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JASPER | TALAMASCA: THE SECRET ORDER
stuff about jasper!
- he's an american vampire who takes over the talamasca's motherhouse in london, with the intention of gaining access to all their Secrets™ and eventually destroying the organization in total.
- his character is specific to amc's show, no basis (that we know of) in the og anne rice lore.
- he was turned in his sixties but is youngish for a vamp, with probably only about fifty (???) years under his undead belt. seems fairly powerful for such a youngin', so it's possible he had an old and badass maker? but we can't say for sure!!
- his powers include the usual showverse iwtv things, like the ability to read minds (and keep others out of his, to a degree); being extra strong and speedy when he feels like it/isn't too distracted; freezing time, v temporarily, in the physical space around him; healing others' injuries with his vampiric blood.
- jasper also creates and maintains a pack of zombie-like revenant vampires, who are at his beck and call. they're clicker-trained. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- he was actually born as a human in la paz, bolivia, to parents who were part of a blended vampires-and-mortals-chillin'-together coven. after surviving in boyhood that coven's sudden massacre, he traveled alone and ON FOOT (this was prob pre-1920 ok) to texas, where he settled for a seemingly substantial length of time.
- kid-jasper's coven was slaughtered by a vampire with a grudge against their leader. this coven-killer was informed of the group's whereabouts by a talamascan agent, whom he successfully bribed. this is the source of jasper's own vendetta towards the talamasca. in its pursuit he is apparently willing to extort, maim, kill, and enslave-as-revenants numerous people. however, he appears to retain some (circumstantial) humanity, with all the attendant nuance, humor, and even empathy.
- he's fluent in spanish and may know a smattering of other languages too, considering he presumably grew up around speakers of different nationalities.
- he has no discernible texan accent bc......... idk but my current hc is that over the years, he intentionally let his american accent morph into something subtler. he'd probably be happy to lecture you on how there are myriad regional accents anyway and you don't need one to hold texas in your bones.
- in his own words, jasper uses people, "...sometimes...there are things i want...i tend to see talented people around me as tools to get those things. i obsess, i strategize. but," he claims, "there is one thing that i do not do. i do not lie. and i cannot stand it when someone lies to me."
- tidbits gleaned from actor interviews etc:
stuff about jasper!
- he's an american vampire who takes over the talamasca's motherhouse in london, with the intention of gaining access to all their Secrets™ and eventually destroying the organization in total.
- his character is specific to amc's show, no basis (that we know of) in the og anne rice lore.
- he was turned in his sixties but is youngish for a vamp, with probably only about fifty (???) years under his undead belt. seems fairly powerful for such a youngin', so it's possible he had an old and badass maker? but we can't say for sure!!
- his powers include the usual showverse iwtv things, like the ability to read minds (and keep others out of his, to a degree); being extra strong and speedy when he feels like it/isn't too distracted; freezing time, v temporarily, in the physical space around him; healing others' injuries with his vampiric blood.
- jasper also creates and maintains a pack of zombie-like revenant vampires, who are at his beck and call. they're clicker-trained. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- he was actually born as a human in la paz, bolivia, to parents who were part of a blended vampires-and-mortals-chillin'-together coven. after surviving in boyhood that coven's sudden massacre, he traveled alone and ON FOOT (this was prob pre-1920 ok) to texas, where he settled for a seemingly substantial length of time.
- kid-jasper's coven was slaughtered by a vampire with a grudge against their leader. this coven-killer was informed of the group's whereabouts by a talamascan agent, whom he successfully bribed. this is the source of jasper's own vendetta towards the talamasca. in its pursuit he is apparently willing to extort, maim, kill, and enslave-as-revenants numerous people. however, he appears to retain some (circumstantial) humanity, with all the attendant nuance, humor, and even empathy.
- he's fluent in spanish and may know a smattering of other languages too, considering he presumably grew up around speakers of different nationalities.
- he has no discernible texan accent bc......... idk but my current hc is that over the years, he intentionally let his american accent morph into something subtler. he'd probably be happy to lecture you on how there are myriad regional accents anyway and you don't need one to hold texas in your bones.
- in his own words, jasper uses people, "...sometimes...there are things i want...i tend to see talented people around me as tools to get those things. i obsess, i strategize. but," he claims, "there is one thing that i do not do. i do not lie. and i cannot stand it when someone lies to me."
- tidbits gleaned from actor interviews etc:
- jasper's a "pissed-off, middle-class vampire" and a loner in the vamp community; he knows the "big names" are out there, but hasn't interacted, apparently at least somewhat by his own choice.
- he has not read daniel's book or listened to lestat's music.🫢
- he does love music of his choosing, including southern rock, stevie ray vaughan, zz top.