Character Development Thread: Jagen Halin

[Jagen Sedai]

Portrait: [Link] [Art by me]

 

Character as an Aes Sedai:

 

Known to have a temper as fiery as her hair during her novice and some of her Accepted years, Jagen was raised Aes Sedai in 838 NE when Kathana Travelear was Amyrlin and Sabine was Mistress of Novices. There were only a few Ajahs which interested Jagen when she was Accepted, but Red took the cake. She was very close to choosing White, but felt she did not need to be part of them to pursue her own interests--though she speaks often enough of logic and reason to have gone White. She had little interest in being cooped up in the library, though she loves books, learning and teaching, so no Brown for her. However, with the Red, Jagen felt she not only had some versatility, but also one of the most worthy, and challenging, causes of the Tower. The idea of men channeling also frightens her. From her first day in the Tower, she knew she wanted to gentle them all, for the world's safety and their own. Joining the Red would also allow Jagen to travel far and wide in her pursuits. And though hard to convey otherwise, joining the Red had always felt 'right' for her. As soon as she was raised, Jagen's enthusiasm was set to begin working for her Ajah's goals. She is one of the strongest women in the Power at the White Tower, and a hard woman deeply set in her duty.

 

Being a bookworm herself, while in the Tower she spends a lot of time in or around the Library (without the obligations of the Browns). She has a history of teaching novices and Accepted before she became a Sitter, a rank she obtained recently. Her specialty area of study is observing the Heavens. She has been known to visit a shop in Tar Valon run by a Sea Folk man who makes lenses, and she has built telescopes and shared some of her observations with other curious sisters. She has also used her telescopes in lessons.

 

For casual hobbies, Jagen has and sometimes plays a cello, which she has used more than once in a noble's court. She has close friends in the White and Brown Ajahs. For companionship outside of other Sisters, she also has animals she cares for; two horses and an owl she adopted after it was found injured on one of her rides.

 

Jagen has also been known to leave the Tower often, and in the course of the last 30 years only returned a short time about once every two or three years; enough to gather news, reconnect, and then leave again, before returning again in 1000 NE and soon after raised as a Sitter, of which she is the youngest. She can weave gateways, which she learned upon returning to the Tower. Even before the Traveling weave was discovered, however, Jagen made a point to visit major cities and small towns alike, searching for girls to bring to the Tower. She knew how empty the novice and Accepted quarters were when she was there, and is determined to see them filled.

 

Jagen supported the motion to bring in Salidar novices--women who were older, but could still potentially become Aes Sedai. Initially against the idea of bonding Asha'man, when it was proposed by the Highest, she volunteered (sarcastically) to be the first to bond--and angered when it came to pass that the Asha'man agreed, she was forced to uphold her promise.

 

 

Role-play History

 

Arranged from oldest on bottom to newest at the top (in terms of IC timeline).

 

2019

• Crazy Manipulations - July 2019 (Ongoing)
  • A group of Aes Sedai are put on a mission to check out suspicious activity in and round a lord's manor.

 

2018

• Mutual Interests
• A Visit (Attn Nox/ Open)
  • Jagen visits the Black Tower to take a look around.
• Reds and Blacks
• Trading Chains for White (Retro)

 

2017

• Rescue Mission - Aug 2017 - Died

 

Old RPs

(Pre-2017)

• A Resentful Meeting - July 2015 (Finished July 2019)
  • Jagen and her Asha'man bonded, Aslan, get to know each other.
• While the Bosses Speak - Sept 2009
• New Alliances - Aug 2009
• A Sorrowful Return - February 2009
• Are You Going to Deny the Savior? - Jan 2009
• Back Home - Aug 2008
• My Brother's Keeper - 2010
• Congratulations My Sister - 2007 (Meeting with Lillian of the White)

 

Retro RPs

• A Red Veil - July 2018
• Caught Red Handed  - July-Aug 2015
• A New Aes Sedai in the Tower - 2007 (Sometime after being gone a while, I had forgotten Jagen was not new to the shawl in the Main timeline, hence the discrepancy)

Edited September 3, 2019 by Jagen Sedai