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Name: Jim Spainhower
Born: October 16, 1947; Troy, New York
Allegiance: Assassins

Bio: Jim and his twin brother Bill were born in New York to a World War 2 veteran named James J. Spainhower and his wife Elizabeth Fogarty. Most of their childhood was spent in Indiana, however, as the family moved there in his early years. Their father was a tough man, hardened and embittered by the hardships he faced in life, and that influenced his treatment of the boys. Their father was also a member of the Assassin Brotherhood, and that membership was transferred to Jim and Bill as well. Jim found it to be a rough time though, and moved out early in his adulthood. He lived an average life in the small town where Assassin/Templar activity wasn't very active. He met a woman named Donna, whom he married in the mid 1960s.

For a while, it seemed like things would start to settle down, but then, in December of 1966, he received a letter in the mail that made his face go pale. He had been drafted into the United States Army to go off and fight in the Vietnam War that had been raging on for years. He had no choice but to leave his wife and home behind to join a fight he never wanted a part of. After tearful goodbyes, he was sent to train and in June 1967, Jim was sent off across the ocean to Vietnam.

Stationed mainly in Laos and Cambodia, Jim met with the local Assassins’ Guild in order to get a clearer rundown of events. The local Assassins consisted mostly of South Vietnamese agents and allies like Jim sent from the States. Their enemies, the Templars, put most of their influence into supporting the Viet Cong and other North Vietnamese groups under the leadership of Grand Master Ho Chi Minh, though they dipped their hands into corrupted politics in South Vietnam when they could as well. Jim was given his gear and goals and he proceeded to carry out various Assassin missions throughout his time in Vietnam, all the while thinking of home. Early in his adventures, he came across a merchant that was selling young bengal tigers. One of them, the rascal of the litter, caught his eye and he immediately adored it. He gave the merchant 15 dollars for the cat, whom he named Tasha, and they became inseparable companions throughout his time in the jungles.

As the war raged on, news of more and more atrocities reached the ears of many people. Countless lives were lost in horrific events like the Tet Offensive and the My Lai Massacre. Jim himself bore witness to things that would haunt him for the rest of his days, and not even the companionship of Tasha could draw his mind away from the memories. He grew tired of war and atrocities and fighting, and even his loyalties to the Assassins shattered in the constant hellscape that Vietnam had become. By the end of his service in late 1968, Jim decided he would finish one last mission: to recover the Apple of Eden held by Ho Chi Minh, before retiring from fighting altogether. Together with the help of his beloved pet, he hunted down Minh and recovered the artifact, leaving the dictator alive but in shambles, leaving him to be assassinated a year later by other members of the Brotherhood. Jim hid the Apple where he believed none would find it, and on September 4, 1968, he left Vietnam behind for good, and the Assassin-Templar War as well.

He returned to his home in South Bend, Indiana, tattered and worn. He had hoped to bring his beloved pet Tasha home with him, but his short time and mountain of legal issues he'd have to go through to make it happen were just too much of an obstacle, and so he had to leave her behind in the care of the Vietnamese Assassins. He came home alone, with no hero’s welcome to greet him. He, like many of the veterans that came back to the States from Vietnam, were only met with glares or no reactions at all in the face of the counterculture movement that had been triggered by citizens witnessing the horrors of war. The only reaction he got was from Donna, his wife, when he showed back up on her doorstep. But even this was bittersweet, as he found she has married someone else when she believed Jim was never coming back. It was heartbreaking, but Donna nonetheless left this other man and came right back to Jim, giving him the only sense of comfort he had in a while.

The two of them now truly settled down, and began a family of their own. They had a son named Tim in 1970 and a daughter Jen in 1972. Jim did his best to keep them from ever finding out about the Assassins or Templars or anything that would lead them to witness the same horrors he had gone through. Nonetheless, the kids did find out on their own misadventures, and were full members of the Brotherhood by their teens. This caused a manor rift between Jim and Tim, who wanted to forge his own path in life and saw the Assassins as a way to shake off the pressures life shoved onto him. The two would continue to close and open that rift time and time again as the decades went by, always finding something to but heads over to this very day. Things were hardly any better when Jim and Donna divorced in the 1980s, putting more weight on the kids. Tim would eventually move away to Indianapolis with his wife in the 1990s, where they'd have their son Carter, who would go on to become an Assassin in his own right and liberate the city from the local Grand Master, Natasha Wolfgang. Jim in his old age contented himself in retirement with his new wife, Bonnie. And while his health is in constant decline, he still does his best to live life happily in his home with his family, just as he always wanted.

