<div style="text-align: left;">(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v347/Nagisawa/RPG%20character%20shots/jackman-1.jpg)<br/></div><br/><strong>Name </strong>: Sir Jack The Giant-Killer, (Jack Tailor)<br/><br/><strong>Age </strong>: 24<br/><br/><strong>Gender </strong>: Male<br/><br/><strong>Race</strong>: Human<br/><br/><strong>Fairytale </strong>:  The Brave Little Tailor (Then Jack and Beanstalk, then Jack The Giant-Killer.)<br/><br/><strong>Occupation </strong>: Orignally a Tailor, but became a warrior, a knight before being a simple wandering mercenary.<br/><br/><strong>Appearance </strong>:  Jack isn't as tall as one would expect, given all the tales of his exploits.  At 5' 8" he isn't as tall as he should be, however, his figure is rock solid and very well defined by years of wandering and battle.  Dark of hair and eye, he'd be a handsome fellow with an average look, if it weren't for the scar over his left eye.  Nothing too horrific, but it does show a hint of his violent life.<br/><br/><strong>Special Talents/Magical Powers</strong>: An expert tailor and excellent swordsman, no innate magic talent, but very clever and sharp.  Has a magic two handed sword, "Dragon Slayer", which is very effective against larger than man sized creatures, but is as a normal sword against men and things smaller.<br/><br/><strong>History </strong>:  Sometimes, life doesn't go the way you plan it.  For some people this is an expression, for Jack Tailor, he's pretty sure someone tattooed it on his butt when he wasn't looking.<br/><br/>He was a simple shoe and dress maker in the beginning.  A simple man, a boy really, with what he believed to be a simple destiny, a simple life.  But like all things, the smallest of them can grow to be enormous.  In his case it started with the simple slaying of seven flies in one fell swoop.  Unfortunately for him, his timing was poor.  His exclamation was overheard by the King's Guard, who took him in front of the King and he ask if it was true.  Jack acknowledged this, but wasn't sure what the fuss was about.  After all, they were only insects.  Then it was explained to him that a giant had been rampaging through the country side.  But before he could do anything to correct what had to be the Kingdom's greatest misinterpretation, he was armed, armoured and thrown to the giant's mercy.<br/><br/>What happened next was the stuff of legends.  His legend.<br/><br/>First, he tracked down and tricked the enormous man, followed him to his home in the clouds, after being sold some magic beans by an old man seeking revenge on this very giant for the theft of his wealth and privelige.  That first deed done, he was sent to deal with a pair of Giant brothers who collected young women from the countryside and fed on them.  An unknown talent with a sword was revealed during that titanic battle.  Beaten, bruised but not broken, he returned the victor, and this time the King offered his daughter to Jack as wife, to which he accepted, including the accolades.<br/><br/>However, all good things must come to an end, and it was revealed that he never did kill seven men in one blow, his wife had overheard him in his sleep.  And because his entire foundation was built upon a lie, he was tossed out of the kingdom, branded a liar and traitor.  No one bothered to realize that while in the beginning he had been a simple tailor, a worker of cloth, he had become one of the nation's best warriors, able to meet any challenge and best it, by sheer willpower and new found skill and experience.  And all because of a misunderstanding at the age of 16: 'Seven with ONE blow!'<br/><br/><strong>Personality </strong>: Heart of gold, acts all tough and mean, but at the end of the day he'll help because it's the right thing to do.  Even if he grumbles the entire time for it.  Sadly, Jack is a hero.  A man of honour and justice, although he's under the impression he gets little of it himself.  His early life was normal, with a mother, younger brother and father, all of which are craftsmen and are still alive.  As a child he grew up hearing tales of heroism and of knights, of champions and of damsels in distress.<br/><br/>All things he never outgrew, but never really believing he'd ever be a part of.  Instead his mouth manages to get him into their ranks, and he still has his title of Knight despite his exile, but he found to his dismay that the Nobility were no better than the peasents they lorded over.  This was a huge blow to his dreams, and to be truthful his protests before being sent out on his first 'Quest' were minimal, as deep down he wanted to show these fools that he was a better hero than they were.<br/><br/>He was, and he paid for it.  Every heroic deed he did, did not inspire as he had hoped, instead got HIM sent out to do their dirty work.  By the end of it, he was almost glad to be exiled as his disgust with his own kingdom was almost overwhelming.  His wife didn't help much either being a bright but scheming girl determined to make her and her own 'better' in the court standing, despite having it all as the Royal Princess.<br/><br/>In the end, Jack is somewhat of bitter cynic, often at conflict with his hopes and wishes, but if he doesn't do the 'right thing', who will?