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Post by Jane Porter on Apr 24, 2012 20:18:31 GMT -5
..:: Player Information ::..
Player Name: Maskerader
Age: 23
Other Characters Played: N/A
How You Found Us: I was roped into helping by the founder.
..:: Character Information ::..
Character Name: Jane Victoria Porter
Gender: Female
Type of Creature: Human
Rank: Force of Good
Movie/TV Series: Tarzan, The Legend of Tarzan
Home Island: Isle of the Jungle
Personality: Jane is, perhaps a bit surprisingly for her time period, quite a strong woman. She's not afraid to show what she's thinking or feeling, but she also knows when it's best not to show those sorts of things. The woman looks at her situation and reacts to it with intelligence, even if she's simply following her instincts.
Miss Porter speaks up for herself when she needs to; for example, when Clayton was shooting all over the place and potentially frightening the gorillas away. She is quite capable of holding an intelligent discussion and/or debate with the best of them; this young woman knows how to support her issue with the evidence required to show that she knows what she's talking about.
At the same time, when Jane's excited, frightened, nervous, etc, she tends to speak very quickly, rambling on about what she's thinking. She tends to exhibit this more often when she's feeling strong emotions and doesn't really know how to express herself. And then she ends up expressing herself too much.
Jane can be stubborn; she will stick to her opinion or cause until she is proven either to be correct or incorrect. If she's proven wrong, though, she does try to accept that with grace, even though she's not always successful.
It actually took Jane a bit of time in the jungle to learn to truly trust her instincts, but even now, her time as a "proper English lady" gets in the way, occasionally. She's still learning the best way to live in the jungle, but she certainly trusts Tarzan more than she does herself, sometimes.
Powers, Skills, and/or Any Other Abilities:
Excellent artist: Jane has been drawing practically since she could hold a pencil. Her skills come in very handy when she helps her father: she's able to accurately capture the specimen without having to pin it somewhere or otherwise injure it. It is one of her deepest passions and something that she still continues to do and love.
Good teacher: Jane didn't really consider herself to be the teaching type, but when she met Tarzan, she had to be. He didn't know how to properly speak English (at all, before they came) or how to read. The Englishwoman took it upon herself to teach him these basics, for his own sake.
Good sense of humor: Though she didn't much get a chance to show it in Victorian England, Jane really does have a good sense of humor. It has developed a bit more since moving to the jungle, as well; whenever any members of the family play a joke on her, instead of becoming offended, she laughs and jokes back.
Fair-minded: Jane is willing to look at things from both sides of the coin. She realizes that each story has more than one side, and she tries to consider each side when making important decisions.
Quite willing to try new things: Especially for a woman from the Victorian era, Jane's willing to try new things. She was willing to go to the jungle with her father, first of all, and then she decided to stay in the jungle with the man she loved, rather than returning to the civilistion from which she came.
Very intelligent: Jane has a quick and brilliant mind; she's been helping her father with his research since she was very young. Due to this, she has a scientific view of the world, much of the time, and enjoys learning for its own sake.
Good researcher: Because she's been helping her father since she was little, Jane is quite familiar with the scientific method. Whenever she's works with the Professor, she makes sure that her research is the best that it can be.
Weaknesses/Flaws:
Too trusting of "civilised" people: Because Jane grew up in a 'civilised' country, she tends to trust people from other 'civilised' countries too easily. For example, she trusted Clayton, at the beginning, and he betrayed her and the entire Porter party.
Occasionally "uptight": As she is from the Victorian era, sometimes it is hard for Jane to fully accept and/or understand more modern things. While she's not averse to the idea of women wearing pants, it still surprises her just how prevalent this style is, outside of her island.
Short tempered when it comes to her drawings: Like many artists, Jane does not like it when people criticize her work just to criticize. She welcomes constructive criticism, but when people are rude about it, she tends to get upset and can even start yelling at people.
Too talkative at times: When she's nervous or upset or unsure of things, Jane tends to babble. She does occasionally realize that she's rambling, but more often than not, she continues to chatter.
Canon History: Born to Archimedes and Elisabeth Porter, Jane Victoria Porter was welcomed into a happy, loving family. Her parents doted on her, almost to the point of spoiling her. When they realised what they were doing, however, they stopped. It took a bit of doing, but through keeping a careful watch on what they allowed and didn't allow, they made sure that Jane was not a spoiled brat, as she could have been.
As an only child, both of her parents lavished affection on the girl. She was brought up as a proper English lady, with bits of unorthodox teaching thrown in. For example, she can play the piano, but she also knows how to properly research in scientific areas.
When Jane was about seven, her mother was found to be pregnant again. The whole family was ecstatic; Archimedes and Elisabeth had always wanted another child, and Jane was excited about being a big sister.
But all was not meant to be. It was a grueling process, a childbirth that ended up claiming the lives of both Elisabeth and the boy that would have been the Porter's newest addition.
Archimedes and Jane were both devastated; they went through a year of mourning. After that year, though, Professor Porter drew his courage to him, and stood to face his grief. Through hard work and Jane's help, he moved on from his loss, as did young Jane.
As a result of their tragedy, Jane and her father are quite close, so much so that she abandoned a life of portraits and drawing (something that she dearly loved) in order to accompany her father to Africa, where he intended to study gorillas.
True, she was going along as part of the expedition, and would be helping by drawing specimens and things, but it was not every day a proper English lady left behind a life of potential comfort and ease to go tramping about the jungle with her father.
But leave England she did, a decision that forever changed her life.
When they arrived in the jungle, Jane's dress got caught on the underbrush, an event that would eventually lead to more appropriate jungle-attire. But, the typist digresses.
