[hider=Jacob Winchester][center][img]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7b/d3/3f/7bd33fd248bfd5e9a253cfdee39536c9.gif[/img][/center] [b]Name:[/b] Jacob Winchester [b]Title(s):[/b] Magus of the Metal Arm; Jake [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Age:[/b] 29 [b]Alignment:[/b] Chaotic Good [b]Rank:[/b] Cause: Open [b]Objective for the Grail:[/b] Jake wishes to be the de facto gunsmith, the sole supplier to all armed forces globally. With that kind of power, he could control war itself, and stave off any wars he deemed unnecessary or overly harmful. [hr] [b]Command Seal:[/b] [hider=Command Seal][img]https://i.warosu.org/data/tg/img/0370/90/1420062029491.png[/img][/hider] [hr] [b]Personality:[/b] Jacob is confident, and has the air of a cocky, brash magus. The reality is he is very cautious and wise, always weighing his options and making backup plans for every possible scenario. He is very independent, never truly relying on anyone else, and prefers to do things himself. Whatever he can't do himself, either for lack of skill or time, he at least likes to oversee the proceedings. He is a shrewd businessman, but that isn't to say he's given up his humanity. He is capable of love, fear, anger, joy, and fits of raucous laughter just like anyone else. [b]Bio:[/b] Jacob is the heir to the Winchester family, known by most to simply be the family behind the Winchester rifle, and the Winchester Repeating Arms company, but the truth is they are also an old American magus family. At the time of Jake's birth, however (August Seventh, 2001) his family had fallen pretty far. They had gone bankrupt, lost full ownership of the company, and were swimming in troubles, recalling weapons left and right, suffering flop after flop. Jake's father believed that it all stemmed from that damned house, the old Winchester Mansion, haunted by the spirits and grudges of the people who had lost their lives to a Winchester Rifle. As a young child, Jake saw how the curse of that house had affected his parents. Instead of walking with pride, they were constantly stressed, their very emotions being robbed away by the rapidly falling status of their name. He decided he would do something about it. He put his incredibly high willpower and determination to work, studying extremely hard both in standard education and in his education as a magus. By 16 he had graduated high school and was taking classes in college, majoring in Law, but also studying various welding, technology, and engineering classes. By 24 he had achieved double degrees in Law and in Engineering. He worked as a lawyer, rapidly making as much money as he could, while using his free time and personal funds to build his project that he knew would win him back his family's company. At 26 he unveiled the DS-10, a powerful handheld firearm that people all over the country were clamoring for. Almost overnight Jake became a millionaire. He used his newly acquired fortune to purchase the full ownership of Winchester Repeating Arms and changed the name to Winchester Firearms. Under a new name and a new leader, the company took off, becoming the number one gun manufacturer in the States. Jake supplied every branch of the U.S military, becoming a celebrity in the process. Sometime after his 25[sup]th[/sup] birthday he purchased the family's old house back, and over the course of four days, he and a team of exorcists forcibly removed every spirit inhabiting it. On the final day, as he expelling the final spirit, a cave-in crushed his right arm, leaving a stump in its place. He then had the house demolished and sold the land to the state of California for a dollar, after a less than brief stay in the hospital, of course. He opted to have another mansion built in Atherton, California. With the curse expunged, he was free to enjoy his success and continue to build on it, dabbling in cybernetics. The first successful model was a prosthetic arm that he used to replace his destroyed one. His home in Atherton had a basement installed that serves as his workshop, where he combines firearms and technology with magecraft, offering the results to the Government Agency of Magecraft, making a number of friends in the process. It was them who informed him that America had stolen the Grail, and was about to play host to a Grail war. Seduced by the notion of an "omnipotent wish-granting device," and having been chosen to be a Master, Jake has decided to take part in this war, applying his unshakable determination towards a new goal; winning the Grail. [hr] [b]Magic Circuit Switch:[/b] The feeling of something falling into a space that is the perfect size to accommodate it. [b]Number of Magic Circuits:[/b] B [b]Quality of Magic Circuits:[/b] D --- [b]Elemental Affinity:[/b] Fire and Water [b]Origin:[/b] Propulsion [b]Magecraft:[/b] Jake is well-versed in basic magecraft, particularly well in Bounded Fields, Curses, Thought Acceleration, and Tracing. He is noted as having especially difficult bounded fields to detect, and the rest of his proficiencies he uses in conjunction with free-running, being naturally very athletic. This ability served as the start of his fame among the Freemasons. [b]Crest:[/b] 240 years old [hr] [b]Weapon(s):[/b] [b]Azoth Blade[/b] [url=https://orig00.deviantart.net/a142/f/2014/324/a/9/modernized_winchester_by_aeirifawn22-d871nc3.jpg][b]Winchester XLAWS-5.56[/b][/url] (Experimental Lever-Action Weapons System): A modernized version of the classic Winchester lever-action rifle design that is still undergoing testing to be eventually shipped initially to the Freemasons, with plans for an alternate version going to the United States Armed Forces. The gun has a port, allowing it to be connected to a computer to fix software issues, as it also contains an onboard computer that runs recoil prevention software, making it a very accurate firearm. This version is designed with magecraft in mind, and can be loaded with special rounds that have a flash-frozen mercury casing and a crystal head. The crystal bullets are infused with the Gandr curse. [url=https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/devilmaycry/images/0/0a/DMC5_Blue_Rose.png/revision/latest?cb=20180812194447][b]Winchester DS-10:[/b][/url] The symbol of Winchester Firearms in 2030, the HS-10 took the world by storm, rapidly becoming the sidearm of choice for armed forces and law enforcement in the U.S and a large number of other NATO countries. It is a revolver chambered in .45 acp with twin barrels, capable of firing two rounds at once. Doing this eats through ammo very quickly, but the dramatic increase in stopping power is undeniable. In addition to this, it has a special, disposable cylinder that ejects from the side with the press of a button. Another cylinder slides into place and the weapon is ready to fire again, making it a revolver with a naturally fast reload. Jake has a modified version that he handcrafted to be compatible with both his arm's interface functionality and with the Gandr rounds he is fond of using. [b]"The Duster":[/b] A padded trench coat that has kevlar and armor plating to prevent mundane forms of damage, as well as a hardening spell to protect against physically damaging magic attacks. [hr] [b]Exceptional Benefit:[/b] Advanced Technology Jake has an impressive prosthetic arm that provides various bonuses. Grip and striking strength with the arm is exceptional, it can be charged with mana, which can then later be released in blasts of raw concussive force, it has an onboard taser, audio recording, communication hardware, can access the internet, and can interface with other electronics, such as phones, computers, etc.[/hider]