Jacob Sin

*"Fucking hell, is it true?"*

**Jacob Sin** is the legal guardian, and often times referred to as the father, of Richard Sin, Michael Sin, and Ben Sin. He is an ambiguously aged old man with no set goals or visions for his future, often seen meandering around the central story indulging in his self-absorbed side projects, all of which will involve an ethically grey scheme to make a quick quid.

He is best friends with Todd McCableroy and relies on him for survival an unjust amount, unable to function independently. Whilst he is not the world's greatest dad, he puts more effort into fathering the three boys than most other people would even care to try, and might even admit on a good day that he loved them.

## Persona

### Personality

Jacob is a self-absorbed and often times cruel individual who has a tendency to draw the focus of any situation on himself. He is plagued by bouts of irritability and fatigue and is rather inept at parenting his children, prone to verbally abusing them on a daily basis (although they never seem to care). Despite his external bitter disposition, he does have a few caring qualities and it is clear that he loves his kids, even though they drive him to the edge. He is not quick to admit defeat, and will only concede his own failings after he has publicly humiliated himself. He shares many personality traits with his adoptive son Michael, something he refuses to acknowledge because the shame of relating to Michael would be enough to finish him off.

Jacob is also quite unhinged; whilst he has moments of normalcy, he solves problems in confusing and often times unnecessary ways. He has an obssesive affinity with white onions, halloumi fries and Bobby Vinton, and is something of a crowd pleaser, always trying to appear hip in front of his children's friends. He believes himself to be an untapped genius, but this confidence only leads to disastrous outcomes. Despite all this, he is still the favourite parent of the children of Prevansworth, many of whom lead worse home lives than the Sins, and because Jacob genuinely cares for the good majority of them.

### Appearance

In his day to day life, Jacob presents himself as unkempt and tired. He is reaching beyond middle-aged and has obvious wrinkles, and three puffs of grey hair that grow from the top of his head and behind his ears. He is unnaturally thin, though he does not suffer from anorexia, his thinness being attributed to genetics. His default outfit is a green cable vest/jumper, brown khakis and loafers. His nightwear is reminscient of Ebeneezer Scrooge from *A Christmas Carol*.

Other notable outfits include Kermit for Todd's Halloween Party and a full human-sized rat costume for his magnum opus play, *Rat in the Jar*.

## Biography

Not much is known about Jacob's life before university. He was born on April 20th, 1949, and attended secondary school with Todd's ex-wife, Edith.

### King Squilliam

Jacob enrolled at King Squilliam University in 1984, studying law. He met his lifelong best friend, Todd McCableroy, who was his dorm roommate. His other friends included P.T. and Phillip Carlisle, and in 1985 the four of them moved into a house together. Jacob was considered much more pretentious during this period and would often make boastful claims about fame and success, writing a number of poems and plays, such as the aforementioned and infamous *Rat in the Jar.* In 1987, Jacob graduated, though he'd failed to obtain his degree due to a lack of interest in showing up for his lectures and accusing his law professor, Sir Pengun Muntz, of being a murderer. Todd and Jacob's friendship came to a pause as Jacob could not support Todd's decision to marry Edith, and the two parted ways. Post King Squilliam, and before he had kids, Jacob was resigned to working at a cash register whilst his friends become bounds more successful in a rather ironic and fitting twist.

#### Notable events

* Trip to Alton Towers *(1985)*
* Rat in the Jar
* The Shrimp Incident
* P.T.'s Loans
* Graduation

### Prevansworth

Jacob gave birth (yes, gave birth) to Richard Sin on March 12th, 1993. He reconciled with Todd, and moved to Prevansworth. He embodied the role of the reluctant single father, and though he was mindful enough of Richard's emotional outbursts, he was not afraid to admit he found his son somewhat irritating, despite loving him. In 2004, Richard started year 7 at Prevansworth Small's feeder school, Prevansworth, and on the very first day introduced Jacob to his two future sons, Michael and Ben, who had both conveniently found themselves homeless and in need of a new family.

From 2004 to 2011, Jacob raised the three boys with as much skill and efficiency as one might expect from a failed law graduate. He elicited the help of Todd, who became a secondary father figure to the boys. Though he was a rather reckless figure of authority, and would often turn a blind eye to criminal activity, he persevered and saw his children overcome A-Levels and be accepted into King Squilliam, the very same university he attended. Whilst his maturation as a parent is not overly explicit, his attitude towards children and life on the whole had certainly improved from his college days.

#### Notable events

* Racoon Incident
* X-Factor
* Spain Trip
* Alton Towers *(2005)*
* Paper Mache Volcano
* Christmas 2005
* Space Trip
* Spop
* Jacob sues Prevansworth
* Jacob sues the show
* Death of the Hussain Family
* Ocean Breeze
* Cork
* Swanhill
* Todd's Death
* Deathly Hallows

### King Squilliam (Again)

Jacob finds living alone quite difficult, and after he drops his kids off at university begins to miss them, which comes as a surprise to everyone, including himself. He begins to make half-baked excuses as to why he needs to visit his boys, phoning them up daily and asking when they might return home to visit. He is present in storylines that would not necessarily have required his aid had he not have been visiting on a whim.

#### Notable events

* Todd's Halloween Party
* Charity skydiving
* King Squilliam Prom
* Ben's Wedding

### Death

Jacob is due to die on April 20th, 2049, exactly 100 years on from his birth.

## Trivia

* His favourite foods are white onion, halloumi fries and 'spaghet' - which is just spaghetti lovingly renamed to accomodate the language barrier of his favourite Russian son, Ben.
* His favourite songs are *Blue Velvet* by Bobby Vinton, *Beyond the Sea* by Bobby Darin, *My Way* and *That's Life* by Frank Sinatra.
* His favourite television programme is Agatha Christie's *Poirot*. He has burnt the theme tune onto a playable CD so that anybody who rides in his car is subject to it at full volume.
* He has the unmatched ability to fall asleep anywhere just by placing his head in his hands.
* He has had sex with Todd exactly once.
* He has a small toy bear named Glenroy Ted.

## Gallery

Jacob and a typical angry mob.Default appearance.Jacob's teddy.Poster for Jacob's play.