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[Character Name] Jack Vessalius
[Canon] Pandora Hearts
[Point Taken from Canon] Post-Retrace 74
[Age] 100+, physically 24
[Gender] Male
[Sexual Orientation] Bisexual; it is implied in canon that he used his body to climb ranks amongst nobility.
[Eye Color] Green
[Hair Color] Gold
[Height] 5'11" in (180 cm)
[Other] His hair, plaited, reaches down to his thighs. He also has a pair of amethyst earrings that he always wears.
[Clothing] link
[Background]
wiki link
[Personality]
He's a head-turner - incredibly charismatic, blessed with great looks and the sort of hair women would kill for. He's chattery and happy-go-lucky, always armed with a smile and a compliment, though he might come across as a bit of an airhead.
Unfortunately, only the first sentence is true. The rest are part of a front that he puts up, because Jack, in reality, is an empty man. He's spent at least a decade working tirelessly to haul himself up from a street rat to one of the creme de la creme of society. Jack's been wearing a mask for so long that he's forgotten what his real face looks like.
He knows he's a manipulator, yes, but he doesn't realise how heartless he can be, since he's blinded by his singular obsession over Lacie - a woman who was, and is, his everything. He would gift the world to his deceased beloved, and that entails destroying it. He would destroy Lacie's only family, her brother, in order to bring her the world she loved so much. He would use a pair of brothers to further his own ends, seemingly without remorse, and he would destroy the lives of people a century later than his own time to finish what his best friend had given up his life for to prevent.
Jack loves completely, obsessively, unhealthily. It's a skewed love that's perfect in his mind, a love that justifies the means for an end that he thinks that is in his beloved's interests, but isn't.
Oswald is the first person to see right through him and tell him that he finds nothing. He describes Jack like water - a stretch of water so silent and still, that all you can see is a reflection - and that's what he is, really.
Jack himself doesn't quite know what his real self is like. It's shown in canon that he can be a ruthless, calculating chessmaster, whose determination spans time and death - he has no problem lying to further his ends. However, underneath this, he still retains some modicum of care for people he would not actively acknowledge as his friends - he seems to hold some regret for raising his sword against his best friend.
Around other people, Jack usually will, at first, present a front of him being a third-rate nobleman, born into riches, charismatic and trusting with no knowledge of political machinations. Someone that is probably easy to use and manipulate, and easy to lure using emotional bait. He has a soft spot for children and animals, and loves to flirt with women and make them blush.
He befriends those whom he can use and those who interest him; he gives favours and helps those whom he figures would feel indebted to him as a result. Jack's default reaction to noblemen like him is apathy at worst, and hatred at best, unless they interest him beyond their use in politics. He has an affinity for making people listen to him and making them do things, with them believing that they are doing it because of their own choices.
After the Tragedy, Jack founded Pandora under the pretense of keeping Glen Baskerville sealed, and he knew the organization would do a splendid job of hunting Baskervilles down - thus preventing them from finding the seals, which hold the truth, and their master's body. The four Dukedoms were supposedly formed from those who helped rebuild the country after the Tragedy, but Jack had carefully chosen them according to the future he wanted to create.
Jack does not lie much; he prefers leaving out pieces of the truth, because that is easier to believe. He likes inane babble and shallow topics, talking about other people, not much about himself. Affection is distributed and received freely, because it no longer holds any meaning for him, after nearly a decade of using everything in his disposal to build connections in nobility.
Any sort of prying into his personality would be waved off, and any overt effort will be shut down. Pointing out his tendency to self-sacrifice, and his empty personality, makes him uncomfortable and discomfited. After Lacie's death, he seems to slip a little, leaning towards the edge of being obvious; Arthur actually realises what sort of person he is because of this.
He's known for climbing trees and staying up there for hours at a time- this is where he is truly alone, he feels, and this is where he can just not think about anything, drop his facade, and rest. This is also why he has taken up music box-making, along with watchmaking: they are mindless tasks, just putting things together after laying it out, and it comforts him to just let his hands work and not think about it.
