Jeeko

[Jeeko]

Name: Cabrijeekalion Noricraeding Cerber-Halle Bonriqua Gontriallith Linric Barauliosis
Nicknames: Jeeko
Age: 49, though he appears to be approx. 15
Race: pretty much human
Height: Approx. 5 ft.

Appearance

Jeeko is not at all what you would call remarkable at first glance. To most, he is simply another irritating child; and you would not be too wrong in saying that. He is known to act much too childish for his own good, being rather reckless and mischievous for his age. Of course, that doesn’t bother Jeeko at all. Jeeko will do what he wants, when he wants, and no one has any right to stop him; at least, that’s what he’ll tell them.

His hair is a copper blonde and his eyes are hazel – specifically light green and brown. He is a little short for his apparent age and even more so for his actual age, but he prefers it that way. He has scars along his arms and legs, and a few other places on his body. Occasionally parts of his hair will fall out, so he prefers to wear hooded clothing when in more populated areas. This is not so much out of embarrassment as it is from not wanting to explain to people why he has bald patches. Strangely, his hair also grows much faster than for most humans, which makes it appear even odder.

His clothes are usually old, and he does not bathe often or waste his time on buying new clothing, so they often look dirty and tattered, but fortunately he does not grow, so they always fit him. As I mentioned above, he prefers to wear coats and such with hoods, especially in public, to hide his mess of hair. This is the same for pants and long sleeves to hide the scars on his arms and legs. The only clothing he really cares about is his footwear, as they are important for walking and climbing and all of those other things he likes to do outside. He is willing to spend quite a bit on good quality, long-lasting, and comfortable boots.



Possessions

Poor quality bow and arrows, all of which he made himself. They’re made of different things and he often attempts to make improved versions. He uses it for hunting and for fun.

Various decks of cards, for different card games and for things such as magic; he has a thing for cards.

He keeps his cards in a magical box, which cost him quite a lot but was well worth it. The magical part is that it’s practically indestructible, or at least, solid enough that he won’t risk his cards getting too damaged. Most importantly, it’s completely waterproof. It also holds more space on the inside than it appears to on the outside, so he can keep a lot of cards, though it is hardly endless.

He has a leather satchel for carrying things, like food or his card collection.



Strengths

He has the ability to remain calm in very stressful situations, and is quite brave.

He can create small visual illusions with ease, but cannot sustain them for an extended period of time. The smaller illusions can last for up to 30 minutes, on a good day, when he concentrates carefully. For anything impressive, he would usually need to meditate for several hours before it will work.

He has a very good ability to concentrate. Despite his careless demeanour, he can be very patient when it suits him to be.

His aim is quite good, although not perfect at all. It is a natural talent, probably due to the trait mentioned above. This is the reason he enjoys archery.

He ages slowly, similar to most magical races, although he was born human.

He has the slightest ability to heal magically. A cut or similar wound does not heal noticeably faster. Rather, he remains healthier than he should, despite the poorer conditions in which he lives, regarding things such as diet and general hygiene. He is less likely to catch diseases than others.

He is good at climbing.

He looks rather innocent and defenceless, so he has an easier time getting away with some things, if he ever needs to do so. Being smaller also means an easier time getting through gaps in, say, a crowd... even if you’re more likely to get squished and trampled in the process.

See History for more details.



Weaknesses

He has trouble understanding negative emotions such as sadness and anger, because he hasn’t had much experience with them himself. He also has trouble feeling any emotional connection to people, though this is more a problem for them than it is for him.

He is rather thoughtless, and will often act before thinking things through.

Physically, he is healthy, but he barely stands a chance in a fight. He may not be able to catch a cold, but he can certainly bleed to death. He also cannot run very fast or jump very high.

He occasionally has horrible nightmares, though he never remembers them; he simply wakes up sweating, unable to breathe, heart feeling like it might beat its way out of his chest. Strangely, as soon as he awakens, there is no fear. He does not even realise he is having nightmares, in fact.

