Jance: The Half-Yokai Scientist
Art by p-aei
One of my seldom seen other OCs. Though he is in exactly one other picture on the site right now.
Half elf, half fire yokai, Jance spent most of his childhood growing up trying to keep his magic hidden, as he placed his faith in science, and feared if his demonic heritage and natural magical abilities were discovered it would cast doubt over his achievements and if he had actually invented anything or if it had simply been magicked up. Funnily enough, his fears weren't unfounded, as magic did play a large role in his inventions. Namely, due to his interest in technology his magic developed in a way that allows him to understand machines, as well as understand how to create them, and manipulate existing technology. As Jance grew older, he learned to stop shunning his heritage and instead looked to ways to combine magic and technology to solve problems that were normally beyond the capability of either alone. He eventually found J Corp, which grew into a giant magitech based corporation that develops everything from weapons to kitchen appliances. While Jance is CEO and majority share holder of the company, he spends less time running it than he should. Using an invention he created called a Jumper, he can hop between different timelines and realities, often doing so as parts of research. Unfortunately, the Jumper is a bit delicate and as the laws of physics can vary slightly in each universe is prone to breaking down often leaving him stranded until he can either find parts to repair it, or another method to travel between worlds. On the bright side, this has resulted in him becoming quite the seasoned adventurer, having been to so many worlds usually able to catch onto the rules fast so that he can adapt to the new world quickly.
Jance is almsot always accompanied by a small drone robot with a fox-like design called Little Fox. According to Jance, Little Fox is a complete wonder of technology, being an AI with the capacity to grow and true free will. Little Fox is under no obligation to stick with Jance, but chooses too instead. The fact that Jance treats him as a person and not a machine probably plays a large part of it. Despite that, the two have a bizarre relationship, in that while Little Fox can performa number of useful functions it largely spends it's time snarking at Jance's expense and arguing with the yokai, aspects of the AI's personality Jance greatly values. Jance is aware that he can get caught up in his own ideas at times, and that he can become egotistial easily when his inventions are coming along nicely. Little Fox helps Jance keep his own ego in check so that he makes more balanced decisions, and tries to get him to ask the question of "Should I build this" before asking "Can I build this.."
Little Fox being an AI is not bound to one body, and actually installed onto several devices Jance owns. While the drone is its main body, should it be destroyed it can house itself in any of Jance's other systems until a new body is constructed. In addition, though it does not come out very often, Little Fox does have a combat frame, that takes the form of a giant robotic nine tailed fox. Their tendency to get stranded in other worlds with the Jumper on the fritz makes it unreliable to summon... But armed with the best weapons and defenses Jance himself can develop, and constantly being upgraded combined with Little Fox's ability as an AI to think far faster than most organic creatures makes it a force to be reckoned with when the combat frame is in play.
Being half-yokai he's shapeshifter with a few forms.
Elf Form
Jance's 'default' form and his most public form. This is usually how he prefers to present himself, keeping the other forms under wraps until they prove beneficial. It's his second strongest form phyically, largely due to his other forms having a drastic decrease in size and muscle mass, and so makes it a lot easier for him to carry around the oversized wrench. One of many items he is almost never seen wtihout.
Yokai Form
In this form Jance appears as a bipedal fox with three tails. He usually keeps his coat and belt, but the rest of his clothing is usually burnt up in the transformation as changing forms tends to involve a lot of fire. While Jance has made the pieces of his outfit he considers essential fireproof, he has chosen functionality over personal modesty. Thanks to the drastic decrease in size most of his human clothes would be difficult to move around in, and so he has only made the items he considers essential fireproof to avoid slowing him down.
