Name: Jace Lee Age: 22 Gender: Male Arcana: Death Weaponry and Tools: Weaponry: A pair of brass knuckles. Tools: A MacBook Pro that's been heavily customized and upgraded, including several hard drives and a 3G card. An LG G4 smartphone and spare batteries. A pair of Bluetooth headphones. Skills: Average combat skills thanks to taking martial arts for a few years; decent with technology; some skill with strategizing due to his love of card games, including Magic: The Gathering; an obsessive knowledge of mythology; a talented, but not trained writer; and a very good cook, having raised himself in boarding schools. Jace speaks fluent English and decent Japanese. Appearance: Korean-American, 5'10", dyed hair (currently teal), average build with a line-shaped scar running down the left side of his forehead and a small scar on his left palm. Usually wearing casual clothing, almost always covered by a hoodie of some sort. His bluetooth headphones are almost a part of his appearance, whether he's wearing them or resting them around his neck. Always has a very bored expression on his face, but that swiftly changes depending on the situation. Personality: Jace spent most of his upbringing and education in boarding school, yet also traveling around the world due to various circumstances such as vacations and moves, thus leading to the growth of someone with strong opinions and experiences, but a lack of knowledge when it comes to understanding others or complex social situations. He can be arrogant and confident, but most times, Jace is very introspective, and struggles with anxiety, having a critical lack of confidence in his relationships and himself. He is somewhat of an ambivert, in that he enjoys speaking and hates being alone, but is also uncomfortable in large gatherings or parties and such. Jace finds comfort in reading about mythology, and while he isn't religious or superstitious per say, he was not as shocked as one might imagine when his Persona first manifested. Having been forced to grow up quickly after being sent to boarding school at the age of 12, Jace has a very laid back outlook on life, an almost apathetic outlook, as nothing has been constant in his upbringing, whether it's been changing schools or countries, or meeting new people, making and losing friends. Biography: The oldest child of three, Jace Lee grew up overshadowed by his siblings, who were successful and garnered most of his family's attention. His father a major business mogul and his mother a freelance craftsperson, Jace spent most of his time immersed in books, specifically books about mythology, in order to fill the void he felt even at such a young age. He felt an especially close connection to gods of death, after reading what the Arcana symbolized in tarot, as even then, Jace wished nothing more than to change from the person he was. In addition, he became fascinated with the concept of darkness; he wasn't able to accept the widespread belief that darkness was automatically evil or full of terrors. At the age of 12, his father sent him to boarding school, citing that maybe Jace would find success like his siblings if he was pushed to work hard for it. While Jace managed to keep up with the rigors of the schools that his father sent him to, he quickly realized after getting into many disciplinary issues and fights that he would have to be the one to raise himself, not his parents, teachers, or friends. This realization propelled him through his schools, and while Jace tried to forge connections and friendships, he quickly lost faith in them after the constant school switches and moves made it difficult for him to stay in touch with the friends he had made. Eventually, he graduated from high school and chose to go to college in al-Bareha, studying creative writing and anthropology. Now at the start of his senior year, he is disillusioned with the path he feels he must find in order to proceed with his life. This has led to him wandering the city at night, so as to clear his thoughts and think. It is during one of these walks that he is attacked by a mob of Shadows, and he awakens his Persona after realizing he wants to live, not die, and change the path he's been walking in his life. Thus he gains the power to call forth Chernobog and narrowly defeats the shadow horde. Struggling back to his apartment, Jace thinks long and hard about what he's just witnessed. Deciding that he wants to know more about his Persona, Shadows, and the hidden side of al-Bareha, he starts typing away, looking for more information... Weaknesses: Despite his martial arts training, Jace doesn't have much actual stamina, which means his style of fighting is quick attacks and then retreating to recover. He can sometimes be a little dense and overlook the details, preferring to go with the flow. Jace can also sometimes get annoyed, especially when it comes to figures of authority attempting to give him orders. In addition, Chernobog, while a powerful Persona, is weak against light-based magic and fights using trickery and the sheer power stemming from both its physical and magical strength; Chernobog has very limited options for defense once its tricks are penetrated, thus both Jace and his Persona are glass cannons in a sense. In addition, at his current level of training, Jace can't call upon Chernobog for many attacks, as the drain and burden on his stamina and mind are currently too great to allow sustained usage of Chernobog. Persona Name: Chernobog Origin: His name meaning black god, Chernobog is a Slavic deity of death and darkness, feared by the Slavic peoples; however, there is a lack of folklore about Chernobog, thus shrouding him in mystery. Appearance: Lounging on a golden, round, ornate pedestal that details the movements of the heavens, Chernobog is surrounded by four dark swords floating around the pedestal, each tinted with the color of one of the four classical elements (red, bronze, green, blue). The swords are stylized longswords, skulls decorating their hilts and a dark jewel set in their pommels. The god himself is cloaked in a regal, dark purple and black robe, tattered at the bottom and the ends of the sleeves, with a gold chain fastening the collar together. His face is an azure skull, with red lights glowing in the eye sockets, which intensify when he casts magic. In addition, whenever he casts magic, a dark aura surrounds him, the pedestal, and the swords, if he's using one or more. Powers and Abilities: Chernobog is essentially a god of pure power, yet also trickery. However, in exchange, he has virtually no defenses once his illusions and tricks are pierced and destroyed, thus relying on his wielder to be able to dodge or redirect their enemy's assaults. His power grants his wielder the ability to manipulate darkness in a variety of ways, most of them indirect, such as melting and traveling into shadows to avoid enemy attacks, or blinding opponents. Despite his skeletal frame, Chernobog is strong, allowing even his wielder to smash concrete. The four swords that surround his pedestal each channel a limited form of each of the classical elements. However, using elemental attacks is far more draining than his innate dark powers and places more of a burden on the wielder's spiritual reserves. In addition, at Jace's current level, he can only wield one element at a time; two or more completely exhaust him after one attack, while merely using one element limits him to three attacks that grow weaker with successive casting. While Chernobog does not innately offer the ability to influence the minds of others, Jace is adept at using Chernobog's powers of darkness to inspire fear into his enemies, whether by using the shadows and psychological warfare together, or by subtly engulfing his enemies in the massive pressure that is Chernobog's aura. However, Jace's current lack of training and inexperience with his Persona greatly hampers the true potential of Chernobog's powers, thus, Jace must be careful not to overuse his Persona, or risk being left defenseless and weak from the burden it places on him.
