Jamison Jones

Physical Appearance

• Short dark slate/blue-ish gray hair with cowlick bangs; looks black unless the lighting is very bright
• Gray eyes (were apparently blue during his youth and only turned gray in his adult years)
• Tall in height
• Fair skinned
• Physical fit with well built muscles
• Small mole near his right temple
• Mild scruff on chin, usually more unshaven if he's been working on the same case for a while
• Despite being a half-elf, his ears are completely human looking and are not pointed at all
• Has a diagonal scar across his chest later on in his narrative

Clothing Style

Jones has an interesting combo of dressing somewhat professional but also looking somewhat rugged or like a freelance detective despite having such a high rank in the police department. His lower layer consists of a white button up shirt, black pants and shoes, and he'll typically wear a tie if he's not too focused on his current case to think about it. He tends to wear either a black or dark blue high collar trench coat over that though, both which are rather worn out and semi-ragged. His blue one is especially worn out, with the coat tails being somewhat torn, burned, and having a few bullet holes in various places. He only tends to wear it while deep into his investigation. His black coat is in better condition, so he most commonly wears this at the station, at his office, or during his initial investigations. When left to his own devices he tends to dress less professional because it's not important to him.

Other than his usual work clothing, he also wears a belt with his pants and across his shoulder, both having various pouches for holding supplies such as evidence bags, sterilized gloves, and other tools. They also double as ammunition belts. Jones has a number of badges/medals, but he only has them on his nice jackets, which he doesn't like wearing during investigations and will only wear them during special events. Jones used to wear some dog tags tucked under his shirt, but at some point he gifts them to Clay.

Personality

Jones is a serious and no-nonsense lead detective of Dyrelaw's police force, and he carries his work out with a confident, disciplined, and rather fierce approach. He is a very just and passionate man, and he is always meticulous and organized with anything involving his job. He can be very intense and a bit hard to approach at times, and he's a little hot tempered when others imply he's not doing his job properly or he might not know what he's doing. Jones doesn't take crap from anyone for any reason. Although he tends to put up with things if they comes from his superiors more often, he's not afraid to speak against even them if they dare to suggest he's not doing everything to the best of his ability already, since he's fully aware of his value to the force. He utterly despises when people try to tell him how to do his job, and he is extremely harsh on anyone, especially his subordinates, when they impede or slow down his investigations. He is a perfectionist and is always planning ahead, and he gets very snippy with people easily if they ask him innocent questions about the investigation or make suggestions to him he's already considered. He takes these as insults to his intelligence and experience, and although he works well with his team, he's not exactly a good team player with any outsiders.

Overall, Jone's demeanor when on the job always seems to be somewhat agitated or stressed out, or just tense in general. He is usually very moody or grumpy, and despite the fact he often is rather irritable he usually looks like he is even when he isn't due to his resting bitch face. He speaks very bluntly and never seems to be impressed by anything. He is definitely very hard to please and doesn't settle for anything but the best when it comes to the performance of his colleagues, and although he can tone things down for certain witnesses or informants, he is usually just as intense and intimidating toward those not involved with the police force. For this reason Jones isn't all that pleasant to be around at times, but despite how harsh he can be, he cares about protecting the citizens of the city from threats and is rather protective toward anyone in need, regardless if he likes them or not. He takes his responsibility as a protector of Dyrelaw very seriously, and as much of a grump he might be, he hates corruption and people who exploit innocents more than anything.

In casual situations/when off duty he is much more relaxed, and although he's still very serious and usually rather grim, his conversation/manner of speech is clearly less uptight. He doesn't open up to people very easily, but when he does he is capable of being sensitive and rather affectionate. He never shows this side in public though, so he sometimes comes off as a bit cold to his friends or significant others because he doesn't compromise his work ethic for them. Jones apparently has gotten more distant and closed off from opening up to people ever since his divorce several years ago, and he has a hard time trusting others in general unless they work to prove themselves to him first.

Abilities

• Skilled with various firearms and is very accurate with his shots
  • Has a standard issue glock for work, although he does own a few other personal firearms
• Highly skilled at noticing the smallest of details in even the messiest of places
• Extremely meticulous and steady with his hands
• A master at hacking devices and quickly cracking codes/passwords
• Skilled at driving both police vehicles and his personal motorcycle

Strengths

• Confident, headstrong, and determined
• Focused, intelligent, and has good intuition
• Relentless, extremely thorough and efficient, and a critical thinker
• Disciplined, reliable, responsible, protective, and a good judge of character

Weaknesses

• Moody, harsh, and hard to please
• Has an explosive temper and isn't terribly nice to people that get in the way or slow his work
• Emotionally closed off and keeps his more friendly side private
• A workaholic and has almost no tolerance for criminal activity

Backstory

Jones apparently has lived in Dyrelaw all his life and was highly successful in his education early on, allowing him to finish school and move through college at a relatively young age. He was notably the youngest detective sworn in to the Dyrelaw police force at age 19, and he is currently the lead inspector specializing in murder investigations. He is well known for his investigative skills and a perfect record of always finding the killer for just over a decade. 

Recently he's been focused on the industrial district within the city, now riddled with increasing criminal activity from gangs and the mafia. Since then he's started regularly encountering a journalist, Barnibas Clay, on all his crime scenes searching for a scoop. Although he persistently tries to chase him off, Clay is equally persistent, and as much as Jones hates to admit it, Clay's own personal investigations and willingness to trade info with him has assisted in finding clues and perpetrators more often than not.

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