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JB- Dragoon (Prideful of his title and wants revenge more than ending genocide)
Jinyoung- Black Mage (Kind of selfish and kind of prissy) (Plus also ashamed to say that he’s the disciple of the head mage)
Jackson- Knight (Berserker) (A true soldier w/o a nation to fight for. Hero complex and over-confident)
Mark- Red Mage (Practice both black and white magic) Archer (Afraid to step up to the thrown and is still hurt by his father’s betrayal)
Bam Bam- Thief (Selfish and runs from responsibility)
Youngjae- White Mage (Summoner later on though) (Sheltered, overly nice, afraid of his power and shies away from his true potential)
Yugyeom- Monk (or just hand to hand) (Feels that his only priority is to protect Youngjae and is unsure of who he is outside of protecting Youngjae)
JB was sent with his dragon summon to capture the Powerful Black Mage, Jinyoung, b/c of some made up transgressions against the Imperial government. JB, being a good soldier went and capture the Mage and gave him to authorities although Jr constantly told him that he’s done nothing wrong. Soon after they asked for his fire dragon and he agreed. Feeling the distress from his dragon, he sneaks to save him to only find the experiments below. He’s outraged and freed Jinyoung, the others too close to death to save. Together they escape the City, both becoming wanted criminals. Both deciding to stick together and help JB find his missing dragon, Ifrit. (I know he's not a dragon but imagine him as one)
Mark is one of the worlds few naturally born red mages and the hidden son of the Imperial Monarch. As Mark grew up his father became obsessed with his son’s ability and rarity. When Mark’s magic ability began to really show he started to push the boy to train to become the best. Mark viewed his father’s obsession as affection and grew up thinking that his old man only wanted the best for him and not planning on using him for conquest. It wasn’t until Mark was a teen that he finally found out about his father’s experiments. He then slipped from the castle and into the night. Since no one knew of the King’s son, he was made into a wanted felon. Mark was running when he met Jackson. The two quickly became friends, b/c neither asked anything about the other’s past. “Strings are for Bows” are their saying. The two travels the countryside together staying as far away from the Imperials as they possibly can.
Jackson is a former soldier from the Imperial City that was stationed to lead the troops in Zyraion. He was viewed as an up and coming prodigy among both the soldiers and even the higher ranking dragoons (nicknaming him the dragoon without a dragon). While stationed there, the Head Mage (who was working alongside the Imperial King) decided that Jackson was ready to be told what was really going on as he needed someone to take care of the failed experiments. When told him, Jackson didn’t really believe it, but still saw it as his task to keep it secret. It wasn’t until the Head Mage ordered Jackson to kill the children that their experiments failed on that he saw just how fucked up this really was. He faked the Head out by saying that he needed time to complete the job, but led the kids to safety instead. They were caught on the way out though and the Head killed them himself saying how disappointed he was in Jackson. He sent guards to apprehend Jacks but he isn’t known as the best for nothing and manages to flee. He was then made a felon and was falsely accused of killing the children and forced to run, while also believing that he was at fault. He meets Mark while on the run and is surprised that the sheltered boy hasn’t heard of him, even though he has some connection to the Imperial City. They form a bond as they travel the countryside running from the imperials.
Youngjae is a white mage sent on a mission to the imperial city to help heal falling soldiers. Yugyeom, a monk, was sent with him as protection. They both come from the same monastery where white mages are trained to become on call war doctors of sorts and monks their guardians. This is both of theirs first journey. Little did they know, there is no true war and the call was to lead Youngjae to the Imperial scientists. His masters were forced their hand with threats of destruction if they didn’t hand him over. Youngjae is a special type of white mage and word around town was that he was the first in years to be able to summon, the technique becoming lost to the white mages over the years. However, he may have the ability but he doesn’t know how to manifest it. The power just shows up at random when he’s distressed.
Bam Bam is a thief and the younger brother of the rebel force’s leader Nichkhun. He was sent on a lifting job and was told that it was nothing but was tricked into stealing vital information about the mage experiments. After seeing the info, he figures that his brother is in way over his head and pleads with him to stop. However Nick just thinks that Bam is just being irresponsible but that’s not the case this time. Fed up, he just lets his brother do his thing until Jackson and the gang shows up and they plan more efficiently behind Nichkhun’s back.