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[ Character's Name ] : Jacob
[ Character's Age ] : Over 2000 years old, easily. He was born in Roman times.
[ Series ] : Lost
[ Canon Point ] : Right before his death in the Season 5 episode, "The Incident, Part 2"
[ History ] :
Here you go! Basically, Jacob is the supernatural protector of a really strange island, and was the one solely responsible for turning his twin brother into a smoke monster and bringing the survivors to the island to find a candidate to succeed him.
[ Personality ] :
The most important thing about Jacob is that he is not a god.
Yes, he is immortal, and yes, he can influence people's destinies by simply touching them, but in the end, he is just as human as the survivors that he has brought to the island. Basically, Jacob is flawed, and he recognizes this. To the people he has met with, he seems to be a very kind and benevolent man whose forgiveness for others knows no bounds. He knows that people can do despicable things, like murder, but he holds it in his heart that humankind is essentially good. Therefore, he will give everyone a chance to redeem themselves, even if they were torturers or thieves or partners in crime. The only person in the world he can't bring himself to forgive, however, is his twin brother, who murdered their "mother" many years ago.
Before that incident, Jacob was a hot-headed young man who followed his mother's orders and basically acted like the kid who could do no wrong. He was rather jealous of his brother, mostly because his mother seemed to prefer him over Jacob. Even when his brother left them and went to live with the human beings, his mother still loved him over Jacob, producing resentment within his heart. His hidden anger came out when the murder happened, and Jacob didn't even hesitate to punish his brother for all eternity for what he had done by giving him a "fate worse than death".
Afterwards, however, Jacob's personality changed. His hot-headness went away to be replaced by a placid sort of calm and benevolence that he is known for today. His calm manner, however, can be quite cold at times, as he doesn't really show much emotion to the fact that people are dying under his jurisdiction. Al he cares about is proving the inherent goodness of the human race- if people have to die to show this, than so be it. But that doesn't mean he doesn't feel sympathy for those playing in the large game of good versus evil. He can feel pity and empathy towards them, because he knows that they, in the end, are just as flawed as he is. He will even apologize for his actions, because he believes that what he is doing is his responsibility. And, he won't lie and he never will lie to anyone- it's just not in his nature to do so.
Jacob is not a god. But he tries his best to serve like one and give everyone around him the benefit of the doubt. It's his job, after all.
[ Strengths/Weaknesses ] :
Jacob is "special". What does that mean, exactly? Well, he can't die of old age and he has some neat abilities that he uses in his job as guardian of the island. First, he can influence people's destinies by touching them- sort of push them on the path that he thinks they need to be on. Second, he has a sort of omniscience- he knows about people's pasts and who they're going to be even before he meets them. (This ability will be diminished in Vatheon.) And third, he can be invisible to people who he doesn't want to meet -but this ability will also be gone in Vatheon, and everyone will see him whether he likes it or not.
The problem with Jacob is that he's sort of passive (except when people are trying to kill him). If a fight breaks out in front of him, he'll calmly stand by and watch it happen. It's not his responsibility to interfere. Therefore, to other people he can seem very aloof and even cold. That doesn't really win him much friends when it comes down to it. But Jacob will try his best to make people understand what he's trying to say, even if they'll never quite believe him. He has endless patience, after all.
[ Other Important Facts ] :
-Jacob takes to technology like a rock takes to water, really. He doesn't use it much and is much happier without it in his life. He's sort of old-fashioned, what can I say.
[ Sample ] :
This place wasn't his. He could tell from the very moment he opened his eyes that it wasn't his. For one, the sky...he was underneath the ocean, which was surrounding the large dome on top of the city.
Jacob narrowed his eyes and leaned forwards, moving his gaze to the rest of the city. So, just like he had brought others to his island, someone had brought him here. But for what purpose? Did they need him to succeed someone as guardian of this place? He could already tell, just by looking at the people walking about, that there were many with flaws hidden from view. Jacob quirked his mouth upwards into a sort of half-smile. Just like him, really.
There was something bulky in the pocket of his white shirt, and Jacob took it out, revealing a pearly white starfish-like thing with a big screen and buttons. Some sort of communicator? He had seen things like this on the survivors of the island, but really, he had never really used such a thing before. He put it back and resumed his former position on the bench, watching everyone pass by with his narrowed gaze.
An island in the middle of the ocean and a city underneath the ocean. Same thing, really. Both were essentially redemption projects, choosing people which could be later redeemed...
But the question, really, was whether he could even be redeemed for what he had done. He doubted it. But time would tell. He would see just what sort of people lived within this dome.
And maybe, just maybe, he could find a way to fix the entire place itself.
[ Questions? Comments? Concerns? ] : None!
