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About Jesse Thrune

Jesse Thrune was born into a family of witches. He is the seventh son of a seventh son, the sixth such person in a row in his family line. Through the magic his family has used, his own seventh son is expected to wield incredible power, perhaps even enough to take control of Absalom.

The village where he was born is in the Whisperwood, a handful of leagues away from Senara. It is a very isolated place, with virtually no contact with the outside world. Most people in the area know to avoid it. His parents, whose given names he was never told, held the position of high priest and priestess in their Diabolist cult. They primarily worshipped Abraxas, and Jesse was raised as part of their tradition.

The witchcraft practiced by his family depends heavily upon the number seven. A witch's life is divided into sevens, and each part is marked by a particular goal. The first seven is for learning physical skills. The second seven is for learning the Art. At the break of dawn on the morning of his 14th birthday, the Seventh is put out of the family home and compelled to leave the village. For the next seven years, he lives alone, perfecting his Art, deepening his connection to the Powers That Be, and bonding with his familiar. The next seven is to be taken up with the quest for knowledge and arcane power, as well as for a suitable mate. At the end of this seven-year span, he is to return to his village with his mate, where he will dedicate the next seven to siring his seven sons. (Magic is used to ensure that only male children are born.)

His six brothers were slain as infants and consumed by his parents as the center of the feast celebrating their Darkest Night ritual. This ceremony continued to be celebrated through the first two sevens of Jesse's life, always with an infant of an intelligent race at the center of the meal. He obediently consumed the flesh that was put before him, not realizing the moral implications. "Good" is not a concept that Jesse was exposed to in the first two sevens of his life. He has not celebrated the Darkest Night rite since he left his village.

There can be no question that his family and his cult are utterly evil. At the dawning of his fourth seven, he is beginning to question the methods and practices he was raised to obey. To apply a modern equivalent, it can safely be said that Jesse is on a 12-step program to recover from his Lawful Evil alignment. He has progressed enough to be considered Neutral.

Jesse is physically striking, but there is an air about him that is off-putting to other people. He is 6'0" tall, and slender. His hair is jet black, and he has piercing green eyes. His face is angular. He is usually clean-shaven.

He has a weasel familiar named Mina.