Jane Duphaine

Jane Duphaine (Voiced by Jennifer Larrame)

### Relatives

Dex Duphaine (Younger Brother), Diderot Duphaine (Older Brother), Justice Duphaine (Older Brother)

## Physical description

### Height

5'7"

Jane is an energetic young woman, and a talented gamia user. She is very cocky due to her confidence in her abilities (and her perfect battle record), but she gets very serious when she feels that people close to her are in danger. She lives as a mercenary, but doesn't talk about it much. She only accepts jobs that she sees morally fit. However, her morals can drastically differ from the average person. Jane is also quick to take action unless someone strongly advises against it. However, if she feels that what she's doing is the right thing, then nobody can stop her. - (*obsoletesouls.com*, 2018)

## Profile

### **Appearance**

Jane is a young adult with a dark complexion, short black hair, and brown eyes. Jane wears 2 hoop earrings, and a dark green shirt with a short white overcoat on top of it. She wears light blue capri pants, and grey shoes. At the beginning of the game Jane can be seen with a pink mark on her face along with a change in eye color. She is also seen

fighting without her overcoat.

### **Personality**

Jane is mostly calm, but has her moments of sporadic anger. However, her anger doesn't seem to be as intense as other characters. Jane is a very positive character, and rarely seems to show signs of worry. This seems to stem from her

confidence in her fighting ability, but also from fear of seeing her friends panic and doubting their ability to emerge victorious. Jane is very prideful, but has also been known to put her pride aside for what she believes to be the greater good.

Jane shares a strong bond with her siblings throughout the game. She also shares a strong bond with Vinny, Phalle,

Tamara, and an unknown nameless boy. As time goes on, Jane becomes friends with the other Insignficants as well, more specifically Aria and Eli. Jane shares an odd trust with Sheldon, but she'll believe in him as long as her brothers tell her too. Jane dislikes Edge, Hope, and Tosen, but has a deep hatred for Titania.

## Story (contains)

Jane is a multi-gamia user, and one of the main characters in Obsolete Souls™. At the start of the game, Jane (powered up by Dasphelle's gifts) is in Belial's Happy Place and preparing to battle against Zadroga. She begins to fight Zadroga for a short time, but the rest is not shown to us as time resets itself. Jane’s journey begins before Vinny and Dex enter Lestormine. Jane lives her life as a mercenary, and a damn good one. As a multi-gamia user, she is an extremely tricky opponent to battle against, and she has never failed a mission because of this. The most difficult job Jane has had as a mercenary is the job she’s still technically on. A few years before the beginning of the game, Jane took on a job that involved capturing a Justicess and handing her over to an anonymous contractor. When Jane kidnapped the Justicess, she had to make a perilous escape that ended up landing her (and the Justicess) on what appeared to be an abandoned pirate ship. The pirate ship had two starving teenagers on it. One of the teenagers was Phalle, and the other teenager refused to share his name. Jane planned to use the ship to bring Tamara to her client, but her bond with Phalle, Tamara, and the nameless boy became too powerful. Jane never finished the mission, and continued traveling the sea with the three of them until Phalle and the nameless boy fell overboard (or as Jane says “they were taken by the sea”). Jane continued to Travel with Tamara, and eventually they met Cody. Not too long after meeting Cody, the three of them became lost at sea, and slowly started running out of food supplies.

After 2 weeks from the time Cody joined their ship, Tamara spots two bodies floating in the sea. With the hopes of them being navigators, (and out of kindness) Tamara pulls them onto the ship, saving their lives. The two people that were saved were Vinny and Zach. Somehow Jane misses Tamara’s heroic act, and Tamara introduces her to Vinny and Zach. Jane is surprised to see Vinny, and she instantly recognizes him as a close friend to her younger brother. Jane becomes acquainted with Zach, and shortly after they are attacked by many Sea Haegans. Fortunately, the Sea Haegans were no match for them. As everyone on the ship continues to familiarize themselves with each other, a shoddy vessel sounds it's horn in the distance. Aboard this new vessel are Edge and Hope. Tamara begs Jane to let the people on this strange vessel onto their ship with the hopes of them leading everyone to land. Jane allows Edge and Hope onto their ship, and the worst happens. Edge and Hope demand possession of the Cimmerian, and the Galaxy Kites location along with any knowledge of the Dauphinius Stone. Cody refuses, and Edge swiftly kills him.

Edge continues to make demands for the ship, and gives the current crew a small amount of time to discuss options for trade, and survival. Vinny, Jane, Tamara, and Zach go to the bottom of the ship, leaving Edge and Hope on the deck. However, Hope leaves Edge to follow them into the ship. Jane pulls Vinny, Tamara, and Zach into a room to discuss how they’re going to defeat Edge. Before they solidify their plans, Hope enters the room. Hope weighs in by saying that she can help them escape, but Jane sees through her farce, and challenges her to a battle for the ship. Hope loses the battle to Jane, and is left wounded in the ship for quite some time. While Jane and Hope had their battle, Edge landed the ship on Stobon’s shore.

