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The Exchange: Jonas Briggs

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--Basics--
Name: Jonas Briggs

Age: 300 though he appears to be roughly 22 years old.

Gender: Male

Preferred pronoun: He/Him

Race: Doll (Human, patched together with canvas bags and other material)


--Physical: Appearance--
Height: 6 ft 6”

Weight: Extremely light, his bone structure has been replaced with straw and sand

Build/Body type: He is thin with a body achieved only by years of manual labour in harsh conditions.

Skin: The patches of human skin that remain after years of gradual replacement are olive or tanned and severely weather worn from years of buffeting with sand and wind.

Hair: Sandy Blonde

Eyes: Green

Facial Details: Lengthy slender face, with high bone structure, obvious in his jaw bone which is defined and slightly crooked toward the left hand side of his body. Running from both sides of his mouth are two long cuts which have been sewn repetitively with thick, black twine and open slightly when he smiles or makes other facial expressions, noticeably smiling and when he is sad.
His face is made up of mismatched canvas bagging all of similar colour and some remaining skin. The bagging retains facial contours like that of skin and this ensures that he resembles a human in more than just build.

Other defining features/extra anatomy: his body, as previously said, is made out of mismatched pieces of material, mostly canvassing. Many cuts, some of which are still healing, which have been badly sewn leaving very obvious marks on the skin that remains. His body is host to the spirit of some one he loved in his previous life, though she won’t tell him her name and gets really moody when he informs her over and over again of the amnesia he awoke with when he came back to life.

Clothing: On his head he wears a “gamblers” hat commonly called a cowboy hat by the uneducated. His chest is usually exposed to the elements and this shows off many of the scars he has accumulated over the years. His lower half is covered by brown denim trousers which have been patched with leather of a similar colour, even with these patches it is obvious that these trousers have seen many different weathers. He has a leather belt with a scaled cow skull on it and small ringlets for bullets. He also wears a weather worn duster, the tail of which is worn and frayed from the immeasurable amount of time it has been worn and dragged along the ground.


--Physical: Movement--
Gait/Demeanor: Jonas carries him with the outward sign of the strength that lies beneath his calm and kind exterior. He carries a chip on his shoulder that sometimes make him pause for thought as if thinking “what would they do in this situation?” however it never gets in the way of him acting on instinct or reacting to a situation. It seems that occasionally he loses himself in the moment as he lets things build up and then can’t stop himself from acting out.

Voice/Speech patterns: He speaks with a strong southern accent as well as using very colloquial terms and dialect.


--Personality--
Loves: “A good scrap” as he so puts it, he isn’t pugnacious but enjoys fighting when it happens. Adventures, beautiful scenes usually involving sunsets, the spirit that lives inside his body which he plays host to.

Hates/Fears: The past that he can’t remember, that he is indeed a terrible person, the idea that he will never remember who he is.

Strengths: (Best Quality) He’s quite the fighter and seems to excel at any form of it with any weapon readily available, (Skill) he seems to be able to make any shot no matter how impossible it is, (Skill) Spirit can project a spiritual shield to protect him from magical attacks,(Talent)he has a strong ability to survive in any environment because he has no heart or muscles to worry about and thus cannot feel any pain.

(Middle ground) When Jonas loses control or blacks out Spirit has control, unfortunately as detailed below this means that Wrath also can use Jonas and this usually leads to bedlam.

Weaknesses: (Flaw, mental) He occasionally loses his ability to rationalise, after taking so much he simply blacks out and goes animalistic, (Flaw, mental) he cares far too much about the lost memories and the past before simply waking up like he is now, (Flaw, physical) His stitching isn’t as perfect as it could be and occasionally if too much force is applied to parts of his body it can come apart. (Vice) He is some what of a fighter, sometimes a simple situation that could be sorted out with a simple apology must become a fight before he realises this fact.

Attitude in a group: Jonas often acts like a natural born leader but is often more than happy to follow orders or provide the muscle for a required service.

Mortal Sin: Wrath, Spirit is actually Jonas’ lover from before he “Crossed” as he so put’s it, he was born in the west during the time of Colonel Custer and was part of the rough riders, the men and women of the west who would ride shotgun for coaches, deliver important mail or act as hired guards for payloads. Unfortunately Jonas was set to get married when he was sent on one last job, the protection of a payload of gold which had been dug up. Unbeknown to him the gold carried a curse, it granted immortality to those killed defending it but crossed them to another plane of existence, known as The Spire. Jonas died defending the gold from hijackers, a single bullet left in each gun. When he awoke he was in the desolate plains of another world. When news of Jonas’ death reached Spirit she couldn’t take it and decided to end her life so that the two could be together for all eternity, unfortunately like some sick joke of fate she was inbound into him. Spirit’s manifestation allowed other things to take residence into an empty host body one of those was all the negative emotion that Jonas felt in death with became fused with Spirit, now when Jonas blacks out this being (which refers to itself as Wrath) takes complete control.

Mortal sin he is least likely to show: Lust, Jonas’ ex lover and fiancée’s spirit is inbound into him and has a personality and conscious of her own meaning that if he ever were to think of another woman he would receive hours of physical abuse and a serious rebuttal from her.

Holy Virtue: Fortitude, Years of facing certain death before he crossed and indeed in the world of The Spire have made Jonas stand in the face of danger, scared but doing it anyway as it is right or is needed to be done. It is something that he firmly believes in and can’t understand cowardice from others.