Cyber Kitsune
A super mode Jance can enter for a limited time. Using an invention called the Quantum Ignition, Jance accelerates his own growth as a yokai by several thousand years transforming himself into a nine tailed fox. In this form his magial power sky rockets, he gains the ability to levitate, and can now not only manipulate machines, but can levitate and put raw parts together with telekinesis, allowing him to build several inventions all at once. The form is not exactly efficient though and burns mana like crazy. As a result, Jance is forced to reply on batteries that can create artificial mana to help maintain the form. If he has no charge in the batteries he will quickly burn up all of his mana, change back to his three tailed form, and be so physically weakened from the exertion thta he may not even be able to stand up. It's a form not without it's risks, but it turns him into a powerhouse that can go toe to toe with the toughest of foes. Provided he can beat them or escape befor ehe runs out of power. Despite being just as small as Jance's yokai form,t he Cyber Kitsune is physically stronger, likely due to the raw magic glowing through his body.
Fox Form
A more basic form. Jance can assume the small unassuming form of a normal fox. Well, a normal fox with three tails. This form is not used often, as it becomes difficult to use any of his gear when he walks on four legs and has no hands. Despite appearing as a mostly normal animal, he is capable of human speech in this form, but may occasionally prove not to be if it benefits him not to talk, or if he's being petty and doesn't want to converse with anyone. While he loses most of his gadgets in this form, he does still retain his bracers, making him far physically stronger than his form would suggest.
Gear
Giant Wrench: Never leaves home without it. It's useful for working on bigger inventions, like giant robots, and makes a great bludgeoning weapon should the need arise. The wrench is also completely iron, turning it into a useful weapon or deterrent to be used against faeries should they prove to be a problem. Jance greatly values this tool, as though it is simple, it's kind of hard to find five foot long wrenches in the store so he has to have them custom made when one gets lost.
Bracers: Jance wears two sets of bracers, one on his wrist and one on his legs. He keeps these bracers in all forms. Provided that they have power, they drastically increase his physical strength, endurance and agility beyond what should be humanly... or elfanly possible This is very useful for lugging that giant wrench around, allow him to take a hit and keep on kicking, react faster, lift large weights and hit things really, really hard. As he has encountered a number of beings that would qualify as superhuman he never removes the bracers except to clean them and run maintenance. He needs them to be on even ground with many beings.
Magitech Coat: Jance's long coat isn't just for style. It's a marvel of magi and technology, featuring a number of enhancements and enchantments. The most important is that it has the power to store energy, both magical and electrical and distribute it to any of the equipment Jance currently has on his person. He relies on it to keep most of his gear running, and through his own magical senses is constantly aware of its remaining power and what it can be distributed to. Not everything requires his coat to power it, but it certainly makes things easier. In addition to this role as well as being fireproof, the coat has several pockets that are connected to pocket dimensions allowing him to store far more items than he should, including many that are larger than his coat. Normally, Jance relies on his magical senses to know where everything is and call the right item from his coat when he needs a gadget or to build something. But should something dampen his magical senses or depower him it can lead to a lot of digging around to try to find the right item.
Scan Visor: Mostly commonly seen in his Cyber Kitsune form, but he will occasionally bust out a not quite as awesome version to use in other forms It analyzes the environment around him, as well as other lifeforms, structures, and sources of possible raw materials that could be used to construct something. In Cyber Kitsune mode the visor provides Jance with a nonstop flow of information, giving him every little detail of the surrounding area. Outside Cyber Kitsune form the visor has to be toned down a bit, simply because without the magical assistance of his ninetailed form not even Jance's brain can process that much information all at once.
Jumper: A small device often kept in a pocket, occasionally warn as a watch. It looks like an incredibly complex compass with a seemingly impossible number of levers. These are all for tuning the Jumper. When taking the time to tune it properly, Jance can use the Jumper to travel to any timeline or universe. However, the process of zoning in on an exact timeline is not a quick one and it takes time to program. As a result in an emergency where Jance needs to get out right away he may not have time to properly program it and so will simply have to jump at random. The device is also incredibly delicate, and when damaged prone to only allowing him to jump at random or becoming completely nonfunctional.
Hard Light Weapons: Jance's favored weapons in combat. Weapons created from hard light, while not the sharpest things in existence, they're still sharp enough to slice through steel and get the job done. Jance's preferred weapon is a sword, but after some experimentation was able to create a chain whip that relies on several small blades of light attached to a tether of mana generate dby the weapon's wielder. This also makes the weapon completely useless in anyone who has not awakened to the ability to use magic or influence mana. He also uses a shield that can act as a barrier and be as small as a buckler or grow large enough to hide his entire body and multiple allies behind.
