Jared Carrington

Jared Carrington is a major recurring character in Touch of Magic. He is a vampire like his younger brother Jason Dawson, who were both turned by his lifelong lover May Miller. Jared enjoys certain political freedoms because of his relationships, which he often uses to advance his own agenda, although he generally stays within the preset lines of what severs The Millers. Jared carries around a facade of a heartless bad boy who enjoys torturing people, but he has a softer side that emerges very rarely. 
He has a vulnerable side due to some parental neglect which he prefers to keep hidden, although it reflects in his own parenting of his daughter Alyssa Miller who he choses to not have a sustainable relationship with. Jared does not believe in the value of family, and eventually this belief turns into a willingness to go along with May's plan to destroy the lives of the only people who he is related to by blood.
Jared is a member of The Carrington Family and a loyal member of The Millers as the paramore of it's leader, May.
==Life==
=== James Carrington ===
Jared was born in 1787 as the oldest child in a family of 8 siblings, born minutes before his fraternal twin sister Catherine. Jared originally seemed very well-behaved and showed kindness to many of his younger siblings, most notably Jason Dawson who was born when he was three. Jared watched as his mother became ill after the birth of his youngest sister Genevieve, and eventually sat at her deathbed when she died. While Jason and Catherine occupied themselves with taking care of their younger siblings, Jared was required to work in the family trade to uphold the family's wealth. 
Jared became a father figure to the very youngest siblings, while following along with what needed to be done around the house by his sisters Catherine and Louise. He experienced a lot of pressure growing up, and was dragged to a lot of bank appointments as he was prepared to take over the financial affairs by his father, Henry. Eventually Jared realized he had no ambition to lead, and he decided to rebel. 
When Jason enlisted and the news of his death reached their family, Jared watched how his father experienced grief because he valued Jason as his son and not just the person that was going to replace him one day. Jared resented his father for that grief, and promptly abandoned his entire family who he had little loyalty to in the first place. 
Jared found himself recruited into a training camp ran by May Miller in an experiment to see if human-trained soldiers would turn into more powerful vampires. Upon realizing Jared was Jason's brother, she decided to keep the brothers seperate and she grew a special interest in Jason. As this interest grew, Jared was chosen by May as one of her lovers, and he returned this affection. 
Jared unknowingly conceives a child with May while he is still human, and upon the confirmation of her pregnancy, May decides to keep Jared alive as he might come in handy. Jared watches as all the people he spent months training with are slaughtered as the project is cancelled. In this moment, Jared realized even friendships were a liability. 
Jared does not meet his daughter until she is four years old. Jared eventually left The Millers around that time, requiring some perspective on May's actions and her lies and deceit. Years later, May tracks him down and Jared admits he will always love her, and that for as much as he cares they are family. He enquires about Alyssa, but tells May he has no interest in being a father in any way. May ensures him it is not expected of her, even admitting she might not think of herself as a great mother either.
Several decades later, May told him about her plan to create a bargaining chip with The Anconi and she explained her access to powerful magic who could give them a second child. Jared is unsure about the idea, but choses to stay with May and asks her not to tell him if that plan ever worked. Because they spend months on end not seeing each other, Jared never knew that May had gone along with the plan and gave up their second daughter to be raised by The Anconi from birth. 
For the rest of his life Jared has been wondering around a lot, inbetween his brother and May and gaining some friends here and there.
=== Season One ===
Jared learns that The Dawsons have settled in Waterfall Creek again and gets agitated when May refuses to intervene. Jared believes May is naive in underestimating the Silverstones, and he decides to send out a mercenary to test the foundation of the alliance. He proves his point when the mercenary gets killed, gaining some interest from May but not enough for her to consider it worth much of her time. Realizing his own brother is playing a key role in securing a connection with the witches, Jared decides to take matters in his own hands. 
He waits until the Dawsons are less guarded after the attack of the Travellers. Jared later intervenes with Jason's sentencing and punishment by the Anconi, ensuring Jason survives with certainty. All the while he gathers information, and eventually he finds out Jason's infiltration at the school has made him form a direct connection with one of the witches. Jared goes to Sint-Joseph's Boarding School during prom night, where he runs into Katie Sampter. He feeds on her and makes her too weak to ask for help, admitting to her that he never planned on killing anyone at the school and that he has to consider if it's worth the risk, showing he has adapted a similar way of thinking as May has when it comes to risk/reward. Jared leaves, and returns in the morning when the opportunity presents himself to step in and kidnap Claire Silverstone when she is alone. Jared takes her captive into a cabin in the woods, locking her inside with a barrier spell that he borrowed from May's witches. 
Jared admits his motives are to break the alliance, stating that while he admires the ambition of the people who killed Claire's parents, Jared does not like how such high profile victims created a ripple effect around the entire world. When Claire asks him what he's going to do if not kill her, Jared tells her he will simply make her wish she was dead instead, and that once she finds out who he is she will look differently at the people she chose to trust.
He kidnapped Claire and severely wounded her causing her to go into a coma. This forced Jason to come clear about his vampire brother.Jared was able to outrun the Dawsons for a few days, untill they caught up with him with the help of Alyssa, his own daughter.
Some years after that , Jared has returned to the Millers and is part of their alliance in their first attacks. He battles with Thomas for the spot of May's mate. Although he is on the loosing end in a death duel, May chooses to let Thomas live for his services in the upcoming war, much to Jared's displeasement. In the final battle Jared is part of the "throne party". He eventually dies when May drinks Payton's blood due to a linking spell.
==Relationships==
Relationships
*Jared and May
Family
*Jared and Alyssa
*Jared and Jason
*Jared and Jade
*Jared and Liam
Friends
*Jared and Matt
Category:Characters
Category:Recurring characters
Category:Vampires
Category:The Millers
Category:Deceased Characters