Jeremy Begay

Jeremy Begay is a minor character in Echo. He is Jenna's brother and appears on her route.

## Appearance

Jeremy is a chubby desert fox who is presumably somewhere in his twenties. He has tan fur, blue eyes, and spiked headfur somewhat resembling a mohawk. Jeremy has the large ears typical to his species, accessorized with black gauges. He has a chipped front tooth.

He wears a dark brown v-neck t-shirt and shorts that are a lighter shade of brown.

## Personality

Jeremy is shown to be brash and rude. As a child, he acted as a bully towards Chase's friend group, with Chase remarking in Route 65 that he never seemed to be punished for his actions. Jeremy's aggression seems to have mellowed out with age, but he still acts antagonistically toward the group.

## Story

### Prior to 2015

Jeremy was presumably born in Echo, and grew up in poverty alongside his siblings Jenna (born Jasmynn) and Adam. Jenna recounts that their family was physically and verbally abusive, although she says that Adam got the worst of it from their parents and that, in addition to their home life, Clint is responsible for the way Jeremy turned out. Unlike Jenna and Adam, Jeremy was not close to their grandmother, and when she died he did not attend her funeral.

Jeremy was, along with Clint, a childhood bully to Chase, Carl, and TJ until Leo moved to Echo and began defending them.

When Jeremy was a teenager, his brother Adam committed suicide, and the family fell apart not long after. By the events of Echo, Jeremy's father is missing and his mother seems largely absent from his life. He spends most of his time with Clint and Heather in the part of Echo that the main cast call "Tetanus Alley," and sells drugs to Carl and others in town.

In October of 2014, Jeremy gave Carl the LSD that he was on when he nearly fatally crashed his car.

### Jenna's Route

When it becomes clear that Carl is missing, Flynn suspects that Jeremy sold Carl some laced weed that sent him on a bad trip. Chase tracks down Jeremy on Wednesday to interview him about what might have happened to Carl. Jeremy is unhelpful, but asks how Jenna is doing.

The next day, when Chase returns with Jenna and Flynn, Jeremy lies to them to cover up the truth of what happened, saying that he sold Carl meth. Jeremy also talks fondly about Keith, who was a friend and mentor to the Tetanus Alley crew but disappeared several years prior.

On Friday, Jeremy and Clint are beaten by Leo for trying to cover up what happened to Carl. When Brian appears and turns the tables on Leo, Jeremy warns Chase not to intervene and then flees with Clint.

Later, when Chase, Leo, and Jenna are being held captive in Brian's trailer, Jeremy brings in Micha so Brian can restrain him as well. Jeremy is startled to see Jenna there, and seems troubled by the implications of the group falling into Brian's clutches, but does nothing to help. As he leaves with Clint, Jeremy tries to reassure Jenna but she is obviously disgusted by his behavior.

### Other routes

Jeremy does not physically appear outside of Jenna's route, but he is shown bullying the group in flashbacks and is occasionally mentioned by the gang. On Flynn's route, as the mass hysteria descends on Echo, Duke mentions that Jeremy and Clint have been seen screaming and firing guns at nothing.

## Relationships

### Jenna

Jenna and Jeremy have been estranged since Jenna ran away from home in 2010 to attend college. Even before that, their turbulent home life meant that the two were never close. Jeremy seems to display regret for his role in situations that cause harm to Jenna, such as when she is kidnapped by Brian, but he is ultimately unwilling to step in to protect her.

Jenna blames Clint and her parents for being major negative influences in Jeremy's life, and says that Jeremy was a good person once.

### Clint

Jeremy and Clint have been friends for most of their lives, and have progressed from being bullies as children to working together as drug distributors and enforcers on Brian's behalf.

### Carl

Jeremy is Carl's weed dealer, and they rarely interact outside of that arrangement. Jeremy says specifically that Carl is not his friend, and seems to disdain Carl and his family for their wealth.

## Trivia

* As revealed in the short side story Runaway, the necklace that Jenna wears was a gift from Jeremy.