Jericho

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> They [ELPIS] trick people. Convince people they are the only hope left. Desperation to preserve the last hope. ‘If I do this, then everything will be okay. If I don’t do this, there won’t be any hope left.’ That hope. Desperation to do anything. Self-justification. False hope. The cause of war and suffering. If ELPIS is eliminated, false hope will be eliminated. No more war and suffering. Peace.
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> Jericho, Part I, 3.6: Jericho Brutality

**Jericho** is a peacekeeping agent employed in Ophiuchus. He is one of the main characters of Six Chances and is a **True Conductor**. He is a Specialist.

## History

### Early Life

Jericho grew up in a nomadic group of travelers in Scorpio. His mother taught him a special Scorpioan prayer. His family and group were raided by ELPIS for an unknown reason, and Jericho was the only apparent survivor. Instead of being killed with the rest of his group, he was taken into ELPIS by Theta.

### ELPIS Indoctrination

After Jericho was taken into Theta's care, he was taught about vitae and the vitae cycle. The belief that everything returns to this cycle was instilled in him and affected how he perceived life and death. After Theta's untimely death, he was coerced by other members of ELPIS to go out on terrorist missions to destroy reservoirs and generator conductors in ELPIS's and Theta's name. Here, he befriended a fellow indoctrinated girl name Ayda.

During one of their raids in a small village with a generator conductor, Jericho came to realize what they were doing was wrong. He tried to stop his fellow initiates from continuing the raid any further, but they wouldn't listen. So, he used his conductor on them, believing that he was "returning them to the cycle."

### Entry into Ophiuchus

Later he was found by Ophiuchian peacekeepers and taken to the Serpens Establishment. He eventually came under Doctor Alice Kingsley's care in the Psychological Evaluations Department, was given treatment, before becoming a peacekeeper himself.

### Meeting the Six

Jericho was walking down the steps of the Serpens Establishment of Ophiuchus when he was pushed down the steps by an unknown person. The injury from the fall nearly led to his death. After this incident, his connection to the other five began.

## Personality

Jericho has a somewhat awkward personality. He is curt and direct to the point. Although he is normally calm, he goes into a flying rage when anything involving ELPIS is mentioned. He is very innocent in social situations and often fails to read the room, but he is polite and apologetic when he realizes he comes off as rude. When asked about his odd behavior, he answers it by saying he's been "living under a rock."

Due to his bleached vitae, he cannot feel physical pain and this affects how he interacts with the world. Although he is improving, the ingrained belief in the vitae cycle makes him look and value life differently from others.

He enjoys sketching in his notebook.

## Conducting License

> **Jericho [         ]** **/ — / M**
> **License Special Class** Ophiuchian Peacekeeping Agent
> **Conducting Type** Specialist / *Intraneous User*
> **Color** White
> **Most used c.a.** Conducting Whip (Specialized Balance Sells X50 Model)
> **Conducting No** 14-5-23-8-15-16-5
> **Issued Year** 1940 / **Expires Year** 1944
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## Abilities

**Overall Abilities**: Jericho

**Intuition**

**Increased Endurance**

**Lack of Pain**: Due to Jericho’s bleached vitae, Jericho experiences little sense of pain. This can cause him to last longer in battles.

### Conducting

**Disintegration** (Specialist): Jericho’s conducting ability allows him to break apart vitae particles by temporarily bringing them to a higher energy level. His vitae must be in contact with the person or object that is being disintegrated for a certain period of time for his vitae to take effect. His conductor of choice spills out his vitae like a whip, and his vitae can take various shapes from that whip.

### True Conductor

As a True Conductor, Jericho has access to the conducting abilities of those in his circle. These include the following:

* Projection: Through Werner’s conducting, Jericho has accessing to the Projector conducting-type
* Transmutation: Through Cadence’s conducting, Jericho can transmute his vitae.
* Elementalist: Through Olive’s and Lavi’s conducting, Jericho can create flames of vitae without a conductor.

## Trivia

* His name means "city of the moon"
* He is jokingly and affectionately nicknamed "Jerry" by the fanbase.
* According to Elm, if he was in the modern world, he would be a photographer for the National Geographic and take photos of extreme natural environments.