Name: Jace Nightray
Age: “Well, I should hope I don’t appear very old.” 118, appears to be around 21
Birthday: “Your presence is gift enough, darling~” 11 March
Gender: “Most certainly male, I assure you.” Male
Category: Student
Class: College Junior- Interests in Visual Communications and Fashion Design
Appearance Description:
Personality Description: Jace is a stereotypical playboy. He can often be found flirting around with the other students of the Academy, and isn’t necessarily bound by gender, as he will pursue both males and females. People first meeting him often complain of Jace’s flippant, arrogant demeanor, while others in constant contact with him usually comment on his blunt and uncaring personality. While both of these sides are true facets of Jace, the vampire tends to play up both of them, making him seem much, much worse than he actually is.
At least, in all things that don’t include Arren King or Ace Pendragon. Whenever the two members of his makeshift adopted family are dragged into things, Jace shows a fierce protectiveness that outshines many of his bad qualities. As expected, this protectiveness is rarely extended to anyone that isn’t Arren or Ace, but much of the Academy knows of its existence-- Jace can often be found acting as the annoying older brother to Ace, and viewed with exasperated fondness as the wild-child friend and confidant by Arren. He has an unshakeable loyalty and devotion to his adopted family, and very few know the lengths he would go to in order to insure Arren and Ace’s happiness and safety.
Powers:
Biography: Taking into consideration how very old his parents are, it isn’t a surprise that Jace has many, many brothers and sisters. Or at least, he had many brothers and now only has sisters.
You see, Thomas, Jace’s father and the current patriarch of the Nightray clan, was highly paranoid. Before he and his wife had any children, Thomas had run afoul of a very powerful and influential witch. With her dying will, the witch tricked Thomas, foretelling of a future in which he could never completely relax in the presence of his family, for one of his sons would eventually betray and kill him.
And so, every time Thomas’ wife birthed him a son, he would be greatly displeased and anxious. He would wait until the boy grew old enough, and when he supposedly saw hints of rebellion, would kill each and every one of his sons in fear that this particular son would be the one to kill him.
This continued until Jace was born and grew old enough to understand why all of his older brothers suspiciously disappeared while his sisters were perfectly safe and unharmed, pampered even. Being the sly child he was, Jace carefully crafted a mask of uncaring, arrogant indifferent. He showed absolutely no interest in the family at all, preferring to sneak out and ‘have fun with the humans’, as he liked to put it.
Fortunately, this facade worked and his father dismissed Jace as unthreatening after stringent scrutiny of the young vampire. On the other hand, it seemed to have worked a bit… too well. As Jace’s disinterest and lack of motivation towards the family grew more and more apparent-- at least, on the outside, as Jace had a strong sense of loyalty and would, secretly of course, do anything to keep his siblings safe--, Thomas’ irritation with the then vampiric teenager increased exponentially. The elder vampire would rant and rave at Jace, calling him a mistake and a blight to the family name; Jace would, after all, be his heir, the only male to survive Thomas’ nearly unstable paranoia.
All the tension and emotion came to a head on Jace’s 97th birthday. He was three short years from becoming 100, the age at which a vampire in their family is considered old enough to begin learning more about the Nightray Clan, their history and customs and culture. His father didn’t believe him to be at all near ready, thinking his numerous flings and ‘rebellious escapades’ to be irresponsible for an heir of a family of their calibre. It didn’t help that Jace had been poking and prodding his father’s temper all this time, bitter and upset at the many older brothers he had lost to his father’s paranoia.
Therefore, it came as absolutely no surprise to Jace when his father disowned and disinherited him. He was no longer the Nightray clan heir, as his father would try for yet another son, and that was perfectly fine with him. The only regret he felt was because whatever son was born next to his monster of a father would have to go through the pressures of surviving he’d had to go through.
For the next 11 years, Jace wandered the world, drinking and partying and sleeping around to his heart’s content. He drank enough blood to insure he could defend himself should his father be feeling particularly vindictive and send someone to kill Jace, but not too much so as not to draw attention to himself. This wild, unpredictable lifestyle continued until he bumped into Arren, then almost 124, at a bar. At that point, the vampire was well on his way to becoming quite careless with what happened to himself-- if he wound up dead in a ditch, so what? It wasn’t as if there was anyone who would miss him--, which the wizard could sense instantly.
