Vert Jacobs

 

Jake Vert is a student of Beacon Academy and a citizen of Vale. He is studying to become a Hunter. He is based off of Javert from Les Miserables.

Appearance
-WIP until further notice

Personality
Jake has a twisted and vigilant view of justice. He intends to exterminate criminals and his enemies with extreme prejudice, whenever possible. The other members of Team VSTA disagree with his methods, but will admit that he is a good leader. When it comes to fighting the Grimm, he views them as expendable, unintelligible, brutish beasts (as well as target practice), so he is fearless against them. An exception can be made in the Death Stalkers, King Taijitus, and Giant Nevermores, where he begins to take them more seriously. Jake is however quite reasonable with his allies, along with his team, getting along well. His vigilante ways stem from a self-loathing and betrayed feelings from his parents. If the current laws involve tough crackdowns on crime, then he will definitely side with them, no matter how morally corrupt they appear to be.

Backstory
Jake never remembered who his birth parents were. In fact, he was adopted by a married couple, working as career criminals. They concealed it quite well from Jake, and genuinely taught him morals, along with rights or wrongs, hoping that he would never become like them. As a family, they moved quite often, and Jake was puzzled by this. When he woke up at night, his parents weren't even home. He became more and more suspicious, secretly following them at night. One night when he was 8, his parents were out on a mission, involving theft. When they had to silence a nearby witness through murder, Jake became shocked. He was raised by a bunch of criminals, murderers even, the very same role models that taught him to be good. So, Jake loathed himself and concluded that justice must be served to redeem himself. He hid his information from his parents, and planned his agenda: to apply to Beacon to use the skills he learned as a Hunter and transfer it to a line of police work, hopefully inspiring others to do the same, given their lack of successes compared to criminals like Roman Torchwick. If that failed, then he would work anonymously, as a masked vigilante. When his parents heard that Jake wished to apply to Signal, and then Beacon, they were proud for him doing honest work. But they began to fear that he may have discovered their double life. As for his parents, Jake is determined to eventually confront and deliver justice to them... dead or alive... and the same to other criminals.

Abilities
Jake is quite strong, able to land a few good punches and kicks to his opponents. He also knows how to grab and slam. He specializes in ranged combat, where he becomes a rather proficient marksman. Despite his physical strength, he is relatively unskilled against CQC-oriented opponents, as he only knows how to punch, kick, grab and slam.

Relationships
-WIP until further notice

Sienna Marino:

Tyrian Mckay:

Kate Aurelius:

Mr.and Mrs. Vert:

Trivia

 * Jake is based off of Javert from the Victor Hugo novel Les Miserables.
 * His name is a play on Javert, and his surname, Vert, is French for Green.