He can’t read or write, but he knows a few different languages, at least partially. He also has trouble counting past ten.

His skin will sometimes itch terribly, and despite how much he scratches, it will only cease of its own accord. He has ugly scars from scratching, mostly along his arms and legs. He will sometimes also start sneezing when this occurs.

Sometimes parts of his hair will fall out for seemingly no reason at all. This is probably not much of a weakness, but would you be okay with large portions of your hair suddenly falling out? It doesn’t happen all the time, perhaps every few months.

His appearance can cause him some problems, such as people targeting him because he seems so defenseless, or blaming him because they don’t trust people of his (apparent) age.

See History for more details.



History

Jeeko has no family.

He does not know where he came from, who his parents are, or even his own real name.

His earliest memory is from when he was ten, sitting upon the back of some great, hairy beast, with the arms of someone bigger and older than himself holding him protectively, keeping him from falling off. He remembers looking down, to the sea far below, where the water would throw itself against the tall rocks as if trying to tear them down.

Despite being so high up on that narrow ledge – upon that great beast, with the cool, salty wind pressing against you as though threatening to pull you down to join the rocks in the icy water – he did not feel afraid. In fact, he never felt afraid. He sometimes felt irritated or confused, but even those feelings only arose when he was ill.

The next ten or so years are also rather fuzzy in his mind, and few memories remain; the others return only during sleep, though he is not aware of the fact. He does not recall when he gained his magical abilities. They seem to have been with him forever.

His “normal” memories start at around the age of 23, when he was taken in by a nice young couple, whose young daughter appeared around the same age he did at that time. That was somewhere in the north of Eyropa, in a little town called Forwick. He remained there, living as their adopted child, for five years, at which time he made a few unfortunate mistakes regarding his “sister”, and decided that it was time to move on.

For the next twenty years, he spent time living in various places, and found that he enjoyed travelling and seeing knew things. He has seen many of the main cities, and wishes to travel overseas, to strange and distant lands; that is his life goal, but he has yet to come close to achieving it. He has seen much of Eyropa, and some of Tian Xia. He has had some odd and amusing experiences, such as his brief stop in Marn, where he was almost arrested for pulling a rabbit out of a hat. He found some great cards in a store there though.

To be honest, I could probably list a lot of things that Jeeko has done in his life so far, but none of them really stand out from the others. He hitchhikes around the continent, spends a lot of his time outdoors, both stealing and working for a living, as well as simply hunting and cooking his own food. He has not real connections, although he knows a lot of people. Most of all, he loves the ocean, and the idea of adventure.

Oh, did I forget to mention the names? Indeed his name is long, and was not at all given to him at birth. Some were, as Jeeko sees it, gifts from families he has spent time with. To him, they are a partial representation of his life and travels. Cabrijeekalion, though he does not recall the origin of the name, was with him before the time where his memories are intact. He generally goes by Jeeko, however.

As for the magical experimentation mentioned earlier, that happened in the time he has no memory of. I can’t tell you too much – if I do, I’ll have to kill you, after all – but basically, he was taken by a group of people who wanted to see how much control they could have over life with magic. He was not their first text subject, but he was the first human to survive their mess of experiments.

Basically, they gave him the ability to channel magic from the astral plane, through his non-magical body, and into this world. They somehow slowed his aging, but that does not guarantee him a long life. The itching and hair-loss are a side-effect of the magic on his body, and they may eventually get worse, even to the point of destroying him. The inability to feel half of normal human emotions, however, could be an effect of either the magic or psychological trauma, or even both; it’s hard to say.

Apart from the slowed aging and so on, he can manipulate light, due to his connection with the astral plane. His powers grow stronger when he “meditates”, as it allows him to strengthen the connection, and therefore he can channel more magic through his body, though this tends to temporarily make the negative side-effects occur more frequently, depending on what exactly he does with the magic he summons.