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full name: jackson barclay

gender / pronouns: cis man & he/him

dob / age: january 6th & 54

species: werewolf

occupation: auto shop owner

hair colour: brown with white streaks

eye colour: hazel

dominant hand: right

tics: clenching jaw, drumming fingers

distinguishing marks: various scars & tattoos

traits: resourceful, charismatic, audacious, passionate, ambitious, ruthless, explosive, blunt, dogmatic, domineering

astrology: capricorn sun, aries moon, leo rising

mbti: entj

enneagram: type 8, the challenger

wife: tba

children: julian barclay, june barclay, jacob barclay, jemma barclay

father: arthur barclay, werewolf, deceased.

mother: jenna barclay, human, deceased.

sister: juliana barclay, whereabouts unknown.

THE BEGINNING::

born and raised in ashwick, the youngest child of one of the founding families, the barclays. jackson had been taught the history of his family and the existance of supernaturals as a little kid; how much his family name and heritage meant to this town. triggering the curse, embracing your powers is the greatest thing that will ever happen to you, arthur would say. juliana, however, with her soft rebellion would disagree. she insisted on keeping her and her little brother’s humanity at all cost.

arthur and jenna’s story was an old hollywood movie cliche. a nurse and and a soldier who meet at the battlefield. how romantic! except that it wasn’t. arthur was a young man who’d unintentially triggered the curse he’d been trying to avoid all his life, someone who didn’t know what he was getting into, someone who was promised he’d become a hero but ended up losing a lot; jenna was a young girl trying to escape poverty, to escape a marriage she didn’t want that her parents thought would be good for her. they were young and stupid and they didn’t have anybody else. and soon after they returned to arthur’s hometown, juliana was born. eight years later, so was their son, jackson.

perhaps his parents were once happy, but jackson doesn’t remember those times. he remembers their fights, the broken dishes, the stink of whisky, his father coming home at sunrise. TW CHILD ABUSE, ALCOHOLISM he remembers his father hitting him for the smallest mistakes, juliana so desperately trying to get inbetween them so she could protect her little brother. the full moons were always the worst. jackson didn’t know if his mother didn’t care or she was too drunk to intervene. she was always so calm. END OF TW

at some point they ended up losing their house because arthur was kind enough to gamble all their savings away, on top of not having a job. they moved in a small apartment at the outskirts of ashworth and it was juliana who’d mostly take care of the rent. she was the adult of the house, took the parental role for jackson. she’d take care of him, give him money, make him dinner, drive him to school.

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT::

it was no surprise that jackson grew up to be quite the problem child. he’d spend more time in detention than the classroom, his grades were the last of his priority. parties, girls, feeling good - that’s where it was.

too young to get a job, he’d learn how to steal a wallet without anyone noticing, how to pick a lock be it a car or house. he wanted to contribute, to help out juliana. she scolded him the first time he brought 100 bucks home, demanding to know where they came from so he’d sneak 10 dollar bills in her purse, buy groceries while she was out working.

one day he came home to find all of juliana’s belongings gone; all except a little note that said sorry, jax. please take care. arthur hadn’t even noticed; jenna was reassuring for the first time jackson could remember - everyone leaves eventually, son. did you think she’d care for you, love you unconditionally? no one does that. you’ve only got yourself at the end of the day. a part of him was angry at juliana -- why would she leave? the only person in the world who truly cared about him, why would she? what did this mean? but then again, he could never hate his sister. he hoped she was happy, wherever she was. she didn’t have to deal with this mess anymore.

perhaps a part of him knew what he was doing that night; maybe he wanted to challenge juliana’s views. or he simply lost control. fights weren’t an unusual thing for jackson; but that time, he couldn’t stop. TW MURDER his friends were cheering him on; no one stopped him until jackson himself noticed, knuckles bloodied, his opponent wasn’t responding. jackson had gone too far. he’d done it. he’d triggered the curse by taking someone’s life. END OF TW

YOU’RE A FATHER NOW, GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER::

jackson had always been the type for one night stands, for relationships that didn’t last longer than two weeks. of course he craved love and stability - everybody did, but jack didn’t know how to. it terrified him. jenna has assured him love wasn’t real; and while it was debatable whether he believed in love or not, his girlfriend at he time got pregnant. and what jackson believed in was duty.

they were far too young to raise a family together, but it happened and he had to take some responsibility. she was now mrs. barclay and jackson was terrified. terrified of becoming like arthur, of his kids making the mistakes he did, of his family getting hurt.

he’d worked every job under the sun, but now he had to think of the futures. he’d always been passionate about cars and stealing them so with some effort and some threats jack ended up with his own auto shop. something he’d enjoy doing, something that would earn him good money, something his kids would inherit.

marriage and relationships were complicated and while jack tried not to fall into his old habits, he failed. a baby out of wedlock; a woman exhiled from the pack because jackson barclay could do no wrong. his wife raising a child that wasn’t hers. their marriage had always been messy and complicated and jack tried hard not to make it into another arthur and jenna situation. the thought terrified him, disgusted him. he’d keep on fighting. he and his wife would do anything for their children; so the twins were born. the babies of the family, supposed to be their saving grace, but it wasn’t so easy. while jack and his wife mostly bonded over trying their best for the family, for the kids, perhaps sometimes his ideology did them more harm than good.

fatherhood is difficult and arthur, long gone now, creeps up in his mind all the time. jackson wants the best for his kids. but the world is hard, and they need to be prepared.

NOW::