Jack Larose

Jack Larose
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History

Family Ties

Jack Larose was born the third child, second son, to Zane and Maris Larose in 176 AR. When he was three a third boy joined the family in Riley Larose. As the middle child Jack found himself getting a bit left out now and again (especially as the middle of -five- children, and the middle boy,) So found it especially to his advantage to learn as much as he could so he was best at the chores. He was a little cocky about his skill when he was a boy, but really it earned him little in the eyes of his father - who expected it of all his boys. More children joined the Larose farm whenever another could be cooked up, the family grew quickly, but Jack always remained a hard worker. The final children were to be the twins Braddock and Bryce. The family prospered despite its size untill a few years after the twins were born.

The majority of the children struck terribly ill during a particularly harsh winter. The eldest children weren't terribly affected, but Tegan, Riley, Shannon, Reina, and Travis, and Lorina were hit particularly hard. Worst of all was Shannon, who just when she seemed to be getting better, died, followed almost immediately by Travis. When the disease passed, the youngest children miraculously kept away from the worst of it, Jack had a new appreciation and love for his siblings, having lost two.

He cared for the twin baby brothers quite often, helping not only with the farm work during the day, but also helping the women out by taking the boys off their hands at night for play here and again. It was quite true he was closest to the young boys, his elder and immediate younger brother and he never got along terribly well. As the twins grew in age and intelligence, Jack took it upon himself to help teach the young boys life lessons. The farm was having a few rough years due to a drought causing a lack of food for their various livestock. The father busy with that, Jack made himself extra time to help raise the twins during their crucial early years. Of course..the majority of this time was spent instructing them on how to get out of trouble and hide their various childish mishaps from the parents - both for their own wellbeing as well as the sanity of Zane and Maris during the stressful years.

Perhaps most important to the family, Jack was a key voice of insight and reason when it was discovered that Bryce could heal people's injuries. Along with his father, Jack recognized that the ability was not to be taken lightly, nor abused (especially considering Bryce's reciprocal sickness following). He aided Bryce through many of these years, but also gave Braddock a great deal of councel over the issue, as twins tend to have a very close relationship - things like that can get a bit...interesting.

Past Accomplishments

As mentioned, Jack is an incredibly quick learner. Anything he puts some thought into he can learn to do fairly well without much effort..with effort? Well his learning curves dramatically. He occasionally jokes to pretty young lasses that the phrase 'Jack of all trades' came from his legendary skill in nearly everything. Amusingly enough, that may not be terribly far from the truth. When he was roughly 16 it was found that he had a knack for arithmatic. He often went with his father to market to sell the livestock, aiding a great deal there.

When he was 21 he took on the role as chief negotiator in the sale of things, learning the shrewd nuances of being a merchant. Jack relished his time at market. It was the opportunity for him to get insight into other trades aside from raising livestock. Most interesting to him at the time were the trades of carpentry and leather working. Combined with what he already knew about being generally handy at the farm, Jack was soon taking on most of the repair jobs at home, be it bridle or bridge over a creek. He was quickly becoming the family handy man as his father aged and his other brothers had their own families to worry and care for.

Shortly before the twins left to Myrken Jack took it upon himself to learn how to smith, mostly due to the fact that their normal smith was getting rather old - and several horses had become sore due to improper shoing. Of course it was a preposterous idea, learning to smith at the age of 27. Of course...this is Jack Larose, the man who can learn anything - afterall, a couple years prior he'd started the arduous and ambitious goal of teaching himself to read.

Recent History

Jack has, over the past few years, taught himself to be a blacksmith. Originally starting as a logical way to save money by shoing the families own horses, Jack found a distinct love in the ability to work metal into whatever he wished. He learned quickly, by no means a master but certainly competent. Additionally he's become the first (and only thus far) member of the Larose family to learn to read and write. In the spring of 206, Jack told his father that he'd be leaving the farm before the summer ended, his brothers' families had boys old enough to start helping with the work afterall, and he was going to find Brad and Bryce, one of his goals being to get Brad to own up to the woman and child he had left back at the farm.

Upon arriving in Myrken, Jack spent a time hunting down his brothers. Upon a chance meeting of Lieutenant Bishop of the Brotherhood of Janeiro, Jack struck an accord with the calvary head, gaining his own forge at the fort in exchange for helping arm the soldiers should help be needed ( as well as a modest rent). Within three days of being in Myrken, Jack Larose had already set up a forge to start his new trade as a blacksmith.