Jack Frost

*A God of Winter Reborn*

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 It is hot in here, or is it...?
Nope, it's not me.

— Jack

To most of the world he's simply a famous skier who suddenly retired mid-competition after being told he had inherited some money from unknown relatives. While not common IC knowledge, he's the last vestiges of a winter god, one of whose "faces" Was Jack Frost. Jack is all that remains of either of them.

## Personality

Jack lives in a world of people possibilities. He loves people and new experiences. He is lively and fun and enjoys being the center of attention. He lives in the here-and-now and relishes excitement and drama in his life, as long as it stays fun and light-hearted. Jack is definitely a spontaneous, optimistic individual, and he loves to have fun. He can become over-indulgent at times, and he does tend to place more importance on immediate sensation and gratification than on duties and obligations. He tends to be careful, however, to do his best to adjust the consequences to any pranks or trouble that he causes, trying to keep those consequences as fun as the actions themselves.

## SKILLS

Jack had a high school education before going on to a professional sports career. However, since obtaining his divine spark he has obtained the ability to speak pretty much any language.

Being very close to the primal forces of nature, Jack is quite close to animals. He knows how to train and some would even say talk to most animals. His expertise is typically with animals of an arctic or wintry nature, but he's perfectly capable of training most animals.

Jack is an Olympic-level athlete with numerous awards in skiing. He excels in all winter sports and of course is good at more traditional sports and is in excellent shape.

The ability to appropriately impose his personality on others comes naturally to Jack, making it simple for him to be anything from charming to intimidating to simply mysterious with very little effort. He is highly adept at hiding his emotions or displaying whatever feeling he chooses, and he could serve easily as a highly successful actor or diplomat. He can be in one moment silly and playful and cold as ice the next.

Without magic Jack's skill at combat is basically limited to common bar fighting. He can defend himself against basic threats, but beyond that he's pretty helpless.

Jack is a trained in many forms of art and expression. The issue is that he retains some of the knowledge of other times and possibly worlds. So, while he might have been an expert before, the differences have made his styles somewhat unique, and he sometimes sings the wrong words to songs or uses a technique that he thinks is common that doesn't even have a name, and vice versa.

Jack's connection to the supernatural world allows him an innate knowledge of most supernatural lore, whether that knowledge be about creatures, spells, recipes, rituals, etc. His knowledge is limited to things he's had reason to find, otherwise he needs to go to his realm and commune to find the knowledge. He can work at up to expert level, but the amount of time it takes to find information is variable.

Jack is stubborn. Virtually no mundane method can make him do something against his will, and he's trained to use his willpower to give him the strength to persevere through almost anything. This does extend to magical methods, too, if there's a way to resist them. Some have noted that this willpower often comes across as contrariness or brattiness.

## CASTING

Jack can summon and manipulate elements (such as to light or douse a large fire, cast a fireball, whip up or redirect a gale force, split open the earth, shift large metal masses, or bring forth and direct a large water source); create elemental conditions summon lightning from a clear sky, call forth a storm); command living elements (cause trees to move, cause saplings to leap to maturity, spread flowers across a barren valley), and similar. This can be accomplished on the fly with an set of complicated gestures, though it is most safely and effectively done via careful ritual preparation. Most of the on-the-fly spells and rituals he knows relate to ice.

When using traditional methods Jack's ability at creating magical constructs is limited to basic ice constructs reliant on a complex set of gestures and the presence of either ice or water, and these are basic-level constructs. He does know how to make enhanced level constructs "the hard way," but those require proper rituals and preparations.

Jack is very skilled at mirror magic. Though he does typically use ice instead of traditional mirrors, he's able to use them to scry and find things, to communicate with others and to travel vast distances and even between realms. Typically this is done via a simple gesture and intense concentration, but more elaborate techniques may require a small ritual and preparation.

## POWERS

Jack is a god of ice and winter reborn into a mostly human body. Even in his reduced state, however, his control over such things remains utterly terrifying. In theory summoning up a blizzard in the middle of the Sahara is not even an issue for him, nor would be summoning an army of ice golems. In practicality, he needs to obey certain natural rules, partly because he would not wish to severely disrupt the balance of nature and partly because he just doesn't have the power to defy it anymore. However, he's exceptionally good at magic that concerns ice or reflective surfaces. His powers bolster him when he uses such magics, allowing him to create golems even up to a sentient level or use mirrors of ice to scry, communicate or travel. If It involves ice, it's likely not a matter of if he can do it but, rather, is it wise to do so.

When it comes to mental capacities, Jack exceeds far beyond the abilities of humans. Intelligence, the ability to multitask, et cetera -- he's able to work on an Enhanced level dealing with multiple things with ease and even, appropriate magical measures allowing it, being able to be in multiple places at the same time.

Jack's physical abilities are limited to that of peak human performance. He's as strong as a weight-lifter despite his lither form, as fast as a track star, and heals very fast for a human, but nothing that is beyond human capabilities.

