## Overview **Jasper Icenius Wren** is a bard-turned-mage, a resonant improviser from the Sprawl of Lindum Colonia. He is soul-linked to the narrator `recursiveObject` and ultimately becomes a mythic founder of Albion. His life reflects the themes of emotional healing, innovation, and resistance to imperial power structures. --- ## Childhood Jasper was born in the Sprawl outside the walls of Lindum Colonia. His mother, **Calliope**, was the local apothecary—wise, kind, and well-respected. Jasper spent his early years herding sheep alongside his older brother **Aeodan**, often calming the animals with his lyre. His gift for music emerged early, shaped by both necessity and sensitivity. Their father, a former legionnaire and covert Mithran Nullarii agent, was abusive. He disappeared when Jasper was seven. Not long after, Aeodan left to join the legion, leaving Jasper and his mother alone. This abandonment, paired with his father's violence, shaped Jasper’s deep yearning for safety, connection, and harmony. --- ## Adolescence and the Sprawl Jasper became a bard, performing in small gatherings around the Sprawl. He developed a passionate, turbulent relationship with **Robin’s sister**, which ended in tragedy. Her death—under circumstances both boys consider their fault—drove a wedge of guilt between them, even as they remain close friends. During this time, **Melian** and her father moved to Lindum. Melian studied under Calliope, preparing to inherit the apothecary trade. Her father, a gifted **craftsman and elemental technician**, also played music for druidic rituals in the Sprawl. In exchange for Jasper’s music during these rites, he taught Jasper to repair and repurpose elemental enchantments—skills that would later form the basis of his magical rig. --- ## Inciting Event Jasper’s performances at **The Bac**, Lindum’s largest venue, became legendary. Blending music, repurposed tech, and harmonic instinct, he unknowingly crafted a form of spellwork that defied Diatonic law—cross-modal, chromatic magic. His rig utilized a 12-sided **Vellum Mentis**, a raw logic crystal, and a forbidden scrollbook. This act of artistic resonance caught the attention of mages **Bran** and **Arthur**, setting the story in motion. --- ## Additional Sections To Be Developed - Personality and Resonance Profile - Patron Deities and Mythic Role - Equipment and Abilities - Relationships - Narrative Function and Arc ## Personal God Jasper’s personal god is **Mars**, though he remains unaware of this for much of his life. Mars, the god of righteous anger, loyalty, and disciplined violence, resonates with Jasper’s unacknowledged rage and yearning for justice. While Jasper sees himself as a healer and artist, his emotional arc centers around learning to feel and express anger righteously—transforming trauma into strength. Mars serves as Jasper’s silent guardian throughout his journey. Only when Jasper fully embraces his inner fire—during moments of confrontation, defense, or self-realization—does Mars’ presence begin to manifest in harmonic form. His [[Magic]], though improvisational and artistic, carries the clarity and power of Mars’ martial resonance. Jasper’s eventual alignment with Mars reframes his story as one not only of healing, but of righteous rebellion. This connection becomes clear during a pivotal moment when his resonance flares with unmistakable martial harmonics, revealing the divine patron who has watched over him all along.