Jakeson Woods

Aasimar / Bard

Submitted character story

Jake has six wings and they all hurt. That's the first thing he'd want you to know about him. Six angel wings is very cool in theory. In practice it's chronic back pain and a lot of trouble fitting into doorways.

He's an aasimar protector built off Greek mythology. Think laurel crowns and lyres and Apollo but make him a sweetheart twink who rules a small kingdom between adventures. He's 5'7 and kind of slim but there's real muscle under there, mostly in his back because of the wings. Pale cool toned skin. Unnaturally blue eyes that glow when he's fighting but usually just look warm and inviting. Black choppy hair with random braids and gold beading threaded through, though fun fact it grows in blonde and he prestidigitates it dark every morning. Snake bite piercings in gold, ear piercings, a nose stud on the right. A scar across the top of his left hand and another down his left cheek. A pride flag tattoo on his forearm that looks like it was carved into the skin with chains and dog tags wrapped around his bicep. His back and right arm are covered in a space tattoo, planets and moons and stars.

His whole aesthetic is deep blue velvet and baroque gold. Cropped turtleneck, harem pants, a black cloak that glitters when he moves, lunar detailing everywhere because of his sorcerer subclass. He carries two instruments, the Lute of Apollo on his back which doubles as a sun magic focus, and a Cli Lyre at his hip which he reaches for more often. A grimoire with a blue moon on the cover hangs from his belt. And his hellhound husky Bastet follows him everywhere, big fluffy thing with heterochromia and fire where her breath should be.

He's romantic. Family oriented. Charming in a way that reads flirty even when he's not trying. He'd flirt with a shopkeeper to get a discount and then turn around and flirt with a tavern bard just because it's Tuesday. But underneath all of that he's haunted, which is the word I actually use for him. Jake lost his family. His daughter and his partner were both pulled away from him and the partner doesn't remember him anymore. Everything he does at the table, every hero moment, every smile, every little flirtation, sits on top of that. He's trying to get them back. He's saving as many people as he can along the way because he thinks maybe if he saves enough of them the universe will finally give him his family back.

He probably won't get them back. We both know that, me and the DM. Jake doesn't. That's why he's still going.