[Hider= Jason Kerrigan - Hyacinth]

[b]Gender:[/b] Male Presenting

[b]Race/Species:[/b] Human Witch

[b]Age:[/b] 29
Born August 6th, 1989. 


[b]Concept:[/b]  [i]The Flirtatious Greek[/i]
A god-favored witch and lover of the ancient Greeks. His craft is steeped in worship of the gods, whom he doesn’t seek to simply worship, but to develop amicable relationships with. The main deity he worships is Apollo, who shares many personality traits with him. Seeking to curry more favor with Apollo, Jason joined DOGS in order to protect the oracles.

[hider=Appearance] 
Dirty blonde with green eyes, Jason is an androgynous fellow who comes across as your typical millennial. Never professional unless he has to be, an off-duty Jason looks like he’s dressing to draw eyes, juxtaposed to how well he blends in on duty. His hair can sometimes have more product in it than your local superstore, but again that’s when off duty. Jason prefers a loose top with form fitting bottom.

Jason is lean rather than boxy and muscular in appearance. His somewhat boyish stature can be a blessing or curse depending on the situation. He’s smaller than your average male, only around 5’7” and 160lbs soaking wet. A well groomed goatee and the eyes of someone who’s seen some shit are the only things that age his youthful appearance.

Jason’s features are the bare minimum of masculine presenting, with a rounder jawline and smaller nose. He’s fairly attractive with high cheekbones, clear skin, and well defined eyebrows. That being said, on a scale of 1 – 10 he rates himself as a solid 7 ½, just pretty enough to be recognized, not pretty enough to get free drinks.[/hider]

[hider=Personality]
Flirtatious, subversive, and extroverted, it’s hard not to be friends with Jason. If you could sum him up in any one word or phrase, it would be “free-spirited.” Despite his overflowing social energy, he is not a stranger to nuance and will make every attempt to match the energy he gets from his surroundings if it gets him what he wants. People are his pleasure, and his addiction. If Jason fears anything, he fears being alone more than anything else.

Jason’s first trick for de-escalating any situation is often to disarm someone with flirtatious compliments. Whether he means anything he says is up in the air, but when it works it’s hard to judge his strategy. This has lead to him having a somewhat promiscuous reputation, but you can pretty much expect that from anyone who works with the Greek pantheon.

Greek sentiments of humility, sensuality, and philosophy are important to him, even if he doesn’t align himself with all of them. He doesn’t deny himself of any desire, he does not believe in “ignorance is bliss,” and he will never be boring.
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[hider=Powers, Traits, and Abilities]
[List][*][i]Faux Patrons[/i] – The Greek Pantheon is known for rarely practicing patron-based magic with humans as their interference with human affairs is often mercurial and capricious. That being said, obtaining favor with the gods in the pantheon is possible. As rewards for his worship, Jason on occasion will receive magical items and gifts or guidance in the form a familiar of one of the gods. He’s only ever received a single gift, but has received more “guidance” than he could care for. 

[*][i]Herbalism[/i] – Jason is fairly well versed in herbs from magical and medicinal perspectives and knows how to use them to create a myriad of potions, tinctures, balms, and more. This knowledge can sometimes seem trivial with the advancements in medicine and science, but in the world of magic, sometimes knowing what flower can be used to turn someone into a goblin can be useful. Jason often carries a bag with pre-made mixtures for their utility, but never keeps anything particularly dangerous on his person unless specifically needed for a mission.

[*][i]Sunlight[/i] – As opposed to most pagan witchcraft, Jason’s ritual practice is based around the position of the sun in the sky as opposed to the phases of the moon. This and other things has lead to his chi having a special affinity towards the sun and being more powerful during the day. When he manifests his own magic as raw power it comes in the form of low-intensity flames or light. A good shotgun is often times more effective, however.

[*][i]Astra[/i] – A crow. Astra is not a familiar but rather a crow that Jason once cared for as a fledgling when she broke her wing. Her intelligence leads many people, Jason especially, to believe she may be more magical than mundane, as she can understand things crows should not be able to understand. To many colleague’s surprise, Astra is not a pet and thus isn’t domesticated. She is a wild crow with her own will, just because she spends one day on Jason’s shoulder doesn’t mean she won’t spend the next month terrorizing a poor farmer. She seems to just enjoy Jason’s company, however, and can be possessive.

[*][i]Track Star[/i] – Jason was a runner in high school, and his running helped pay for college. He was not the best at speed, but he was there for the long run. Few operatives can match his ability to run someone down. He’s got a pretty decent amount of stamina to boot.[/list]
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[hider=Fears, Flaws, and Vices] 
Jason has a compulsory need to be liked and will get agitated when around someone he knows doesn’t like him. He’ll go through stupid lengths to get some people to like him, and if he’s not careful it will drive him up a wall. He’s aware this aspect of his personality is childish, but hasn’t been able to shake it for as long as he’s been alive.

