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Name: Jacob Cuvier
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Jacob has intense green eyes. The lower half of his face is charred slightly. He often wears something over his mouth to help filter through the smoke, but also to hide his shame.
Personality: Jacob is an intense person. He takes everything he cares for with severity and passion. Anything else he couldn't care less about. He is a man who is constantly putting himself in danger in order to redeem himself. His zealous focus on his duty is unrivaled. There is little mercy within him when it comes to doing what needs to be done. He is a man who loves his nation and hates his enemies. Like fire he will burn brightly or be completely burnt out.
Bio: It began with fire. His home. His family. They were just ash now. Jacob was the sole survivor. It was obvious who had done it. It was no beast. Nothing of the plague that ravaged the land lately. It was done by the hands of men. Men who exploited the chaos caused by the plague. They were criminals and murderers to Jacob, and to others they were called hunters. They had no right to burn and slay his entire family. Infection had not even reached that part of the Feldi. The hunters were worse than any beast that the plague could conjure, wielding power meant to save for destruction.
And so Jacob saw his family burn. There was no saving them, but he tried anyway. All that was left was only scars and a burning desire. He was young then, helpless and unable to do much. He would later learn.
The mockeries of hunters did more harm than good. He had seen so much wrong done. It seemed the the hunters were driven by Herenis for their cruelty knew no bounds. However, there seemed to be hope in the form of the Order of the Flame. They were proud men of Feldi, wielders of fire and strongest of them all. They had the strength to protect, the power to uphold the law, but best of all the honor to do what was right. These ideals of the knights was what drove Jacob. They shone above the depravities of the hunters. It became his purpose, but to enter the order too difficult for one of his age. They were veterans of many battles. Their initiations were secretive and rumored to be unobtainable to those who have not achieved greatness.
So Jacob became a hunter of beast to learn their trade so that one day he may find and redeem his weakness. He almost died the very first hunt. If it wasn't for an experienced cutter. His fire would have been extinguished that very moment. The man was called Yervin. He was Merkath but he wasn't as bad as Jacob was brought up to believe. Yervin fought for nobler purposes it seems. He was kind and took Jacob as a sort of cutter apprentice. He was the calm storm to Jacob's raging flames.
Training was brutal, but Jacob bore through it all. His fire could not be quenched by physical harm or mental strain. Yervin didn't know that much about fire, but he taught Jacob the basics. Fire became Jacob's weapon and his ally. What once haunted his every nightmare would now aid him in the killing of beasts. Jacob, however, became too obsessed with the flames. Yervin had to stop him multiple times before he could set alight the forest or even the towns. It was a difficult relationship, but they grew to respect and become friends.
But good things never lasted for Jacob. Yervin died and once again Jacob was powerless to save even his mentor. Jacob had now some means to realize a part of his ambitions, but he needed to hone it further. Sharper and sharper. Until it was a single point like a lance. One that will pierce through his failures and rend them apart, revealing someone that actually could protect what he loves. There was still much more to be done: infected to cleanse, plagues to stop, and men to kill. Then he may be worthy to take up the mantle of Knight of The Flame.
Class: Cutter
Chaos Weapon: A lance that blossoms open into a razor edged shield. His main attack his charging his lance into something and transforming it, causing the weapon to rend open his enemy. He may follow up with igniting everything with fire.
Armour: Jacob wears half plate which mainly covers his chest, neck, mouth, and left arm.
Magic: Elemental - FIRE
Other Equipment: An offhand sword to pair with his shield or used if the lance is too unwieldy for the situation. He also carries jars of flammable liquids.
Trivia: He is a bit of a pyromaniac.
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