Jarex Ermos

Jarex Ermos, more widely known as Fury, is an ancient being created by the Darkness.

Appearance
As a changeling, Jarex can change his appearance at will. He most often stays close to his birthform, making slight adjustments to bring his beauty to its full potential. A lean man of medium to tall height. He sports a dark brown mullet and the signature golden eyes of the Dadrian line. Which, to his dismay, he's unable to change no matter what form he takes. Jarex is a figurative peacock, and enjoys obnoxious clothing items. Gold and jewels a plenty. He also wears silk gloves to limit direct contact with anyone else's skin. Until it got stolen, Jarex carried his daughter's soul in a necklace around his neck.

Personality
Jarex is a narcissist. He enjoys compliments, attention, and things going his way. He likes causing a stir, either by saying something immensely inappropriate or pushing people out of their comfort zones. With a facade of nonchalance and dramatics. He seems to see life itself, or his own to be more specific, as a rather trivial thing. Ones actions don't matter as much when you can't die. Despite having little to no respect for his own life, he values the lives of those closest to him immensely. Especially the life of his daughter, Reign. He likes taking his existence lifetime at a time, putting all of his energy into making sure that his family can live fulfilling lives. Often fixating on one person for said lifetime. Jarex has a sweet spot for children, especially after losing the chance to see his own daughter grow up.

Past Lifetimes
Not much is know about Jarex's past lifetimes, except for snippets he shares when they come to mind. Jarex claims to only vaguely remember the last 10 of his past lifetimes, but can gain knowledge from earlier lifetimes under the right circumstances. Such as when he seemingly understood the laws of the Feywild without remembering ever being there.

Known information on his past lifetimes:


 * Jarex did, at one point, die by being blown up. He explains the sensation of blowing up as quite undesirable.
 * Cruelty claims that his favourite of all of Fury's past forms was when he was a halfling bodybuilder. Exactly how long ago this was is uncertain.
 * Jarex has mastered a vast array of skills over his many lifetimes. He claims to be a good writer, artist - although Cruelty was apparently always better at painting - and pianist.
 * In his last lifetime he went to anger management for the first time. He says that the classes helped him deal with the constant anger that follows him, courtesy of his name. Although he claims that the look on the therapist's face when he found out he was the reasons for anger management in the first place was rather hilarious. He later tortured the man to death, which ironically calmed him down quite a bit.
 * He was a purple tiefling in his past lifetime.
 * Both Fury's and Cruelty's skulls are displayed in Grandpa Sam's hideout. So it can be assumed that they were killed by him at some point in ancient times.
 * Fury has at some point served under most of the Gods and some of the sins. As his name might suggest, he has a rather vast history with the sin of Wrath. Although he looks at that part of him as being in the past. Fury currently prays to none of the gods, claiming that they're all "dickheads".
 * Fury took part in the slaughtering of the Norse Gods, at a time when the Darkborn were as strong as gods. Fury killed Thor in said battle.
 * Fury claims that Doom ows him a coffee. He doesn’t remember the exact details of the situation where this deal was made, but he is certain that Doom does, in fact, owe him a coffee.
 * Fury was an elf 7 lifetimes ago. He says that the knowledge on how to meditate still lingers in the back of his mind, although he’s incapable of it currently as he’s a human in this lifetime.
 * Jarex was a lawyer in a previous lifetime and claimed to still have the legal rights to represent Wings in a court of law

The War with the Krees
Three lifetimes ago, Fury and Cruelty found themselves at different sides of the war between Florida and the Krees. At the time, Fury was a royal air genasi of the Auran line. His first name has been lost to time. Cruelty on the other hand, was a high ranking Kree. As so often in the past, the two of them had a rather petty scuffle. Although, this time, the scuffle turned into something larger. Much, much larger. All out war blossomed from their argument, the nature of which is unknown. Families and friends were slaughtered on both sides. And in the end, there was no turning back. The wounds were too deep. The war gone too far. Both sides had lost a large portion of their population, the Krees on the brink of extinction. In a last ditch effort to stop the war, Cruelty reached out to Fury in the hopes of finding peace. Fury accepted his offer to discuss the state of the war, under the guise of ending it all together. The two shared one last night together, Cruelty believing that his soulmate's intentions were pure. But when the Kreean one of them woke up, he had a knife lodged in his chest. Fury's eyes showed no emotion but burning hatred. And as he succumbed to death, the only words that left his lover's lips were laced with poison. Shortly after, the Krees fell into Florida's violent hands. Almost the entire population being wiped out over a petty argument. Cruelty and Fury did not see each other for two lifetimes after that, a situation neither of them had ever been in.

Childhood
Jarex was raised by his grandmother on a farm just outside Falkcreak. He had a quiet childhood, undisturbed by the painful memories of his past lifetimes, unaware of what he really was. On Jarex's 12th birthday, as he was brushing his teeth, he looked up at an unfamiliar face in the mirror. Shocked and confused, he ran to his grandmother crying. His grandmother looked at him, her gaze void of love. Not a hint of recognition on her face. And when his form changed again, she fell down onto the floor, the shock clearly too great for her heart to handle.

