Jalkar Bowmani

„*We're just gonna have to do what I do best: improvise.*”
— Jalkar to Grim
**Jalkar** is a main character and a human mercenary who works with Grim, who is a reaper. He is best known for stealing the Etherean Dragon Stone/Egg. His life comes to an end after being shot by Abbigail.

## Biography

### Lore

Jalkar is tasked with stealing the dragon stone in exchange for a reward from the Voltaris. Afterwards, Grim, who has a debt to pay off, joins him to help him with his quest.

### Episode 2

Jalkar and Grim arrive at Etherea to steal the dragon stone. However, Grim brings incorrect schematics, so they are forced to sneak their way in without any guidance, and don't know which tower the Dragon stone is in. After finding the egg, Jalkar kills the guards, but triggers a redstone alarm wiht a pressure plate under the egg. Jalkar and Grim fend off several guards and the two successfully escape. Unfortunately, Grim bumps into Jalkar near a cliff and Jalkar drops the egg over the cliff. It teleports towards Underwood, so they embark north in pursuit.

### Episode 3

Jalkar and Grim are mentioned by a guard from Etherea. Mr. Finch did not give the egg to the Etherean guard so he can sell it for himself to earn money, therefore the egg was sent into deeper danger.

### Episode 4

Jalkar and Grim reclaim the dragon egg from Mr. Finch. He is confronted by Abbigail, who fights him. Jalkar holds back for amusement, then knocks her unconscious and leaves almost calmly with Grim.

### Episode 5

Jalkar and Grim arrive at Darlene's family's farm on the edge of Underwood. They attempt to steal her horses, but their plan is foiled by Abbigail and Darlene and they flee for their lives instead. Abbigail, Darlene and Sam follow them on horseback to the edge of Tabora Crags, where Abbigail is forced to dismount and continue on foot with Sam.

### Episode 6

Jalkar and Grim confront the Voltaris to sell the dragon egg. Zinaida, the leader, and Jalkar have a brief argument about the deal, with Jalkar refusing to hand over the egg until given his reward. The Voltaris then threaten to kill Jalkar and take the egg without offering a reward, although Lucidius Voltaris tells Zinaida that it could be unwise, and that Grim might be the Reaper, but Zinaida refuses to listen. Jalkar states that Lucidius was right. The Voltaris surround and attack Jalkar and Grim and are summarily defeated. Jalkar plans to sell Zinaida's Aggressium Song and has to go find a new buyer for the egg.

### Episode 7

Jalkar sees Grim staring at the egg when he detects an Enderman. After it attacks Grim and tries to pick up the egg, Jalkar attempts to attack it; but it teleports around it, making it hard for Jalkar to hit it. Still, it was a 2V1, and therefore its arm is sliced off by Grim, and Jalkar mentions that the job had already become too much trouble for its worth. Jalkar climbs up a cliff; but after Grim gets shot down the cliff by Abbigail, he abandons him, saying that he can't be slowed down anymore.

### Episode 8

When Senn and Igneous are on their way to Biggerton, Jalkar attacks them and attempts to steal Timber, their horse, but is thwarted by Igneous, who was a magnorite. and runs away. Later, Abbigail meets Senn and Igneous and asks where he went, before following his trail.

### Episode 9

Abbigail and Sam catch up to Jalkar, but Jalkar surprises them and attacks Abbigail as he was tired of being hunted down by her. After a brief duel, Jalkar wins, and as he was about to kill her, he is distracted by Sam, who bites his leg, pulls him off the cliff, and dies from the fall. Jalkar begins running with the dragon egg to escape, but Abbigail becomes furious and sad because of Sam's death and follows Jalkar, shooting him three times with her bow in the stomach. Jalkar has no last works nor pleads for his life, but merely glares at Abbigail, knowing that this is the end. Jalkar falls to the ground while Abbigail retrieves the dragon egg, leaving Jalkar's body on the ground.

## Personality

As the series opened, Jalkar appeared to be a loveable “villain” and a “friendly thief”, but as the series progressed, taking on the job of stealing the dragon egg put him in a downward spiral. He was always selfish, greedy, and had few morals, yet it got worse as the series progressed. Being relentlessly hunted down by Abbigail, the Voltaris going back on their deal, and an enderman who attacked him and Grim for the dragon egg made him all contributed to his downfall, saying that the job was already more trouble than it was worth. At first, he has an interesting dynamic and relationship with Grim and he spares Abbigail and Mr. Finch after fighting Abbigail. This changes when he leaves Grim in the Tabora Crags and decides to kill Abbigail because he is tired of being hunted by her. Jalkar is shown to only care about the task ahead, with little room for anything else. He was shown to chastise Grim often because Grim would often make mistakes. Jalkar was shown to care slightly for Grim, but ultimately placed himself ahead of his friend as he doesn’t bother to rescue him from the ravine. As the series progressed, his downward spiral would be seen in action: he leaves Grim in the Tabora Crags, attacks Igneous (Who was saved by his natural armor, being a Magnorite), and aims to kill Abbigail (who was saved by Sam, dragging Jalkar off a cliff, however, Sam died from the fall because of this). He is also cocky in combat, as seen when he plays around with Abbigail when they first fight and when he confidently tells the Voltaris that he outmatches them with Grim at his side. Despite this, Jalkar is equally a quick thinker who is able to navigate his way around most situations, and is able to carefully monitor various scenarios to determine whether or not he should continue acting in them.

## Abilities

Jalkar is a skilled mercenary and thief, being able to quickly outrun the Dragon Egg guards and fight off a large group of Voltaris, one of which had a song, alongside Grim, using nothing but a small knife. Even the director confirmed that Abbigail's story with him was sheer luck that he didn't murder her already by the time he had her final confrontation with her.

## Trivia

* Jalkar's full name, Jalkar Bowmani, is a possible pun on Jackar Bowmani, a munitions expert in the *Star Wars* universe.
* The Werewolf in Animation Life was practice for animating Jalkar.
* Jalkar's allegiance was to a mercenary faction known as the "Unyielding Legion".
* Originally, Jalkar was going to die by decapitation, but without gore the scene looked too comedic (described as a block that pops off of a body) so this was changed to him being shot with arrows.

## Gallery

Behind the scenes

In the series

Jalkar pierced by arrows from Abbigail