Jean Grey

Duke Jean Irongrey/Grey is a character who was role-played by Lady Natalie. Jean was born as the youngest daughter of Isla and Misha Grey, known then as Jenna Grey. With an ambitious, pushy father and an initially unsupportive mother, Jean did what any man would do. He went out travelling with his piles of cash to go far West and East, drinking at times but more often helping people.

Depending on how you look at inheritance, Jean was either last in line for the throne of Burthorpe and Taverley (or Anglia, as the Greys called the province of Asgarnia) or third. Jean admits personally that he wouldn't accept the claim if it was given to him, passing it on to his sisters. However, it has caused some controversy surrounding who he is.

With Jean being a Duke under the Royal Branch of the Renderra, it seems much stronger to make the claim Jean didn't want to deal with the controversy more than he didn't want to rule.

Animals
A White Kharid-Asgarnian Stallion, Jean's horse is 64 inches tall from back to floor, with a sturdy frame and small head. Lance is not built for jousting, however, and instead is bred for travelling and jumping. Having a large endurance as a horse means Lance can travel far more ground in a day than a running horse, having to stop less overall. As a result, Jean's horse is good for travel across Asgarnia and Misthalin for when he goes to the mainland.
 * Lance

Lance has his own armour and ornamentation, white-steel with blue-grey cloth underneath, with the exception being the sides under the saddle which have the Coat of Arms of House Irongrey. Jean keeps a small aviary of falcons for hunting, when the occasion comes. He uses the female falcons for the larger build, as any Falconer would know to do.
 * Falcons

Jewellry
An emerald amulet with a few enchantments, the iron and emerald amulet is one of Jean's badges of office. It carries a ring of life enchantment on a small diamond in the amulet, while the emerald is designed to aid in protection, as well as allow teleportation to Aethyrmont Citadel, Ironwall Keep, or Port Tyrion. Jean, like Driez, wears a small and simple coronet for his office. His coronet is simple iron with a sapphire at the front, whereas his wife Diana's has an Emerald. Both Jean and Diana's coronets are made to appear as bent swords, a half inch wide with a fuller in the middle. These are only worn for Court.
 * Renderra Lord's Amulet
 * Duke's Coronet

Weaponry
Learning to use a bow built Jean's muscles up as bulky as his body would allow. Made from yew wood, Jean typically uses steel arrows, though has made some arrows he used in youth that were painless but absolutely disgusting to get hit with. A gift from Jean's father Misha, Jean uses the scimitar and defender together. The guards on both eliminate Jean's need of gauntlets. The Scimitar is 42 inches long, and weighs 30.1 ounces. By using Mithril instead of steel, the weight to the sword could be balanced differently allowing a maneuverable, but longer blade with better reach. Stolen by Jean as a child from a Noble visiting Falador Castle while Jean lived there, this Mithril Defender has saved Jean's life a few times. It weighs 14.1 Ounces, and is 18 inches long from handle to tip. A straight-edged weapon, Jean uses this stabbing tool to counter his own slashing scimitar for melee combat. A gift to Jean from his wife Diana's family, the Irongrey Longsword is two halves of a whole to represent the Irongrey Family. Diana has one that is nearly identical in shape. The blade is three feet of Renderra Steel, forged in the Spirit Forge on Ironwall Keep. Because of this, the sword cannot rust or break and has the ability to retain it's edge longer. The Sword Jean carries has sapphires in the hilt, which is white metal and blurite, taken off an older Ceremonial sword carried by a slain Knight of the De'Croce family. The sword is meant to symbolize traditional Asgarnian Nobility.
 * Asgarnian Longbow
 * Mithril Scimitar
 * Mithril Defender
 * Irongrey Longsword

