Editing Jasper (section)

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Jasper has served [[King Carnelian]] of [[Heliodor]] from a young age, but he was originally born to a noble family that has fallen on hard times. Even before becoming a knight, Jasper was distinguished by his intelligence and was known as a prodigy. He entered his training to be a knight at the same time as [[Hendrik]], and the two became fast friends. After discovering a secret entrance into [[King Carnelian]]'s chambers from the castle kitchen and being reprimanded by the sovereign for their mischief, the two swore an oath to protect the kingdom from invaders at all costs. The two would continue their training into their teenage years, with Jasper focusing on the magical arts over swordsmanship, until the fateful day that [[Dundrasil]] was assailed by the forces of [[Mordegon]]. 

Jasper was mobilized to defend the castle alongside [[Hendrik]] and saved the lives of many civilians, but his bravery was ignored outright by [[King Carnelian]] while [[Hendrik]] was promoted to general of the [[Heliodor]]ian knights. This neglect sowed the seeds of darkness in Jasper's heart, with bitter envy driving him to secretly loathe his former friend for being praised with adulation while he was forgotten--little did either knight realize that [[King Carnelian]] had in fact been possessed by [[Mordegon]] during the battle of [[Dundrasil]], and that the sorcerer deliberately drove Jasper to the shadows to create an exploitable pawn to be used when the {{Luminary}} finally came of age. The blackness in Jasper's heart would grow as the years passed until he began to feel more kinship with the denizens of the dark than with his own kind, but he maintained the facade of being [[Hendrik]]'s comrade in arms and a respectable knight of valor to the public of [[Heliodor]]. In secret, Jasper would learn of [[Mordegon]] possessing Carnelian and conspire with him to bring about the age of darkness.

He first comes into contact with the {{Luminary}} when the king holds audience with him at [[Heliodor]] Castle, where the young man is declared to be the Darkspawn and an enemy to the kingdom. [[King Carnelian]] then orders Jasper to put the village of [[Cobblestone]] to the torch. It is revealed later that Jasper intended to kill all the villagers as well, but [[Hendrik]] stepped in and put a stop to it, sparing their lives.
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