Though Jace had started out as a sort of pet project for Arren, the vampire, as irritable as he was at first, grew to care greatly for Arren. The wizard was his adopted brother/uncle, his confidant, and his keeper. He could party and drink, but Arren would watch out for him, make sure he didn’t overdo it and turn to his more self-destructive habits. In turn, he helped Arren open up, allowing the wizard to better express himself with his emotions and keeping him from constantly being serious about things. Their little duo was apparently all that Jace hadn’t known he needed.
Two years that went much too quickly for Jace’s tastes later, they literally stumble upon an orphaned, scrappy little Ace Pendragon. Now, Jace felt somewhat sympathetic for the little were, but the moment he interpreted the look on Arren’s face correctly-- it was the expression the wizard used when he wanted something from the vampire, as rare as that was--, he outright refused to listen any further, jealous and afraid of sharing Arren’s attention; he depended on the wizard greatly, but would he be swept off to the side in the wake of the clearly needy child?
Of course, Arren managed to convince him to at least continue in the privacy of their own home, though Jace snarked the whole way home in hopes it would ward off the small werewolf. He did his best to remain stoic and firm in his decision, but after hours and hours of arguing, felt bad enough to acquiesce to Arren’s desire to provide money and food to Ace. The wizard had, after all, saved him from his downward spiral, and really, Arren rarely asked for his cooperation in something as big as rescuing an orphan.
And so, a year passed in such a manner, with Ace spending the days with the worst weather in their apartment, being given money to spend on clothes and other necessities, and food whenever he was hungry. At some point, Jace’s annoyance turned to fondness for the orphaned werewolf, though the distinction disappeared so gradually that he never truly noticed it. Ace was a loveable child once given the chance to grow and flourish, and Jace wondered if his own older brothers felt this way about him, before they had all been killed off. Was this what it was like to be an older brother?
That was what ultimately got Jace to finally give in to Arren’s daily plea to allow Ace into their little family. By then, the werewolf had already gotten a piece of both of their hearts, so the change of the duo into a triple was only something that needed to be consciously recognized. Sure, things were still a bit rocky and they all had their arguments, but for the next seven years, they learned to work with it and became a happy, albeit rather dysfunctional, family.
Then, their invitations to the Academy arrived.
Similar in his initial reaction to informally adopting Ace, Jace make his vehement refusal quite known. In fact, he and Arren had several explosive arguments over it. Like nearly everything else, however, Arren managed to wear down the vampire’s reservations. Jace reluctantly agreed to attend, and so enrolled in college, while Ace was enrolled in high school and Arren was given a job in the infirmary.
Additional Information:
Age: “Well, I should hope I don’t appear very old.” 118, appears to be around 21
Birthday: “Your presence is gift enough, darling~” 11 March
Gender: “Most certainly male, I assure you.” Male
Category: Student
Class: College Junior- Interests in Visual Communications and Fashion Design
Appearance Description:
- Eyes: A vivid red that, in reality, isn’t actually akin to blood
- Hair: Naturally a jet black, dyed either red or kept black but given red streaks, cut to be slightly disheveled at the top with the strands calming and straightening as they reach the nape of his neck
- Height: 6’2’’
- Weight: 178 lbs
- Clothing style: Though he will normally wear simple, black long-sleeved shirts and jeans, all of his clothes are of a designer label, often costing no less than $100 for one item of clothing. It isn’t common that he bothers with flashy or gaudy styles, unless it is to make a point or piss someone off, which also extends to the few jewelry pieces he will wear-- expensive but simple is his motto.
- Distinguishing marks: The strong jaw and aristocratic aquiline nose the men of his family are known for
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Personality Description: Jace is a stereotypical playboy. He can often be found flirting around with the other students of the Academy, and isn’t necessarily bound by gender, as he will pursue both males and females. People first meeting him often complain of Jace’s flippant, arrogant demeanor, while others in constant contact with him usually comment on his blunt and uncaring personality. While both of these sides are true facets of Jace, the vampire tends to play up both of them, making him seem much, much worse than he actually is.
