Jade Curtiss

Name: Jade Curtiss Age: 35 Birthname: Jade Balfour - changed in adolescence Jade's talents in fonic artes and fomicry were recognized, and he was adopted into House Curtiss, a family of high position within the Malkuth military.

Current Job: Colonel serving in the Third Division of the Malkuth military and an exceptional wielder of fonic artes who is well-known throughout Auldrant.

Appearance: 6 ft 1 tall man, Jade has long, light brown hair and red eyes. He wears a black shirt with a dark blue coat with gold buttons, as well as spruce colored gloves, and long boots of the same color. Jade wears glasses but they are not for his sight. He has stated that he does not use them to correct his eyesight; his glasses are actually limiters to help control his fonic sight, and even then, he shows he has great control without wearing the glasses.

Personality: Jade is always smiling, or at least cheerful, regardless of the events taking place around him, giving little indication of his true thoughts on anything. Jade is rather enigmatic. He is sarcastic and witty, sometimes even to the point of cruelty. Jade has a snide, sarcastic response to even the most serious subjects, and loves to tease his companions. For instance, Jade occasionally teases Guy Cecil about his gynophobia. Regardless of his impish nature, the party trusts and respects Jade for his skill, intellect, and experience. He is referred to as "Colonel" by Anise and Tear Grants due to their own status as soldiers.

Jade's sarcastic and harsh words are often well-founded, and he uses them to express his often disapproving opinions. Other than amusement, Jade rarely shows any sign of his emotions. However, occasionally he loses his composure and his emotions burst out. The subject of fomicry in particular is a sore spot for Jade, as it reminds him of his past sins. He lashes out at Spinoza and Dist for continuing to create living replicas, firmly stating that he forbid replication of living things for important reasons. Whenever Jade's feelings betray his calm and collected mask, he quickly distances himself from them.

Deep inside, Jade feels guilty for all the people he has killed, especially Professor Nebilim. Because he is very adept at masking his deepest thoughts and feelings, Jade is often able to see through others when they try to hide things. He had deduced Guy's true identity as a noble from the house Gardios before anyone else, and he is the only one who shows suspicions from observing Anise's behavior at Mt. Zaleho. Despite often being able to see the secrets of others, Jade does not reveal their secrets until the time is right

Family: Younger sister Nephry Osbourne - the current governor of his wintery hometown Keterburg surrounded by mountains like Mt.Roneal. Nephry is now divorced but kept her viscount ex's last name.

Friends: Emperor Peony and Jade are close friends, potentially secretive lovers who banter back and forth. Much to Jade's chagrin, Peony named one of his pet rappigs after him.

Jade is one of the few who give direct orders to Anise Tatlin, the guardian of Fon Master Ion. Ion is the leader of Daath and the Oracle of Lorelei. Jade goes on a journey with Luke, the duke of Kimlasca, Tear - a fonic hymnist from Yulia City, Guy, Anise, Ion, and Natalia, the princess of Kimlasca to stop the Six God Generals and Grand Maestro Mohs as well as Van Grants who wish to overthrow Ion and create a new world.

Backstory: Jade lived in the wintery port city of Keterburg, along with Dist, who was then known as Saphir, the future Emperor Peony Upala Malkuth IX, and his own younger sister, Nephry Osborne. In his youth, he was, as described by his sister, a "devil" who was highly adept in casting fonic artes; his sister saw him as one who did not understand the significance of life or perhaps that anything but himself could be sentient, and therefore he enjoyed killing monsters through fonic artes even adults found difficult. When he was nine, he created the process known as fomicry, the science of extracting data from an existing entity to produce a perfect copy known as a "replica". His first attempt was when his sister, Nephry, broke her favorite doll, at which point Jade created a replica to appease her.

He was, however, significantly changed by his teacher, Professor Gelda Nebilim, a healer who commanded the Seventh Fonon, which Jade could not command himself. Though he had great respect for his teacher, Jade attempted to control the Seventh Fonon, but instead unleashed a power beyond his control that resulted in the death of Nebilim. As Nebilim lay dying, Jade extracted her data and created a replica of her, though rather than resurrecting his beloved teacher, he only succeeded in creating a monster which he found himself forced to seal away due to its destructive nature.

Jade was eventually convinced to cease his endeavors with fomicry by his close friend, Peony, who spent his childhood years in Jade's hometown of Keterburg. It is also revealed that Jade forbade the practice of fomicry on living organisms due to both ethical and technical issues arising from the subject. Dist, however, still did not accept Nebilim's death. His dream was to see Jade return to normal, and help him resurrect her again. However, Jade had always refused, and often opted to make fun of Dist instead.

Fighting Style: Jade wields spears in battle, an unusual weapon for a spellcaster. Unlike the rest of the party, he does not physically carry his weapon in battles; rather he produces it seemingly from nowhere via a unique technique he developed and then sends it away again after finishing his attack. Like with Tear's wands, Jade's spears act more as a focus for his fonic attack power rather than a direct combat weapon, but he can still wield it that way if need be.