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|Introduction=[http://www.errantstory.com/2003-01-24 2003/01/24]
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[http://www.errantstory.com/2003-11-03 2003/11/03], [http://www.errantstory.com/2006-06-14 2006/06/14], [http://www.errantstory.com/2007-03-19 2007/03/19], [http://www.errantstory.com/2007-03-21 2007/03/21], [http://www.errantstory.com/2007-04-18 2007/04/18], [http://www.errantstory.com/2007-04-20 2007/04/20], [http://www.errantstory.com/2007-09-26 2007/09/26], [http://www.errantstory.com/2007-09-28 2007/09/28], [http://errantstory.com/2008-08-27 2008/08/27], [http://errantstory.com/2009-05-13 2009/05/13], [http://errantstory.com/2009-05-27 2009/05/27], [http://www.errantstory.com/2009-11-23/4534 2009/11/23]
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| align="center" | ''Chapter 2''<br> [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-01-24 Cover], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-03-17 03/17], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-03-19 03/19], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-03-21 03/21], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-03-24 03/24], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-03-26 03/26], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-03-28 03/28], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-03-31 03/31], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-04-02 04/02], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-04-04 04/04], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-04-07 04/07]<br><br>''Chapter 3''<br> [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-04-14 04/14], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-04-21 04/21], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-04-23 04/23], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-04-25 04/25], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-04-28 04/28], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-04-30 04/30], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-05-07 05/07], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-05-09 05/09], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-05-12 05/12], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-05-14 05/14], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-06-23 06/23]<br><br>''Chapter 4''<br> [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-07-25 #106b], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-07-28 #108], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-08-01 #109], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-08-04 #110], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-08-06 #111], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-08-08 #112], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-08-12 #113], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-08-14 #114], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-08-18 #115], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-08-20 #116], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-08-22 #117], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-08-25 #118], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-08-27 #119], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-08-29 #120], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-09-01 #121], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-09-03 #122], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-09-05 #123]<br><br>''Chapter 5''<br> [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-09-17 #127], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-09-19 #128], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-09-22 #129], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-09-26 #131], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-10-01 #133], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-10-03 #134], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-11-05 #146], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-11-07 #147], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-11-12 #148], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-11-17 #149], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-11-19 #150], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-12-08 #157]<br><br>''Chapter 6''<br> [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-12-10 Cover], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2003-12-26 #160], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-01-05 #161], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-01-14 #165], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-01-16 #166], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-01-19 #167], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-01-21 #168], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-01-23 #169], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-01-30 #171], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-02-02 #172], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-02-04 #173], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-02-06 #174]<br><br>''Chapter 7''<br> [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-03-29 #189], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-03-31 #190], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-04-02 #191], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-04-05 #192], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-04-07 #193], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-04-09 #194], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-04-12 #195], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-04-14 #196], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-04-16 #197], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-04-19 #198], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-04-21 #199], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-04-25 #200], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-04-28 #201], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-04-30 #202], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-05-03 #203], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-05-05 #204], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-05-07 #205], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-05-16 #206], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-05-19 #207], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-05-21 #208], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-05-26 #210], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-05-28 #211]<br><br>''Chapter 8''<br> [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-06-02 #212], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-06-04 #213], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-06-07 #214], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-06-09 #215], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-06-14 #216], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-06-15 #217], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-06-18 #218], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-06-23 #219], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-06-25 #220], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-06-28 #221], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-06-30 #222], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-07-05 #223], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-07-07 #224], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-07-09 #225], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-07-12 #226]<br><br>''Chapter 9''<br> [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-09-01 #243], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-09-03 #244], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-09-08 #245], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-09-10 #246], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-09-15 #247], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-09-17 #248], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-09-20 #249], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-09-22 #250], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-09-24 #251], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-09-27 #251b], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-09-29 #253], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-10-01 #254], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-10-11 #256], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-10-13 #257], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-10-15 #258]<br><br>''Chapter 10''<br> [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-11-17 #270], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-11-19 #271], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-11-29 #273], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2004-12-08 #277]<br><br>''Chapter 11''<br> [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-01-24 #290], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-01-26 #291], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-02-02 #294], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-02-04 #295], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-02-07 #296], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-02-09 #297], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-02-11 #298], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-02-16 #300], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-02-21 #301]<br><br>''Chapter 12''<br> [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-02-23 #302], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-02-25 #303], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-02-28 #304], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-03-02 #305], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-03-04 #306], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-03-07 #307]<br><br>''Chapter 13''<br> [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-04-15 Cover], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-04-18 #321], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-04-20 #322], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-04-22 #323], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-04-25 #324], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-04-27 #325], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-04-29 #326], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-05-02 #327], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-05-04 #328], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-05-06 #329], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-05-16 #333], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-05-18 #334]<br><br>''Chapter 14''<br> [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-06-10 #343], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-06-13 #344], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-06-15 #345], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-06-17 #346], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-06-20 #347], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-06-22 #348]<br><br>''Chapter 15''<br> [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-07-06 #352], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-07-08 #353], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-07-11 #354], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-07-13 #355], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-07-15 #356], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-07-18 #357], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-07-20 #358], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-07-22 #359], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-07-25 #360], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-07-27 #361], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-07-29 #362], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-08-01 #363], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-08-03 #364], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-08-05 #365], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-08-08 #366], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-08-10 #366b], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-08-12 #367], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-08-15 #368], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-08-17 #369]<br><br>''Chapter 16''<br> [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-08-19 Cover], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-08-22 #370], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-08-24 #371], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-08-26 #372], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-08-31 #373], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-09-02 #374], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-09-05 #375], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-09-09 #377], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-09-12 #378], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-09-14 #379], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-09-16 #380], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-09-19 #381], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-09-21 #382]<br><br>''Chapter 17''<br> [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-09-26 #383], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-09-28 #384], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-09-30 #385], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-10-03 #386], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-10-05 #387], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-10-07 #388], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-10-10 #389], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-10-12 #390], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-10-17 #391], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-10-19 #392], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-10-21 #393], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-10-24 #394], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-10-26 #395], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-11-04 #400], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-11-07 #401], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-11-09 #402], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-11-14 #403], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-11-16 #404], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-11-30 #406], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-12-03 #407], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-12-06 #408], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2005-12-09 #409]<br><br>''Chapter 19''<br> [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2006-03-15 #440], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2006-03-17 #441], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2006-03-20 #442], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2006-03-22 #443], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2006-03-29 #444], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2006-04-05 #445], [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2006-04-07 #446],  [http://www.errantstory.com/archive.php?date=2006-05-24 #462]