It is also implied that Jack does not care much for his own well-being at best. When he finds Lacie, he is willing to be punished, or even put to death, as he had already seen the woman that had been his reason for living for nearly half his life. Even when Lacie practically deposits herself in his lap, he does nothing to touch her, content that she is close and that he can follow him.
It is said in canon material that what Jack feels for Lacie is too pure for obsession, but too blind for love. The only example he has of something approaching love is his mother's blind faith and her obsession to see his father again, which was never fulfilled (and he follows the same cycle, but with Lacie). Jack himself had never been loved or even given affection as himself, and from what he knows, he latches onto the first person to treat him like his own human being.
The sibling love between Lacie and Oswald confuses him, and this plays a part in his inability to understand that Oswald must put the good of many above the life of his sister. Oswald himself sends Jack's plans into a disarray, as he seemingly does not care what sort of empty man he is, and continues to be friends with him in spite of the fact that he only has eyes for his sister. He seems to regain part of his sanity when he later sees Oswald's severed head, and he realises that he had just killed his best friend (possibly only friend) by his own hand.
He wishes it was all just a quaint little fairytale, afterwards, but Jack does not do things by halves. The story must and will go on.
[Specialties/Abilities] wiki link
[Affection] Jack is outwardly very affectionate - he loves pet names - and will seem receptive to affection (emotional and physical) as well. This is more out of habit than true emotion, as Jack's default reaction to people is hatred; he just covers it up quite well.
His real sort of affection involves a good deal of psychological screwing around and a sort of possessiveness, physically and emotionally.
[Fighting] For killing and grievous wounds, please PM me first! Jack is still human, and he is missing his Chain, so he can be killed and hurt. However, Jack is an exceptional swordsman, so be forewarned.
[Other Permissions] Please no fourth-walling! Telepathic characters will get action clues when I thread with them, don't worry!
[Other Facts] He is obsessed with the Baskerville siblings, Lacie and Oswald, both with a slightly different brand of insanity attached.
Jack is also quite good with his hands; he makes music boxes as a hobby. He also likes climbing trees to space out. He likes to flirt too, and he sometimes carries roses on his person, just in case.
He is also lying three-quarters of the time.
[Canon] Pandora Hearts
[Point Taken from Canon] Post-Retrace 74
[Age] 100+, physically 24
[Gender] Male
[Sexual Orientation] Bisexual; it is implied in canon that he used his body to climb ranks amongst nobility.
[Eye Color] Green
[Hair Color] Gold
[Height] 5'11" in (180 cm)
[Other] His hair, plaited, reaches down to his thighs. He also has a pair of amethyst earrings that he always wears.
[Clothing] link
[Background]
wiki link
[Personality]
He's a head-turner - incredibly charismatic, blessed with great looks and the sort of hair women would kill for. He's chattery and happy-go-lucky, always armed with a smile and a compliment, though he might come across as a bit of an airhead.
Unfortunately, only the first sentence is true. The rest are part of a front that he puts up, because Jack, in reality, is an empty man. He's spent at least a decade working tirelessly to haul himself up from a street rat to one of the creme de la creme of society. Jack's been wearing a mask for so long that he's forgotten what his real face looks like.
He knows he's a manipulator, yes, but he doesn't realise how heartless he can be, since he's blinded by his singular obsession over Lacie - a woman who was, and is, his everything. He would gift the world to his deceased beloved, and that entails destroying it. He would destroy Lacie's only family, her brother, in order to bring her the world she loved so much. He would use a pair of brothers to further his own ends, seemingly without remorse, and he would destroy the lives of people a century later than his own time to finish what his best friend had given up his life for to prevent.
Jack loves completely, obsessively, unhealthily. It's a skewed love that's perfect in his mind, a love that justifies the means for an end that he thinks that is in his beloved's interests, but isn't.
Oswald is the first person to see right through him and tell him that he finds nothing. He describes Jack like water - a stretch of water so silent and still, that all you can see is a reflection - and that's what he is, really.
Jack himself doesn't quite know what his real self is like. It's shown in canon that he can be a ruthless, calculating chessmaster, whose determination spans time and death - he has no problem lying to further his ends. However, underneath this, he still retains some modicum of care for people he would not actively acknowledge as his friends - he seems to hold some regret for raising his sword against his best friend.
