Jalen

No picture for her yet either, description below though.

"I don't think there could be anything he could want from us, we have nothing for him, we hardly have anything for ourselves." -Jalen to Luke, Herobrine's Reign.

"It's just, none of this makes sense. I just do whatever is told of me, I just follow people blindly. Why do I do that?" -Jalen to Apollo, Never The Same

Species: Human (Formerly), Netherkin

Factions: The Nether, Emerald Wanderers

Age: 16 (Book 1), 17 (Book 2), 18 (Book 3)

## Description

Appearance: Jalen has black hair and dark brown skin, and has red eyes, because of her relation to The Nether. She wears her hair pulled back into a long braid. She fights mostly with her sword, but is good with bows as well. She does not wear any armor, and does not wear a mask either. Instead, she wears a dark shirt with a black skirt, and has knee-length boots with red laces, like Ciara's. When she returned to The Nether, she grew fangs and horns, and became a netherkin.

Strong and trustworthy, Jalen is a good friend and ally when it comes to a battle. She protects her loved ones no matter what, but when she cannot make a decision on what to do, she does her best to make that split-second decision of fight-or-flight. She often has to make these choices when it comes to her family and friends, and is always able to make sure everyone makes it out alive.

## Story

She was born 14 years ago in The Nether, but does not remember her blood family whatsoever. She ran away from The Nether to protect herself from Glutton and other rulers of The Nether, the only person she can remember is Naeus, but she doesn't know why. She has been friends with Ari since she left The Nether, even if she is an undead human now. She cannot remember leaving her side since she escaped, and protects her at all times. Her other friends are Luna and Zoe, and she was very disappointed and angry when they left to defeat The Horde alone, and tried to go with them to The Nether, but they said she needed to stay with Ari, who would be alone if she came with them. So Jalen stayed with Ari, knowing the girls were right, and also knowing Ari is not a big fan of The Nether, so she stayed with her, besides, she knew she couldn't leave her anyway, they were honestly close enough to be sisters, Jalen just keeps it a secret from most people. Jalen never heard the news that Luna had died, so she always wondered what happened to her old friends.

She eventually leaves Ari because she is fed up of wondering who her parents are, and decides to join The Horde in hopes of finding out. When she joins The Horde, she sees Naeus and remembers him standing with of her when she was a kid, helping her escape The Nether. When he sees her, he recognizes her and runs to her, asking why she returned, she told him why she had come back and he told her he knew Jalen's Parents very well. Her father, Mark had died before she was born, and that he had battled alongside The Horde his whole life, even though he was a human. The reason he had come to The Nether was because his wife, Anne was turned into a sane netherkin, and they lived together in The Nether for a very long time. Until Glutton came, Mark had lived peacefully with Anne. but Glutton was not used to humans living in The Nether, and did not approve of Mark, so he got rid of him.

Anne, who had had Jalen a few years after, was angry she had not ever met her father, and tried to kill Glutton, and told Naeus to help her daughter escape, so he did what he was told while she took on Glutton, hoping she would be okay. When he figured out her mother had died, he hid her axe and Mark's spears in a chest and when Jalen returned, he gave her them as the last memory of her mother, and Jalen used her axe in battle from then on, instead of her sword.

Later, while Jalen was training with Naeus, he sensed there was something wrong, and she confessed that she was worried about her friends back in The Overworld. When she hears the news that Luna had died, she ran off, and headed for a cliff, and sat on the edge, staring down at the lava pool below her, saying it should have been her.

When Naeus visited her, he said that he needed her help, and she grabbed her axe and followed him, where she met up with Kralos and the wither skeletons, and she battled many pigmen in The Nether Civil War. She took down many pigmen before being surrounded by them. One of them stepped forward, and she challenged him as her vision slowly started to blur, and go back, *blurry, back, blurry, back, blurry, back...*

After Kralos noticed her, he started to run toward her, trying to save her. Right before he reached her, she was stabbed by the pigmen, and they left to take down the withers, leaving Jalen lying there, blood soaking through her clothes as it slowly spread. Kralos stood close by, defending Jalen while the war slowly ended, as they looked up and saw Naeus wearing The False Pig King's crown.

