+Personality/Quirks+

To say that Jergens is eccentric would be an understatement. One minute he could be getting way into your personal space and the next he could be talking smack about how your mother wears army boots. Really, anything goes with him. He's the pure embodiment of impulsive, and that often got him into a lot of trouble in the past (and still does). Just looking at the maps of scars and tears along his body is enough indication of that.

He seems really optimistic and cheery on the outside, but once you dig a little deeper, you can find a pretty sad sack of bad self-esteem and greasy failure just right under the skin The forest wasn't exactly all that kind to him in his first years. He's got the mien of some broken-down sunshiny naive optimist who just got a really cruel awakening. That's not to say that Jergens wasn't cynical and conniving to begin with, definitely not. If anything, the forest has managed to make him a lot more mellow and passive than he used to be.

There are times when his paper-thin cheeriness can get torn, and when it does, it can get pretty ugly if no else is around.

*Often drags friends into dangerous or ludicrous situations
*Rarely cries
*Highly protective of close friends and family
*As much of a poor role model as he may seem, he's very good with children
*Cowardly despite his headstrong nature; he refuses to face a situation head on.
*A sore loser and a show-off
*Able to pick people apart
*As careless and silly as he may seem he knows when it's time to get serious.
*His thought process is usually a lot more serious than one would originally believe
*Often melancholic or in a depressive like state
*Knows his boundaries, and knows damn well how to keep a secret.
*Very 'touchy-feely' with friends and family
*Tends to curse a lot, be it with actual curse words or words he just makes up himself
*Likely would hoard objects if given the space to do so
*He is dangerous and not an individual to be taken lightly
*Leaps before he looks
*Lies often, and has an inherent talent for it
*Prone to rapid mood swings
*Often smiles when he's angry... a strange habit of his
*Uncomfortable with displaying/watching blatant public affection (there are exceptions)
*Rarely is driven to actual anger (there are triggers)
*Less likely to forgive if he's physically, rather than emotionally wounded
*Can be lazy, if permitted to do so
*Prone to panic attacks if massively stressed
*If he teases you, then he likes you
*Incredibly difficult to gain his respect - almost impossible for some
*When upset, he'll never say what 'exactly' the problem is. Not even with close friends
*Capable of acting fatherly and comforting when he needs to be
*Will only act out favors for strangers if a deal is involved for himself
*Uncaring of most strangers around him, despite his good-natured attitudes towards them.
*Very unpredictable if attacked. He might retaliate like any normal person would but he's been known to just fall limp - leaving himself up to the other party's mercy.
*Capable of being absurdly cold-hearted if it means survival.
*Very chivalrous when interacting with women, almost to the point of being overbearing
*Often sleep-deprived from nightmares
*Terrified of dogs and canine-like creatures
*A poor swimmer
*He's got a knack for mathematics. Give him some kind of tricky puzzle problem and he'll mull over it for hours.
*He isn't interested in pursuing romance, and any kind of advance will only be met with a terrified refusal
*Because of the circumstances of having to care for an infirm master in his human life, Jergens has an instinctive desire to take care of deer who express signs of illness. He doesn't remember 'why' he feels the need to do so.
*He's a shitty climber, mainly due to his own bulkiness.
*Takes pain relatively well and has built up a tolerance to it.

-Other Trivial (Some Human) Features-

*A talented pick-pocket, only ever 'beaten' at it once (by Cry)
*Completely illiterate
*Has some unusual eating habits. Hates hot drinks and most sweets
*Likes to look at comic books, even if he is unable to read them
*Once a heavy smoker
*A natural thespian, as taught by his step-father
*While he no longer remembers his human life, he may still refer to aspects of the human world as terms of slang themselves without really knowing the meaning of them

-Common Forest Behaviors-

*The greet that he uses (Bow + Head Tilt) is not nearly as courteous as it might look in-game, depending on who he's greeting.
*(Nodding + Head Tilt) = 'chatting' or rambling.
*(Surprise + Head Tilt) = an exclamation/trying to get attention
*He'll often circle individual deer as a way of either breaking tension or just weirding them out
*Likewise will often do figure-eights around groups that he's trying to introduce to one another
*Likes jumping over minis and fawns to show off, and that's probably going to get him into trouble at some point.
*His 'home' is a tree right behind the Crying Idol, although he is far from territorial.
*When approaching a deer, he might try to 'sneak up' on it by darting behind trees and inching just a bit closer each time.
*Avoids the old oak as the echoing creeps him out a little.
*Can be pretty forward in approaching random deer, depending on how they look to him. With bucks and stags, he'll often just charge right up. With does, he's a lot less brash. With fawns and namelesses, depending on his mood he'll just walk up and play with them.

+Background/Appearance+

Life has not been particularly kind to Jergens. Why should it be? All in all, despite how friendly he may seem to strangers and close friends, he really is a despicable person in his own right. He has abused others, given false promises, stolen, and outright toyed with perfectly innocent people.

His existence started with abuse, which in turn manifested itself into ridicule and prejudice, and finally neglect.

He acts stupid only because that's how others wanted him to be, and what they had expected of him. The truth couldn't be more than opposite. Jergens is exceptionally intelligent in more ways than one, though his mind has been so slaughtered by others that its potential has been completely squandered.

Though his crimes were for the most part petty, his actions were governed by his own sick rules of logic and his cynical view on what humanity had turned him into.

He doesn't resent people, but he does resent their actions.

He's mellowed out considerably with age, and he's not as spiteful as he used to be, just bitter. Even sworn enemies are welcomed into his life, ghosts of the past that he's too tired to bother fighting back.



-Appearance-

Deer
Fairly simplistic in looks. Jergens is a massive stag. His pelt is a faded crimson, though it has taken on a considerable grey tone to it. The fur on his neck is longer, though still retains its whorl. His face is that of a human, mostly covered by a ratty butterfly mask that has probably seen better days. If one were to look closely, they'd notice that his right eye has a slightly milky tint to it, betraying his blindness. His chin is coated with a modest beard, a remnant of his human life. His face is wrinkled and worn, both from age and from the stress of his rather turbulent past. The antlers upon his head are large and cumbersome, curved back to his back and sharply pointed at the front.

Jergens carries a number of scars in this form, all of which are easily visible due to his short pelt. His underbelly is a web of stringy pink grooves, his back legs respectively have two pale lines running up their backs. The most significant is an old puncture wound on the right side of his ribcage, now nothing more than a star-shaped crater.


Human
Equally simple, though carries a charm all of his own. Jergens is not a particularly 'attractive' man, though he has his charms and he knows how to use them to his advantage. He is of average height, neither tall nor short, and thin as a rail. His clothing varies, but he's most well known for his army green hoodie, a gift from his childhood friend Pert. On the hollow of his throat is a light, pink scar, trailing down to his chest (the origin of which is unknown). His hair is a natural ginger, short and curly, complimenting his equally red stubble. His eyes are a deep chocolate brown, and his face is long and angular with a pronounced jaw-bone. In terms of his physical stature, he's very frail due to his lack of body fat. However, he does have a little bit of muscle to him, though not as much as an average man of his age.

+Relations+
(Hover)


+Family+

Cry
Peony
-Wedlocks-
Pert Kambell
Faith Bartleby
Rosine Byrd


+Friends+

Toukan
Ourania
Spyrre
Kahlan


+Interests+

Tamsin
Judaius
Lionel
Jamie O'Callaghan


+Unsure+

Illrose
Saosin


+Enemies+

'Smiling' Jack
'Friend'