[Somebody] Jack Mythomania

Appearance

As hover image. Jack is blonde, with orange cat-like eyes. Additionally, he has burn scars running up his back and onto the back of his head, where he doesn't have hair. He always wheres his hood up so you can't tell. When he transforms into an animal, the scars disappear.

This is true for any injuries he receives while transformed: They affect that form while he's in it, and his base (human) form, but won't affect future transformations.

Personality

Jack is a Coward: Jack is not confident in himself, and is constantly worried he'll mess up. He's seen people get hurt, people die. The thought that that might happen to him terrifies him. He's very indecisive thanks to his fears about making the wrong move.


Jack wants to be a Hero: Despite his fears, Jack dreams of one day being brave enough to rush into danger and save people. He has a Pure Heart, and feels terrible when others suffer. He rarely acts on these feelings, because of his crippling fear, but he hopes to someday overcome them.


Jack is a Compulsive Liar: Jack, to hide his fears, is in a constant state of lying; Jack acts like he's cool, confident, and in control no matter how much he's freaking out inside. When he sees someone in trouble, instead of panicking, he pretends it doesn't bother him. "Not my problem", he'd lie. He started out doing it rather than face the truth, but after years of lying to everyone, he doesn't know how to stop anymore.

History

Jack was born in the forest, and it was all he knew. His family was a small group of shapeshifters, who took care of the wildlife. Jack was raised helping squirrels hide away food for the winter, and helping goats negotiate with a troll to cross his bridge, and even helping a mama bear give birth to twins. By the time he was 12 he was trusted to go out on his own. He was friends with all the local animals, so there was no need to worry about him getting in trouble. His favorite animal form was that of a cat, which was small enough to slip through the underbrush without trouble, and agile enough to climb trees as necessary.


Then one day there was a forest fire. Jack ran as the trees around him burst into flame, branches falling all around him, all the animals running every direction around him. He watched as animals he'd known his whole life burned to death. He tried to run back home, but he was lost; nothing looked the same as before. The fire and smoke kept him disoriented, until finally he lost conciousness when a branch fell on him.


When he woke up, he was being tended to by a young woman. She thought he was an actual cat, and was promising to take care of him, and get him better. He was so tired, so scared, he just laid there and let her bandage his fur. After he was mostly recovered, he finally revealed he was a shapeshifter. He thanked her for saving him, and asked if she had seen any other shapeshifters during the fire. She hadn't. Rushing home, he found nothing but ashes, charcoal, and burnt bodies.


Broken emotionally, and still covered in burns himself, he returned to the girl who had helped him. She was from another world; she traveled to where Nature was hurt, and tried to help it. Jack didn't have any reason to stay there. He asked to travel with her, and she accepted.


He traveled with Abigail for years, helping her to protect nature. But he never recovered from the fire, not really. He was always scared, so scared he would be just as helpless as before. When Abigail asked him what was wrong, he'd lie. He didn't want her to worry. But he got used to lying, and so he started lying more. Abigail didn't mind; she never noticed the little lies (or at least the didn't think she noticed them) and the big ones were obvious lies, stories he told about adventurers and heroes and evil monsters. Anything he could think of to avoid telling her how he really felt.


Then one day when they were in a world full of magic and old dungeons and elves in green skirts Abigail asked Jack advise about a boy; she was dating someone from this world; a member of the local royal family. Jack was crushed inside, but once again his tongue lied for him, pretending he was fine. He wanted to be happy for her, but he couldn't make himself believe it, because he wished this other boy would be horrible and she'd leave him.


Then, as if his wish had been granted, she came back to him in tears, explaining he was a womanizer who had dozens of girlfriends; she had caught him and found out. He wasn't even sorry about it. Jack acted like a good friend, was a shoulder to cry on, and consoled her, but inside he was hating himself for wishing this pain on her. To make matters worse, she had somehow gotten bound to him with a string of fate: if one died, so did the other. So they had this stupid womanizer CHICKEN stuck with them.


And all the while Jack kept lying and pretending he was ok inside.

OOC Name: Fenrir

ROLE: CANON Pure Heart