loss, flavor meat, healer




[ Soul Sense/Sight ]
As a Shaman, he was born with an ability to see not only the physical plane, as most people, do but also the spiritual plane. This spiritual sight is a constant condition but unaided his view of the spiritual realm is very hazy and thus he sees little of the other side. For those being with bodies, he sees naught but a shimmering halo or aura around each and every living thing hinting at the soul within. For those without bodies, he sees a faded image of their being, although such an image become more clear the stronger the spirit is. This sight can be enhanced with the digestion of the proper concoction of herbs (which contains some canabis, creating a similar effect as the peyote mixture by freeing his soul more but not completely separating it from his body).

[ Boundless Soul ]
Through the use of a certain herb concoction (which contains some peyote), Jacques can undergo a trance that temporarily disconnects his body from his soul, allowing his soul to wander with a 50 yard radius of his body for several hours at time. While his soul if free, his body cannot move and is very susceptible to attack for although his soul can move faster on its own, no body to weight it down after all, it does not move anywhere near light speed.

[ Gift of Gab ]
Jacques can do more with spirits than just see them, he can speak to them as well. If they understand common he can simply talk to them normally but if they do not, he is required to use his boundless soul ability to speak to them in the spiritual realm. For there, speech travels almost telepathically as all language barrier are broken, even those of animals.

[ Zombie Corruption ]
Since that incident several years ago, the zombie curse has slowly been trying to take over his body. Spreading from the left hand upwards, the infection has spread up his left arm and reaches towards his neck and torso in an non-uniform manner. The skin of the infected area flakes and peels off, revealing the rotting flesh underneath and sometimes even bone. Thankfully he feels nothing of this, that hands being d almost completely numb. It takes a great deal of anything to feel that arm but knows its still there and it responds to his commands, most of the time.



• WEAPONS

[ Miscellaneous ]
He has no weapon talent per say but he makes use of what's at hand and is apt as saying "that looks like it would hurt" and going along with that snagging and utilizing said item.

• PARAPHERNALIA

[Medicine Pouch]
Small leather container, lined with sturdy cedar wood and died black. It is roughly the size of a fanny pack and serves pretty much the same purpose. Sealed and opened with a buckle clasp, it usually sits at the small of his back. It holds a couple of finished smokeable bundles of peyote and canabis (5 each) as well as few sampling of all the herbs above (3 each). Also holds a small mortal and pestle.

[Pipe]
Black kiseru style pipe that is usually on hand and if not, is tucked down under his shirt held tightly against his back by the medicine pouch.

[Slick Outfit]
Pretty much his own outfit, consisting of black jeans, green turtle neck and a matching black gloves and mask. The jean and turtleneck are just his think and the mask and gloves serve to hide his "condition."

[Rugged Sneakers]
Comfortable, worn green and white sneakers which seem to be the only pair of shoes he owns simply because it is.

• BIBLIOGRAPHY
First Appearance: Black Sand Bar
Second Appearance: The Lion's Den
Third Appearance: Temple of Falis

First Art: From RenitaNeko