Jax
From Changeling Venue
| Seeming | Ogre Cyclopean |
|---|---|
| Court | Summer Court •• |
| Freehold | Freehold TBD |
| Player | Iria Sokoll |
Contents |
Overview
Alias: Jax
Real Name: Jaxn (pronounced Jackson) Drake Bonner
Age: 27
Concept: Winter Hill Gang member turned Fetch Killer, bodyguard/hitman for hire
Entitlement: None, at the moment.
Location: East Phoenix
Character Livejournal: http://sober-truth.livejournal.com
Description
Mask:
- Age: 22
- Height: 6'0"
- Weight: 250
- Nationality: British, still has his accent
- Hair colour: Honey blond, often spiked
- Eye colour: faded blue
- Complexion: Slightly tanned
- Build: All muscle, lots of definition and build - likely looks more like a body builder than a street thug
- Other: Left eye has been professionally sewn shut, and two jagged scars run from the center of his forehead to the middle of his left cheek.
Mein:
- Age: 27-30
- Height: 5'10"
- Weight: 290-310
- Hair: Sun-bleached blond
- Eye colour: Sky blue, only the one on the right remaining. The left eye looks to have been mauled by a vicious set of claws that dug into his socket and stirred the whole bit around. A tiny bit of white can be seen near his nose, that is if you can get beyond the lumpy scars that hide what's left of his eye.
- Complexion: Golden brown
Relevant Mechanics: Striking Looks 2
Clothing: The majority of Jax's clothes are Hedgespun, sleek in design, and always business-like; typically pinstriped and wide-waled pants, in a variety of rich colors, a blazer and an oxford style shirt. If he's not in that, then he's wearing a rugby shirt of some sort, or in all black.
Known Information
History
This section is currently incomplete; further changes will be made to accommodate ties and other happenings.
Basic Timeline: Born 1980, taken June 17, 2002 (spent five years there), returned June 24, 2002
Current Activities:
- Provides a safe house for The Innkeepers when they come through.
- Currently runs and organizes the local dealings for the Velvet Underground as well as being their Jack Ketch.
- Bodyguard for one Pyotr Koud Hart.
- When not dealing, racketeering, or being a knight in shining armor, Jax wastes his energy and Wrath at Rage in the Cage.
- Travels often, to keep up with his contacts and friends in other cities.
Background: Jax was born in Brixham, Devon, England in 1980. He went through all of his typical schooling, ending up playing rugby for his high school. He took his testing, and was scouted and admitted to Boston College in 1999. Jax played for their rugby team for his first two years of college, when he dropped out upon meeting an associate from the Winter Hill gang. Gradually, Jax was pulled in, getting deeper and deeper into the mob. By the time he was taken, he was the clean-up crew for most of the deaths caused by the gang.
Jax was in the middle of a hit when he was taken. Out of the corner of his eye he saw movement. Following, he was led out of the building, into a shadow ridden alley and through the Hedge. By the time he realized where he was, Jax turned to go back, knowing mostly where he was going, but a hand clamped down around his throat and he passed out. When he came to, there was someone sitting over him, cooing in some strange language. As his eyes focused, he realized that he was staring at himself. It asked him if he thought the others had gotten out of the building alright. Confused and having no idea what this other him was talking about, he looked around. Taking a moment to orient himself (something he'd always been able to do), he found he couldn't. Moving to leave this bizarre place, he was struck. The blow took him across the head and sent him sprawling onto the floor. His copy, for surely that was what it must have been, laughed at him. struggling up to get a look at what hit him, Jax realized he couldn't see from one eye, at least not very well. What he saw was a rather pretty Giant, fading in and out of the surrounding darkness, standing beside his copy, stroking its head as though it were the prized pet. Jax would soon come to learn that it was, and he was the whipping boy. He was beaten daily, force fed raw human flesh, and mercilessly taunted by his copy. He was just never good enough beside it.
It took Jax a few years to grow accustomed to the treatment, and just a bit longer to figure out how to get away. Before he could enact his plan, the copy said one thing too many, and Jax chased it down and crushed it with his bare hands. He did his damnedest to make sure the face was gone, that none of the head remained. He was the only one who could be him! He could hear his Keeper's howls as he fled, finding the Hedge a bit better now, and certainly finding his way through it as fast as he possibly could. He knew where he was going, where he'd come from and had to get there.