[ Character's Age ] : Over 2000 years old, easily. He was born in Roman times.
[ Series ] : Lost
[ Canon Point ] : Right before his death in the Season 5 episode, "The Incident, Part 2"
[ History ] :
Here you go! Basically, Jacob is the supernatural protector of a really strange island, and was the one solely responsible for turning his twin brother into a smoke monster and bringing the survivors to the island to find a candidate to succeed him.
[ Personality ] :
The most important thing about Jacob is that he is not a god.
Yes, he is immortal, and yes, he can influence people's destinies by simply touching them, but in the end, he is just as human as the survivors that he has brought to the island. Basically, Jacob is flawed, and he recognizes this. To the people he has met with, he seems to be a very kind and benevolent man whose forgiveness for others knows no bounds. He knows that people can do despicable things, like murder, but he holds it in his heart that humankind is essentially good. Therefore, he will give everyone a chance to redeem themselves, even if they were torturers or thieves or partners in crime. The only person in the world he can't bring himself to forgive, however, is his twin brother, who murdered their "mother" many years ago.
Before that incident, Jacob was a hot-headed young man who followed his mother's orders and basically acted like the kid who could do no wrong. He was rather jealous of his brother, mostly because his mother seemed to prefer him over Jacob. Even when his brother left them and went to live with the human beings, his mother still loved him over Jacob, producing resentment within his heart. His hidden anger came out when the murder happened, and Jacob didn't even hesitate to punish his brother for all eternity for what he had done by giving him a "fate worse than death".
Afterwards, however, Jacob's personality changed. His hot-headness went away to be replaced by a placid sort of calm and benevolence that he is known for today. His calm manner, however, can be quite cold at times, as he doesn't really show much emotion to the fact that people are dying under his jurisdiction. Al he cares about is proving the inherent goodness of the human race- if people have to die to show this, than so be it. But that doesn't mean he doesn't feel sympathy for those playing in the large game of good versus evil. He can feel pity and empathy towards them, because he knows that they, in the end, are just as flawed as he is. He will even apologize for his actions, because he believes that what he is doing is his responsibility. And, he won't lie and he never will lie to anyone- it's just not in his nature to do so.
Jacob is not a god. But he tries his best to serve like one and give everyone around him the benefit of the doubt. It's his job, after all.
[ Strengths/Weaknesses ] :
Jacob is "special". What does that mean, exactly? Well, he can't die of old age and he has some neat abilities that he uses in his job as guardian of the island. First, he can influence people's destinies by touching them- sort of push them on the path that he thinks they need to be on. Second, he has a sort of omniscience- he knows about people's pasts and who they're going to be even before he meets them. (This ability will be diminished in Vatheon.) And third, he can be invisible to people who he doesn't want to meet -but this ability will also be gone in Vatheon, and everyone will see him whether he likes it or not.
The problem with Jacob is that he's sort of passive (except when people are trying to kill him). If a fight breaks out in front of him, he'll calmly stand by and watch it happen. It's not his responsibility to interfere. Therefore, to other people he can seem very aloof and even cold. That doesn't really win him much friends when it comes down to it. But Jacob will try his best to make people understand what he's trying to say, even if they'll never quite believe him. He has endless patience, after all.
[ Other Important Facts ] :
-Jacob takes to technology like a rock takes to water, really. He doesn't use it much and is much happier without it in his life. He's sort of old-fashioned, what can I say.
[ Sample ] :
This place wasn't his. He could tell from the very moment he opened his eyes that it wasn't his. For one, the sky...he was underneath the ocean, which was surrounding the large dome on top of the city.
Jacob narrowed his eyes and leaned forwards, moving his gaze to the rest of the city. So, just like he had brought others to his island, someone had brought him here. But for what purpose? Did they need him to succeed someone as guardian of this place? He could already tell, just by looking at the people walking about, that there were many with flaws hidden from view. Jacob quirked his mouth upwards into a sort of half-smile. Just like him, really.
There was something bulky in the pocket of his white shirt, and Jacob took it out, revealing a pearly white starfish-like thing with a big screen and buttons. Some sort of communicator? He had seen things like this on the survivors of the island, but really, he had never really used such a thing before. He put it back and resumed his former position on the bench, watching everyone pass by with his narrowed gaze.
An island in the middle of the ocean and a city underneath the ocean. Same thing, really. Both were essentially redemption projects, choosing people which could be later redeemed...
But the question, really, was whether he could even be redeemed for what he had done. He doubted it. But time would tell. He would see just what sort of people lived within this dome.
And maybe, just maybe, he could find a way to fix the entire place itself.
[ Questions? Comments? Concerns? ] : None!