At least, in all things that don’t include Arren King or Ace Pendragon. Whenever the two members of his makeshift adopted family are dragged into things, Jace shows a fierce protectiveness that outshines many of his bad qualities. As expected, this protectiveness is rarely extended to anyone that isn’t Arren or Ace, but much of the Academy knows of its existence-- Jace can often be found acting as the annoying older brother to Ace, and viewed with exasperated fondness as the wild-child friend and confidant by Arren. He has an unshakeable loyalty and devotion to his adopted family, and very few know the lengths he would go to in order to insure Arren and Ace’s happiness and safety.
Powers:
- Stronger power: As the only male heir to one of the original vampiric bloodlines, Jace is nearly immortal when he has a steady supply of fresh human blood. His senses, strength, agility, etc. is enhanced several times over and are only dulled to a human-like level when he’s been fasting for at least 4 days straight.
- Weaker power: Because he belongs to one of the original vampire clans, Jace has a sort of ‘back up’ power. You see, when Jace’s ancestors couldn’t locate clean blood due to famines and plagues and natural disasters that befell the poor humans around them, they adapted-- their bodies fell into death-like comas. In this state, a vampire’s body does not need blood at all. The downside, however, is that they are completely and utterly vulnerable when they are ‘sleeping’ in this state. Many of Jace’s ancestors died because of this weakness, but the few that survived carried on the ‘gene’ for the ability, passing it down each generation. As such, Jace too can fall into this coma. He only saves it for the most dire of situations, however, and has never actually used it during his lifetime.
- Strengths: Jace is nearly immortal and invincible so as long as he has a steady supply of blood. His senses are enhanced several fold, his strength and speed is immense, etc. He also has the death-like coma as a fallback plan if things turn south enough.
- Weaknesses: He must drink blood daily if he is to keep up his inhuman abilities-- even a day or two without the liquid will weaken him considerably, the most visible of those signs is how he will progressively burn worse in the sun as the lack of blood continues. He also isn’t a ‘true’ immortal, as there are indeed ways to kill him. There are actually many ways to kill him; Jace just keeps a low enough profile to not warrant attention from those that know how and would have the motive to kill him. In his death-like coma, he will also be very, very vulnerable-- as vulnerable as a normal, sleeping human is. He is unable to defend himself and it will take several days for him to ‘wake up’ completely.
Biography: Taking into consideration how very old his parents are, it isn’t a surprise that Jace has many, many brothers and sisters. Or at least, he had many brothers and now only has sisters.
You see, Thomas, Jace’s father and the current patriarch of the Nightray clan, was highly paranoid. Before he and his wife had any children, Thomas had run afoul of a very powerful and influential witch. With her dying will, the witch tricked Thomas, foretelling of a future in which he could never completely relax in the presence of his family, for one of his sons would eventually betray and kill him.
And so, every time Thomas’ wife birthed him a son, he would be greatly displeased and anxious. He would wait until the boy grew old enough, and when he supposedly saw hints of rebellion, would kill each and every one of his sons in fear that this particular son would be the one to kill him.
This continued until Jace was born and grew old enough to understand why all of his older brothers suspiciously disappeared while his sisters were perfectly safe and unharmed, pampered even. Being the sly child he was, Jace carefully crafted a mask of uncaring, arrogant indifferent. He showed absolutely no interest in the family at all, preferring to sneak out and ‘have fun with the humans’, as he liked to put it.
Fortunately, this facade worked and his father dismissed Jace as unthreatening after stringent scrutiny of the young vampire. On the other hand, it seemed to have worked a bit… too well. As Jace’s disinterest and lack of motivation towards the family grew more and more apparent-- at least, on the outside, as Jace had a strong sense of loyalty and would, secretly of course, do anything to keep his siblings safe--, Thomas’ irritation with the then vampiric teenager increased exponentially. The elder vampire would rant and rave at Jace, calling him a mistake and a blight to the family name; Jace would, after all, be his heir, the only male to survive Thomas’ nearly unstable paranoia.