When Jax returned, he found that the Winter Hill Gang had taken him for some sort of turn coat. After several nasty encounters, he left his perfect reputation behind, wandering the country and trying to sort out the informationally vague but intense memories he had of his escape and time in Arcadia. He ended up in Cincinnati, working at The Hedgeapple as a bouncer. It was his first real home after his return, and he's very grateful to the people he met and came to know. It was here that he met Malic Stitch, who supplied him his uniforms and a catalog.
It was also here that Jax met Lady Garnet, who wrapped him around her little finger with a bit of effort. When she finally had him, he was quite enraptured. She shed him and their relationship while Jax was in the middle of a hit; he was devastated and nearly ended up the target himself. It has been the only job he's ever accountably screwed. He still longs for her, but there's a distance in his demeanor now, which probably comes from so much time spent with all the other Icebound he knows.
In an effort to recuperate, Jax went to California and came across The Mild Garden and Tanis. He spent quite a bit of time there, sorting himself out and slowly gaining a friend. He traveled quite a bit, but always came back within days. It was on one of these trips that he found the Velvet Underground and immersed himself in it. The mob was like a second skin to him, and he was almost at home in it.
Eventually, the need to move again took Jax and he moved to Phoenix, where he currently resides. Since then, he's helped several people through his affiliation with The Innkeepers, including his rival, Stephen Daedalus.
Associates and Associations
- Organizations:
The Innkeepers - A group Jax assists when they need his help.
Velvet Underground - Jax's current syndicate
- Associates (current and former):
C Faraday - a stray that Jax took care of from time to time a couple years back. Still good friends.
Lady Garnet - the lover that truly broke him, met at the Hedgeapple.
Malic Stitch - the only tailor Jax trusts with his style, they met while Jax was working at the Hedgeapple.
Tanis - a friend who sees the side of Jax that few ever get to.
Valeria Thorne - she is perhaps one of Jax's more iniquitous associates.
- Motley:
Azlene Mooga - Whom Jax vehemently calls Azlene, he's dating her. Or is he?
Immolee - Jaxn's torment, as he's trying to keep her and Pyotr Koud Hart from tearing each other to ribbons.
Gabriella - soft-spoken, but her summer shines through when she's upset.
- Employers:
Sebastian Wulfhiem CEC - Jax's former employer at The Hedgeapple, where he was a bouncer.
Pyotr Koud Hart - The Ice Princess that pays him. Met at the Hedgeapple.
- Rivals:
Stephen Daedalus - Nothing dangerously aggressive, but with each having the reputation they do, its always a matter of constant competition.
Jane Rochford - Court and politic rivals, it'd be a gang war if they were any closer.
Looking for enemies, allies, people to have hired him for fetch killing, bodyguard work, other assassinations of the Changeling kind. Anyone he'd have known prior to his abduction would be awesome too.
Character Inspirations
The Departed, various fictional assassins
Frank Lucas, American Gangster
Seifer, Final Fantasy VII
Soundtrack
- Mortal Mobster: Smooth Criminal- Alien Ant Farm
- Through the Hedge: Anywhere Is - Enya
- Arcadia: Don't Let Me Get Me - P!NK
- Return: Nemo - NightWish
- Garnet: Mein Herz Brennt - Rammstein
- The Mild Garden: Tea House Moon - Enya
- Velvet Underground: Tweeter and the Monkey Man - The Traveling Wilburys
- Pyotr: Come and Kick Me - OOMPH!
- Business as Usual: Here Comes the Snake - The Cherry Poppin' Daddies
- Love: Bad Behavior - DJ Rap
- Jaxn: Fly - Sugar Ray
Quotes
- "...Jax? Ah. Jaxn. I taught him about flowers and herbs. He... learned, and rested. He needed to be away from the world, and mine is far, far away." --Tanis
- "I love Jax! Even when things were shit, he was always a great friend. When we're hanging out it's hard to worry about anything seriously. I hardly see him, but it's always stellar when I get to!" --c Faraday
- "They say that a one eyed man is King in the Land of the Blind...maybe he might give them a sense of direction when the looney birds start raining down and someone needs to lead the band. What? That doesn't make sense...get some culture - I'm talking about Jax!" -- Jimmy Quick
- "What do I feel for him? It's hard to explain...but when he's not with me, I try to think of a way to get him to be near me. And just a brush of our hands is enough to get my heart to flutter."-- Azlene Mooga
- "A gentleman. A killer. An Ogre with honor, but beneath that golden armor is a passionate heart driving a body that was made to play rough. Those he cares for are fortunate indeed. Those he doesn't? Well, watch out." -- Mara-Zen
