Jason

Jason is a human Rebel warrior who's destiny was to be Prophet-Magus Karrudan's pawn in controlling smaller kingdoms, but since the Magus' life was cut short, Jason's destiny was left for him to decide.

## Characteristic

Jason was taught by Skyros, a master swordsman in all of the disciplines of battle and strategy - or at least Jason himself claimed so. The human warrior was trained in martial arts - Den Rae, Tae Quo, the Scythrian Fighting Arts, and with the sword, too - Burlton, Tannerun Reach and one another. There were two major flaws to all of those styles, however - they all had counters built right into the treatment and every single one of them is based on expectation and belief that the opponent will fight fair.

Jason also had a strategic acumen, being quick on his feet in a fight, too - when fighting a Skeleton regiment he quickly found a way to bypass the magical defense of the skeletons by using their own weapons to fight them, since the skeletons weren't magicked against their own armaments.

## Personality

Jason is always at odds with his adoptive father and teacher, Skyros. The young human wants to escape the care of the centaur and to live on his own to prove that he is a real man. Despite his recalcitrant nature, he's quite brave and caring, tending to Skyros when the latter was struck by a Skeleton Spear while waiting for Rowan. Skyros has been like a father to Jason, and it pained him greatly to defy the centaur or see him in pain, blaming himself for what happened to Skyros.

## History

### Early Life

Prophet-Magus Karrudan, with the best interests of the Atlantean Empire in mind, has secretly manipulated the bloodlines of several of the lesser-known upper kingdoms, creating a "long-lost" heir who would miraculously "return" as an adult, bringing these three kingdoms together. This heir, the new king, would in fact be Karrudan's puppet, giving the Magus more and more power as he united more and more of the Empire. This boy, of course, was Jason. He was given by Karrudan to his "mother", Diana, as an infant to be raised as a mere serving boy in the estate's kitchens.

When Karrudan was suddenly killed by Snow, all of his diabolical machinations went out the window. Diana, believing Jason to be in danger from the few who knew of Karrudan's plans, flew into the night and into the next day. They were sure to be executed by Prophet's men for treason at their escape, when Diana's foot got stuck in an animal's hole - Jason strained and scraped to dig around it, never realising that it was the den of a Thorn Crawler. The monster struck at the boy several times, tearing wide his hand, slicing it to the bone, trying to make Jason bleed out and very nearly did so. He managed to strangle the beast, but still couldn't free his mother's ankle. But then he slicked it with his own blood, making it possible to slide out of there.

Diana then met Skyros then and begged the centaur to take the boy and raise him as his own, while also revealing to Skyros Jason's purpose as it was predetermined by Karrudan. Diana's injuries were too dire and she died two days after placing Jason in Skyros' care.

   Skyros done his best with Jason since then, instructing the boy in the ways of life and battle so that he could defend himself in these dangerous times, all the while keeping Jason's destiny a secret from the boy. As time went on, Jason continued to learn from Skyros. Soon, the human boy was becoming a man, but the centaur refused to see him as one. Jason resolved to strike out on his own, to seek his own fortune, and put to use the skills Skyros had taught him so well. Jason enlisted in the Black Powder Rebellion and fought for the rights of the oppressed. After months of searcing, Skyros eventually caught up to Jason, but the centaur was unable to sway Jason from his decision. Skyros' only recourse was to enlist in the Black Powder Rebellion himself.

Skyros only joined the Rebellion to keep Jason in his sight, to protect him at the very cost of his life. Their force soon had a skirmish with a squad of the Necropolis Sect, and Skyros was struck with a Skeleton Spear, rendering him unable to fight - in that time, Jason cared for him while Rajidon sent Maren'kar to find Rowan, the only person who could heal Skyros of the spear's baleful influence.

