Jet Connors

Appearance:

Ilex is strong and athletic in build and he continuously works out to make sure his body is in top physical condition. He’s is a about 6’1” caucasian male with a brown shaved head crew cut with a saints row 3 executive cut style beard and brown eyes. he wears a brown leather jacket with a white tank top underneath, he also keeps a shotgun holster for his shotgun on his back which is removable. He wears tan pants with two side scabbards attached to his belt line for his tomahawks, he also sports black wool gloves for hand protection. Ilex also sports brown military grade combat boots which he prefers to use when trekking through tough environments. the only other piece of distinguishable clothing is his belt buckle which bears his emblem.

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Personality:

“i can be tough on people at times but underneath I’m a cool guy.”

Ilex while discussing his personal traits

personality wise Ilex is the kind of person who will teach you how to fight like a U.S. army drill instructor yet he’s kind and gentle. Ilex is the kind of guy who’ll push you to your limits as a trainer but protect you if you are in danger and help with personal issues thats why his team thinks of him as a brotherly figure he can be hard as a rock or soft as a kitten. Ilex is like the protective big brother we’ve all sorta wanted yet he can be tough reliable and effective in a fight. However some of his flaws are he can be bit of a showoff at times not during combat because he’s knows if you try and show off in a fight your basically dead. Instead he prefers to showoff his survival skills such as how to start a fire or how to make a makeshift survival axe from a rock, a stick and some string. Other than combat, training, and classes Ilex is a great guy to be around who is friendly and kind personally yet reliable and effective combatively. Yet whatever the reason Ilex is a protective, funny and reliable person who enjoys the wilderness, music, and hanging with friends.

Weapons & Abilities

“i was never one for those transforming weapons too confusing besides i do just fine with these they may not look like much but the get the job done”

Ilex while telling people why he’s doesn’t use transforming weapons

Ilex’s weapons
 * Earthquake Delta-Ilex’s shotgun given to him by his father before he left it is a Mossberg Model 590 mariner with a full black paint job that takes dust ammo instead of regular ammo not much to it other than it can piece through armor at a close enough range but other than than its a regular shotgun.  Ilex’s two other weapons which are a pair of military grade tomahawks which he uses with great precision and with damaging effects.  Their just a regular pair of tomahawks they may not be much to look at but they get the job done.


 * Systema-Systema is Ilex’s fallback in case he loses his weapons and he’s an expert on the fighting style.  In Systema, the body has to be free of tensions, filled with endurance, flexibility, effortless movement, and explosive potential; the "spirit" or psychological state has to be calm, free of anger, irritation, fear, self-pity, delusion, and pride.It focuses on breathing, relaxation, and fluidity of movement, as well as utilizing an attacker's momentum against him and controlling the six body levers (elbows, neck, knees, waist, ankles, and shoulders) through Pressure Point application, striking, and weapon applications. Jason was bit rusty at first to master this but after a while learning the trade he managed to be pretty good at it.  Ilex can probably take on 2-3 guys in a head-on fight and walk out the victor but when there’s more than a dozen enemies he prefers to use his weapons.  But if you try to take on Ilex in a head-on fight without much hand-to-hand experience chances are your gonna end up on the ground.


 * Resourcefulness-Ilex is the kind of guy who knows that in the worst of situations you have to improvise he’s been trained by his father who also happens to be a resourceful person to be effective with whatever he is given.  Ilex can discover what will be the most effective way of escaping overwhelming odds just give him a small burlap sack, some sugar, some string, a fuse and he’s got himself a makeshift smoke-bomb.  he’s also the kind of person who can turn the most unconventional thing into a weapon give him a T-shirt he’s got a tourniquet, give him a stick he’s got a club it doesn’t matter what he’s holding its a weapon.  Ilex is the kinda guy who can make a smoke-bomb from household supplies or a tomahawk from a lead pipe, a sharp piece of metal and some string.  No-matter and whatever he holds in his hands you’d better be scared because he knows what it is and he knows how to use it.


 * Semblance-Ilex’s semblance is that he can create two clones of himself that have the same amount endurance, skill and speed as Jason these are mainly used for combat.  However the clones are just as easily destroyed as Blake’s so he has to be careful where and when he uses this ability.  However like Blake’s semblance this seems to have no effect of quickly depleting his aura so he can use it often if he’s ever surrounded with no-one to back him up.

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 * History-Ilex was born in a logging community just 12 miles outside of Vale city his father is a logger and former huntsman.  Ilex helped around the town he worked with his older brother Ryan both of whom always wanted to become huntsmen but they worked scouting the perimeter because there was a threat of grimm in the area but they rarely ever set foot in the area.  Ilex’s mother worked as a doctor in the tow clinic and his sister worked as a nurse and his father was the captain of the town militia who were responsible for protecting the town if they were called upon.  One day around age 15 tragedy struck Ilex and his brother were out on patrol with a group of hunters investigating a sighting of an alpha beowolf in the area but what they didn’t know was this day would change their lives forever.  Ilex and Ryan got separated from the group just then the heard a growl form the brush and then the biggest beowolf Ilex ever saw attacked him and his brother after the ordeal he would name it “Glacier” because he was white as snow and tough as a brick wall.  During the attack Ryan tried to defend his brother but in the process took a blow to his right left arm severing it completely after seeing his brother hit the ground Ilex became enraged and took aim at the beowolf with his shotgun but the gun jammed, so he pulled out a pair of military grade tomahawks thats he was given for his 14th birthday and charged ta the beowolf.  Ilex struck Glacier 4 times in quick succession once in the shoulder, once in the chest, once in the side and once across the eye scarring it then Glacier knocked Ilex to the ground and was ready to kill him but then a bullet hit the nearby tree scaring away Glacier it was the rest of the hunting party along with Ilex’s father.  After discovering the scene they discovered that Ryan was still alive so they rushed him back to the town clinic where amazingly he survived the encounter but this in turn ended his dream of becoming a huntsman so Ilex promised his brother if he ever got the chance he’d become a huntsman in his honor and hunt down the beowolf that injured his brother he knew he’d probably never fulfill the wish but the greatest surprise was yet to come. One month after the incident a man came to the town but he was no ordinary man he was a teacher at a Vale combat academy he’d travelled there after Ilex’s father told him the story of how Ilex fought off Glacier and so when he arrived Ilex’s father told him about it and Ilex and he was given a choice by his father and the teacher “stay here in town or fulfill your dream” and Ilex chose to follow his dream so he packed up some of his belongings his shotgun and the two tomahawks he used to fend off Glacier he said his goodbyes and left for the academy.  Ilex passed many of his classes with flying colors and two years later he enrolled at beacon fulfilling both his and his brothers dream.


 * Trivia


 * green is the color of nature. It symbolizes growth, harmony, freshness, and fertility. green has strong emotional correspondence with safety. representing his protective attitude and his backstory growing up in the Vale wilderness.


 * Ilex actually grew up with some faunus families who were both respected and well liked because he lived in a tight knit community where everyone pulled their weight and that why he doesn’t like faunus racists.


 * Ilex is related to Danford Jackson because his father married Danny’s aunt