Jane rushed outside of the Cimmerian to help Vinny, Tamara, and Zach, but to her surprise Zach is nowhere to be found. Vinny, Jane, and Tamara fight against Edge, but Hope recovers and stops the battle. Hope yells to Edge about the uselessness of fighting with them, and redirects his focus to taking the newly captured Cimmerian to Ravinan (Specifically phrased as "We have more important things to do.") Edge and Hope leave them in Stobon, but Jane is simply glad that Vinny and Tamara survived the day. Jane brings Vinny and Tamara to her older brother Justice, and then takes off on her own to look for Phalle and the nameless boy. Jane searches for Phalle, and the nameless boy until she is contacted by Justice to help resolve an issue with Edge, Dex, and Tamara at Ravinan castle.

Jane shows up to Ravinan castle as a transporter for the injured. Jane takes Aria, Vinny, Dex, and Eli into Diderot’s jet, and then returns all of them to Stobon. A day after the events at Ravinan castle, Diderot calls Aria, Vinny, Dex, Eli, Jane, and Justice to the roof of Nebra-Tech for a meeting. Diderot introduces Sheldon, the legendary golden haired man. Sheldon tells everyone that he is a Zarragorian from the beginning of time, and he showed them a piece of his past through a relic that he travels with. In Sheldon's past they see the Zarragorian named Zadroga. Sheldon proceeds to tell them that there is a cult actively trying to revive Zadroga, and that Earth Alpha will be doomed if they're successful. They agree to help Sheldon if he can help them find Tamara and Trent while they're gone. To stop the resurrection, Vinny, Dex, and Justice leave for New Egypt to try to find the real Dauphinius Stone. Meanwhile, Aria, Eli, and Jane flew across Earth Alpha to stop the strange disturbances on the planet.

To stop these disturbances, Jane took Aria and Eli through Kentron E, Itwern Cavern, and deep inside the Vortex of Consequence. In the Vortex of Consequence the three of them find Tosen collecting an artifact called Thorg’s Eye. They battle Tosen, but cease fighting after Jane begins doubting her ability to win. Before he takes his leave, Tosen promises Jane that Tamara and Trent are safe. After Tosen leaves, the Vortex begins to collapse, forcing Aria, Eli, and Jane to leave the Vortex of Consequence and return to Stobon. Upon returning to Stobon Aria, Eli, and Jane encounter Vinny, Dex, Justice, and their new friend Phalle. Jane was shocked to see Phalle, but even more shocked after Phalle said that she forget who Jane was. Jane pulled Phalle into a separate room when she got the chance, and roughed her up for not remembering who she was. After Jane mentioned Phalle’s mechanical foot, Phalle’s memory returned to her, and she remembered her old friend again. With everyone back at Nebra-tech, Diderot calls them all together for a meeting in the Nebra-tech laboratory. Diderot introduces Kohiid to the team, and Kohiid relays some information about the resurrection of another Zarragorian named Thorg.

It turns out that Tosen is using Tamara, Titania, and Trent to resurrect Thorg through artifacts such as Thorg’s Eye. Diderot grabs Dex, Jane, and Justice to follow him into Lestormine to stop Thorg's revival. Once inside of Lestormine, Dex and Jane team up to find Trent and Titania. Jane has an intense solo battle with Titania that ends in complete catastrophe, and utter madness for her brother, Justice Duphaine. After Jane “won” the battle, Titania used the last of her energy to strike Jane with poisonous dark gamia that severed a part of Jane’s spine. Although Jane received such a heavy injury, she largely contributed to successfully stopping Thorg's resurrection. Jane loses consciousness in Lestormine, but wakes up a day later in the infirmary inside of Justice’s submarine.

When Jane awakens, she immediately becomes devastated when she realizes that she lost control of her legs. Jane talks with Dex, Diderot, and Justice about her new hatred for Justice’s fiancee, Titania, and asks for Justice to avenge her. Justice denies the request as Jane’s rage and sadness take over the room. Dex, Diderot and Justice leave Jane to be on her own for a while. Afterwards, Jane isn’t visited by any of the Insignificants due to the constant threats that the Insignificants had to face at the time. When the Insignificants head off for Belial’s Hovel and return, Sheldon and Diderot tell them that Jane never made a full recovery from her injuries, and died in their absence.

However, this may have been a lie. After an investigation by Vinny, Diderot, Dex, Kohiid, and Trent, Sheldon confesses to sending Jane into the center-verse. Sheldon claims that in each life of his, he is never trusted by the Insignificants. Sheldon planned to send Jane to the center-verse so she could return as a strong enough warrior to defeat Zadroga in case the Insignificants fail. Where some believe Sheldon is telling the truth, others will need to see Jane in the flesh first. Jane’s return to the universe is the only guaranteed method Sheldon has of gaining trust from all of the Insignificants.

## Gameplay

***In combat, Jane has above average capabilities with an attack focus.***

*Jane is a **"Fisticuff"** fighter. She can equip **"Light Armor"**, **"Small Shields"**, **"Casual Clothes",*** *and* **"*Fancy Clothes*"**.

**Jane's move list is as follows:**

## Musical Themes

Jane's theme song is respectively titled Jane's Theme, and can be unlocked through the Jam Room. Her song can also be heard on the Obsolete Souls OST, and during her introduction in chapter 3.

https://dennelcake.bandcamp.com/track/Janes-theme

## Gallery

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## References

1. Obsolete Souls™ video game
2. www.obsoletesouls.com
3. (Weatherspoon, D, D., personal communication, 2019.)
4. www.dennelcake.com