Chrono Reverser: A small unassuming watch that Jance often wears. In truth, it may be the single most powerful invention he has ever created, and he has never made an additional one to sale or provide to others with the exception of when his own breaks and needs to be replaced. When used, it reverses the flow of time, rewinding everything by thirty seconds. Wounds are healed, destroyed items are restored, and even the dead may be brought back to life as everything is returned to how it was exactly thirty seconds prior. At this point, only Jance remembers the initial timeline, and can use his knowledge of the future to react to things before they happen and change the outcome of events. He once used this to undo his own death after a demoness has struck a fatal blow. In his last seconds before collapsing he managed to activate the device and jump back in time to avoid the blow and counter attack. Jance tries not to overuse this device, largely because he is not 100% sure what the long term consequences are of overwriting the timeline even in small 30 second increments. as a result it mostly only gets used when the situation is dire or too important not to use every resource he has.
Various Gadgets and Materials: Jance's coat pockets are full of various gadgets to accomplish different tasks, raw materials, screws, nails, bolts, construction equipment, power tools and basically anything he needs to build, repair or upgrade any of his inventions. At this point he has so many various gadgets stored in his coat that even with his magical senses he is not 100% sure of everything that he possesses. Sometimes he pulls an item out and activates it and hopes for the best.
Likes:
Science
Strange technology
Exploring other worlds to learn how their magic and tech works
The color blue
Dislikes:
Faeries, especially the higher members of the courts
The Board of Directors
Anyone other than himself who dares insult, belittle or bully Little Fox.
Hyperactive werekittens loose in his lab
One of my seldom seen other OCs. Though he is in exactly one other picture on the site right now.
Half elf, half fire yokai, Jance spent most of his childhood growing up trying to keep his magic hidden, as he placed his faith in science, and feared if his demonic heritage and natural magical abilities were discovered it would cast doubt over his achievements and if he had actually invented anything or if it had simply been magicked up. Funnily enough, his fears weren't unfounded, as magic did play a large role in his inventions. Namely, due to his interest in technology his magic developed in a way that allows him to understand machines, as well as understand how to create them, and manipulate existing technology. As Jance grew older, he learned to stop shunning his heritage and instead looked to ways to combine magic and technology to solve problems that were normally beyond the capability of either alone. He eventually found J Corp, which grew into a giant magitech based corporation that develops everything from weapons to kitchen appliances. While Jance is CEO and majority share holder of the company, he spends less time running it than he should. Using an invention he created called a Jumper, he can hop between different timelines and realities, often doing so as parts of research. Unfortunately, the Jumper is a bit delicate and as the laws of physics can vary slightly in each universe is prone to breaking down often leaving him stranded until he can either find parts to repair it, or another method to travel between worlds. On the bright side, this has resulted in him becoming quite the seasoned adventurer, having been to so many worlds usually able to catch onto the rules fast so that he can adapt to the new world quickly.
Jance is almsot always accompanied by a small drone robot with a fox-like design called Little Fox. According to Jance, Little Fox is a complete wonder of technology, being an AI with the capacity to grow and true free will. Little Fox is under no obligation to stick with Jance, but chooses too instead. The fact that Jance treats him as a person and not a machine probably plays a large part of it. Despite that, the two have a bizarre relationship, in that while Little Fox can performa number of useful functions it largely spends it's time snarking at Jance's expense and arguing with the yokai, aspects of the AI's personality Jance greatly values. Jance is aware that he can get caught up in his own ideas at times, and that he can become egotistial easily when his inventions are coming along nicely. Little Fox helps Jance keep his own ego in check so that he makes more balanced decisions, and tries to get him to ask the question of "Should I build this" before asking "Can I build this.."
