Jack Imball

((Editted to Saiscy specifications. Also added more about his abilities when modified by his boots.))



Name: Jack Benjamin Imball


Gender: Male


Age: 19


Species: Human


Appearance: Caucasian, brown hair, gray eyes, and stands about 5’ 11”. He is always wearing his old newsboys cap and sportscoat. While under the effects of his curse, his skin and hair become paler, his eyes glow a slight blue, and supernatural flames seem to fall off of him.


Origin: Eastern USA, but has spent much of his time recently travelling.


Special Abilities: Normally, Jack is quite athletic in terms of speed, and energy. After years of practice, he is also trained in moving silently, picking locks, pick pocketing, sleights of hand, and forgery. While wearing his spring-heeled boots, Jack can move and jump at a supernatural speed (slightly better than double his normal abilities).

Jack’s family curse happens every night at sundown. While under the curse, his physical abilities are boosted slightly, has a heightened reaction time, and he breathes a supernatural flame and leaves the flame in footprints which burn out quickly. This flame seems to be somewhat akin to an illusion as while it does glow, it doesn’t seem to be physically there as it doesn’t interact with anything other than Jack. A new power he has recently acquired is an ability to be “hidden. The “hidden” power is that while under the curse, people have much difficulty associating normal Jack and his cursed form (this also extends to pictures and videos).

A general down side to the powers is that when he breathes, he smells of sulfur (can alert others) and when he transforms (both into and out of), it is almost always a painful process. Another downside to his powers is that while he’s transformed, he is usually in some kind of constant pain. This pain ranges from something as small and ignorable as an itch to as bad as near writhing agony that knocks him out, which effects how he acts.

More info about powers listed at end.


History: One in a long line of descendants from an 18th century English myth, Jack has been born into a family of thieves. This ancestor, for whatever reason, had a curse bestowed upon him and all who would come from him. Jack and his family has been working on removing this curse ever since. Even with all his hard work, Jack has found only a very little more about his curse. However, his research and work has paid off, giving him a boast in abilities and some control of it. In more recent news, Jack has moved up in the family hierarchy, but has decided to do some travelling on his own having grown interested in the supernatural after finding more out about his curse. The path he is on has led him back to the town he once visited years ago.


Personality: Jack is observant, a little mischievous, and with the recent upgrade in his powers, confident. He tends to take risks and, combined with his thieving background, has a habit of taking or moving things just to see what happens (wouldn’t steal from the others at the Mansion for profit, just for kicks). Underneath it all, Jack is conflicted. He is a good natured person, aiming for an overall good. However, his work and have lead him to do less than legal matters. Essentially, while he isn’t exactly a man of the highest morals, he is a man of standards. One other factor about Jack is his secretiveness as he likes to leave details vague when possible. In terms of intelligence, Jack is an above average, but his travels have leaded him to be rich in experience.

Jack seems to be less inhibited when under his curse. He tends to be more theatrical/dramatic/less serious, liking to put on a show for anyone who is awake or following him (he will even come to a stop to wait for them if he thinks it’d be more fair). Also, similar to how a bully causes pain because he himself is feeling it, Jack near compulsively commits bad acts to counteract whatever pain he is feeling. Most of the time he treats this as a formality or even something enjoyable, but he will experience levels of guilt depending on the person he’s acting against. A bigger personality fault is that while in this form it is much easier for people to play on his vices. Games of chance and challenges against his skills, if someone is able to figure this out, could be used against him and to someone else’s advantage.


Study/Work:
- Study – Criminology
- Work (Legal) – Odd jobs such as delivery man and cook (usually temp work). Has previously worked with law enforcement in previous places.
- Work (Less than Legal) – Con Artist, Thief, Information Dealer


Extra Information:
-Unless someone knows the truth, Jack will almost always refer to his less-than-legal work as hobbies (or some variant).
- Jack can actually skip nights of transformation, but the chance of a forced one increases each time.
- Jack can restrain his powers for a couple minutes while transformed (such as reduce the amount of stench he creates to stay hidden).
- His three favorite possessions are his hat, his boots, and his pocket watch. He keeps them close at all times and has put magical wards on these just in case, but has never had the chance to test them. A fourth possession he carries is a lockbox that holds his trophies (past thefts, etc). While it is locked, it contains no magic wards.
- While maybe above average in terms of strength, Jack has fighting experience. He isn’t a professional, but he’s been in enough scuffles to know how to handle himself.
- Jack’s high speed movement varies. While he prefers to run/sprint in larger or longer areas, he reverts to bounding (quick, long jumps; usually low) similar to a rabbit when he can’t.
- While Jack will never admit to or even show it, he has deep pockets and usually seems to “know a guy” when he needs something (both things coming from his “work”).
- Jack is pretty good at keeping his composure or a straight face (comes in handy in his line of work).
- Jack has the balance, climbing, and tumbling abilities of someone who's special talent allows him to jump from tree to tree or building to building, falling from great heights, and running along thin objects.
- Jack drives a 2009 Dodge Challenger SE.


Stealing/Theiving:
Just noticed the comment about stealing. If I am going to steal something during an on going thread, I'll either send a message to the person or ask in a comment before I actually post. If I start a thread that starts out/based on Jack stealing from one of you guys, I'll say so in the first post with the conditions of the stealing (if he is just hiding the items, is keeping them, etc). If the comment is bad, I will edit it and if the thread is unacceptable, the admins are more than welcome to delete it.


Statistics about Jack's Boots:
Added this section to give people an idea of Jack's modified abilites. Note that Jack's statistics are estimations.

• Vertical Jump: Athletic Human: 24-28 inches (about 2 feet) | Best NBA score of 2011: 36.5 inches (about 3 feet) | Jack with Boots: 5 - 7 feet.
  
• Standing Long Jump: Above Average Male: 8 - 8.25 feet | One Olympic Champion: 11.5 feet | Jack with Boots: 16 - 17 feet
  
• Running Long Jump: High School Track Range: 18 - 22 feet | Jack with Boots: 36 - 44 feet
  
• Speed: Friend's 100m Dash Estimate : 9 - 10 meters per second (20.13 - 22.37 miles per hour) | Jack with Boots: 38 - 44 miles per hour (This is specifically for sprinting speed. Medium to long distance speeds are slower.)
  

Hii man, liking Jack here^^

Just some pointers (not all mine):

* perhaps giving your character some weaknesses to balance things out a little... Cause Jack is somewhat overpowered right now

* how did you decide to do the stealing thing? Are you going to ask owners if you can steal from their characters and discuss what, when, where, how and everything? I think a lot of people would appreciate it.

* One hint I got from another member was that the '50miles/hour + jumping 3 story high building'-shoes are a little over the top. Maybe trimm them down a little bit?

Would you mind looking into that?