### Stolen Destiny

Upon arriving to the farm where Jason and Skyros were, Kerraii, Maren'kar and Rowan inquired about Skyros. Jason informed the group of the centaur's worsening condition and that they may be too late. Maren'kar then left the group to themselves, only observing, now that his role was done. While Rowan tended to Skyros, Jason was tasked to search for food, going into the nearby forest. While there, he stumbled upon a contingent of the Skeleton horde that Skyros and him fought before - the Skeletons were heading right for the farm, splitting up from all sides to surround the place. Jason tried to steathily go back to the farm and inform his allies, but stepped on a branch and alerted the living bones to his presence.

Jason fought back by himself but was then joined by Kerraii, who easily dispatched the skeleton regiment without any sound or effort. Going back to the farm, Jason found Skyros already healing from his wounds but the centaur still needed time to get his strength back. Rowan and Jason then talked, with the Mending Priestess soothing Jason's panic and explaining to him that he did what was right and shouldn't trouble himself with his mentor's problems now.

Two days later, Maren'kar teleported away with Kerraii and Rowan, leaving Jason alone with Skyros. When the centaur was up on his hoofs again, Jason told him that he has no intention to go back home and that he's determined to live his own life, thanking the centaur lieutenant for his help and concern and all that he has taught Jason in the years, but also being firm in his belief that he should venture alone now. Jason left and spent some time pondering in the night forest when he was ambushed by an unknown attacker and knocked out before he could even have a chance to fight back.

The unknown attacker then teleported Jason away and was revealed to be Kerraii, and Jason and she fought for a bit, with the Sect Elf getting an upper hand rather quickly. She then captured Jason at knife-point and showed him the reason why she teleported him in the first place - an Atlantean strip-mine. Jason has heard of them but never seen one before. After the "introductions", Kerraii and Jason sprinted to the place where the battle between Atlanteans and the Rebels happened, but were too late - they caught a glimpse of Zenephret leaving for the Glen, a Rebel base, and wanted to follow her but were ambushed by a trio of Mage Spawn - a minotaur and two never before seen monsters.

Kerraii and Jason then battled the Mage Spawn, with the Sect Elf using her fighting savvy to pit the three remaining Spawns against each other, having the monsters kill each other in the process. After the fight, Kerraii slashed Jason's hand to give him a scar for some cryptic reason - the warrior was shocked by this but couldn't get the answer from Kerraii since Zenephret and Jarl Frostriven already arrived to the scene of the battle then, leading Jason and Kerraii back to the Glen.

Frostriven then explained the Rebels situation as of now - though they were able to keep the Geargoyle Golems under cover, an Atlantean scout spied a compliment of their forces move into the area. They had to throw everything they had at the Atlanteans just to cover themselves as they moved the Golems into hiding. Lieutenant Rajidon then arrived with the missing component for the powerful golems - their heads. Jason knew that Skyros would most surely be with Rajidon and tried to leave, but Kerraii stopped him from doing so.

Skyros was surprised to see Jason here, thinking that the human warrior would be with Rajidon's contingent. Jason told the centaur that he's on a new journey now, and he doesn't know where it'll take him, but he's interested in seeing how it'll turn out. Jason told Skyros of how he respected the centaur as his father and thanked him for all his teachings, while also explaining that he'd prefer to have his own experiences and to learn from his own mistakes, to prove to himself that he's a man. Skyros accepted Jason's plea and reassured his son of being a real man.

It took four days to get the Geargoyles working, and so, in four days, just before the dark, Jarl Frostriven rallied the Rebel forces with a speech, saying that there was no room for mistakes in the assault they were about to partake in. Once they'll hear the allied Dwarves sound the horn, the forces will move out of the shadows and attack the Atlantean strip-mine. The rebels hoped to take the Guild forces by surprise, but Tiasma, the Oracle of Rokos allied with Atlantis leaked the information from Tinker Geely's mind that the Rebels were planning an attack, ruining their plan completely.

