Jacque De La Croix - Character Profile

[Althallos 9]

Jarek - Jacque de la Croix
Nicknames: Goggles, Four-eyes - Doc, Jack, Bird-man
Age: appears to be in his thirties
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Status: Alive and Thriving

Description

Height: 5'11
Weight: approx. 160 lbs.
Body Type: Thin/Athletic
Eyes: Green
Hair: Light Brown
Skin: Lightly tanned
Markings/Tattoos: None
Health: Excellent
Personality: Outstandingly kind and helpful towards many he encounters, and fierce in their defence. Jacque is not one to dismiss a call for help, and often speaks with a calm, yet slightly happy tone.
Inventory: White-dyed Leather Plague Mask, A long staff with a Kettle affixed to its top, a bag of tea(?) leaves, and a shortsword
Further Details: /Jacque/ appears to have no memory of any childhood, his memories beginning from his 20's.

Life Style
Alignment*: Neutral Good
Deity*: Though he follows an agnostic lifestyle, Jacque at least appears to believe in The Creator
Alliance/Nation/Home: Jacque travels frequently, and usually will not make a long-term home for himself.
Class: Commoner
Profession(s): Travelling Doctor/Healer
Special Skill(s): Extensive knowledge of herblore and human anatomy
Flaw(s): Jacque does not enjoy the prolonged sight of blood, the few times he has attempted surgery, he has failed, and had to sew up the patient before he fainted.


Weaponry
Fighting Style: 1 Handed Blade
Trained Weapon: Straight-Swords, Curved Swords, minor skill with an Uchigatana
Favored Weapon: A specially crafted, single-edged straight sword. (Pic shown below)
Archery: Little to no skill with bows

Biography
Parents: Dmitri & Katerina [surname unknown]
Siblings: None
Children: Marian (Pandasrcute2)
Extended Family: Don de la Croix, a mentor/adoptive father
Pet(s): Crusoe, his messenger Hawk

History

This character's actual history [Mostly the Jarek part] is immense, and I don't have the focus to write down the entire story here, so with my apologies, I give you a short summarized version:

 

Jarek

The travelling doctor Jacque de la Croix was first known as Jarek, a travelling warrior and cartographer from a distant desert land. In his travels, the young Jarek made many friends and a couple alliances. For a time, the mapmaking adventurer lived an adventurous, fulfilling life. However, his life would be annihilated as his friends were taken from him, one by one. Jarek was first torn from his new home in Asulon; Alras, when the dwarves retook it. After escaping to a small island nation called Holm, Jarek and his friends hid away there. Soon after, for reasons not entirely known to Jarek at the time, his close friend Anora Minesmasher, who he shared a home with, revealed that she was being hunted by a party of dwarves for her connection to a certain magic anvil. Forced to move again, Jarek and Anora did naught but move from safehouse to safehouse, until one day when Jarek awoke to find the safehouse dark, quiet, and devoid of life. As he searched the house, it became apparent that Anora had disappeared. As he realized that his home, one of his best friends, and his entire life was taken from him, Jarek fell into extreme depression. He spent many days sitting in the safehouse, falling into deeper depression. Some time into his moping, Jarek fell into a comatose state, due to lack of food and water. By luck, a travelling man came upon the unkempt safehouse, and found Jarek when he wandered inside. 

 

Jacque -A New Life-

Jarek awoke in a countryside house, his vision fuzzy. He could barely remember a thing. He could remember part of his name... J...A... something, and aside from that, could only piece together faces of old friends, and something.... very painful that happened. A few minutes into the stupor, a robed man walked into the room. He identified himself as "Don" de la Croix, a travelling healer. Trying to introduce himself, Jarek stammered.

"Uhm... I'm... Ja-... Uhh..." 

"Ja- what? You don't remember your name?"

Jarek agreed with a slight shrug.

"Well, what if I call you.. Jacque." Don suggested. "It was my son's name."

Though he was put off slightly by the cliched name pass, as well as the implied father-son element that Don put forth, he accepted the new name. 

 

...fast-forwarding a few months, Jacque had made a new life out of apprenticeship to Don, refining his medical knowledge to help the needy. Spending his days travelling, an d offering his assistance to the sick and injured, Jacque enjoyed his life in Asulon. (Jacque didn't do too much until Asulon was destroyed, so I'll skip the countless doctoring moments)

 

((The Temp Islands)) A new friend

 A few days after landing on Elysium, Jacque resumed his travelling doctor business. One day, as he approached a fortress to inquire about housing, he discovered a young girl sitting alone near the gate. The girl, named Marian, had apparently been wandering around for several days. She looked tired and hungry, so Jacque asked her if she would like to come into the fort with him, so they could look for food and lodging together. Luckily enough, the fort's residents were enjoying a small feast, and happily welcomed the two newcomers. After they'd eaten, Marian told Jacque that she actually had a home, but it was quite far away. Jacque offered to keep her safe on the way back, and they made their way towards a halfling village. They entered the burrow, and found it empty. Marian explained that her family hadn't been around for some time, and that she'd been living alone. As he looked around the house, Jacque found every cabinet dusty and empty, and what food he could see was old and no longer edible. Growing more worried for the child's safety, Jacque suggested that he watch over Marian until her family returned. After several weeks passed, it became apparent to Jacque that Marian's family, if they were even alive, would not return. During their time together, however, Jacque came to care very deeply for Marian, and took her in as his own child. They moved to a small house in Eyveror, where they lived calmly until the discovery and migration to Anthos...

 

 

 

 

Artwork

 

-Jarek-

Drawn Artwork (By Griff[i think])

 

In-game Appearance

 

-Jacque-

Drawn Artwork

 

In-game Appearance

 

Jacque's Sword (Silverwing)