Little Fox being an AI is not bound to one body, and actually installed onto several devices Jance owns. While the drone is its main body, should it be destroyed it can house itself in any of Jance's other systems until a new body is constructed. In addition, though it does not come out very often, Little Fox does have a combat frame, that takes the form of a giant robotic nine tailed fox. Their tendency to get stranded in other worlds with the Jumper on the fritz makes it unreliable to summon... But armed with the best weapons and defenses Jance himself can develop, and constantly being upgraded combined with Little Fox's ability as an AI to think far faster than most organic creatures makes it a force to be reckoned with when the combat frame is in play.
Being half-yokai he's shapeshifter with a few forms.
Elf Form
Jance's 'default' form and his most public form. This is usually how he prefers to present himself, keeping the other forms under wraps until they prove beneficial. It's his second strongest form phyically, largely due to his other forms having a drastic decrease in size and muscle mass, and so makes it a lot easier for him to carry around the oversized wrench. One of many items he is almost never seen wtihout.
Yokai Form
In this form Jance appears as a bipedal fox with three tails. He usually keeps his coat and belt, but the rest of his clothing is usually burnt up in the transformation as changing forms tends to involve a lot of fire. While Jance has made the pieces of his outfit he considers essential fireproof, he has chosen functionality over personal modesty. Thanks to the drastic decrease in size most of his human clothes would be difficult to move around in, and so he has only made the items he considers essential fireproof to avoid slowing him down.
Cyber Kitsune
A super mode Jance can enter for a limited time. Using an invention called the Quantum Ignition, Jance accelerates his own growth as a yokai by several thousand years transforming himself into a nine tailed fox. In this form his magial power sky rockets, he gains the ability to levitate, and can now not only manipulate machines, but can levitate and put raw parts together with telekinesis, allowing him to build several inventions all at once. The form is not exactly efficient though and burns mana like crazy. As a result, Jance is forced to reply on batteries that can create artificial mana to help maintain the form. If he has no charge in the batteries he will quickly burn up all of his mana, change back to his three tailed form, and be so physically weakened from the exertion thta he may not even be able to stand up. It's a form not without it's risks, but it turns him into a powerhouse that can go toe to toe with the toughest of foes. Provided he can beat them or escape befor ehe runs out of power. Despite being just as small as Jance's yokai form,t he Cyber Kitsune is physically stronger, likely due to the raw magic glowing through his body.
Fox Form
A more basic form. Jance can assume the small unassuming form of a normal fox. Well, a normal fox with three tails. This form is not used often, as it becomes difficult to use any of his gear when he walks on four legs and has no hands. Despite appearing as a mostly normal animal, he is capable of human speech in this form, but may occasionally prove not to be if it benefits him not to talk, or if he's being petty and doesn't want to converse with anyone. While he loses most of his gadgets in this form, he does still retain his bracers, making him far physically stronger than his form would suggest.
Gear
Giant Wrench: Never leaves home without it. It's useful for working on bigger inventions, like giant robots, and makes a great bludgeoning weapon should the need arise. The wrench is also completely iron, turning it into a useful weapon or deterrent to be used against faeries should they prove to be a problem. Jance greatly values this tool, as though it is simple, it's kind of hard to find five foot long wrenches in the store so he has to have them custom made when one gets lost.
Bracers: Jance wears two sets of bracers, one on his wrist and one on his legs. He keeps these bracers in all forms. Provided that they have power, they drastically increase his physical strength, endurance and agility beyond what should be humanly... or elfanly possible This is very useful for lugging that giant wrench around, allow him to take a hit and keep on kicking, react faster, lift large weights and hit things really, really hard. As he has encountered a number of beings that would qualify as superhuman he never removes the bracers except to clean them and run maintenance. He needs them to be on even ground with many beings.
Magitech Coat: Jance's long coat isn't just for style. It's a marvel of magi and technology, featuring a number of enhancements and enchantments. The most important is that it has the power to store energy, both magical and electrical and distribute it to any of the equipment Jance currently has on his person. He relies on it to keep most of his gear running, and through his own magical senses is constantly aware of its remaining power and what it can be distributed to. Not everything requires his coat to power it, but it certainly makes things easier. In addition to this role as well as being fireproof, the coat has several pockets that are connected to pocket dimensions allowing him to store far more items than he should, including many that are larger than his coat. Normally, Jance relies on his magical senses to know where everything is and call the right item from his coat when he needs a gadget or to build something. But should something dampen his magical senses or depower him it can lead to a lot of digging around to try to find the right item.
