JACE HUNTER.

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biography.

elizabeth hunter was just an ordinary human, trying to establish a life for herself when it happened. one day, having finished work late, a vampire attacked her on her way home, and force-fed her his blood, turning her into a vampire. offering to help and guide her through her transformation and teach her about vampire customs, lizzie refused and left to find her own way to deal with her transformation. once the bloodlust came, she decided to try and feed on animals instead of humans, and much to her surprise, while it didn't taste good, it sated her thirst for blood, and she didn't even need to kill the animals, just drink some of their blood.

around ten years later, give or take, she fell in love with a mortal named james hall. for two whole years they were in love, and james never knew about her secret; that she was a vampire. however, once she found out she had become pregnant, james, not feeling ready for the responsibility of being a father, left her. jace was born 9 months later, on the night of september 23rd. half human, half vampire, the boy didn't display any signs of lust for blood, or having any enhanced abilities that vampires had. all in all, he seemed entirely human. and so, she kept her secret of her true nature from her son as she raised him, believing he was better off not knowing. just as she told him that his father had died before he was born to spare him of growing up wondering why his dad had left him.

believing she would never find love again, lizzie put all her focus on raising the boy, teaching him the most important values of being kind and caring and understanding and to not be afraid to be curious and ask questions. when jace had become five years old, his mother found what she never thought she would. she fell in love with another mortal — his name was david williams. they moved in together a year later, though little did they know that they both held secrets from one another; she never told him she was a vampire, and he never told her his 'work' was actually being a hunter of supernatural creatures.

jace had a decent relationship with his stepfather the first few years after he entered their lives. however, when jace was around twelve years old, his curiosity got the better of him. wondering why his mother sometimes left late at night, jace followed her one night, through the woods, to a farm nearby, only to witness her feeding on one of the farm animals there. she didn't kill it, but the sight was enough to scare him — he'd never seen his mother like that; sharp fangs, attacking a living creature, it's blood smeared across her mouth. startled, he kept it to himself what he had witnessed for a few weeks— avoiding his mother more than usual, finding himself spending more time around david instead, trying to get to know him better, to figure out if he could be trusted. which, after a few weeks, jace felt like he could. and so, stupidly, instead of asking his mother, he told david about what he had seen.

that's when everything took a change for the worse.

david, having become a hunter after a vampire killed his daughter, did not take the information well. the love he once had felt for lizzie, gone in a second — jace could clearly see the rage and hatred in his stepfather's eyes as he left the room without a word. following after him into one of the other rooms, jace stood watching as david pushed a drawer aside to uncover a secret stash of weapons. terrified, jace asked him what he was doing, only to be told to wait there. but of course, jace, fearing that david would hurt his mother, refused, and tried to grab david's arm to stop him. but david, in a blind rage, elbowed the boy in the face before going towards the kitchen where lizzie was making dinner.

having been knocked back, it took a second for jace to hurry after him, and by the time he reached the kitchen, david was standing there, a blood-stained machete in his hands, and jace's mother lying there on the floor, her head decapitated. horrified, the boy tried to run away, but david quickly caught him, telling jace that he had done him a favor; that his mother was a monster, that she was dangerous, but that there might still be hope for him. confused and not knowing what to believe, but most of all absolutely terrified of this sudden change in david, jace could only nod as he cried silently.

after that, jace was kept under constant surveillance by his stepfather for a long time while they moved away from jace's hometown, to stay on the road, a lot of sleepless nights in motels. david told him that his mother had been a vampire, and that if he hadn't killed her, she might have killed innocents. he explained how he himself was a hunter of these monsters- these killers. then, when jace became a teenager, his vampire half finally started to show. sunlight started to become painful to him and he started to hear and smell things further away. david, being a hunter, picked up on the signs quickly — and things went from bad to worse.

realizing that jace was half vampire, david started taking his hatred for vampires out on jace, by physically abusing him, beating him any time jace expressed doubts about his mother having been dangerous, or when he expressed doubts that all supernatural creatures were evil. david would also mentally abuse him by telling jace that he was a monster and that the only way for him to redeem himself was to follow david's orders, and that if he didn't, david would kill him.

jace, broken down by david's constant abuse, became obedient, trying his best to follow david's every order out of fear that david would beat him, or worse, kill him. once david finally trusted jace had learned the lessons david was trying to teach him, david started teaching him to become a hunter like himself — and much to jace's surprise, he found that he actually liked being a hunter, because it allowed him to take out all the pain and hurt he felt inside on other supernatural creatures (because if there was one thing his stepfather approved of, it was violence towards "monsters,") and finally feel in control of something. and not only did jace like hunting, but his stepfather seemed to approve of him more after seeing jace hurting and killing these creatures, believing that jace finally understood that all monsters were evil.

personality wise, jace has a lot of hurt inside, a lot of trauma he carries, not only from the past, but from the present, and he's driven by a need to survive more than anything, causing him to act how he believes will best keep him away from the danger that is his stepfather if he manages to piss him off. deep down, jace is still that scared little boy who saw his mother get killed, but it takes a lot of trust for him to open up and let someone see that vulnerable side of him. jace struggles a lot with depression, anxiety, self-hatred and self-destructive tendencies due to the abuse from his stepfather, though he's pretty talented at hiding it behind a mask of charm and a feigned self-confidence. a mask which really only breaks when he's around david. around david, jace has to constantly suppress his emotions as any opinions diverging from david's own tends to make him angry, and so, when jace is not around him, he's got a short temper (anger that he secretly wishes to take out on david, but is too afraid to, so he takes it out on others instead,) he hates being told what to do and can quickly go from charming and sweet to cold, defensive and aggressive.

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