Member
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Jack Styx
Age:
35
Gender:
Male
Ethnicity:
Scotts-Irish primarily
Nationality:
America
Species:
Part Efreet (Fire Genie)
Pyrokinetic
Detailed Information
Appearance:
Jack is about 6'2" with medium length, scraggly brown hair, lightly tanned skin and dark blue eyes. His body is muscular and toned but leans towards the thin side of the scale. He is almost always wearing a suit made of a specialized, flame retardant fabric.
Personality:
Jack is quick to smile and laugh, and tries to bring a lighthearted attitude to most situations. He stays calm and collected whenever possible, more out of necessity then anything else. He is intelligent and able to quickly analyze most situations. While he is generally friendly, he does not open up to anyone about himself or his past, keeping everyone at arms length. On those occasions that he does lose his temper, he becomes violent and dangerous, lashing out at any foes and not paying a great deal of attention to anyone caught in the crossfire. He also has an unfortunately strong bias against vampires, hunting them whenever given the chance and steering clear of any that have joined Nox Tenebrae.
Notable Relations:
None.
Everyday Skills:
Do too the need to almost constantly eat, Jack has become a rather accomplished chef.
He has a love for science and spends a good deal of his free time studying biology and chemistry.
He's good at driving things faster then they should probably go.
He's good with numbers and money.
Smoking, and doing those stupid little smoke tricks.
Biography:
Six years ago Jack lived a perfectly normal and happy life. His parent had passed away from old age and he had no siblings to speak of, but he had started a little family of his own. He was married to a beautiful young woman name Elizabeth and they had just been blessed with a baby boy, Darrek. Jack was working an easy, if horribly boring, job as an accountant, and him and Elizabeth were preparing to buy their first house. All and all, Jack was living a perfectly mundane and easy life, the American dream.
All of that disappeared in the worst 10 minutes of Jack's life.
It had been a late night run to the local ice cream parlor for a couple of ice cream cones for him and his wife. This was their special treat after a long week. Date nights were rare with the new baby, and this was Jack and Elizabeth's way of spending some quality time outside of the house. The roads were empty, and Jack was telling one of his signature cheesy jokes that always made his wife giggle and call him stupid. Jack slowed to a stop at a light and turned to look at his beautiful wife while, when something slammed into the side of his SUV. Its still hard for Jack to remember exactly what happened, he remembers darkness and fire and blood. He remembers praying to hear his son crying but hearing nothing. He remembers the sound of metal twisting and pulling, and his wife, his precious Elizabeth, screaming, and then gurgling. He's still not sure how he managed to crawl out of the wreckage of his SUV, or how he managed to stand with 3 fractured ribs and a leg broken in four places. But he does remember the face of that thing, of the vampire that was feasting on his wife, draining the life out of her already battered body. He does remember his scream, a scream filled with so much blind rage and pain that it barely sounded human. And he remembers the fire, that fire that sprang from the rage and pain of his shout. The fire jumped at the vampire all at ounce, catching it by surprise. Jack continued to shout, and the fire continued to rage more and more ferociously. The vampire screamed, Jack screamed, and then the world went completely black.
The next few days were hell. Jack pieced together what had happened afterwards. The creature, likely a newly made vampire, had crashed a vehicle into the side of his SUV, flipping it. It was likely that the beast was blind with hunger and confusion from its new circumstances, but Jack couldn't care less about WHY it happened. The official story was that the other driver had managed to run away after the crash, and that Jack's wife and child had been killed on impact. It was all bullshit.
As one could probably guess, Jacks life was never the same. He quit his job and gave up on buying a new house. He spent months recovering, and his life spiraled into a deep depression. Only one thing came out of the disaster that could be considered positive, Jack's pyrokinesis awoke. At first, it was terrifying, being able feel the presence of fire, and to command it. But with time, and practice, it became Jack's saving grace. It was power, one that had likely been buried deep inside of him until his traumatic loss, and one that he could use to hunt down the thing that had killed the two most important people in his life.
Jack began to train the ability himself, but it went poorly. His temper would quickly get out of control, causing him to lose control of his abilities. It wasn't long before Nox Tenebrae found him, and promised to help him control his abilities and to find the creature that destroyed his life. Jack has spent the last five years with Nox Tenebrae, training to control his own abilities, and to hunt down the monster that cost him everything.
Combat
Fighting Style:
"Everything burns if you try hard enough."
Jack's primary style is close to medium range combat. He primarily uses his pyrokinesis, but he has become an exceptional shot with the pair of pistols he always carries.
Strengths:
- Jack's strength and speed are above average for a human.
- He has excellent precision with fire arms.
- Jack is able to quickly examine a situation and come up with a plan of action.
- He has spent the past five years spending almost every spare minute he had studying, and thus has a contingency plan for dealing with most supernatural things.
Weaknesses:
- Jack rarely has anyway of dealing with a creature long range.
- He is not a martial artist, and while he is strong for a human, he lags behind a good number of supernatural creatures.
- Since his pyrokinesis awoke, Jack has to be incredibly careful to control his temper, if he loses control in battle he doesn't pay attention to his own well being or the well being of those who are with him.
Equipment:
Jack carries a pair of Desert eagles and several different types of ammo to accommodate different situations. He also has a specialty glove that create a shower of sparks when the fingers are snapped. His clothes are made of a special flame retardant cloth, this is mostly to ensure that he doesn't burn away all his clothes while in combat.
Power/Magic Abilities
Strengths:
- Pyrokinesis allows Jack to control or produce fire at will. It is far easier to use an existing flame, however, it is possible for Jack to produce flames from nothing.
- Jack is highly resistant to both fire and heat, enabling him to survive temperatures and conditions that would be fatal to others.
Weaknesses/Limitations:
- Since the awakening of Jack's powers, it has become far easier for him to fly into a rage and lose control of his powers, a dangerous situation for everyone involved.
- Jack's powers consume calories and energy, if he pushes himself to hard he can become shaky and light headed. If he continues to push himself too hard he can pass out from the exertion and even die. In order to avoid this Jack has to constantly eat in to replenish himself.
