James George Custer*

[Deleted User (V4)]

Name: James George Custer II
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Grade: 12th grade
School: Bayview Secondary School
Hobbies and Interests: Chess, School Chess Team, general strategies, jogging

Appearance: With a size of 6'0 ft he is quite tall for an eighteen years old. Due to his jogging, he is in a good shape without being overly muscular. He has short, black hair, trimmed to one length with a clipper, blue eyes behind a black, horn-rimmed pair of glasses – he is slightly shortsighted- and Spock like eyebrows. With prominent cheekbones and small, pale lips, which do not smile often outside of the chess club, he isn't exactly beautiful.

He doesn't care for his appearance and normally wears a white t-shirt, a bluejeans with a black leather belt and the same, worn-out shoes. The only exception are the sport clothes for his jogging, he owns always the newest and most expansive runners you can get, together with the latest sportswear.

Biography: James grew up in a normal, upper-class neighborhood, with a stay-at-home mum and a working father and up to his 7th birthday was a normal, unremarkable little boy. Maybe a little bit shier than your average six-year-old, he didn't had any close friends and spent most of his afternoons alone in his room.

But then his paternal grandfather, after whom he was named, fell ill and moved in with only son, James' father, to spend his last days with his relatives. Since the old man soon lost the ability to walk and both parents were often busy with work or community activities and James was mostly at home anyway, he started spending a lot time with his Grandpa, learning the old man's favorite game, chess. James loved it. He loved the mental challenge, the struggle between two minds, the possibility to test your own intelligence against someone else's. James spent all his time with the dying man, playing chess with him.

When his grandfather finally died, the then eight year old James was shocked and traumatized. He refused to speak to anybody and holed himself up in his room with his grandfather's chessboard, until his mother, acting upon the advice of a psychologist, signed him up the local youth chess club.

That was the defining moment in James' life. Chess became the linchpin of his life. Every minute outside of school, he spent with chess. He got social contact almost exclusively from the club and became quickly one of the best young players in the state. With his interest in this board game came an interest in general strategies and tactics. When he wasn't playing, he read books about the game's history and theory or the development of strategies and tactics over the history of mankind.

When he started attending Bayview High, he joined their chess team and soon became one of the most successful players, helping to make the team one of the most successful teams of the school.
Due to this, he is, while not really a part of the popular crowd, still accepted by them and occasionally invited to their parties, but, all in all, is still part of the nerdy population of the school.

When puberty kicked in and he had to realize that girls weren't really into overweight chess players he started the only sport he could practice alone and began with jogging, surprisingly finding himself really enjoying it. If he needs to clear his head or calm down, he normally goes jogging through the local park.

James doesn't really care much for school. As long as his exam results are good enough to allow him to enter a proper university, he is satisfied with them and so he doesn't learn more than necessary. He still has no real close friends and mostly spends his time at school with his fellow chess players. Asides from chess and the interests of every eighteen years old boy, he has no real other hobbies or strengths. If he wasn't a very good chess player, few people would properly notice his existence at all.

The best way to really piss him off is any pun related to 'General Custer'. He had to listen to these kinds of jokes ever since he entered school and if people really want to make him angry, this is the best way.

Advantages: He is pretty smart and knows a bit more about strategies and tactics than you would expect from a normal high school student. Due to his jogging he has a good endurance.

Disadvantages: James isn't very strong and has zero fighting experience. He isn't charismatic and hasn't any other remarkable skills at all.