Jake Wilderth

* Myrtharian
* Cosmic D Starfeyrves
* Cosmic D Starfeyrves 2

Aurelie Wilderth (Cousin)

Jake Wilderth is the main protagonist of the web novel 'The Oracle Paths'

Before the arrival of the Oracle, Jake simply did what he was best at: doing nothing. Using his informatics and cybernetic bachelor, he managed to obtain a job in the VRGF, the Virtual Reality Games Federation.

Jake was a professional cheater in VR Games, the result of him being both lazy and a terrible loser. Ironically, he worked in a VRGF center. Although it was not one of the larger centers, it still required tens of employees to run. Jake's job was to maintain the VR equipment and give advice to the customers; the perfect cushy job.

## Appearance

### Former:

He was six feet tall, and over twenty years old, the first thought people would have when they saw him would have been that he was... average looking.

Despite being slightly overweight, he looked good with his clothes on. Someone observant enough might perceive the outline of a few muscles, remnants of an ancient past where he was willing to work out and moderate his junk food intake. But his motivation has already run out.

His skin was pale and he had dark circles under his eyes. He played too many video games and worked daily on his computer. A little acne, not a lot, but enough to show that he was going off the rails.

A brown mane, never touched by scissors, and a two-week-old thick beard decorated all these flattering features. Fortunately, his face still had some potential.

Fine, sharp traits and smouldering eyes contrasted with his lack of delicacy. From time to time, a sad melancholic glint would replace it.

## Personality

### Former:

In a single line, a proud shut-in.

He was an introverted, lazy perfectionist, too scared of being rejected or failing anything he could undertake. He lived a life riddled with doubts. In addition, he didn't trust anyone, not even himself.

He should have been worried when Oracle came to visit Earth , but instead he felt almost too happy for his own good. He knew something was wrong with the Oracle devices, but could not bring himself to care enough to take action. After all, he had lived through global warming, a nuclear winter, and the loss of his parents when he was a baby.

## History

Orphaned since the age of three, his parents had died in the fake Third World War in 2084 like many others. He was raised by his uncle Kalen with his cousin Anya - his uncle's daughter - and his childhood had been a quiet river. Well, almost.

Within the Wilderths, if you were more successful than your cousins, aunts or uncles, that was fine, but you couldn't be less successful. The mockery born of comparisons would nip any form of happiness in the bud.

That's what happened to Jake. His uncle was benevolent and his cousin Anya protective. He grew up peacefully. Yet, whether it was because he was introverted or because the death of his first parents affected him, he had few friends. The excellent facilities at school made it easy for him to go to university, but never taught him to cram and work hard.

The sheltered life created an indecisive and procrastinating mindset. He had no idea what he wanted to do with his life, as increasing pressure from other family members made him increasingly uncomfortable. Like many lonely and asocial nerds before him, he found a way out of reality by reading, binge-watching and playing video games.

It wasn't so bad. As an intelligent and logical man, he chose to link his future career to his current pleasures. He then enrolled in a university specializing in programming and informatics.

Unfortunately, he soon got bored. The volume of learning was incomparable with the amount of work in high school. Even for him, it required some effort. The pleasure of playing video games and the pleasure of making them were as far apart as possible. The consequence of this was that he dropped out.

He tried a few curricula such as management or cybernetics, but the boredom was still strong. He came out with a degree in cybernetics and programming, with his uncle discreetly using his circle of acquaintances to save this sinking ship of a nephew.