Description

Name: Jim Spainhower
Born: October 16, 1947; Troy, New York
Allegiance: Assassins

Bio: Jim and his twin brother Bill were born in New York to a World War 2 veteran named James J. Spainhower and his wife Elizabeth Fogarty. Most of their childhood was spent in Indiana, however, as the family moved there in his early years. Their father was a tough man, hardened and embittered by the hardships he faced in life, and that influenced his treatment of the boys. Their father was also a member of the Assassin Brotherhood, and that membership was transferred to Jim and Bill as well. Jim found it to be a rough time though, and moved out early in his adulthood. He lived an average life in the small town where Assassin/Templar activity wasn't very active. He met a woman named Donna, whom he married in the mid 1960s.

For a while, it seemed like things would start to settle down, but then, in December of 1966, he received a letter in the mail that made his face go pale. He had been drafted into the United States Army to go off and fight in the Vietnam War that had been raging on for years. He had no choice but to leave his wife and home behind to join a fight he never wanted a part of. After tearful goodbyes, he was sent to train and in June 1967, Jim was sent off across the ocean to Vietnam.

Stationed mainly in Laos and Cambodia, Jim met with the local Assassins’ Guild in order to get a clearer rundown of events. The local Assassins consisted mostly of South Vietnamese agents and allies like Jim sent from the States. Their enemies, the Templars, put most of their influence into supporting the Viet Cong and other North Vietnamese groups under the leadership of Grand Master Ho Chi Minh, though they dipped their hands into corrupted politics in South Vietnam when they could as well. Jim was given his gear and goals and he proceeded to carry out various Assassin missions throughout his time in Vietnam, all the while thinking of home. Early in his adventures, he came across a merchant that was selling young bengal tigers. One of them, the rascal of the litter, caught his eye and he immediately adored it. He gave the merchant 15 dollars for the cat, whom he named Tasha, and they became inseparable companions throughout his time in the jungles.

As the war raged on, news of more and more atrocities reached the ears of many people. Countless lives were lost in horrific events like the Tet Offensive and the My Lai Massacre. Jim himself bore witness to things that would haunt him for the rest of his days, and not even the companionship of Tasha could draw his mind away from the memories. He grew tired of war and atrocities and fighting, and even his loyalties to the Assassins shattered in the constant hellscape that Vietnam had become. By the end of his service in late 1968, Jim decided he would finish one last mission: to recover the Apple of Eden held by Ho Chi Minh, before retiring from fighting altogether. Together with the help of his beloved pet, he hunted down Minh and recovered the artifact, leaving the dictator alive but in shambles, leaving him to be assassinated a year later by other members of the Brotherhood. Jim hid the Apple where he believed none would find it, and on September 4, 1968, he left Vietnam behind for good, and the Assassin-Templar War as well.

He returned to his home in South Bend, Indiana, tattered and worn. He had hoped to bring his beloved pet Tasha home with him, but his short time and mountain of legal issues he'd have to go through to make it happen were just too much of an obstacle, and so he had to leave her behind in the care of the Vietnamese Assassins. He came home alone, with no hero’s welcome to greet him. He, like many of the veterans that came back to the States from Vietnam, were only met with glares or no reactions at all in the face of the counterculture movement that had been triggered by citizens witnessing the horrors of war. The only reaction he got was from Donna, his wife, when he showed back up on her doorstep. But even this was bittersweet, as he found she has married someone else when she believed Jim was never coming back. It was heartbreaking, but Donna nonetheless left this other man and came right back to Jim, giving him the only sense of comfort he had in a while.

The two of them now truly settled down, and began a family of their own. They had a son named Tim in 1970 and a daughter Jen in 1972. Jim did his best to keep them from ever finding out about the Assassins or Templars or anything that would lead them to witness the same horrors he had gone through. Nonetheless, the kids did find out on their own misadventures, and were full members of the Brotherhood by their teens. This caused a manor rift between Jim and Tim, who wanted to forge his own path in life and saw the Assassins as a way to shake off the pressures life shoved onto him. The two would continue to close and open that rift time and time again as the decades went by, always finding something to but heads over to this very day. Things were hardly any better when Jim and Donna divorced in the 1980s, putting more weight on the kids. Tim would eventually move away to Indianapolis with his wife in the 1990s, where they'd have their son Carter, who would go on to become an Assassin in his own right and liberate the city from the local Grand Master, Natasha Wolfgang. Jim in his old age contented himself in retirement with his new wife, Bonnie. And while his health is in constant decline, he still does his best to live life happily in his home with his family, just as he always wanted.