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'''Jon''' is an assassin, as well as a member of the [[Gewehr Wraiths]], very good at what he does.   He tends to angst a lot, has a thing for poor, helpless women, tries to act meaner than he is, and likes to shoot things. In short, the typical fantasy anti-hero. He is friends with [[Mandi]], the brother of [[Sara Amraphel|Sara]], and has had casual (and forgettable) sex with [[Sarine Elle|Sarine]].
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'''Jon''' is an assassin, a member of the [[Gewehr Wraiths]] and very good at what he does. He tends to angst a lot, has a thing for poor, helpless women, tries to act meaner than he is, and likes to shoot things. In short, he's the typical anti-hero. He is friends with [[Mandi]], is the brother of [[Sara Amraphel|Sara]], and has had casual (and forgettable) sex with [[Sarine Elle|Sarine]], although it's fair to say there's more to the story than that.
Jon's father was, ironically, killed by assassins.  
Jon's father was, ironically, killed by assassins.  
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Jon put Sara up for adoption after [[Jon's Mom|their mother]] died. The guilt he feels over this may explain why he goes out of the way to help out other young girls like [[Meji Hinadori|Meji]].  According to Mandi, this isn't the first time it's happened.
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Sara was put up for adoption after [[Jon's Mom|their mother]] died and since she kicked him out for joining the guild it took him over a year to hear about this. By then it was too late for him to help Sara, as she was already 'adopted' by the Ensigerum. The guilt he feels over this may explain why he goes out of the way to help out other young girls like [[Meji Hinadori|Meji]].  According to Mandi, this isn't the first time it's happened.
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His preferred weapon seems to be a [[Firearms | pistol]], which he has used on humans, [[Elf | elves]], [[Ellis]] (with messy but not permanently fatal results), and a bunch of leaves he blasts for target practice.  He is also proficient with hand-to-hand combat, as [[Ian Samael | Ian]] discovered the hard way, but again not fatally -- just one of those male-bonding things.  There are no indications that he actually uses magic, but he knows enough about it to have detected that Sarine had caused some magical amnesia in him the morning after the night before, even without her fessing up.
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He's proficient with [[firearms]], reasonably enough.  His preferred weapon seems to be a pistol, which he has used on humans, [[Elf | elves]], [[Ellis]] (with messy but not permanently fatal results), [[Nookie]] (who seems to be just as indestructible as Ellis), and a bunch of leaves he blasts for target practice.  However, he has also hauled out a rifle (magically silenced at that, although he's suspicious of it) to try to take out [[Winston Maurel]].  He is also proficient with hand-to-hand combat, as [[Ian Samael | Ian]] discovered the hard way, but again not fatally -- just one of those male-bonding things.  There are no indications that he actually uses magic, but he knows enough about it to have detected that Sarine had caused some magical amnesia in him the morning after the night before, even without her fessing up.
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He reports to a senior Gewehr guy named [[Gabriel]], who's unhappy with the fact that he botched an assassination by getting identified (by [[Polly]]) after making the hit.  Gabriel's instructions to him to lay low for a while were instrumental in getting him hooked up with Meji.  Now that he's back in business, he's been assigned the [[Winston Maurel]] gig, which pretty well everybody suspects is a trap.
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He reports, or at least reported before [[Anita]]'s vendetta against the Wraiths, to a senior Gewehr guy named [[Gabriel]], who's unhappy with the fact that he botched an assassination by getting identified (by [[Polly]]) after making the hit.  Gabriel's instructions to him to lay low for a while were instrumental in getting him hooked up with Meji.  Once he came back into the business, he was assigned the [[Winston Maurel]] gig, which turned out to be a trap.  When that gig didn't end with the expected dead [[cardinal]], he once again took off on the lam, this time accompanied by his sister (unwillingly from her point of view) and Sarine (unwillingly from his).  At the very least, that got him out of the way of the ensuing massacre of the Wraiths ordered by [[Anita]] and [[Paul]].
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He had the rare privilege of visiting [[Praenubilus Astu]] with Sarine and Sara, as they tried to extract Meji from the clutches of the elves.  In the process, he and his sis became the first humans to address the [[Elven Council]] in an incredibly long time.  He overacted the [http://www.errantstory.com/2008-03-26 hick-from-the-sticks] role in so doing, but hey, it worked.  He also got to help Sarine [http://www.errantstory.com/2008-04-02 scandalize] an elven spectator generally believed to be [[Sarine's Mom]], although we don't know that for sure.
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==Final act==
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As with all humans, he eventually joins the sad ranks of the [[:Category:Living Impaired characters|Living Impaired]], as we learn in the [[EpiCheat|Epilogue]].  However, rather atypically for Wraiths, he [http://www.errantstory.com/2012-03-12/5448 apparently] dies of natural causes at a reasonably old age, after 35 years of marriage to Sarine.  From her point of view, of course, that isn't nearly enough.  However, they have made sure that the Amraphel blood line will be [[Mari Amraphel|continued]] after he's gone, which probably provides Sarine with some consolation, although she's pretty well fated for ''[[Aetern Desiderium]]'' any way you cut it.  Jon's views on the matter are not recorded.
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==[[Jon Amraphel/Gallery|Gallery]]==
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Being a major character, Jon has an unusually fine series of images in the strip that help show his complicated personality to good effect. Check out his [[Jon Amraphel/Gallery|photo gallery]] for a sampling.
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{{Author's Notes}}
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:The funny thing is Proto-[[Jon]] and Proto-[[Sara]] both started life as basically the same character. I just could never decide if I wanted the main character to be a smart ass guy in his late twenties, or a sullen, nearly emotionless girl... beside gender/personality, they were nearly identical, same outfit, (okay, almost, the female version didn't have pants) same background, etc.
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Latest revision as of 13:43, 20 March 2012

