J'shel

J'shel is a main character of Hannah's Hero. He is an islander and member of the Strong Arm Clan.

He is Hannah's mate and the father of J'hann.

## Description

Like all members of the Strong Arm Clan, J'shel has four arms and can camouflage. He has smaller slender horns that sweep over his hair from his temples. He has long thick black hair, which he wears in a braid. He has a brawny build.

## Personality

J'shel is generally viewed as kind, thoughtful, and nice. However, at the start of Hannah's Hero, he still blames himself for N'dek's injury and struggles with enabling N'deks poor emotional health.

## History

Most of J'shel's clan and all of his family, except his cousin I'chai, died when the volcano erupted. Like all the island clans, they struggled to survived post eruption.

His clan mates I'chai and V'dren resonated. V'dren died sometime after resonance. I'chai died during a Kaari attack that left N'dek disabled. J'shel felt he failed N'dek and the others - if only he hadn't missed the shot at the attacking Kaari - which cause him to carry a lot of guilt. The three remaining tribe members were left to raise Z'hren, their son.

During Lauren's Barbarian, he traveled with the rest of the survivors to the mainland. He was overjoyed when he arrived and instantly resonated to Hannah.

### Hannah's Hero

J'shel didn't understand what he was doing wrong, why Hannah was resisting their resonance. So instead he spent his days waiting on N'dek. J'shel felt this is the least he can do help his friend.

Tension is high around camp, Hannah's not the only one resisting resonance, and people are becoming frustrated with her. When Hannah heard that Brooke and Taushen were planning on taking a trip to the fruit cave, she wanted to come. Brooke said she can come, but only if she could find a buddy. All the men of Icehome turned her down, even J'shel as he felt he can't abandoned N'dek.

The day of the trip came and Hannah was getting desperate. J'shel was feeling guilty about rejecting Hannah, and after getting into an argument with N'dek he decided to go with her. He realized that his guilt wasn't helping N'dek, and his friend must decide he wants to change things for the better.

Hannah and J'shel began to bond on the trip. Along the way the find the corpse of a sa-kohtsk. J'shel suspected it's old Grandfather, a sky-claw larger then all others. They arrived at the fruit cave. Hannah and J'shel continued to bond. They shared chakk leaf when Hannah got burnt fixing the light in the fruit cave, resulting in her getting very high.

The next day a cry rang out through the cave. J'shel's suspicions it's old Grandfather turn out to be true. Sky-claws are territorially, he knew they'll be no easy way to pass him. They decided they'll have to wait to see if he would leaves. However they quickly realized he knew they are in the territory and isn't likely to leave.

At a loss they waited. During this time J'shel and Hannah gave into resonance. One evening J'shel told Hannah the story of how an ancestor injured Grandfather. A few days later Taushen came up with the idea to dose Old Grandfather with chakk leaves, while the other three get past. J'shel volunteered to take the leaves up, knowing the sky-claw would only come after live prey. While confronting the sky-claw he realized that old Grandfather was actually a female. He succeeded by holding up the bag of leaves himself, wounding himself in the process.

The four reunited and made their way back to Icehome. The games have started and N'dek was now wearing a prosthetic. They warned the others about Old Grandfather. Hannah agreed to help Veronica with keeping track of healing herbs.

### Later History

In the time jump between Steph's Outcast and Sam's Secret, Hannah gave birth to J'hann.

During the events of Steph's Outcast, Hannah and J'shel elected to return to Croatoan. They both return before Sam's Secret begins.