Through a series of ... potentially unfortunate events, Jane was chased through the jungle by baboons (angry baboons, at that), only to be rescued by a wild-man in a loincloth.
After he'd rescued her, they introduced themselves, in a manner of speaking. The man had no regards for personal boundaries, at all, not having grown up with them, and did not possess any English. Through trial and error, Jane managed to teach him a little bit, enough to get along at that first meeting, at least.
Tarzan took her back to her camp where she told her father and Clayton (their guide/protector-person) of her adventures.
They didn't quite believe her until Tarzan showed up.
While Jane was teaching Tarzan to speak English and about the world outside the jungle, Clayton attempted to get him to show them where the gorillas were.
Things went on this way until the boat returned to take them back to England. Jane was heart-broken, knowing she had to return to civilization, but desperately wanting to stay in the jungle, for research reasons as well as for Tarzan.
Unbeknownst to Jane, Clayton convinced Tarzan that if he showed them the gorillas, that Jane would stay with him. Tarzan led Jane, her father, and Clayton to where the gorillas had been staying.
It took a bit of coaxing (in the form of Tarzan, Jane, and Professor Porter ooking and attempting to imitate the gorillas), but eventually, Tarzan's family came out to see the humans that he had brought into their midst.
Tarzan's friends, Terk and Tantor had been distracting Kerchak, the leader of the gorillas, but all three of them came back while the other three humans were there. Kerchak was furious, but Tarzan held him off while Jane and the others escaped.
Jane and her father continued their preparations for departure, only to be joined by Tarzan, wearing a suit. Jane was so excited; she rambled on about how everyone was going to be so thrilled to meet Tarzan, all the way to the ship.
Only to discover, once onboard, that Clayton had betrayed all of them. The only reason he had gone along on the expedition in the first place was so that he could find the gorillas, transport them back to England, and sell them.
Locked in the hold of the ship, Jane and Tarzan couldn't really do anything to help Tarzan's family. Jane never liked feeling helpless, and that time was no exception. It was a great relief to all of them when Terk and Tantor rescued the trapped humans.
Even though Clayton and his men were sure to be at the gorilla nest by that point, Jane and company raced to the nest, desperate to save Tarzan's family.
Jane, her father, Terk, and Tantor managed to free most of the gorillas while Tarzan battled Clayton. In the ensuing struggle, Clayton shot Kerchak. He and Tarzan fought, and Tarzan tangled him in some vines. Having lost his shotgun, Clayton started cutting the vines with his machete, not paying attention to which vines he was cutting. In the end, he accidentally hanged himself.
After making sure that all the gorillas were free, Jane and Tarzan went over to Kerchak, who finally accepted Tarzan as his son and chose him to lead them.
Even after all they had been through together, Jane and Professor Porter decided they still had to return to England. They were in the rowboat, heading out to the ship when Professor Porter told Jane point blank that she needed to stay. She loved Tarzan and she needed to follow her heart.
Jane realized that he was right, gave him a big hug, and jumped out of the boat, swimming for shore despite the added encumbrance of her proper English dress. It wasn't long before her father followed, winking at the captain to tell people that he had never found them.
As soon as Jane reached Tarzan, she threw her arms around him, kissing him soundly. She pulled back, slightly embarrassed at how forward she'd been, when Tarzan kissed her again.
Once they finally got out of the water, Jane said, "Jane stay with Tarzan" in gorilla, just the way that Tarzan had taught her.
Her life since she chose to stay with the man she loved hasn't been all sunshine and English flowers, but Jane wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
Game Information: Before the boat that had come to take Jane and her father back to England could leave, the Captain legally married Jane and Tarzan. After all, even if they were going to be living in the jungle, it wouldn't do for a proper English lady to be living with a man to whom she wasn't married; the scandal would spread, even from the jungles of Africa!
Tarzan and Jane have been living in their jungle home, trying to live a quiet life. A fact which was made nearly impossible, considering that Tarzan would go to great lengths to protect his home and his family. New threats arrived almost every day, necessitating the young family to protect themselves and their home, almost all the time.
They're hoping that things will slow down a bit, now that the Kingdom of Rohandor is seemingly at peace.
Anything Else: Jane is willing to go out of her way to help, but she won't let people walk all over her, either. She's a strong woman who knows what she wants and is willing to fight for it, even if it may not seem "proper" at the time.
..:: Sample Post ::..
"Stop, that tickles!" she laughed, flailing in her sleep. Tarzan must be examining her feet again.
"Get off!" she exclaimed, still laughing as she kicked out, booting him in the chest.
At least, that was what she had tried to do. Instead, she was falling. Falling through the air, whipping through the trees. This sort of dream was not unfamiliar to Jane. Any moment now, she would wake up, gasping, safe in the gorilla nest with Tarzan.
Jane struggled towards consciousness, fighting the feeling of falling, as she always did, by reaching out and grabbing whatever vines she could reach, physical or otherwise.
Only this time, there were no physical vines to save her. Once she had managed to struggle out of the dream-turned nightmare, Jane opened her eyes, blinking in the canopy of a tent.
....where on earth was she?!
Sitting up quickly, Jane looked around, attempting to recognize her surroundings.
Wherever she was, Tarzan wasn't here, which could only mean something bad had happened to Jane while she'd been sleeping. And that something was keeping Tarzan from finding her, which was never a good thing for her captor.
"Just you wait until Tarzan finds you," she shot into the dark. "You're going to regret this!" she shouted, with far more bravado than she actually felt. Hopefully, though, whoever had taken her from her home wouldn't be able to catch onto that until far too late.