The need to be liked probably stems from Jason’s fear of being alone. As a child he was often shunned by other kids for being a “weirdo.” Bullied  relentlessly up until high school Jason eventually learned the best way to not be the odd one out was to be ridiculously likable. The developmental scars are still there, a decade later, and sometimes Jason wonders if he’s ever been true to himself the entire time.

In juxtaposition to Jason’s absurd desire to be likable, he has a promiscuous reputation that poisons his first impressions among the Sentinels and fellow DOGS operatives. He’s constantly playing a game of catch up with how others view him, and that can lead to what he calls “the heat of dumb bitch hours,” referring to strings of irresponsible decisions[/hider]

[hider=Standard Loadout]
[List][*][i]Ritual Dagger[/i] – An ornate silver dagger with a marble handle and a smooth quarts set in the hilt. The dagger acts as both a foci and an underhanded weapon.

[*][i]Remington 870 Shotgun[/i] – Much like his personality Jason’s choice of gun is loud and explosive. He’s not exactly subtle. He can get off 7 rounds before needing to reload with a Remington and that’s all he thinks he needs. Not to mention, it’s cheap.

[*][i]Standard 9 MM[/i] – In closer quarters or when in need of something more nuanced, he’ll go to everyone’s favorite over the counter pistol. DOGS-issued attachments of course.

[*][i]The Belt [/i]– Jason’s herbal potions and poisons are famously carried in a batman-style utility belt. What potions he brings depends on his directive, but he’s always equipped with some first aid and a few acids. If you’re in for a good time, maybe he’ll bring along his own rendition of Greek fire.[/list]
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[Hider=Background] 
Jason was born to an Aisling Kerrigan, a single woman of little importance. Aisling was not special in any regards, having lived life by the seat of her pants, with no awards, accolades, or reputation. Tragically, she died in childbirth and was adopted by the guilt-ridden mother of the man who had gotten Aisling pregnant and ran. She had been in her 50s at the time, not the most equipped to care for a newborn baby. Regardless, Dorothy raised Jason with care, and he never wanted. She refused to let him grow up the troubled youth most orphans did.

Try as Dorothy did, Jason was an odd child growing up. He often spoke of seeing people who weren’t there. He spoke of a particular man with golden hair, kind eyes, and a golden bow strapped to his back. This man would often come to Jason when he was alone and scared and tell him to chin up. Dorothy begged Jason to let go of his imaginary friends but Jason hung on to them until the tail end of middle school. Jason pleaded with the figures to leave him alone, as he only wanted to be normal. 

Jason enjoyed a personal renaissance in high school, finally ridding himself of the reputation of the boy who saw things, claiming he was on a new medication. He became “popular” for the first time in his life, and the lonely kid thrived on the attention as a track star. Jason came into his own, but couldn’t help the feeling that this was all empty in the long run.

Jason took a gap year before going to University in an attempt to discover himself once more. He dived into his family history and discovered his mother had one interesting facet to her life. She was a part of a circle of Druids based a few hours out of DC where he was born. She had served a priestess-like role. Jason took this revelation and dove into his Celtic origins. Something about the magical aspect of it drew him in, and as many a baby witch has done, attempted to get into Wicca for a year or two.

In college Jason took classes in biology and philosophy, unsure of what he wanted to do with his life in a professional capacity. Feeling incomplete, he went on a trip to Greece with his sophomore Philosophy class one summer, always looking to discover himself in new ways. They took a detour to the ruins of Delphi when their plans got interrupted.

Jason, for the first time in over half a decade, saw the man with golden hair and a bow in the distance while walking the path with his group. Desperate to see if he was delusional, he took off from the group and chased down the man. The man with golden hair took off running as well, seeming to enjoy himself. They ran for what seemed like hours, and Jason forgot where he was, the world seeming to vanish. Eventually, they arrived at one of the archaeological sites at Delphi to which the man disappeared behind a pillar. When Jason caught up to the pillar, he felt something smack him on the back of the head and he was rendered unconscious. He woke up two days later in his hotel room and was told by his professor he had been missing the entire time.

During those two days, Jason had walked with the man with Golden hair in his dreams. The man introduced himself as Apollo. Apollo explained that he had no real reason that Jason would be able to see him. Only that Apollo had seen Jason in a vision of a future crisis and that Jason reminded him of a man Apollo once knew. To thank Jason for talking to him once again, Apollo gave him knowledge of true magic.

That was the last time Jason ever saw Apollo. For almost a decade since Jason has been trying to see him again for real. He was eventually conscripted by DOGS when they got reports of a field of Hyacinths along a major leyline in the US. All they had to tell him was the existence of the oracles was very real, and he saw his chance to curry favor with Apollo. He’s only been a member for a few years and still gets taken aback by some of the big events DOGS has handled in the shadows. [/hider]


[sub][i]This Operative is not privy to Operation: Cassandra[/i][/sub][/hider]