Skills
Jean is a skilled archer, capable of remaining steady under pressure to aim long distances. His strength in firing arrows is power more than firing speed. Jean is actually a rather skilled dancer, something he learned as part of becoming a proper Noble. He is excellent at ballroom dancing, specifically the Mineut, but is also talented with the faster Galliard and slower Pavane styles. Jean has actually won some medals for the Mineut, specifically Silver and Gold on two seperate occasions on Aethyrmont, and a bronze medal at Ardougne. Jean is well learned in both the common tongue and the Fremennik tongue, but is unable to read Fremennik runes, only speak the language. Jean was always capable of grabbing things without people noticing. At first, Jean found many people did notice around Falador, but given his mom's position as Duchess and Uncle's as King, many Nobles swallowed their pride and chose not to speak up. Eventually, however, with practice in this safe area, Jean learned to pickpocket without being caught at all. Not that he would need the skill as a child of a Noble family, but as a wandering Noble knowing the usual pickpocket tricks can help keep yourself safe as well as obtain a moderately steady supply of income from people who wouldn't miss a bag of coins or two. Horse-Riding comes easily to Jean, having learned as a small child. Jean's horse is a white Kharid-Asgarnian Stallion, bred for endurance and jumping capability. Impressively, Jean is capable of convincing the horse, named Lance, to jump when there is nothing to jump over, giving Jean enough time to launch an arrow from horseback without aim being broken.
 * Archery
 * Dancing
 * Languages
 * Pickpocketing
 * Riding

Armour/Clothing
Jean's Vixiante Armour is the middle-weight armour of the Raven Skirmisher class. It is black dragonleather leather with mithril trim, made as a durable hybrid armour with a strong upper chest protector and cowl. Jean did not kill the dragon himself, but did however use his money from Port Tyrion to pay for one of the Silverclad Slayers' Guild to recover the leather. Jean's usual armour for court or otherwise is a white-steel cuirass with light pauldrons and bracers, with a blue-grey cloth gambeson beneath. He has white greaves and boots, as well as a White Legionaire helmet. This armour was a gift from his father, White Knight Commander Misha. However, Jean had one change made to the armour since he obtained it, being that it now has a grey-iron trim to it for his family. Jean has a habit of wearing some form of armour at all times, often covering himself with a blue-grey Gambeson for walking around.
 * Raven Vixiante Armour
 * White Armour
 * Casual

Personality
Jean is an outgoing individual overall, but at times due to a terrible cough has to go back inside and away from the public. Jean truly cares for people, and it shows in his actions. Jean feels the world is naturally full of good people, and feels that these good people make it that much better. As a result, Jean is an optimist, though takes himself fairly seriously.

It is best to say Jean is Orderly-Good, with neutral tendencies. Jean has gladly told tradition to get off his back when it affects him, but for the most part Jean will happily follow and embrace tradition. In fact, where Jean feels traditions are wrong, he instead simply creates new ones he expects will be passed down.

Appearance
Jean is 5'6 and overall fairly toned as a result of working toward the muscle to draw a war bow. However, Jean is not built for running or sprinting, so his legs are simply toned enough to show daily movement from training on foot with armour.

Jean's eyes are a steely grey from his father, Misha, as opposed to the purple eyes of the Grey family. He has a fairly young, boyish jawline and lightly tanned skin, a blend between both his parents. His hair is dark brown, almost black in appearance. Jean is clean-shaven, keeping his hair rather short.

Jean has some features he goes out of his way to hide. The first of which being slightly wider hips than most men, and a slightly protruding chest. Jean covers these with his padded jackets, though his chest is also usually wrapped in steel on the outside or tight leather under the gambeson. Jean also, doesn't have very wide shoulders, compensated by the use of pauldrons.

It is because of the chest compression that Jean has earned his notable cough, usually from pressing down on it for too many hours at a time.

Names and Titles

 * Duke Jean Irongrey of Port Tyrion, Man of Iron, Defender of his Majesty Driez Renderra. (Noble)
 * Johan Mikaelson der Riesentöter (Fremennik)

Trivia

 * Jean's birthname, Jenna, was a reference made by Daevination and Livvi to a porn star, alongside Sasha, Jean's sister.
 * Jean's chosen name is a shout-out to the real world Jean, who plays Jean's grandfather Varis Grey.
 * Jean is the only Provincal ruler in the Aethyric Empire who wasn't raised Guthixian. Even now, Jean will call himself an Order oriented Guthixian.