Name: Jareth
Text Color: Slategray
Race: Constellation
Abilities: Mostly centering around his crystal balls, he can make them appear, move, and disappear at will, as well as juggle them over and around his hands and arms. If he concentrates, he can set them on the air as bubbles. Inside the balls, he can create visions, and can occasionally hypnotize someone into hallucinating that they're inside the scene he's set in the crystal, though this only works if they're in a very susceptible state of mind already. He can also transport himself to any place he's been before by thought, though there is a side effect of dramatic wind and a shower of glitter when he arrives.
Personality: Brash and arrogant, he's the ruler of his kingdom and he's used to getting things to go his way. If things don't, he's never averse to simply getting out of the situation in a burst of glitter and irritation. Very rarely ashamed of anything, even if he should be, he enjoys getting a reaction out of people, especially if it's in relation to his attire, which he has a penchant for changing rather often, though the poet's shirt and vest ensemble is his favorite.
History: (unabridged)
Born the only son of a long line of kings as brash and outspoken as he would grow to be, he was happy to accept his future role as king. His kingdom was surrounded by a vast labyrinth, built up by his predecessors to keep out intruders.
Being a prince, eventually a betrothal had to arranged with a kingdom nearby, with the younger of the kingdom's two princesses.
Meetings between the two were mildly successful, until Jareth's parents died and he was due to take the throne, called away from his betrothed. Unfortunately, during his absence, she'd left the kingdom, apparently assuming he'd had no interesting in marrying her. In the years after, he wondered constantly about what had happened to his betrothed, feeling the sting of her rejection of him. Finally, one night, after looking up at the stars, he saw a particular twinkle. It reminded him of her, and he immediately set off on the moonbeams to earth. However, after a lifetime of teleporting, he was unused to the concentration needed for following the candle-light, and got lost. When he finally made it to the Shrine of the Candles, his own candle had burnt out and there was no one around.
Jareth's History
Born the only son of a long line of kings as brash and outspoken as he would grow to be, he was happy to accept his future role as king. His kingdom was set at the base of a mountain and surrounded by a vast labyrinth, built up by his predecessors to keep out intruders. In his early days, Jareth enjoyed going out with the subjects to torment the intruders that continually ventured into the labyrinth, each hoping to stake a home in the kingdom that drew riches out of the mountain like a river. Occasionally, people who wandered in were innocently lost, but inevitably fell victim to the usually harmless mischief.
Eventually though, his parents realized their heir had to find a future queen. However, his gallivanting about left no time for romancing princesses. A betrothal had to arranged with a kingdom nearby, a kingdom with two unmarried princesses, both near his age. Though Jareth's parents would have preferred he marry the eldest princess, the one who would eventually inherit her kingdom, the princesses' father preferred he marry the younger of the two, who had been out of sorts and needed something to ground her.
Meetings between the two were mildly successful, and things were looking up. Until one day, there was a cave-in during a royal inspection of one of the mines and both Jareth's parents were killed. Not that Jareth didn't mourn, but cave-ins were an accepted danger for both royalty and subjects. And so Jareth assumed his role as king, and was called away from dallying with his betrothed, at least until affairs were straightened out enough that they could marry.
Unfortunately, when that time came, the young princess was nowhere to be found. She had become distracted during her time with Jareth, but after he left, she'd returned to her wistful frame of mind and left the kingdom, apparently assuming he'd had no interesting in marrying her.
Jareth had never really experienced rejection, even though it was only perceived rejection, but he attempted to take it in stride. The work of the kingdom became repetitive and he tired of only having his subjects to talk to. He wondered constantly about what had happened to his betrothed. Finally, one night, after looking up at the stars, he saw a particular twinkle. It reminded him of her, and he immediately set off on the moonbeams to earth. After all, he could always teleport back to check on things, and he'd certainly never denied himself his own curiosity. However, after a lifetime of teleporting like his ancestors before him, he was unused to the concentration needed for following the candle-light, and got lost. When he finally made it to the Shrine of the Candles, his own candle had burnt out and there was no one around.
