Character Information
Name: Jesse Thomas “JT” Rivers
Age: 5 (15 years by non-Shinear standards)
Nationality: Shinear

Faction: Light
Sub-Group: Warders
Rank: Trainee

Scores
Weapon Score: (1-4) 2

Appearance
Hair: Long dark hair, shaved except for his top-knot
Eyes: Hazel eyes
Skin: tanned skin over well built body
Height: 5’ 10”
Voice: Gruff towards most people with an exception to women where he is soft spoken and unsure
Other: Wears his two handed claymore on his back.

Optional
Special Skills: Has been training with the Shinear warriors since he was 10, taught the uses of the claymore from his father.
Knowledge Weakness: Can barely read and write, knows next to nothing about anything other than fighting
Physical Weakness: Has an injured knee from where he fell off a horse at the age of 13.
Personality weakness: Believes “A man who will not die to save a woman is no man” and “A woman’s rights are whatever she says they are.”.

History
Born in Fal Dara, Shinear to Antony and Patrice Rivers, Jesse was a happy child. As all Shinear males he was taught to weild a weapon at the first moment his father thought he was ready. For Jesse it was at the age of 10, he is now 5 years with his sword and he has become proficient with the use of the two handed claymore as well as other smaller weapons. Jesse prefers his sword above all else.

Jesse was raised to believe that women are worth fighting for. He believes that a man who will not die to save a woman is no man, and a woman’s rights are whatever she says they are. This does not mean that Jesse is easily cowed by women, but he believes they are precious, they are the continuance of life and should be preserved.

By the age of 13 Jesse was proficient at riding a horse, but he had an accident. A mare went rogue while he was riding her from his home to where his father was stationed near the blight. She ran for hours before finally tossing Jesse off. The fall broke his left knee, and it took him another two years to recover from the injury.

When Jesse tried to apply for status in the Shinear army he was denied based on his knee injury. Jesse wanted to protect as he had been taught all his life. While his father disliked being surrounded by Aes Sedai he suggested going to the White Tower. Jesse feeling the same as his father did as his father suggested and made his way to Tar Valon. He would give it a go and see how far he got, if they even let him train at all.