Notail class leader application

Application for the J-class leader

Concept sketches!

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Since it’s early, it’s not set in stone yet, but here's some ideas!

Based on the role of unicorns in Fortuna's universe, this possible J-411 plays off of the pure-hearted with a pegasus. They take themself as a guardian angel type, one who guards the lowly (themself) behind literal shining armor. They’re a very strong, broad person who is skilled with a hammer, but given the choice, would prefer the shield instead— they always wear one over their back. Their mask, lined with either chainmail or scales, drapes around their neck like a dark-age executioner, and their antennae bend like arrows. They have a rigged, geometric aesthetic, with symbols inspired by a deck of cards/chess.

Their basic theme: The (False) Guardian!

Even though it's no longer a requirement to link the J and I-class leaders together, it still seemed like a wicked idea to play with ^^

Surface Essentials: This J-411 is a knight! Genteel, very polite, very chivalrous. They fit snuggly as a, "golden age detective," foil to I-42's, "hardboiled detective," then functions even further under the quest giver trope (think Inspector Gadget to Chief Quimby with just as many cartoonish explosions as these two leaders bicker and brawl). They were once training to be a field agent, but ever since an incident generously hacked off half their limbs (or perhaps, maybe, possibly, something a little deeper than that), they found sitting behind the one-way-mirror to be much safer. In fact, they've made a lot of decisions to be safer. They're now a much more conventional lawman as opposed to a spy-wannabe. I-42 is used to the fray, anyway. Let them go under fire. It's just all the more errands to give.

Inner Bonuses:

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SpoilerJ-411 is conflicted when it comes to privacy. Rarely they want to know about somebody's personal life when it doesn't concern them, but if it's a case they must manage, J-411 becomes controlling. Almost paranoid. While they're nowhere near the level of O-9, they trust few else to moderate, and all I/J-classes who are assigned under them are required to wear direct-communication gadgets, typically watches, for the length of the case. This is so J-411 can keep an eye on them (although they'll argue it's to keep their agents updated, J-411 appearing holographically to give mission tips). And 'course this just causes even more conflict as the weasel wiggles out of every watch!

As a leader, J-411 is bloody proficient with analyzing, inferring, deciphering, cybernetic gadgetry— all that jazz. But while one expects a knight to be equal parts courageous as they are capable, the doctors just checked, and this horse is spineless.

Their theme boils down to strict, "neutrality," a just knight's true, "purity," which seems well and good for a judge, yeah? Their rulings are extra fair that way! Except that their take on neutrality ultimately translates to, "standing for nothing".

J-411 is a coward. They do not want to be judged in the same way that they judge others. They're terrified of it. Outwardly, they're acquaintances with everybody, but inwardly, this J-411 doesn't let anybody other than a select few familial characters close to them. Those who are close to them have immense influence over their decisions. Years have deteriorated how much J-411 legitimately loves these, "friends," anymore, but keeping them around has become a test of their warped integrity. In an effort to never speak out until the final ruling, to be fair and equal and ideal, J-411 does little more than contribute to the paradox of tolerance. Within their society, they're an oppressive force against activism, a get out of jail free card to all those who cause injustice in silence.

Why are they the class leader instead of in a normal job? What's their motivation?:

J-411 is very protective of the people they care about, who are few and far between. Most, if not all of them, are relationships that have carried over from the woods, and many were lost during that span of time. J-411 will tell anyone who asks that they have pursued this position in order to protect all people/the law more effectively. Once more, they are a guardian of justice! However, some I-classes seem intent on spreading rumors that J-411 is a double agent (whatever that means u-u) and that the people they are trying to protect from the law are not the same people they should be protecting.

Every knight serves someone.

Backstory Bonus:

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SpoilerJ-411 wanted to be a storybook warrior when they grew up. They learned techniques from Y-classes, strategies from F-classes, and a sense of self from N-classes. They seriously got around, and yet, they still found themself an anxiously shy child, often drained by their quests. With a pegasus they befriended in the woods, they managed to glide over many of their obstacles. They could observe the other children at a distance, and they had no real interest getting much closer than that.

But! As is always the case when life's going hunky-dory, something decides to throw a wrench into the works. J-411 had eventually come across a haven. It was safe and well-nurtured, perfect for survival, but it could only be reached by crossing a blessed river that drowned anyone who failed the land's test. You had to be pure to cross, exactly what J-411 was striving for (inspired by the bog from The Neverending Story). But before they could dip their toe in, they found themself too fearful to try. They flew over the river instead.

Not long later, J-411 met a couple of strangers— folks who J-411 would claim to be their family. They pampered J-411. And they expected favors from J-411. Using their pegasus, J-411 helped each of them cross over to the haven. Then word spread, and J-411 complied. They became the ferryman. They judged who entered and who remained on shore. Selective as they were, they kept. Letting. People. Cross. And that judging came with its caveats.

To this day, everyone who made it to the haven is alive and well.

Except their pegasus.

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Bonus II: Important traits for J-411 would be [Escape Artist], [Polite], [Coward], and [Rarely Meddles]!
[Escape Artist] for secrecy/a gimmick to avoid evidence getting pinned on them
[Polite] for their external image
[Coward] for their internal image
[Rarely Meddles] for suspicion/"true neutrality"/generally just standing by and judging coldly while the f-class guards do the rest of the work

Bonus III: Often when they’re chatting, they keep sounding accusatory by total accident. This is because they prefer not to talk about themself in a conversation, spewing forth all these analytics and using You's more than I's instead. This is great for compliments! Not so great for anything else. Their belief is that this distances themself from the person, hence creating an even more neutral space.

Ex. “Would you like a glass of water? u-u”
“Yes please!”
“You do. I see. Then perhaps you should have brought your own water bottle if you were anticipating a dry palette. Nevertheless, your honesty shows strength of character. You will receive a glass of water… Do you want ice? u-u”
“Yes please.”
“Obviously you would want ice, wouldn’t you. u-u”

Bonus IV: J-411 fully embraces the horse (right on down to their terrible physical weaknesses why would nature do this to them). They have a stable on their estate full of equines, which they can be caught grooming in an array of their favorite sundresses. J-411 love carrots and sugar cubes and they Will smite anyone who offers them jello. Whenever J-411 has a hard time reading someone, they'll invite them to their stables (aka, force them to do chores with the equines) and observe how their herd reacts.

Bonus V: When J-411 isn't participating in the horse girl dream, they like catching up with p-classes about the latest detective gadgetry (especially gimmicky gadgetry). Their garb may make it seem like they're stuck in a different era, but they would be one of the few leaders alongside O-5 and P-1337 in support of robotic enhancements.