Jacob "Bast" Sye

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## Jacob "Bast" Sye

* Current
* Debut

## Traits

### Occupation

Captive Lab Animal (formerly)Umberbug Trial Operator (formerly)

## Media

### Debut

Chapter 81

**Jacob "Bast" Sye** is a Guardian born on World 5 that was a captive lab animal of Nox Industries, and the only known non-True Guardian to survive the collapse of a world. Introduced in Chapter 81, he escapes the world via the Umberbug which he was taught to use, and lands unto World 8. There, he offers the True Guardians a journey to previous worlds to ascend into gods, thus beginning Series 2: Destiny's Traitor. He spends his time with Spike Goodall at Holly's House and assists Inola and Inari Sasuke while the True Guardians are left journeying on the previous world. He is tested by various Guardians of previous worlds during the end of the True Guardians journey, until he is faced with moral confrontation and halted when Mina Alexandra is brought into the Umberbug upon escaping World 4. Despite all this, his personal motivations are unknown.

## Appearance

Jacob is male Guardian with a mid-tone grey coat and darker grey saddle, eye patches, and ears. He has 3 distinctive fur tufts on each cheek, his nose and hooves are black, and his eyes are baby blue. The tip of his right ear is missing, and he has a long scratch going from underneath his right eye and down the side of his neck, caused by a Wynter Wolf during his escape from World 5. He wears a blue-and-white striped scarf, attached to which is one of Orizon's canine teeth.

He is bitten by Haru Karter on his left wrist during Chapter 118, resulting in lasting bite marks that he now conceals in black wrapping.

## Personality

Jacob is a quiet and unsociable Guardian. His upbringing as a Doeforran lab rat gives him an ingrained distrust of others and acute self-preservation instincts. He feels he can only rely upon himself and struggles to understand anything that others do that poses a risk to themselves, opting to keep his distance from others, fearing attachment. Due to this, he often comes off as cold and uncaring, but the reality is the opposite. He cares deeply for the health and well-being of the True Guardians, and while his methods can be unorthodox at times, he does everything in the interest of keeping them alive.

## Relationships

### Holly Sarah France

Neither Jacob nor Holly can quite make out their thoughts of each other. While sympathetic to her cause, Jacob finds himself baffled by her recklessness and lack of self preservation. While she does attempt to befriend him, he keeps their relationship professional. Their differences in morality have caused multiple fights, all resulting in settling for a middle ground.

### Spike Goodall

While the True Guardians are away, Jacob and Spike have the house all to themselves, and thus spend a lot of time together discussing the TG’s and the state of their mission. Spike attempts to use this time to get closer to Jacob, but Jacob remains distant. The former’s honest and loving demeanor, however, has weakened Jacob’s resolve and he finds himself becoming less distant and starting to spend more time with him.

## History

### Pre-Series

Jacob was born a Guardian in Cantar, Zone Y, and a captive lab animal to Nox Industries, who spent most of his life in the testing facilities. Due to his intelligence, later in life he was assigned as a trial operator for the Umberbug. Jacob's training was cut short during the collapse of World 5 after the death of Jasper Balt. During the collapse, the left side of his neck is scarred when attacked by a Wynter Wolf. He runs through the facility, being hit by multiple collapsing structures. He reaches the Umberbug and seals the entrance while Doeforrah pound on the door outside. Space begins to warp and twist, and Jacob is left inside the Umberbug in the Stardust Realm. During countless millennia floating endlessly in space, he uses the Umberbug and it shows him the last moments of World 8; a dying battle between Holly Sarah France and Orizon. Holly wearily shoots a stardust plate at his jaw, causing a K-9 tooth to fall out. Jacob grabs the tooth and keeps it. More time passes, and Jacob eventually crash-lands onto Custos Isle and into the Squeaky Spring Love Hotel. Sometime after this, he gains the knowledge that Holly is the True Guardian of this world.

### Series 2: Destiny's Traitor

Jacob encounters Inola and Inari Sasuke on the rooftops of New Cross City and points his gun at them, announcing he is looking for Holly and asking for their cooperation. He then, upon meeting with the True Guardians, informs them that the date of Holly's battle with Orizon is July 15, 2025, three years ahead from that day.

## Trivia

* His alias, "Bast", is in reference to the host star of his world, a naming scheme shared with the other three most important Doeforran lab rats.
* Having never experienced a bed on World 5, he sleeps completely under the covers, which provides him some sense of security.
* Jacob's first name is inspired after Jacob Peralta from the show, "Brooklyn 99".
* Jacob's last name, Sye, is in homage to his original concept design, where he had the color scheme of a Siamese cat.