All the tension and emotion came to a head on Jace’s 97th birthday. He was three short years from becoming 100, the age at which a vampire in their family is considered old enough to begin learning more about the Nightray Clan, their history and customs and culture. His father didn’t believe him to be at all near ready, thinking his numerous flings and ‘rebellious escapades’ to be irresponsible for an heir of a family of their calibre. It didn’t help that Jace had been poking and prodding his father’s temper all this time, bitter and upset at the many older brothers he had lost to his father’s paranoia.
Therefore, it came as absolutely no surprise to Jace when his father disowned and disinherited him. He was no longer the Nightray clan heir, as his father would try for yet another son, and that was perfectly fine with him. The only regret he felt was because whatever son was born next to his monster of a father would have to go through the pressures of surviving he’d had to go through.
For the next 11 years, Jace wandered the world, drinking and partying and sleeping around to his heart’s content. He drank enough blood to insure he could defend himself should his father be feeling particularly vindictive and send someone to kill Jace, but not too much so as not to draw attention to himself. This wild, unpredictable lifestyle continued until he bumped into Arren, then almost 124, at a bar. At that point, the vampire was well on his way to becoming quite careless with what happened to himself-- if he wound up dead in a ditch, so what? It wasn’t as if there was anyone who would miss him--, which the wizard could sense instantly.
Though Jace had started out as a sort of pet project for Arren, the vampire, as irritable as he was at first, grew to care greatly for Arren. The wizard was his adopted brother/uncle, his confidant, and his keeper. He could party and drink, but Arren would watch out for him, make sure he didn’t overdo it and turn to his more self-destructive habits. In turn, he helped Arren open up, allowing the wizard to better express himself with his emotions and keeping him from constantly being serious about things. Their little duo was apparently all that Jace hadn’t known he needed.
Two years that went much too quickly for Jace’s tastes later, they literally stumble upon an orphaned, scrappy little Ace Pendragon. Now, Jace felt somewhat sympathetic for the little were, but the moment he interpreted the look on Arren’s face correctly-- it was the expression the wizard used when he wanted something from the vampire, as rare as that was--, he outright refused to listen any further, jealous and afraid of sharing Arren’s attention; he depended on the wizard greatly, but would he be swept off to the side in the wake of the clearly needy child?
Of course, Arren managed to convince him to at least continue in the privacy of their own home, though Jace snarked the whole way home in hopes it would ward off the small werewolf. He did his best to remain stoic and firm in his decision, but after hours and hours of arguing, felt bad enough to acquiesce to Arren’s desire to provide money and food to Ace. The wizard had, after all, saved him from his downward spiral, and really, Arren rarely asked for his cooperation in something as big as rescuing an orphan.
And so, a year passed in such a manner, with Ace spending the days with the worst weather in their apartment, being given money to spend on clothes and other necessities, and food whenever he was hungry. At some point, Jace’s annoyance turned to fondness for the orphaned werewolf, though the distinction disappeared so gradually that he never truly noticed it. Ace was a loveable child once given the chance to grow and flourish, and Jace wondered if his own older brothers felt this way about him, before they had all been killed off. Was this what it was like to be an older brother?
That was what ultimately got Jace to finally give in to Arren’s daily plea to allow Ace into their little family. By then, the werewolf had already gotten a piece of both of their hearts, so the change of the duo into a triple was only something that needed to be consciously recognized. Sure, things were still a bit rocky and they all had their arguments, but for the next seven years, they learned to work with it and became a happy, albeit rather dysfunctional, family.
Then, their invitations to the Academy arrived.
Similar in his initial reaction to informally adopting Ace, Jace make his vehement refusal quite known. In fact, he and Arren had several explosive arguments over it. Like nearly everything else, however, Arren managed to wear down the vampire’s reservations. Jace reluctantly agreed to attend, and so enrolled in college, while Ace was enrolled in high school and Arren was given a job in the infirmary.
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