Tempton, Jackson

[Jackson Tempton]

JACKSON ARNOLD TEMPTON
male ☪ twenty one ☪ human ☪ teacher/killer


"Forget it, Checkmate ends the game"

- description ;

With a long, lean figure and sharp looks, Jackson isn't easy to walk by without noticing. Standing at 6'1" with broad shoulders and toned muscles, Jax is strong without being bulky or uncoordinated. His hair is ragged and layered, floating in haphazard fashions down to his neck and over his forehead. It is white-gold in color and tones well with his fair skin. Jax has a strong chin and delicate, yet sharp features that make him both attractive yet dangerous looking. His eyes are a mix of light green and yellow, contrasting starkly to the lightness of his features. Jax can convey a surprising amount through his eyes, which are usually alight with an air of promised mischief and fun.

Jax is usually wearing loose overthrow jackets of some description with T-shirts and jeans. On most occasions his jeans are adorned with two chains on the left side. He has a fondness for buckles and leather as well. Jax is usually seen wearing either a corded leather necklace with an eagle feather, or a string necklace with an ancient key attached, though he divulges the meaning of these to no one. In total Jax is sharply attractive and often has at least a few of his students mooning over him in class. 

- personality ;

Jackson isn't just a pretty face, he also has a sharp mind. Teaching English Literature and History, he has a love of past events and legends of all kinds. He has a sharp and calculating mind, often putting this to use with his chess hobby. As a result of this, he is also the supervising teacher for the school Chess Club. He is one of the few males allowed to teach at the Saint Mary's Prepatory School in the Upper District because of his recognized academic qualities and professional nature. Being smart and orderly doesn't make him uptight or dull though, Jax has a light and care-free spirit, often forming strong bonds with his students and being remembered as one of the better teachers. He believes in living life to the fullest and carries through that idea every day, impressing it onto his students as well. He loves to have fun and relax, his idea of the perfect evening usually being curled up in bed socks and sweats, reading a good book. 

You'd never guess it from his happy-go-lucky personality, but Jax is a blood-thirsty killer. He carries out his killings with the same orderly cheerfulness that he does everything else. He is an Assassin for hire and therefore will go out on a job whenever it is necessary to whoever he is being paid to slay. Jax has a perfect poker face which rarely betrays any emotions that he does not wish to be shown. He has kept up the innocent teacher facade for years now without being caught, after starting he trade at sixteen. He can be cold and emotionless at times, finding it easier to distance himself from his crimes than acknowledge them head on. Jax is constantly afraid of losing his humanity due to all of the blood on his hands, yet after all his years of doing the job he had grown to be quite attached and reliant on it and doesn't consider stopping or being caught any time soon. He takes his crimes and the detectives pursuit of the blood trail he leaves behind with the same cold sharpness that he plays and wins chess. He loves to play and he never loses. Jax quite enjoys playing mind games with the law enforcement after him and quite believes he has strung up a sort of 'relationship' with them. As a murdered he is known as Puzzle for his elusiveness and the twisted puzzles he often leaves behind for his 'friends' to find.


LIKES blood, books, Shakespeare, socks, fire, death, puzzles, chess, secrets, laughter, smokes, legends, dragons, ice-cream, sweet fruits.

DISLIKES law enforcement, drugs, grave robbers, alcohol, ties, uncomfortable chairs, small spaces, fish, vegetables, easy puzzles, liars, people afraid to be who they are, bullies, guns.

FEARS donkeys, falling, insanity, losing himself, letting his students down.

DESIRES to publish a book, to find someone that he doesn't want to kill and make them fall in love with him, to read every book in the world, find love, scare some people, let all of his students graduate.

GOALS to create the perfect murder scene, to solve an unsolvable puzzle, to kill at least 500 people before getting caught, to find true love, to have a son.

- history ;

Jackson had a relatively normal childhood, born to an normal standard family in the middle of town, he was an only child at that time. He grew up with both parents working full-time jobs on most days, though he never had a great deal of physical or social contact from anyone except his Nurse Maid, Jackson grew up wanting for nothing. Though not rich, his parents were well off from their laboring shifts to provide for their son. They carried through this all throughout his younger years, and at age six he was sent to the Private school with all of the rich students. School toughened him up plenty, after he had spent the greatest portion of his life away from society, especially the upper-class type.

By age seven he not only was the top of his grade in academics, but was the top-dog in terms of popularity as well. With his easy smile and daring sense of humor, Jackson drew his students towards him, while his polite manner and good grades put him friendly with the teachers as well. He was always extremely delicate when handling all of his relationships, seeing worth in every person he befriended and using that relationship to its utmost, whether it be snagging them to give him a lift home, or bribing them into stealing something for him.

By age twelve however, he had gone from getting people to steal for him, to stealing himself. Jax proved quite adept at the art, as well as being quite skilled in weapons-play, which his father was paying for him to learn. He mainly stole to pawn off the money to a fencer or members of one of the five families, though he was very rarely hired exclusively. He also had a new sister Annabelle, whom he doted upon along with his parents, which was the main reason behind his thieving. When she fell pregnant, Jax's mother quit her work, and their father had already been taking leave after an accident at his own job. This left the family without its usual steady income and the amount of finery and expenses dwindled. Not only did Jax want to continue going to his own school, but he also desired for Annabelle to do the same when she grew up, and to enjoy the same lavished life he had, so he began stealing. Little trinkets at first, just to sell, but as he grew more daring and his reputation increased, he found quite a profit in the work.

It was harder than he had first counted on to continue a regular life at home and keep steady perfect grades at school, but Jackson was a recognized wiz kid and continued to fly through his tests, dropping his overall mark by no more than 2% after he began his night life. He was a natural genius and often enjoyed playing games of chess to win money against pompous rich people who thought they could best a kid. At eighteen, Jackson graduated at the top of his class with perfect marks in everything save history.

On one particular job Jackson grew careless and slipped up, being seen by an occupant of the house. On instinct he lashed out with his safety knife, and killed the witness, no more than a small girl. While initially shocked at the layer of red coating his hands, once he grew accustomed to the sight, Jax found he quite enjoyed it. Like wearing a pair of gloves. Methodically he traveled through the rest of the house and killed every person inside, five people in total on that night. With their blood, he drew a puzzle box on the wall, and underneath wrote 'Check mate wins the game'. That was his first kill, and while he was afraid at first of being caught, soon life settled back to normal and he grew more confident.

After a few years, Jax returned to the rich district as a teacher for the Magical Princess Schooll, having been recommended by the teachers from his previous school. He found the job to be a perfect cover for his work, and of course took it. After the initial massacre, he turned from simple thievery to assassination jobs and plain slaughter if he felt the urge, though sometimes he would take thief jobs as well. In total he has killed ten people, three of which being children under the age of ten, one an infant. As his trademark, he will draw some form of puzzle or code on the wall in the dead's blood for the detectives and police after him, though he has no intention of being caught. He is just playing a little game.

- other ;

Jax has a Reticulator Python by the name of Isis that he keeps loose in his house.

- play-by ;

[b]AMNESIA[/b] - [i]tomo[/i]