It was simply a massacre. As the dwarven troops - assisted by the formidable forces of Rajidon's Black Powder Rebels - initiated their raid on the Atlantean Magestone mines in an attempt to free their ensalved brethren the skies above suddenly filled with death as spears and concussive blasts of magical energies rained down on them from the newly arrived Atlantean fortresses. And although the flying forts had some blind spots, the ground troops were signaling to them, making passing unnoticed of one impossible. Rajidon ordered for all men to retreat with the battle now lost - Jason and others escaped back to the Glen.

All the remaining Rebel forces then gathered, downtrodden after the defeat, but Rajidon proposed a plan - the Atlanteans now thought the Rebel forces discouraged and too beaten to make another attack, but there was an upside to the failed attack - the Guild's secrets were exposed. With their flying fortresses out in the open, the Rebels now had to use stealth to overcome them - Jason then told the Galeshi that the fortresses had blind spots under them. The human warrior also told of an outpost where Utems were positioned to signal to the fortresses - if they could take out that outpost, it would make the fortresses powerless.
Kerraii then proposed to lead the attack to the signaling outpost, getting Jason, Zenephret and Talver with her. By the dark, they would have to be in the outpost already. Skyros then approached Jason, commending him for his perception, but also trying to tell his son to abandon the suicide mission of taking down the outpost, but Jason refused to listen to reason.

Sunset has come quickly, and Frostriven sent his scouting party ahead. Once Kerraii and others signaled that they eliminated the ground troops, the Rebels will strike fast and hard. There was no room for error. The party then went ahead but were caught by Utems and taken as prisoners - when they were being assigned to cages, Kerraii lied about being in love with Jason and kissed him - the jailmaster then decided to separate both of them. Jason wound up in a cage with Zenephret and Kerraii in a cage with Talver. It turned out that this was Kerraii's plan - she noticed something strange about Talver which was then revealed.
All this time Talver was a werebear, and being wounded, beaten and taken advantage of made him shapeshift into his true form. Talver then started thrashing the cage and tried to kill Kerraii, with Jason and Zenephret unable to do anything to stop him.
Luckily, Kerraii was able to bring Talver back to a sane state while he still remained in his werebear form - Talver then started mauling the Utem Guardsmen positioned around the cages while Kerraii rescued Jason. Fighting their way up the fortress, Jason was offended by a comment from Kerraii about his scar and told her how he acquired it during his childhood when he had to strangle a Thorn Crawler to free his mother from it's trap. Upon learning, Kerraii apologized and the four carried on, sending a signal to Frostriven, Rajidon and Fickett to start their charge for the Atlantean fortresses.

While the Rebel forces assaulted Atlanteans in full force, Jason, Kerrai, Zenephret and Talver unmanned the slave bunkers, one-by-one, and then rescued the dwarven slaves. After learning that Tinker Geely was in the keep atop the cliffs, Kerraii told Talver that he could go back to the Rebels while the rest proceeded to rescue the mind behind the Geargoyles. On their way there, they were ambushed by a Maelstrom Golem and had a tough fight, and although they won in the end, Jason's leg got stuck in one of it's now-dead claws. The warrior urged Kerraii and Zen to leave him and go forward, but even after the two did, Kerraii returned to Jason.
Remembering how Jason freed his mother's leg from the nest of a Thorn Crawler, Kerraii decided to slick Jason's leg with some blood - but instead of her own she spilled the blood of a dead Utem, freeing the warrior from the golem trap. The two then came just in time to help Zenephret fight Jadron Medaan, with Kerraii distracting him and Jason coming up behind the gloating Magus and killing him in one strike. With the leader of the Atlantean forces dead and Tinker Geely rescued, the three returned to the Rebel base.

While celebrating their victory, Jason and Skyros had a heart-to-heart talk which Jason interrupted by trying to kiss Kerraii, who nearly killed him in response, saying that he'll have to work if he wishes to get that kiss.

***Black Powder Rebels***
 Major characters

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mage Knight Stolen Destiny #2
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mage Knight Stolen Destiny #1
3. ↑ Mage Knight Stolen Destiny #3
4. ↑ Mage Knight Stolen Destiny #4
5. ↑ Mage Knight Stolen Destiny #5