Man, can't believe I forgot to upload this one. I'm really slipping.
To make it up, we have a really cool dude today; everyone's favourite, Jack!
Name: Jack
Nationality: ???
Class: Conduit
Ah yes, Jack, one of my favourite characters. This bad boi went through a lot of character revisions while I tried to figure out his background. The first Jack was going to be a foil to one of the characters yet to be introduced, Alicia. Whereas she was embracing her life as a rich daughter, living in high society, he felt stifled by it. So, he decided to cut loose in BRYZ, donning a pumpkin head to disguise his identity. His character arc was originally going to be Alicia teaching him to not be self conscious, ending with him removing his pumpkin.
But then I decided "Naaaaaah, I'll just never reveal his identity, LOL."
Now hold on, before you stone me again, I have a good reason.
Jack's identity will never be formally revealed, but I'll drop hints about it. Not many, but enough. Knowing the internet, people'll probably figure it out right away, but I still never want to tell them outright. There are a couple reasons for this choice, but the main two are simple; Firstly, I think of all character arcs, his was pretty weak, more of a joke than anything. Nothing wrong with that I suppose, but considering he's late to be introduced, things are already pretty serious by that time, and a character arc about a rich kid learning to take off his pumpkin head...really wouldn't fit. Secondly, I love when authors leave me clues to guess at things and figure them out for myself, and I really wanted to do that too. Who knows, I may someday formally confirm his identity, maybe if I ever write WYND, the sequel series.
As far as his class goes, he's a Conduit, meaning he has no class skills of his own, but he heavily amps up all magic items he uses. Thus, he's a walking collection of magic weapons and equipment, hence the shield pendant, musket-cane, snektie, etc.
Design wise, Nor really made him look cool. Almost too cool for what's really something of a late-game joke character. But I love Jack's design to bits, and I'm the author, so that's really all that matters. Probably.
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