Jacinthe Helenium (DOTS: DR Character)

Jay's arc 3 design, done by Mana

Jacinthe, also known as Jay, is the Orange Paladin in DOTS: DR. They're mostly known as Ruby's introverted roommate, who struggles with social interactions but begins to befriend the members of Prism Prison as well as Rose and Amethyst.

Ruby helps bring Jay to the other Paladins through their friendship. As the Orange Paladin, Jay has a high amount of enthusiasm. They are also able to stand their ground for what they believe in, and is passionate about the things they care about.

Due to their introversion, Jay struggles with loneliness as Ruby tries to help them come out of their shell.

## Appearance

Jay is a tanned Solarian with deep azure eyes and dark, short, fluffy brown hair.

Most of their outfits consist of an orange trench coat with a singular coat tail resembling a fox's, as well as fingerless gloves and boots.

Jay has slightly broad shoulders, and a medium build. They do not have any emphasized muscle.

## Personality

Jay is an introverted loner who secretly wants a more intimate friendship. After getting past their shy exterior, they tend to be more intense, sarcastic, and a neurotic goofball such as Turquoise. As described by Mana, "they can be a bit of a bastard".

As the Paladin of Enthusiasm, Jay holds on close to their beliefs and the things they care about. However, they can also be quite passionate about their interests.

## Abilities

### **Smoke**

Jay's normal element is smoke. It is a branch of the more common flame element, in which their main attacks would be smoky balls of flame or ashes that they could control.

### **Light Absorption**

As a Paladin, Jay's light element is light absorption. They could absorb light from various light sources through their body and use it to charge a light attack, similar to Ruby's powers but more chaotic and uncontrollable. They are also able to charge their light attacks by consuming fruits and vegetables.

### **Support Elements**

Jay's most prominent support element is strength. They have higher than average strength, and as a result doesn't need to weight lift and such.

As a Solarian, Jay is able to summon a scythe from their soul. After unlocking their Paladin powers, their scythe becomes made of light and bears the symbol of Iris.

### **Physical Abilities**

Jay is more experienced with their scythe rather than their smoke abilities or hand to hand combat. After unlocking their Paladin power, they start to utilize their light element more.

Like Cobalt, Jay has one of the strongest psyche among the Paladins, allowing them to take more damage without getting fatally injured. In the event of their psyche breaking, Jay's eyesight begins to go bad to the point of needing glasses, which they secretly carry around.

## Trivia

* Jay is not the original concept for the Orange Paladin.
	+ Since the characters were made before the concept of the Paladins, Blaze was at first meant to be the Orange Paladin.
	+ The next concept for the Orange Paladin was a woman named Tigerlily, who had a similar personality but was much more aggressive towards other people. Due to triggering content, Mana had to scrap the entire character.
	+ Jay was created by Raven in 2019 to help Mana replace the triggering content. Raven originally suggested the name Autumn Calendula, but Mana wanted to keep the surname Helenium as it was a My Chemical Romance reference as well as change the name to something less triggering. After a bit of searching, the two settled on "Jacinthe". Initially Raven wanted their personality to be "outgoing and spunky", though Mana found Raven's character design adorable and wanted a "nervous bab". Somehow Jay ended up with a personality similar to Nimbus Fulmen from her other story AuAg, in which both would be adorable characters who had the potential to be "bastard-like" and sarcastic. Raven also came up with their scythe weapon, Solarian heritage, and gender (using they/them pronouns + being genderqueer).
* Their nickname, Jay, was a result of Mana and Raven forgetting how to spell their name.
	+ There may be a running joke where the other Paladins consider it a "blue soul's name", since jay is a common nickname for blue jays. Mana has also used the name Jay as a name for more blue-characters, including Jay from the in-universe DOTS anime "Aura Signal" and "Jaybird" from Secrets of the Gem Council.
* Jay was one of the last Paladins to be given a Light Power. Mana had to choose between Neon and Light Absorption and chose the latter due to its symbolism to Orange's association with food and hunger. Ironically, neon lights naturally give off orange light.
* Some of their alternative character inspirations are Knuckles the Echidna, Edward Elric, and red foxes.
* Jay's bedroom is nicknamed the "fox den".
* There's a minor gag in the DOTSverse where Aurantiaco, the original Orange Paladin, wishes to be taller in their next life. Tiaco is 5'5, while Jay is 6'0. It could also be possible the Orange Paladin gets slightly taller every generation.
* Jay is one of the oldest Paladins, if not the actual oldest due to Amethyst.
* Jay shares their birthday with Mana, their creator. They are also one of the only Paladins whose birthday is on their Paladin month.