Jackson "Jax" Redfern

## Synopsis

After returning to the States after years of traveling for the War, Jackson Redfern made his way back to Atlanta just as the unthinkable happened. Clan Lasombra, which had ruled the Sabbat since it's inception turned to the Tower and starting putting everyone of note to the torch in fealty to their new "Masters", just as the Second Inquisition started their purge of Atlanta. Hearing about the policy of open hospitality from a newly appointed Baron he made his way out west, to Los Angeles where he would find the city wracked with upheaval and a perfect place for a Sabbat with lofty goals to set up shop for something new.

Arriving at Los Angeles with his Pack Brother, the famous DJ Petru "T-Rex" Dekebal, he would soon meet the Undisputed Baron of the Valley Victor Temple and form an alliance. Helping Victor make the Valley a safe place for all Kindred, he would become an original Member of the Shadow Coterie, the elite hit squad of Kindred in the Valley, tasked with removing powerful threats from both within and out. Now, as Bishop of San Gabriel he holds new power and new responsibility withing Kindred society as a whole.

## Important Character Information

* Bishop of San Gabriel
* Devout Noddist
* Sect War Veteran - Trophy Kill - Hero within the Sabbat for being the one to lead the raid upon Alamut Castle and killing the Assamite Jamal
* Swordsman
* Desired to be a Paladin to the Arch Bishop of Atlanta before the Lasombra turned to the Tower
* Massive underworld connections and resources
* Even though he is a Noddist is married to a Bahari

## Important Relationships

Maeve King - Fiance, Bond Mate and Shadow Rose

Cole Walker - Ghoul and Boyfriend

Jezebelle - Black Mirror

Jacob Blackman - Pack Priest

Klaus Hohenheim - Warlock

Paisley Agrippa - Ward

Oliver "Ollie" Decker - Close Friend

Cassandra Lee - Friend and "Heretic"

Petru - Brother / The Fiend

Hannah Salib - Friend

Adi Kohavi - Best Friend/Frenemy

Victor Temple - Friend and Ally

Lilith Mahalia - Best Friend and "Heretic"

## Backstory

Jackson “Jax” Redfern is a vampire of what some would call
considerable age. Born in Atlanta during Reconstruction, his family was
literally dirt poor. Growing up with four siblings was hard on any family
during the time, but at the time he wouldn’t trade it for the world.  Sarah, James, Franklin and the youngest Ryan
were his family, best friends and companions throughout his childhood. Sarah,
the eldest among them, did her best to wrangle her siblings but even at a young
age Jackson was prone to doing things his way. He stole his first amount of
cash at 10 with the help of Franklin and Ryan and as life got harder on the
family as Reconstruction continued it was the only way to keep food on the
table. By the time he was a teenager he had grown used to stealing, and had
gotten very good at it. The family name carried no weight in society and that
was perfect, for his name by then was well known within the underbelly of
Atlanta.

With everything, there was a rise and of course a fall. Nothing lasts forever and
even his own considerable skill could not hide him from the authorities
forever. As he was sentenced for his crimes he was given a choice; jail or join
the fighting over seas as World War 1 was heating up and the United States had
entered into it en masse. By 1914 he was in the trenches, using what he learned
on the streets to steal, invade and capture enemies. It was there that his life
would end, and the new wave of his unlife would begin.

During a fateful night in 1914, his Platoon was set upon by
enemy forces. It was the end for him, he would never see his family again and
that was it. He was ready to die, willing to do so even, and out of ammo, with
no help or hope of survival he started his move to certain death. When a shadow
descended upon the group of enemy combatants and tore them apart with the speed
and ease of a demon. Though, he would soon learn that it wasn’t a shadow, but a
man. Domingo Vargas, of Clan Lasombra spent the next year making his life a
living hell, putting him through the worst he could, killing more of his men,
letting the enemy know he was coming, all to make sure that he would be worthy
of the Embrace. In 1915, Jackson Redfern was declared KIA, as Vargas fulfilled his
promise, turning the man from Ghoul to Kindred.

Life from then on was a constant war. He learned to hone his skills in the
Sabbat, learning from his mentor and teacher, becoming a powerful Lasombra in
his own right and turning his own spirituality to Noddism. Decades of
bloodshed, of war, turned him into the man he is these nights and it is where
he met his Pack Brother Petru. Together the Shadow and Fiend cut a swath of
death and blood throughout the Middle East and beyond. It was at Alamut Castle
that Jackson would be forever changed, as he and his Pack stormed the castle of
the Assamite’s, staking and removing the fangs of Jamal; only to be thwarted at
the end by Ur-Shulgi. Returning home from the war a Hero of the Sabbat he found
that things had changed in his time away. As more people came calling to the
Middle East to fight, his Clan had done the impossible. They had turned to the
Ivory Tower for “protection” and starting putting people to the torch as proof
of their new claims.

Heading west to Los Angeles he soon heard of an Anarch Baron
who declared that the Valley was free and open to all Kindred. With his brother
with him, they both went to see if two Sabbat would be welcome within an Anarch
domain and were surprised to see that not only were they welcomed they immediately
met with Victor who formed a group of others from all walks of unlife. There,
along with his brother Rex he met his newest Pack: Lilith, a Bahari Caitiff,
Tyler a Gangrel with a heart of gold but questionable morals, Misery a famous Viking
podcasting Gangrel, and Jiangshi, another Ventrue. Together they formed the
Shadows which for months became the Valley’s biggest hitters, removing threats
from within and from without.

As the word spread far and wide about Temple’s mandate of
open hospitality more Kindred came flocking to the Valley as a whole. The ranks
of Victor’s army grew and there he decided to put his plan into motion. After dealing
with a multitude of enemies, he decided that the Sabbat needed a place within
the Valley, and after months of planning, of gathering his own forces, killing
Vargas [which was then changed due to Mage time magic], and setting everything
in place, he staked his claim as Bishop of San Gabriel.

With a fully formed Pack behind him, including an Abyss
Mystic, an Antitribu Tremere Warlock, Antitribu Malkavian and his Fiancé, a Shadow
Rose Toreador, Jackson is now setting his sights to bigger things. The Second Inquisition
is on everyone’s heels, and though he has his own plans for what to do next, he
now has a Pack and family to protect. The Valley is his home, his Domain, and
he will do ***ANYTHING*** to protect it.

## Blood Palette

Jax's blood is cold--even when his heart is beating which doesn't happen often. It is the taste of a super peppermint mixed with something darker, something thicker and alive. Under that is hot tobacco fields in the Georgia summer, sweet tea on front porches and the buzz of cicadas