Joining the Black Guards
After his grandmother's death, with nowhere else to turn, Jarex joined the Black Guards. There he received the expert training of a soldier. At some point during his training he formed a playful rivalry with an air genasi, Britney Aurora. Both of them showed great promise and martial skills, and were said to be destined to quickly climb the ranks of the army. Over time, their rivalry turned into flirtatious banter, although neither of them were willing to submit to the budding romance between them. Admitting their feelings would be losing to the other one. Their unspoken feelings grew over many years of training together. Fighting together. Both of them climbing the ranks as they went on. Always seeming to be equally as skilled. Neither of them being able to best the other.

Then one night, after a mission that put both of their lives on the lines, they succumbed to their attraction to each other. Engaging in a passionate, and rather desperate, night together. This one night of lust lead to Britney's pregnancy. The two of them put their differences aside and worked together, rather than against each other, for the first time. They spent the next nine months as a couple. Rather than being laced by hatred, their snarky remarks to each other were full of affection.

Nine months later their beautiful daughter, Reign Ermos, was born. Nothing seemed wrong with her at first. But as the months flew by, she started showing signs of sorcery. Jarex payed no mind to his daughter's capabilities, although they confused him, but Britney was appalled. Sorcery was highly treacherous. And instead of accepting their daughter for who she is, Britney turned her in to the higher ups. This act broke Jarex's heart. The woman he'd trusted all this time had done the one thing he swore he'd never do. Hurt their family. For the first time this lifetime, Jarex's true nature came to the surface. And for a little while, he was Jarex no more. He was Fury. Swearing to get revenge on his daughter's mother and the entirety of the Black Guards by any means possible. All he had left of his daughter was her soul in the form of a necklace.

A Desperate Act
After a year of planning and heavy drinking, 21-year-old Jarex decided to join the Black Guards once more. He created a new identity and face for himself, Nathaniel Norel, and sailed through all the prerequisites. Although he was highly skilled as a soldier, he made sure not to show most of his capabilities as to not draw attention to himself. He spent four years slowly climbing the ranks, gaining intel on his daughter's whereabouts as he went.

Receiving the Letter
As the Autumn Solstice Masquerade Ball in Lautus grew near, he felt a unnatural pull to attend it. He left his post for a few days, taking a leave from service for the duration of the ball. As he passed through the forest in front of the city gates, he quickly shifted his form into a high elven one, as to blend in. But as he was passing through the crowd in the forest, he caught Ash's attention who instead of giving him a hostile look, looked at him in confusion. But as he walked past the capable people, not knowing how important they'd be to him a few days later, he noticed a strange door in one of the trees. As he entered, dread poured over him. The air felt poisonous in his lungs. Every atom in his body begging him to leave. But he ascended up the stairs to Uncle Ben's office. The blue robed man seemed terrified as soon as he entered. Demanding to know what he was doing there, seconds away from attacking. Jarex's feeling of dread only grew stronger as he stood there in the office. But the confusion over why exactly this mysterious man knew who he was was stronger than the feeling of not belonging. They had a short conversation, and as they talked Ben seemed to calm down. Surprised by the non hostile nature of Jarex's actions. After a short while, Jarex took his leave. Excited to have some time off and enjoy all the city had to offer. Pickpocketing as he flowed through the crowd. The question of how the hell he'll even get to the ball in the first place puzzling his mind. He proceeded to attempt to steal the ticket off of a rather unassuming man. But as Sean Rénard caught Jarex with his ticket to the ball in his thieving hands he decided to give him the ticket, instead of punishing him as Jarex was expecting. The man's seemingly random act kindness left Jarex confused.

As he passed through the city he started hearing whispers of a cult residing in its midsts. And after he convinced some young elves to lead him to the Cult of Fornication, he found himself in front of Sexus' pool. Disgusted by the use of sorcerer blood for bathing, he begun to insult his so called siblings, Fornication and Treachery. Both of which were surprised to see him. They proceeded to engage in friendly, in darkborn terms, conversation. Jarex throwing insult after insult at their means of extracting information. Torture, as he saw it. The act was beneath him now, much to Sexus' surprise. Fury was supposedly one of the worst of them, torture wise. Jarex demanded to be allowed to carry the prisoner, Toyota Yaris, they were trying to extract information from back to safety. The two of them flowed through the Lautus tunnels, the drugged up Toyota giving Jarex pointers as to where to go. And after a short while they ended up in Maylin's hideout. Where the rest of the group, except for Ash, were sleeping. Jarex gently put Toyota back to bed, noting the painful looking scars Sexus' torture had left on his body. After trying, and failing, to have a conversation with Ash, Jarex left the hideout to return to his rooms. But on the way there, he felt a weird urge to steal from a passerby. As he did, he pulled out a strange letter from the stranger's pocket. Written in a language he didn't know could be written in the first place, Deep Speech. " 'You are the child of Chad Daddy, "" We are looking for capable people. "" Come to the ball in Lautus.' "Intrigued by this strange letter, and already on the way to the ball, he decided to follow this mysterious lead. After the ball, mere moments after Braum tossed the bomb through the portal the dark siblings escaped through, he emerged from the sparse crowd. Clapping slowly as he approached them. He introduced himself to the group and proceeded to join them on their journey.

Cruelty
Fury and Cruelty's relationship is the definition of a toxic relationship, as claimed by Treachery. Their souls are linked in some way, and they always end up finding each other at some time. Be it as enemies, or allies.