Holy virtue he’s least likely to show: Prudence, after Spirit and Wrath merged together Jonas lost a little of his ability to reason in certain situations, usually when he is put under increasing amounts of stress without a way to relieve it, this means he could black out and let loose Wrath or he could simply start a fight.

Quirks:
-Jonas can’t die, he simply keeps on getting back up as long as a scrap of him remains he will continue, thus is the gift or curse of the gold, however this leaves him in a strange position as he is constantly seeing empires come and go and make him philosophise, some times when it is least appropriate.
-Jonas absolutely loves to fight, he relishes it and he doesn’t care if he wins or loses, only that it was exciting or something new.
-He can act quite impulsive at times, usually making him look like a big child, this is simply to send people into a false sense of security.
-He has an innate hatred of fire users, anyone who spawns fire or has an obsession with it is warned to keep there distance (it could have something to do with the fact that he’s mostly filled with straw)
-Spirit can manifest herself outside though she’s only audible to Jonas making him seem quite insane when he starts to answer unsaid questions.
-He always carries a thin needle and thread which is stuck into his right ear, this means he can pull it out to fix himself up whenever is needed.

Other: This area maybe subject to change depending on how my rounds progress, so it is advisable to watch this space.


--History/Background--
Setting: Jonas was born in 1862 and lived in Western America for the whole of his natural life, upon his death he was transported to the world of The Spire, a strange world that is split into two very different plains, heaven and hell. Due to the nature of Jonas’ death he has lived in the “Hell” section of this world, specifically a section that resembles a giant desert filled with the occasion boom town which resemble the stereotypical American town during the 1900’s, a bar, a coffin shop and a doctor. In the centre of the world lies The Spire an immense structure of unimaginable power that the residents of both plains “worship”.

Family: Spirit- The soul of his Fiancée whom is now bound into is body, she loves him beyond all levels of imagination but he can’t remember anything about them before crossing.

Friends: He has a few friends but all of them reside within the world of The Spire.

Back-story: Jonas was born in 1840, his father worked on a ranch for a wealthy cattle herdsman, whom despite being completely lecherous was a fair and kind man whom ensured that the young boy had a roof over his head and food in his stomach. The small town he lived in was prone to rivalry between ranch owners but was generally a peaceful place lost in the wilderness that is the American west. This structured environment helped Jonas grow and become a fine young man, one day trouble came to the ranch, a rival ranch owner rallied up the townsfolk  with propaganda that the ranch was being used to summon the devil. The townsfolk, all god fearing citizens, burned the ranch to the ground…with all the workers inside. Jonas was the only one to get out alive, from that moment on Jonas swore to fight against crime however he could. He would go from town to town bringing in outlaws and helping out, never staying in one place for too long before moving on again, finally he met the woman of his dreams, her name was Elizabeth and soon the pair were love struck and arranged to marry later that year. The rest is above.  


--Combat--
Fighting Style: Over bear with superior fire power

Weapons/Gear: Twin Schofield hand pistols, they never run out of bullets as when Jonas crossed over so to did the guns, both always have one last bullet in the chamber. The rounds fired are much more damaging than a normal bullets as they attack the spiritual as well as the physical and the guns themselves look bigger.

Unusual Abilities:
Skilled shot (4)- Jonas is a gifted shot, his handguns were nothing unusual before the change but even then he could hit a quarter at 50 paces.
Wrath (5)- Wrath is the accumulation of all negativity that Jonas felt moment before death, these emotions were so strong that they developed into a being with the magic of the curse, they attached themselves onto Spirit as she was inbound into Jonas and laid their dormant, waiting for there time. Wrath is a noticeable transformation as Jonas physically pass out and usually loses his footing, crumpling under his own weight before rising up again. Wrath has complete control and covers Jonas’s face and skin, changing him and masking him in a black tar like substance.

Physical Attributes: He is perhaps best summarised as average, he isn’t a weak man having worked a very labour intensive job most of his natural life. He isn’t slow and his reaction times are quite exceptional but he’s not some kind of super hero, he relies mainly on his ability to pick shots that no one else seemingly could.

Group combat techniques:

Melee Team member/s: Supply them with covering fire to ensure that they can get close enough to the enemy to be effective.
Ranged Team member/s: Apply varying levels of suppressing fire with team mate until target is subdued or leave no cover remaining.
Magic based Team member/s(Defensive): Ask them to cast shield around themselves to protect themselves from fire and then ask them to help him with an ongoing shield in front of him whilst he fires at enemy
Magic Based Team member/s (Offensive): provide them with covering fire (not unlike Melee team member) but use their specific powers in situational combat for instance a  mage could use fire spells to set a field where the enemy was hiding on fire to draw them out.


--Tournament--
The Soul: Jonas would like to have Spirit revived into a human form again so that they can get married.

Team: No group yet but is welcome to anyone.

Other: (This area maybe subject to change depending on how my rounds progress, so it is advisable to watch this space.)


--Last Words--
List the three most important things about your character.
1. He is kind and will take orders willingly, but not blindly. He will take orders that are questionable very badly.
2. He is very wary of people who could be questionably evil.
3.He is potentially dangerous to team mates should Wrath be released when they are nearby.
My Character Reference Sheet for the OC Tournemount The Exchange by Mippins (When I can work out how to make a link I will do)

I'm also looking for an artist to make a comic out of this character for a new comic book I writing called "The Spire"
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DarthRonius's avatar
Cool! Would you mind if I drew your character some time in the near future? I'd send you a link to it.