Around other people, Jack usually will, at first, present a front of him being a third-rate nobleman, born into riches, charismatic and trusting with no knowledge of political machinations. Someone that is probably easy to use and manipulate, and easy to lure using emotional bait. He has a soft spot for children and animals, and loves to flirt with women and make them blush.
He befriends those whom he can use and those who interest him; he gives favours and helps those whom he figures would feel indebted to him as a result. Jack's default reaction to noblemen like him is apathy at worst, and hatred at best, unless they interest him beyond their use in politics. He has an affinity for making people listen to him and making them do things, with them believing that they are doing it because of their own choices.
After the Tragedy, Jack founded Pandora under the pretense of keeping Glen Baskerville sealed, and he knew the organization would do a splendid job of hunting Baskervilles down - thus preventing them from finding the seals, which hold the truth, and their master's body. The four Dukedoms were supposedly formed from those who helped rebuild the country after the Tragedy, but Jack had carefully chosen them according to the future he wanted to create.
Jack does not lie much; he prefers leaving out pieces of the truth, because that is easier to believe. He likes inane babble and shallow topics, talking about other people, not much about himself. Affection is distributed and received freely, because it no longer holds any meaning for him, after nearly a decade of using everything in his disposal to build connections in nobility.
Any sort of prying into his personality would be waved off, and any overt effort will be shut down. Pointing out his tendency to self-sacrifice, and his empty personality, makes him uncomfortable and discomfited. After Lacie's death, he seems to slip a little, leaning towards the edge of being obvious; Arthur actually realises what sort of person he is because of this.
He's known for climbing trees and staying up there for hours at a time- this is where he is truly alone, he feels, and this is where he can just not think about anything, drop his facade, and rest. This is also why he has taken up music box-making, along with watchmaking: they are mindless tasks, just putting things together after laying it out, and it comforts him to just let his hands work and not think about it.
It is also implied that Jack does not care much for his own well-being at best. When he finds Lacie, he is willing to be punished, or even put to death, as he had already seen the woman that had been his reason for living for nearly half his life. Even when Lacie practically deposits herself in his lap, he does nothing to touch her, content that she is close and that he can follow him.
It is said in canon material that what Jack feels for Lacie is too pure for obsession, but too blind for love. The only example he has of something approaching love is his mother's blind faith and her obsession to see his father again, which was never fulfilled (and he follows the same cycle, but with Lacie). Jack himself had never been loved or even given affection as himself, and from what he knows, he latches onto the first person to treat him like his own human being.
The sibling love between Lacie and Oswald confuses him, and this plays a part in his inability to understand that Oswald must put the good of many above the life of his sister. Oswald himself sends Jack's plans into a disarray, as he seemingly does not care what sort of empty man he is, and continues to be friends with him in spite of the fact that he only has eyes for his sister. He seems to regain part of his sanity when he later sees Oswald's severed head, and he realises that he had just killed his best friend (possibly only friend) by his own hand.
He wishes it was all just a quaint little fairytale, afterwards, but Jack does not do things by halves. The story must and will go on.
[Specialties/Abilities] wiki link
[Affection] Jack is outwardly very affectionate - he loves pet names - and will seem receptive to affection (emotional and physical) as well. This is more out of habit than true emotion, as Jack's default reaction to people is hatred; he just covers it up quite well.
His real sort of affection involves a good deal of psychological screwing around and a sort of possessiveness, physically and emotionally.
[Fighting] For killing and grievous wounds, please PM me first! Jack is still human, and he is missing his Chain, so he can be killed and hurt. However, Jack is an exceptional swordsman, so be forewarned.
[Other Permissions] Please no fourth-walling! Telepathic characters will get action clues when I thread with them, don't worry!
[Other Facts] He is obsessed with the Baskerville siblings, Lacie and Oswald, both with a slightly different brand of insanity attached.
Jack is also quite good with his hands; he makes music boxes as a hobby. He also likes climbing trees to space out. He likes to flirt too, and he sometimes carries roses on his person, just in case.
He is also lying three-quarters of the time.