As a demigod, Jack has greatly supreme mental fortitude. This allows him to resist most mental or spiritual intrusions, influences, or compulsions, as well as granting him extremely potent willpower for non-mystical purposes. In practical terms he's not doing anything he doesn't want to do. In theory, he could also learn to use his mind to influence or protect others, but he has not as of yet not learned how to do so.

Jack has the power to fly. Without any effort, he can fly at Basic level speeds. When intangible there's no friction to stop him, so he can fly up to Supreme level speeds. However, if he's flying with anyone else he's limited to Basic level.

As one of divine nature, Jack remains in perfect health and physical condition, untouched by illness or infirmity. Perhaps most notably, his soul is bound to his realm, located in the Otherworld, which has for the moment become part of the Vale. Even if his body is destroyed, his soul will return to his realm and, in time, allow him to recover--so long as the Vale exists, so will he. To destroy his soul, one would first have to obliterate his own realm and the Vale.

Jack has limited telekinesis, which he usually uses to interact with the world while intangible. He can only do things with telekinesis that otherwise fall within his natural physical ability to do.

Jack can fade from mortal perceptions with a thought. While he is vanished, he can walk through walls or mountains, etc., and is completely undetectable by mundane methods. Those with magical senses will be able to sense his magic, if not him, unless he tries hard to keep himself hidden. This ability works up to the Supreme level if used in an icy or wintry environment.

## ADVANTAGES

As Jonathan Isolde, Jack was an Olympic level athlete with numerous medals and awards from competitions. He was never the biggest star in the spotlight, but he was still pretty well-known and had a following. This minor celebrity can, occasionally, be useful in certain circumstances.

Jack was born from a dying god and one of his descendants. He is still linked to that god's divine realm, as if it had always been his own. The energy of that realm was almost entirely expended in the efforts to fight off the Outsiders and save both the god and mortal. However, when he was scooped up by the spell that swept him into Rowanwood, Nessa also saved his realm by letting it attach to hers for support.

His realm is currently a part of the Vale, or rather anchored securely against it and within the Vale's protections. Should he die, he'd return there, and within his realm all his powers and abilities are Enhanced to Supreme or beyond, and he can accomplish any number of miracles. However, since his realm is currently a part of Rowanwood, he defers to Nessa should such things be needed as she has far more experience than he does in such matters.

Jack's predecessor was around since the beginning of time and walked the mortal world throughout that time. He has accounts in most countries under various names that date back to the earliest days of their banking systems. Upon returning, he consolidated his funds under his new name. Thus, he has virtually unlimited resources in the mortal world.

## WEAKNESSES

Jack, then Jonathan, had a life before the spirit of Jack Frost found him, but truthfully he had lived a mostly solo life of athletics and partying. However, it is possible some of his old friends or acquaintances might come looking for him or that his past as an athlete might attract unwanted attention to him.

Jack came into this world weak and took up the persona of Jack Frost to continue to exist. As such he is bound up by his interpretation of that persona. He's impulsive, a little bit childish, and very mischievous. He often can't resist the urge to play harmless pranks and has a hard time taking anything but the most dire threats seriously.

Jack was born from a dying god trying to save him and one of his descendants by infusing his spirit into the body of a divine-blooded human. In time he'll regain something like his former power. Currently, though, his realm is the source of all of his powers and abilities. He needs to be reltively close to his realm in order to have access to his powers, and the farther he gets away the less power he has. He can function at full powers up to several hundred miles away from any place Rowanwood is anchored to Earth, but beyond that his powers quickly fade until all he has are his passive abilities.

Long ago, there were many gods and goddesses. One of them was a winter god with many faces, one of which was Jack Frost. For time untold he wandered the Earth until, eventually, tiring of what the world was becoming, he like so many other gods withdrew--until the breach happened and the Outside invaded. Before he left, he had sired many humans, one of whose descendants was Jonathan Isolde. Jonathan Isolde was an Olympic-level winter sports athlete with multiple medals and other awards. His divine blood was minor by this point, but he still found an aptitude for winter sports and had a distinct playfulness to his nature. He was competing in an event when there was a snowstorm, severe enough to call for the event's cancellation. He didn't listen to any warnings, though, and recklessly dove headfirst into the storm.

Isolde was grievously injured in that storm, but as fate would have it, he stumbled into the cave where the winter god had anchored his realm. He'd used up all but the last of his and his realm's power to try and hold the Outside at bay and strengthen the protection of Rowanwood. The god realized this human was one of his descendants, thus why he'd been able to wander in, and he he offered the dying mortal a deal. With Isolde's consent he infused the mortal with the last of his essence. Reborn neither god nor human but with the spirit and memories of both, he left for what he thought would be a mortal existence. Instead, he found himself instantly in Rowanwood, summoned by a spell of searching. Nessa listened to him and his story and made a bargain with him: she would help him if he helped her protect the Vale and those she safeguarded there for as long as she helped him. When they agreed, Nessa grafted his realm into the Vale, giving it the power it needed to reignite. Jack was revitalized. However, for the nonce he was tied to the Vale and, thus, to Lady Rowanessa and those others she had rescued.

Logs featuring Jack Frost:

* 2019.01.26 - Through the Eye of the Needle
* 2019.02.27 - The End of the Apocalypse