Scan Visor: Mostly commonly seen in his Cyber Kitsune form, but he will occasionally bust out a not quite as awesome version to use in other forms It analyzes the environment around him, as well as other lifeforms, structures, and sources of possible raw materials that could be used to construct something. In Cyber Kitsune mode the visor provides Jance with a nonstop flow of information, giving him every little detail of the surrounding area. Outside Cyber Kitsune form the visor has to be toned down a bit, simply because without the magical assistance of his ninetailed form not even Jance's brain can process that much information all at once.
Jumper: A small device often kept in a pocket, occasionally warn as a watch. It looks like an incredibly complex compass with a seemingly impossible number of levers. These are all for tuning the Jumper. When taking the time to tune it properly, Jance can use the Jumper to travel to any timeline or universe. However, the process of zoning in on an exact timeline is not a quick one and it takes time to program. As a result in an emergency where Jance needs to get out right away he may not have time to properly program it and so will simply have to jump at random. The device is also incredibly delicate, and when damaged prone to only allowing him to jump at random or becoming completely nonfunctional.
Hard Light Weapons: Jance's favored weapons in combat. Weapons created from hard light, while not the sharpest things in existence, they're still sharp enough to slice through steel and get the job done. Jance's preferred weapon is a sword, but after some experimentation was able to create a chain whip that relies on several small blades of light attached to a tether of mana generate dby the weapon's wielder. This also makes the weapon completely useless in anyone who has not awakened to the ability to use magic or influence mana. He also uses a shield that can act as a barrier and be as small as a buckler or grow large enough to hide his entire body and multiple allies behind.
Chrono Reverser: A small unassuming watch that Jance often wears. In truth, it may be the single most powerful invention he has ever created, and he has never made an additional one to sale or provide to others with the exception of when his own breaks and needs to be replaced. When used, it reverses the flow of time, rewinding everything by thirty seconds. Wounds are healed, destroyed items are restored, and even the dead may be brought back to life as everything is returned to how it was exactly thirty seconds prior. At this point, only Jance remembers the initial timeline, and can use his knowledge of the future to react to things before they happen and change the outcome of events. He once used this to undo his own death after a demoness has struck a fatal blow. In his last seconds before collapsing he managed to activate the device and jump back in time to avoid the blow and counter attack. Jance tries not to overuse this device, largely because he is not 100% sure what the long term consequences are of overwriting the timeline even in small 30 second increments. as a result it mostly only gets used when the situation is dire or too important not to use every resource he has.
Various Gadgets and Materials: Jance's coat pockets are full of various gadgets to accomplish different tasks, raw materials, screws, nails, bolts, construction equipment, power tools and basically anything he needs to build, repair or upgrade any of his inventions. At this point he has so many various gadgets stored in his coat that even with his magical senses he is not 100% sure of everything that he possesses. Sometimes he pulls an item out and activates it and hopes for the best.
Likes:
Science
Strange technology
Exploring other worlds to learn how their magic and tech works
The color blue
Dislikes:
Faeries, especially the higher members of the courts
The Board of Directors
Anyone other than himself who dares insult, belittle or bully Little Fox.
Hyperactive werekittens loose in his lab
Category Artwork (Digital) / General Furry Art
Species Fox (Other)
Gender Male
Size 1280 x 520px
Listed in Folders
Careful, calling him cute might get you bonked over the head with a giant wrench.
I am incapable of creating a character without giving them a needlessly lengthy backstory and history.
Ha! Nothing wrong with that! It can be quite nice to have some backstory on a character as well as art for them.
A bit more than that, while he is there to help keep Jance's ego in line, he is a completely unshackled AI with free will, and runs a lot of the systems for J Corp when they're not stuck in another universe.
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