Jacob Sarrazin

Benjamin Sarrazin (oldest son)

Kyatari Sarrazin (oldest granddaughter)

Sylan d'Oshi (granddaughter-in-law)

Tahir Sarrazin-d'Oshi (great-grandson)

Seraj Sarrazin (second granddaughter)

Alek Shy'lan (grandson-in-law)

Lorian Shy'lan (great-grandson)

Jason Shy'lan (great-grandson)

Kahina Shy'lan (great-granddaughter)

Nico Sarrazin (third granddaughter) †

James Sarrazin (only grandson)

Ayuni Koriya (granddaughter-in-law)

Nico Sarrazin II (great-granddaughter)

Rachel Sarrazin II (youngest granddaughter)

Judith Sarrazin (only daughter)

Nathaniel Sarrazin (middle son)

Matthew Sarrazin (youngest son)

> “When you're missing a peice of yourself, aching, gut wrenching emptiness begins to take over. Until you find the link that completes your very soul, the feeling will never go away. Most people find a way to fill this void, material possessions, a string of relationships, affairs, food...I bare my soul, with words, for all to see.”
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**Jacob Robichon Sarrazin** is the current patriarch of the Sarrazin family. From his first marriage to Anna Swango, he is the father of Benjamin Philippe and through his eldest son is the grandfather to Kyatari, Seraj, Nico, James and Rachel. From his second marriage to Rachel Nichols, he is the father of Judith and twins Nathaniel and Matthew.

## Backstory

### Early Life

Jacob was born on September 27, 2997 in , Neo Terra between an unnamed Sarrazin and his wife, it is currently unknown if he has siblings but describes his father "*as an loathing individual with no heart*". His parents died when he was in his last twenties an inherited the house he and his family currently live in now and would have the house remodeled converting the bottom area into a restaurant and updating the kitchen and opened his own restaurant called Sarrazin's Kitchen.

### Marriages and Fatherhood

Around his late thirties he met his first wife Anna Swango at an Harlem Renaissance gathering and were both fans of Willie Smith also known as *The Lion* a American jazz and stride pianist. They would eventually marry and have a son they named *Benjamin Bertholf* after there favorite artist. Jacob was a very loving father and affectionately referred to his son as "*cub*". When Benjamin was a year old on his first birthday non the less, when Anna left Jacob and her young son and when Jacob finally found her to get an explanation on why she left he discovered Anna had died during a trip to (\*&\*) II, at the tall end of the (\*&\*) Second War.

Eventually Jacob would met his second wife Rachel Nichols who would adopt Benjamin as her own child and Jacob decided not to tell his son about Anna to save him the heartbreak. He and Rachel would have three more children together; a daughter named Judith Spencer Zora and twin sons Nathaniel Ellington and Matthew Armstrong.

Jacob grew his own vegetables and sent his male children out to the garden to pick the vegetables. He would refer to his children as his "test tasters" as he would use them to try out new recipes. He passed on his excellent cooking skills to his children and grandchildren. At some point, he became gravely ill; this was very traumatic for Benjamin. Jacob subsequently recovered, however, receiving several artificial organs.

## Abilities & Powers

### Skills

**Master Chief** - Jacob is capable of creating any dish into a pro-class dish in any genre or cuisine types.

* **Mezzaluna Mastery** - One of Jacob's most notable skills is his mastery over a mezzaluna, a crescent shaped and double-handle knife which requires an extreme amount of skill, precision and control to operate.
* **Vegetable Carving** - Vegetable carving is an artistic skill of carving vegetables into artistic shapes such as flowers and animals. Jacob was able to carve roses out of carrots and mix other vegetables with a carrot to create a miniature scale model of a The Red Knight for his great-grandson Jason.
* **Culinary Creativity -** Jacob is natural when it comes to this ability, he loves to create dishes that added more creative feeling. He is a creative chef that adapts and experiment with any dishes he doesn't know.
* **Expert Butcher** - Jacob possesses enough physical strength to effortlessly lift a maguro bōchō and precisely fillet a large tuna into sashimi.
* **Spice Mastery** - Jacob has a particular affinity with spices, displaying a wide variety and vast wealth of knowledge of their properties. He is also well aware of how certain preparations of spices during the cooking process can change the overall flavor of a dish, even if the spice preparation was the only change.

**Historian** - Jacob is a bit of a amateur historian on the Harlem Renaissance.

**Professional-level Ping Pong** - Jacob is an extremely talented ping pong player.

## Etymology

* Jacob is from the Latin *Iacob*, which was from the Greek *Ἰακώβ (Iakob)*, which was from the Hebrew name *יַעֲקֹב (Ya'aqov)*. In the Old Testament Jacob (later called Israel) is the son of Isaac and Rebecca and the father of the twelve founders of the twelve tribes of Israel. He was born holding his twin brother Esau's heel, and his name is explained as meaning "holder of the heel" or "supplanter", because he twice deprived his brother of his rights as the firstborn son (see Genesis 27:36). Other theories claim that it is in fact derived from a hypothetical name like *יַעֲקֹבְאֵל (Ya'aqov'el)* meaning "may God protect".
* Robichon is a diminutive of Robert which is from the Germanic name *Hrodebert* meaning "bright fame", derived from the Germanic elements *hrod* "fame" and *beraht* "bright". The Normans introduced this name to Britain, where it replaced the Old English cognate *Hreodbeorht*. It has been consistently among the most common English names from the 13th to 20th century. In the United States it was the most popular name for boys between 1924 and 1939 (and again in 1953).
* Sarrazin means "Saracen" in Old French, a name used to refer to Arab Muslims in the Middle Ages. It was probably used as a nickname for an unruly person, a person with a dark complexion, or for someone who had taken part in a Crusade.

## Trivia

* Jacob is of African and French Creole descent.
* His hobbies are cooking and gardening.
* Jacob's favorite meal is his own gumbo with dirty rice and a bowl of bananas foster.
* He has several artificial internal organs such as a large intestine, both kidney's, and the left chamber of his heart.
* He owns a garden filled with different types of vegetables and fruit from different planets.
* Jacob has five pairs of shoes.
* He likes spacious bathtubs.