Jester (James Samuel Ester)

## Jester

Jester as he appears

**Jester** also known as **"James Samuel Ester"** is a Variant Human who used to be apart of Olde's Travelling Circus, he left after an event that took place with his fellow companion Oddball (Sarah Veranda) which resulted in her disappearance. He dedicated his time to find his lost friend.

## **Description**

### **Appearance**

Jester has an iconic appearance, he can always be seen wearing a red dress suit with light blue gloves and buttoned shirt, he also wears a red top hat with a blue trim and a pale white porcelain mask. Not many have seen Jester's facial appearance.

## **History**

### **Origin**

James Samuel Ester, born to Harry Adam Ester and Amanda Jane Ester on the year 2068 they are poor family living outside of the city near a lake barely getting by on a basic farm and Jester was forced to work hard instead, having his childhood robbed from him. The young James experienced his Variant powers awakening around the age of 12 after he threw a skipping rock along a nearby lake, one of the stones transformed into a paper airplane once released from his hand. His family took notice of his unique abilities and abused them to accumulate wealth by turning objects into gold. On one request from his parents, James used his powers to create a large house which exerted him to the extent that it caused his parents to be killed in the process.

### **Olde's Travelling Circus**

James leaves to travel with a circus at the age of 14 after a older gentleman by the name of "Olde" finds him on the road side alone and lost, during his time there he meets a young girl named Sarah or better known as "Oddball" as her circus name. The two grow very close because of their similar pasts. James performs an act where he adorns a red and blue suit and wears a pale white smiling mask, using his variant abilities as tricks for entertainment. Olde becomes a father figure to James, showing him how families are meant to be. The young boy "James" is gone, left to be in the past with all of his struggles, hopefully to be forgotten and now "Jester" has taken his place a new, cheerful and optimistic person.

After one of their shows, Jester decides to throw a surprise 20th birthday for Oddball, however two carnival people known as Marilyn and Alinoff teased Oddball relentlessly on a sensitive subject which made her snap, she aggressively lashed out on the individuals and everything around her with her Pyrotechnics. Jester evacuated the people in the vicinity from her rage while Olde the Ringmaster tries to calm Oddball, she soon ran away. Jester tells his carnival friends that he will try to find Oddball and make sure that something like this would never happen again. His journey takes him to Salventis City.

### **Book 1:**

After leaving the circus he makes it his mission to find Oddball and by extension he wishes to help any others like himself who have extraordinary powers or abilities. He planned to create a team of these individuals with the intent on rescuing Oddball. He first met up with Lynx who is apart of the CAT-I Agency with her help they were able to find a person known as Cipher (Alexander Charkov) who at the time was still in a coma due to the explosion at Valktech Industries. After his recovery they team up together to form a group.

## **Relationships**

#### **Oddball (Sarah Veranda)**

Jester had a very close relationship with Oddball as the two of them shared similar stories of past childhood trauma. The two of them became entertainers for Olde's Travelling Circus which usually brought in unique individuals and outcasts into their family.

#### **Cipher (Alexander Charkov)**

Cipher (Alexander Charkov) and Jester have a martial dynamic, though they support each other they do have moments of bickering and playfulness when they talk. The two together have accomplished a lot with Cipher's brains and Jester's Magic combined.

#### **Elijah Nox**

Elijah Nox and Jester have a relationship akin to that of a teacher and student, ever since Elijah Nox joined the Suits of Freedom Jester has been there to help teach him how to develop and control his abilities. The two have formed a strong bond.

## **Powers and Abilities**

### **Powers**

Jester's powers relate to transmutation an ability usually used by magic users, it allows the user to transform an object into something else and can be slightly larger or slightly smaller than the original.

* **Transmutation**: Jester has the ability to transform objects into another object of his choosing, he can even can copy the molecular make-up of the desired object and it's properties.

### **Abilities**

* **Entertainer:** Jester has a background in entertaining crowds of people, performing magic tricks with his trusty cards.

### **Weaknesses**

* **Limited Powers:** Jester can only transform a few objects per day before it starts to strain his body physically, the size and scale of objects also plays a big factor in how much he can handle as well.
* **Touch:** Jester much be touching an object in order to transform it.
* **Biologicals:** Jester can only transform something if it is a non-biological or inanimate object.
* **Fragile Mind:** Jester has many internal struggles which affect his behaviour and day to day life, sometimes not being able to tell what is reality or not, this can especially worsen with the use of his power.

## **Paraphernalia**

### **Equipment**

* **Ace of Diamonds:** A card that has become iconic to Jester's appearance.
* **Jester's Cane:** Jester carries a walking cane with a golden ball top, he uses this as a weapon when fighting in close quarters.

## **Appearances and Mentions**

* **Main Line Books:**
	+ Book 1: (main character)
* **Supplementary Media:**
	+ Oddball and Jester (main character)

## **Quotations**

* "Brrr, you look cold, come on lets get you warm again." (first appearance dialogue of Book 1: Pg6 talking to a stray cat)

## **Trivia**

* His MBTI is ENFP “The Campaigner”
* Jester has given deeper meanings to his playing cards, each of them represent an idea or a person in his life and would often speak to the cards as if they are the person themselves or a representation of the idea behind the card.
* He has been known to have MPD, as he has internally constructed different personalities which represent aspects of his person.
* Jester’s favourite food is sandwiches with unusual fillings such as Peanut Butter and Sardine Sandwiches.
* He has offered shelter to an unnamed stray cat which comes by to visit, looking for food every now and then.