Post by Solo on Jan 3, 2011 14:30:57 GMT -5
Age: 37-39
Gender: Male
Profession: Ranger
Appearance:
Gender: Male
Profession: Ranger
Appearance:
Height: 5'7, when slouchingPersonality:
Weight: 167 lbs (Looks lighter--hits harder)
Frame/Build: Slim/stocky/muscular
Hair: faded light brown when not dyed another color
Eyes: green
Skin: tan
Scars: Several scattered across his body, two in particular being the two parrallel brand marks across the palm of his left hand, thus earning him the name "Twobarrs".
Clothes: Any time he's not undercover, he wears the Ranger's basic uniform; any other time, and it's whatever fits the setting.
Pouch: Several pieces of paper, five rocks, a bundle of rawhide strips, bits and pieces of wire, string and thread, scraps of bark and chips of wood for carving, a flint and steel, one very detailed map of Araluan and other countries that he's adding to constantly, a silver nugget, a small lump of melted bronze, a gold medallion from Picta, small scraps of lether and cloth for patching his clothes with, a "shive" (a small, thin piece of metal that's been sharpened to a high degree), a set of lockpicking tools, three small stone vials of dye, a needle, and a piece of green ocean glass.
Weapons: The standard Ranger weapons along with a wide and various arrangement of other weapons, due to the nature of his job.
Animals: One 14 year old, 15.3hh, muscular black and white paint Ranger horse called any name under the sun as needed (The actual name is "Whatever"); one 11 year old, red-brown and black hound named "Hambone"; and one 7 year-old, gray, white and black rat terrior named "Gravey". Also, at any given time, may have an assortment of stray animals that he's "temporarily adopted".
He's a world-class actor, and he does it with such ease that It's hard to separate what's really him and what he's acting. This was one of the top reasons why he was picked to become the long-term undercover agent for the Rangers lengthy investigations. Other reasons were his easy-going, laid-back attitude, his patience, and his ability to ignore or soak up sarcasm and insults directed at him, without getting anger or vengeful and losing his temper. He is inquisitive but subtle, and is good at coming up with either simple, srtaight-forward and to-the-point or devious, complicated plans of action. He is also very careful, his main goal being to get out of a tight spot without losing his hide in the process.History:
He loves a good time and outwitting his opponents who think they have finally gotten the better of him. He is well-known for whistling when he is happy, content, or simply--and obviously--ignoring or dodging a question aimed at him. His favorite song is "Johnny On the Moor" a song about a Ranger who refused to give up the persuit of a felon and doggedly followed after the man even after being severly wounded. The story goes on that the Ranger finally catches up to the man and brings him to justice somewhere in the Fens, just before dying himself.
Jango tends to sing this song so often that he annoys the rest of the Rangers and they are usually glad to see him sent off on another undercover investigation.
Jango was born close to Hackham Heath.Additional Information:
*His parents belonged to a group of traveling jondolars, so Jango grew up traveling quite a bit and learning all sorts of useless and trivial stuff, like how to jugle, play mind games, do acrobatics, play chess, wrestle, shoe horses, play tricks of illusion and other magic, etc.
* At 12, they rode a raft down the rapids of a river--not a wise thing to do during a flood--and capsized. his parents drowned, along with his three month old baby sister and several others of the troop. The Traveling Troope decimated by that disaster, he and the two others who had survived went their separate ways.
* Jango tried poaching to stay alive and was caught by a pair of much more experienced poachers. To punish him and teach him to stay out of their way in the feuture, they branded his left hand on the inside of his palm before throwing him in the river. It didn't have a lasting effect, because Jango was caught two weeks later and was thus given the same treatment.
*After those two episodes, Jango gave up on that and headed for the nearest village. There he asked around for an apprenticeship. No one apparently wanted the strange boy who said he was thirteen, and he spent an entire week of fruitless pestering before the local Ranger put in an appearance. After the chat with the ranger, no one would even go near him, and Jango decided that the Ranger was his best bet for an apprenticeship. Upon finding the Ranger again, Jango told him that he'd shot down any chances of landing another apprenticeship so it looked like he got the honors.
*Figuring that since Jango was, if nothing else, persistent, the Ranger agreed and Jango found himself the apprentice of the one Ranger with a dragon's temper.
*After 4 and1/2 years of working his tail off to keep from getting skinned alive, Jango's mentor told him to handle whatever what happen without hollering for help and disapeared the very next day.
* After playing the fief's Ranger for almost four monthes, Jango's mentor reappeared for three hours and vanished again. Jango was beginning to get irritated with this odd behavior, but stuck it out another two months.
*At the end of that time, Jango went on patrol one day and ran across his mentor's body in a shallow grave. A careful examination of the body--which had suffered a violent death-- led to a discreet investigation into his mentor's disappearance, leading Jango to discover his mentor's involvement in an undercover investigation of smuggling.
*Jango finished the investigation, and then traveled to Araluan City to meet with the Ranger Commandent--something his mentor was supposed to do but was now unable to do, due to being dead.
*At the conclusion of this meeting, Jango was made a silver-leaf Ranger and given his first assignment: take care of his mentor's fief until someone else could be sent to take over. ALso at this meeting, Jango requested to be considered for the long-term undercover investigations position.
*Four months later, at the Gathering, Jango was given his new assignment and became the long-term undercover investigator for the Corps. he has been there ever since.