Jasper "Jae" Suzuki

Backstory
Jasper was born in San Francisco on May 22, 1991, as Satoshi Kage Suzuki. He was born to Nyx (god of shadows/darkness) and his father, Hikaru. As a child, he was very intelligent, although quite antisocial. He had selective mutism until he was six years old, and continued to stay quiet. He developed demonic tentacles and fangs incredibly early when he was eleven. Later his nanny attempted to touch him inappropriately. Jasper threw her out of a window. After this incident, he had two more family friends who did the same and ended up with a similar fate. His parents tried their best to get rid of his demonic qualities, putting him in bible camp and forcing him to go to church in an attempt to make him not become what his mother despised and to not injure his then-six-year-old sister Mei.

Hellspawn #26
Jasper was sent to the competition to assist Kasandra unwillingly, unknowing of what would happen. He went under a false name (Satoshi Kuragari), and pretended not to speak English so that he could not be tracked later on, which turned out to be an incredibly smart move. Casey, his teammate, dismissed his panic, calling him a "niewdzięczna jęcząca suka" (Polish for whiny bitch). He hated her for many reasons, the main one being her attempting to exorcise him and get him to turn to Jesus, which he did not appreciate. Still, he learned Polish to have someone to speak to, especially because he sympathized with her on not being able to talk to people. For this decision, he has been called a pushover, although that couldn't be farther from the truth. He assisted her in making the other's lives literal hell, out of fear for her, although he later began restraining her and preventing her from hurting others. He finally snapped after he found her electrocuting a young Christian child, only eleven because he had jokingly called her a "little freak". Jasper tied her up with duct tape and was about to tell the pope on her, before realizing it would likely kill her. He let her go, and she rigged an explosion that led to their escape. The final subject that escaped with them ratted Casey out, leading her to destroy the entire building in a rage, as they had told her Jasper was dead. He was, in fact, in another city and ended up looking for her for years

He later encountered the underworld on a quest, where he was stuck in limbo as well, for ten years, never aging physically or mentally.

Upon meeting Kasandra, he accidentally revealed he had been faking his religion, with her notably saying "What would Papież (the pope) say if he found out you've been lying, "Satoshi"?", referring to a joke they had years ago that Jasper was going to hell for lying about pranking a fellow teammate and pretending not to speak English. He immediately felt terrible about the encounter.

He later was paired up with her in the L.S.S.A, to his dismay, because he was still afraid of and angry at her.

Personality
Jasper is a Virgo sun, Cancer moon and Scorpio rising, leaning more towards the Virgo traits. He is coded throughout the books with symptoms of anxiety and severe body dysmorphia. He is incredibly intelligent, selfless, critical and hardworking. He can be criticized for his spineless follower behavior towards the bully that is Armitage, although he can be quite rude towards her and is frequently the one who calls her out. He is often the voice of reason throughout the series, and is motivated solely by revenge, especially having a hatred for religion and those who practice it. He is often stereotyped as the villain, although the story is morally grey. He isn't great at handling the shadow minions, often accidentally setting them on someone else or hallucinating. Despite that, he has decent power control and often has more situational knowledge than Casey. He is able to go into a separate, more demonic personality on command, which he often does due to his normal moral compass pushing him away from hurting others. This version is more sadistic, cruel and possessive. However, both sides are equal representation of his personality. He often feels bad for the escaped souls, usually stopping Casey from torturing them or just simply putting them out of their misery. Still, he is very unforgiving over small things, such as creating a book that will make anyone suicidal if they read it, which was originally to stop others from looking at his drawings. He holds grudges often, which can only be broken through self-inflicted revenge.He has admitted he will harm others if they attempt to sexualize him. He is quite shy, awkward and quiet, often not paying attention to others and barely speaking. He has a fear of heights, as well as cats.

Appearance
Jasper has black hair, brown slanted eyes and a "cutesy" face according to Vix, although he appears very grown and far older than her. His shadow form is slightly taller, and appears as to be made from black smoke. He has fangs and is able to summon shadowy tentacles from his chest, which can also become arms or ropes. His eyes are able to turn red in the iris, the same color for other's eyes when being possessed. He normally wears large hoods and black skinny jeans. He is 6'0, only four inches taller than Casey.

Abilities/Powers
He has Umbrakinesis, the ability to manipulate shadows and darkness, create portals into Tartarus, is able to heal in complete blackness and curse objects. He is incredibly intelligent, and can stay calm in stressful situations.

Trivia
- He has an overprotective snake monster that won't leave him, named Leviathan and a pet raven named Donovan

-He has a shapeshifting spirit guide only known as Twenty-Six that is later revealed to be him from the future

-He unknowingly cursed his sketchbook with eternal suffering to mortals who view the drawings, as they are rumored to be so horrifying they give you hallucinations for the rest of your life

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