name Asta age 21+ pronouns He/Him timezone Eastern

ㅤbiography:ㅤ Jaques was born and raised in the village of Lautrec, a small and idyllic settlement where things seemed mostly peaceful and normal. The son of a baker and a seamstress, most of his days were spent relatively simply, playing out in nature or picking up new skills from his parents, as both believed learning should begin early and continue throughout life. Jaques, fortunately, was a quicker study and relished in being taught new concepts and skills.Around the age of twelve, he was taken on by the town physician as an errand boy. At fourteen, thanks to watching the man work in between his tasks, he was taken on as an assistant. He spent the next year shadowing the man, learning as much as he could about the ins and outs of his profession, and in his free time he spent countless hours reading every book and text he could about all things related to medicine. By fifteen, he’d all but made up his mind about his path in life: he’d become a physician.His years between fifteen and seventeen were spent much the same, learning and studying, but somewhere in between, largely thanks to a few obscure writings, he began to dabble a bit in alchemical studies, wholly in secret. His fascination only grew stronger. By seventeen, with the help of the village physician, he was sent to Paris to further his studies thanks to a colleague of the village doctor. He stayed in Paris until he was twenty-two, learning all that he could about both medicine, alchemy, and, at times, in the deepest, darkest parts of the city, he’d learn things far more sinister. These were the years that turned him toward darker intentions, though he kept those hidden beneath the surface.The plague struck several months after turning twenty-two. Despite his studies and formal education being far from complete, he was sent into the fray to assist where he could. Thus began his years as a plague doctor. In the early days, he made a decent effort to help the infected, as much as they could be helped. But it didn’t take long for plague doctors to become synonymous with death, being seen as harbingers of the end. Jaques leaned into the terror and fear that surrounded plague doctors, and he made his turn from doing what he could to be of real help to doing all that he could to eradicate the plague: and what better way than to end those infected? Certainly, it would be the most merciful thing to do, wouldn’t it?Ah, if only his methods were at all merciful.Now, at twenty-five, Jaques continues to tend to the infected in his own way, and, with the plague continuing to spread, he’s been traveling across France, bringing his special method of healing to others. Do be wary if you meet the doctor for yourself. He doesn’t always differentiate between healthy and sick, for the plague lingers in every corner, does it not?