Janni Brightchild

Illustrated by Penflower Ink (Tom Fummo)

Janni Brightchild is a player character created and portrayed by Andrew Hansen. He is an ifrit resort spa paladin of Gavelyne and a Certified HimboTM. He was summoned to Shadowend by Bovil Flaskforge, along with Patty Hurts, Astra Blep, and Zelf.

**General Spoiler Warning:** This page has been updated with information as of Ep 49 - My teammates are already gone. Anything after that, if any, is not on this page. **EDIT IN PROCESS! Sorry if the page looks bad during the revamp.**

## Description

Janni is a tall and fiery Ifrit with somewhat orange skin and blonde hair that's almost platinum white. He is well-built with a self-assured smile and carries a sword as big as he is. He has strikingly blue eyes with golden flecks. He has a scar running through one eye and eyebrow. He is super hot and dreamy, and literally shimmers in the sun because of his desert mirage trait.

He wears full plate armor with desert stylings with a canvas cloth cape. He wears a holy symbol of Gavelyne, which is his divine bond.

At the Marth by Marth dinner party, he wears a tuxedo with too-small dress shirt that's coming apart at the seams since it's not made for ifrits. By the end of the night, he's ripped through both the sleeves. He's also covered in milk and blood from other dinner activities.

## Backstory

Two things in Janni Brightchild's shrouded backstory are for certain: he enjoys hitting things with his sword and he enjoys making friends. Oh, and he gives really good massages!

The rest of Janni's history is elusive, even to himself. Janni lost his memory at the end of the Great War during the Battle of the Vedogzon.

## Historical Events

Between the events of the Great War and the reassembly of Shadowend, Janni spent enough time in Bigrim, Reskarus to consider it his home. Whether this is where he grew up before the war or where he spent the most time after the war is currently unclear.

   Having suffered a grave injury during the Battle of the Vedogzon 70 years prior, Janni was robbed of most of his memories from the Great War. After his injury, Janni was rescued by the Sirocco, a group of Gavelyne missionaries lead by Orim, a Brightsoul ifrit, who became a mentor to Janni.

Among his work with the Sirocco, Janni traveled to the then-new city of Newhaven to lend the gnomes a helping hand in their construction projects. Janni singlehandedly built a church dedicated to Gavelyne which he named Church Bodacious, after the Gnomish word for "sunstone." There, he met an old gnome named Gamwir, whom he used to know but had forgotten. Gamwir told Janni that if it were not for him, he would most likely be dead.

In Bigrim, Janni works with Sirocco healers at the spa. He also worked with them to patrol the rural desert roads and keep them safe for travelers. He has a giant tortoise friend Genbu.

## Pre-Shadowend Events

   RAID planned to disrupt the opening of the Serenity Resort and Spa in Bigrim. Patty Hurts led her team of Plumpy, Tux, and Gabby through the building to plant their bombs. In the ensuing battle, Patty cut off the hand of Betti Burninghand and Gabby fell through the floor to Janni's massage room. Janni knocked Gabby out, healed Betti, and took Plumpy in for questioning.

## Random Facts

* His hands are warming.
* Janni hates when people in responsibility shirk it.
* His room is basically a personal spa room.
	+ Alongside his literal massage table, his bedroom also houses lots of salt rocks and plants, all accompanied with mood lighting
	+ He keeps his greatsword hanging over his bed while he is not using it.
* Cats love Janni.
* Janni has good body control. He can wiggle his ears and make his pecs bounce.
* When he's travelling, he doesn't carry a washboard with him. Instead, he does his laundry by rubbing them on his abs.

## Character Info

### Items

* Greatsword
* Full plate armor

### Skills

* Craft: ?
* Diplomacy
* Handle animal
* Heal
* Knowledge: history, religion
* Perception (-1)
* Swim

## Appears In

Janni Brightchild is in nearly every episode because he is a main player character.

### In person

* Ep 1 - Welcome to Shadowend
* Ep 2 - Janni Squad
* Ep 3 - Bread Map
* Ep 4 - Cartoon Ankle Noose
* Ep 5 - Garden variety zombie
* Ep 6 - Who knows who's coming back
* Ep 7 - The Dinner Party
* Ep 8 - Baby Angel
* Ep 9 - Responsibly sourced Eleflute
* Ep 10 - Fire sale at the cursed item shop
* Ep 11 - The Party of Pure Chaos
* Ep 12 - Grapes for an Eleflute
* Ep 13 - Walk with purpose
* Ep 14 - Sunk cost fallacy
* Ep 15 - Like a drowned rat
* Ep 16 - The Great Mealnor Bake Off
* Ep 17 - That's not being a bro
* Ep 18 - Reverse gore
* Ep 19 - Group snoop
* Ep 20 - I will join a sorority tomorrow
* Ep 21 - Found family plots
* Ep 22 - BCBPvP
* Ep 23 - Infernal mouths make strange bedfellows
* Ep 24 - Haunted Mutton
* Ep 25 - Infamous Blep wiles
* Ep 26 - Accidental Pervert Territory
* Ep 27 - Snoodeling
* Ep 28 - Extraneous Knobs (as Tommi)
* Ep 29 - Team Buffalo or Team Puma (as Tommi)
* Ep 30 - Toots doesn't know you people (as Tommi and Janni)
* Ep 31 - Janni-shaped container
* Ep 32 - Licking the lollipop of crime
* Ep 33 - Dentistry trigger warning
* Ep 34 - I WOULD RATHER DIE
* Ep 35 - Unusual Body Stuff
* Ep 36 - More than enough teeth for everyone
* Ep 37 - Slutty Little Vest
* Ep 38 - Sticky teamwork
* Ep 39 - For Dignity! For Justice! For RAID!
* Ep 40 - The Nine Senses
* Ep 41 - Janni confuses the crostinis
* Ep 42 - Backhand of Good Luck
* Ep 43 - What's your Rabual score?
* Ep 49 - My teammates are already gone (in Tabbi's body)

### Mentioned

* Ep 44 - Janni innaJ
* Ep 45 - Consequence Debt
* Ep 48 - Statistically horny for battle

## References

1. ↑ Andrew, via the BCBP Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/bcbparty/731181979995897856/hey-hey-hey-quick-questions-for-fanart-purposes
2. ↑ Via Andrew in the Patreon Discord, search "golden glints"
3. ↑ Ep. 1
4. ↑ Ep. 46
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ep. 40
6. ↑ Ep. 41
7. ↑ Image taken from the Ep. 39 animatic, posted on the BCBP Twitter: https://twitter.com/BCBParty/status/1651602099292209153
8. ↑ Ep. 2
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Ep. 39
10. ↑ Ep. 1, 00:10:35
11. ↑ Ep. 43