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Jon Amraphel

Race: Humans
Gender: Male
Introduction: 2003/01/24

Appearances

See Jon Amraphel/Appearances

Mentions

2003/11/03, 2006/06/14, 2007/03/19, 2007/03/21, 2007/04/18, 2007/04/20, 2007/09/26, 2007/09/28, 2008/08/27, 2009/05/13, 2009/05/27, 2009/11/23

Jon is an assassin, a member of the Gewehr Wraiths and very good at what he does. He tends to angst a lot, has a thing for poor, helpless women, tries to act meaner than he is, and likes to shoot things. In short, he's the typical anti-hero. He is friends with Mandi, is the brother of Sara, and has had casual (and forgettable) sex with Sarine, although it's fair to say there's more to the story than that.

Jon's father was, ironically, killed by assassins.

Sara was put up for adoption after their mother died and since she kicked him out for joining the guild it took him over a year to hear about this. By then it was too late for him to help Sara, as she was already 'adopted' by the Ensigerum. The guilt he feels over this may explain why he goes out of the way to help out other young girls like Meji. According to Mandi, this isn't the first time it's happened.

He's proficient with firearms, reasonably enough. His preferred weapon seems to be a pistol, which he has used on humans, elves, Ellis (with messy but not permanently fatal results), Nookie (who seems to be just as indestructible as Ellis), and a bunch of leaves he blasts for target practice. However, he has also hauled out a rifle (magically silenced at that, although he's suspicious of it) to try to take out Winston Maurel. He is also proficient with hand-to-hand combat, as Ian discovered the hard way, but again not fatally -- just one of those male-bonding things. There are no indications that he actually uses magic, but he knows enough about it to have detected that Sarine had caused some magical amnesia in him the morning after the night before, even without her fessing up.

He reports, or at least reported before Anita's vendetta against the Wraiths, to a senior Gewehr guy named Gabriel, who's unhappy with the fact that he botched an assassination by getting identified (by Polly) after making the hit. Gabriel's instructions to him to lay low for a while were instrumental in getting him hooked up with Meji. Once he came back into the business, he was assigned the Winston Maurel gig, which turned out to be a trap. When that gig didn't end with the expected dead cardinal, he once again took off on the lam, this time accompanied by his sister (unwillingly from her point of view) and Sarine (unwillingly from his). At the very least, that got him out of the way of the ensuing massacre of the Wraiths ordered by Anita and Paul.

He had the rare privilege of visiting Praenubilus Astu with Sarine and Sara, as they tried to extract Meji from the clutches of the elves. In the process, he and his sis became the first humans to address the Elven Council in an incredibly long time. He overacted the hick-from-the-sticks role in so doing, but hey, it worked. He also got to help Sarine scandalize an elven spectator generally believed to be Sarine's Mom, although we don't know that for sure.


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Final act

As with all humans, he eventually joins the sad ranks of the Living Impaired, as we learn in the Epilogue. However, rather atypically for Wraiths, he apparently dies of natural causes at a reasonably old age, after 35 years of marriage to Sarine. From her point of view, of course, that isn't nearly enough. However, they have made sure that the Amraphel blood line will be continued after he's gone, which probably provides Sarine with some consolation, although she's pretty well fated for Aetern Desiderium any way you cut it. Jon's views on the matter are not recorded.

Gallery

Being a major character, Jon has an unusually fine series of images in the strip that help show his complicated personality to good effect. Check out his photo gallery for a sampling.

Poe Notes:|
The funny thing is Proto-Jon and Proto-Sara both started life as basically the same character. I just could never decide if I wanted the main character to be a smart ass guy in his late twenties, or a sullen, nearly emotionless girl... beside gender/personality, they were nearly identical, same outfit, (okay, almost, the female version didn't have pants) same background, etc.
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