Naeus revived her, and when she woke up, the two had a short conversation about what had happened, and then he left, and she tried to get used to walking again, since the pain hadn't stopped yet. She walked around and around and around her room, and after that, she decided that she was going for a ride, and went to the stables to find her horse, Apollo.

The two headed miles away from The Nether Fort, and sat down by a lava pool, while Jalen talked, she began to feel better than she had in a very long time, and when she headed back, she ran into a kind pigman named Phillip, who said he would help her find clues about her past.

When the two friends headed to Glacierford, they went into Jalen's Parents old house, thinking it was their best bet on finding clues about her past, and instead of finding clues, she found her father, the one thing that gave her the one thing she wanted, her family back.

Later in Book 3, Jalen got a message from Natalie that Ari and Zoe were in trouble. She left her dad to speak with Naeus while she was gone, and convinced Phillip to come with her.

When they got there, Natalie asked what they were going to do to get Ari and Zoe out of there, and Jalen asked Natalie if she could take Ari on by herself, and Natalie said she could hold her off long enough for them to get to Zoe and free her. When Natalie confronted Herobrine, he told her she was weak, and that she tried so hard to hide herself, who she was deep down, who she wished she wasn't. Jalen saw a single tear roll down Natalie's cheek, but she lifted her sword and battled Ari, who was being corrupted by Herobrine.

When she snuck downstairs, she saw Charlie, and told Phillip to go help Natalie, saying she couldn't take on Ari by herself. Phillip hesitated, but nodded and left to help Natalie. Charlie told her that she had to fight to get Zoe and Ari back, and he summoned an Arcane Blade, telling her to show him that she wasn't afraid to fight.

After a few minutes, Jalen had him pinned to the ground, axe aiming at his throat. He asked if she was going to kill him, but she said she wasn't going to, and that nobody else would. He asked her why, and asked if she was afraid. She said she wasn't, so he asked again. She denied again, but lifted her axe, he told her that if she wasn't afraid, that she would have to show him. She refused, and he used his pyromancy spell, and lit his fists on fire. He told her to tell him, and beat it out of her. He beat her up until she was burnt, bruised, and bloody, and unable to stand up, and she confessed her fears to him.

After a few moments of him talking to her, he stood up and walked toward Zoe, who by then was already awake, and struggling to get out of the chains attached to her arms and legs. Jalen told Charlie to let Zoe go, and held up her axe, she had had enough of this. Charlie asked if she was finally ready to fight, and when Jalen started walking towards him, holding her axe, he took that as a yes, and shot Arcane Bullets at her to slow her down. She blocked them with her axe, but while she was stuck, Charlie had summoned an Arcane Blade, and the two fought, while Zoe was struggling to free herself.

They all made it out of the situation alive, even Ari. They took Zoe and Ari back to The Dreadfort and left for the Nether, saying their goodbyes.

Jalen appears in Book 4 during the Battle of the Far Plains, and was forced to fight Ari after taking down many soldiers. She was trying to fight Ari's request, which was that she joined The Frostbourne. Ari wouldn't stop trying to get this to happen, so Jalen pinned her to the ground with a couple of swords she stole from fallen soldiers, and ran off out of fear and anger.

When Zoe was captured, Jalen went to visit her. Zoe was angry at first, saying that Jalen could have gotten her and Ari out, but as Jalen explains that it was for their own safety, so that the assassins wouldn't come for them again, Zoe's anger turns into sadness. The two stood there and Zoe says: “We promised. We promised on the day we met that we would never let each other get hurt. We promised each other, and we broke it.”

This saddens Jalen, and she replies, saying that they had, but they could forgive each other if they tried, and the two rested there for a moment. Jalen left a few minutes before Ari woke up, not wanting to discuss anything with her at that moment. She does not come back, likely knowing what was going to happen if she did.

## Fun Facts

* Jalen is the same age as Ari, and doesn't like putting her friends in danger, and if she does, she does what she can to get them out of trouble.
	+ She also doesn't like it when her friends argue, so she tries to keep peace with them at all times.
* She is most of the time acting tough and strong, and tries to hide her sensitive side, so no one can see her fears.