Jacob A. D'Arby

> "It's not about winning, it's about sending a message." - Jacob
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* ACI I
* ACT II
* ACT III

Terence T. D'Arby (character)

## Appearance

Jacob has light brown hair that is short on the sides, and long on top parted to the right. He has two grey patterns going down from his hairline and ending in points at his cheeks.

He wears a dark purple dress shirt and a red tie with hearts, and a maroon vest with a pattern of "A" over the whole of it. He also has black dress pants.

After unlocking ACT III he has a crown with a heart in the center on his sleeve on his left bicep, and his hair becomes slightly more disorganized.

## Personality

Jacob is slightly snobbish and prideful. He is aware of how this makes him appear, and plays up parts of his snobby nature ironically, to the point of many don't see when he's playing it up and when he's legitimately being snobby. He uses heavy amounts of sarcasm and will rarely ever admit when something has legitimately surprised him.

Jacob has been shown to cheat at games, but never to the point of he is guaranteed to win before the game even starts, saying games are not fun when rigged to not give one side any chance at all. He also pays his workers who have lost to him in their own chips, allowing them to leave if they so wish after having paid off their debt to him, despite the fact most end up betting themselves again and ending up back where they were.

Jacob has stated his most prized possession is himself, and doesn't like dipping into his own reserve of memories. He's also shown to value his word heavily.

After Jacob loses ACT II, he becomes less ironically a snob, and calls his past self a fool for ever giving up a part of himself. He also states that gifts aren't a thing that his family does, only giving things up if they've been lost in a bet.

After gaining ACT III, Jacob becomes more disheveled and awkward, and less outspoken.

## Background

Jacob was raised by a successful businessman and casino owner, Trent H. D'Arby. He started betting against his father at the age of eight. The D'Arby family tradition is to every year, bet the entirety of the company and not go easy on them. Every year, Jacob played a game against his dad with the company on the line.

At the age of 20, Jacob won against his father. This is when he awoke Ace of Hearts, and with it, the memories of how his dad ran the casino and business decisions, went to Jacob. Now, without needing to endure the learning curve of beginning to run things by using his father's memories. With this information he was able to be the youngest in the family to run their casino business so successfully.

Eventually 'Vard Renaissance came to the Joker's Wildcard in search of funding. After working their way up to Jacob's final floor, bet their experiences and memories around their goal and motivation, before purposely losing the bet. Jacob then experienced all of 'Vard's feelings and motivation, and the realization that stands are more than just simple abilities unlocked Ace of Hearts ACT II. 'Vard chose to trust Jacob due to ACT stands being a rarity, and that for him to have gained a second ACT from seeing that, he must have been truly moved. Jacob then became Overlooked Dreams' treasurer.

Jacob hoped ACT II would have been sentient, however every attempt to see if it had a mind or personality yielded no results.

## Abilities

### Ace of Hearts ACT I - Monophobia

ACT I allows any bet Jacob takes place in or oversees to bet memories in the form of chips. When you lose a memory, you also bet the memory's concept, meaning that you can never regain the information taken, unless you regain the chip. If someone does not have the chip of a memory and something that would happen that would cause you to regain the information that was lost, the person does not see it, hear it, or sense it in any way. If it is a person or object and they look at it, it gives a slight headache.

If someone loses enough of their memories, they will enter a suit and become a worker at Jacob's casino.

### Ace of Hearts ACT II - Lighter Than Air

ACT II is otherwise known as "Perfect Negotiation." By offering a chip or memory upfront, the person proposing the bet and the person being proposed to, will enter a pseudo done of non-violence. Any attacks from or towards either party are rendered ineffective and simply pass right through, as well as any physical damage they attempt to deal to the area around them. Neither party can leave until it is resolved, and the dome maintains effect until both parties agree to terms, or the one proposing the bet rescinds the offer.

### Ace of Hearts ACT III - ???

ACT III's ability is unknown, but has been shown to be a colony stand based around chess, that overlays a chess board on the ground' walls, and ceiling around Jacob in a large radius.

## Trivia

* Jacob's middle name is Alpha.
* Jacob only uses roman numerals instead of regular numerals. This is a joke on how Westley accidentally made his shadow eye catch say "??? ACT 2" when in every other instance for Jacob he had used roman numerals due to looking cooler.
* Jacob's game of choice is Blackjack, because Westley and Richard couldn't figure out how to accurately implement poker and clever cheats in an efficient way into a tabletop setting.
* Jacob as a character is heavily based on John Jacob Rabon IV, better known as Alpharad, shown by things such as:
	+ Jacob's family saying "It's not about winning, it's about sending a message," being a common thing said in Alpha's videos.
	+ Running a casino, as Alpha has said things in the past such as "I'm a gamblin' man," and "my best weapon in games is RNG."
	+ Jacob's use of sarcasm and irony, which many of Alpha's jokes are based around.
* Jacob's casino, the Joker's Wildcard, is named after the album WildCard! (The Jokers' Edition) by Terrence Trent D'Arby.
* Jacob's original stand was not Ace of Hearts, as their first EP, Monophobia, released June 4th, roughly 2 months after Severed Strings started. His original stand was named "Shape of My Heart" based on the song by Sting. This was changed because the band Ace of Hearts lent itself to the themes of Jacob better.
	+ As Jacob's name is a reference to Alpharad and Ace of Hearts specifically, his original name was "Sting Y. D'Arby."