Jason "Jaise" Maier

Early days in Kingsmouth, Lovecraft Lane, during the Solomon Isle Event

Bio Summary:

 * Name: Jason 'Jaise ' Maier
 * Age: 28 (born 1984)
 * Born/Raised: Fredericksburg, The Hill Country of Texas
 * Ethnicity: German-American, (fourth-generation American), English-speaking

Family:
 * Mother: deceased 2002 at 43 years old (cancer)
 * Father: murdered 1987 (Illuminati/Dragon?)
 * Grandfather: murdered 1954 (Illuminati/Dragon?)
 * Great-grandfather: born 1885, emigrated to America 1915, left siblings in Germany
 * Great-great-grandmother: Matilda Annelise Maier

Physical Description: ''He was tall, and narrow-hipped, but with thick thighs, broad shoulders and whip-saw arms, a frame that would do well with the Hammer. His dark brown hair was wavy, almost curly, and was particularly unkempt at the moment. His eyes were large, liquid brown. He had an 'intelligent' face, his eyes always expressing a curiosity, or thoughtful expression, or a piercing stare. He was unshaven, his normally trim Van Dyke had been joined by a weeks worth of growth along his jawline. His eye glasses were a contemporary evolution of the thick, black horn-rimmed eyeglasses popular a half-century before.''

He speaks with a Central Texas drawl, similar to a young Tommy Lee Jones.

Experience: Little experience in any of the typical Templar combat disciplines, with the exception of the shotgun, with which he has competed in amateur shooting competitions. Annelise, whom he does not initially (currently) know as his great-great-grandmother, gives him a Hammer, and the gold and contacts to receive training in basic use of the Hammer, and in Blood Magic and runes. Within the Templar organization, he has also begun to study Chaos magic, focusing on the classical Warlock disciplines.

Executor Maier, facing the enemies of mankind.

Jaise Maier is also a contributing editor to the following publications: Guidebook to the World's Pubs, Bars, and Secret Watering Holes, Second Edition The Secret World Investment Guide Mama Abena’s Ayiti Restaurant

@JaiseMaier

Wormwood:
Jaise's Hammer 

What an observer can see 

Physical description:
 * Grey metal, lightly-scarred and pitted, indicating great age
 * Covered in rune-like characters
 * Somewhat complex design, including sockets for runic glyphs and sigils or signets, and an internal piston-like glyph striker.
 * The purpose of the striker mechanism, or the nature of the glyph to be used with it is not apparent.
 * Obviously, the striker mechanism may be related to some of the powers rumored to belong to Wormwood.
 * Only a single mid-level glyph has been installed thus far.
 * Hammer head flares out to a thick squarish striking surface on one side with the embedded glyph socket in the middle, i.e., the holder of the glyph to be struck by the internal piston, or glyph striker.
 * The reverse side is a pointed, piercing shape.
 * Mechanical design may indicate a physical part or parts are missing.
 * Original handle is gone. A smith constructed a new titanium & carbon-fiber handle of a complex design.
 * Handle is collapsible to .5 meters in length, extends to 1.3 meters.
 * Handle has a pommel with socket suitable for holding a custom magic focus.

What is known of Jaise's Hammer by Jaise to date: 

Jaise has heard the Hammer referred to as Wormwood. This may be a biblical reference to the 'star' Wormwood, said to cause a river to be poisoned when it falls to earth, which may actually refer to a comet or asteroid that has passed close to the earth in the past, and may have or will strike the earth at some point in the past or future. The Russian word for 'Wormwood' is Chernobyl.

Jaise has heard that the Hammer is forged from metal from an ancient meteorite or the core of a comet.

Phoenician Files on the Maiers and Related Artifacts
''The following database records were extracted from Phoenician systems, and represent everything they have on the Maiers and related artifacts. Phoenician systems have been hacked by all known societies and some government agencies. Any society member of significant rank is likely to have access to the following information, though it is certain that Templar records on these subjects will be far more comprehensive and detailed.''

Item 951-32765:
Codename: Wormwood 

First known record: The Sumerian Cave Stones (see Items 735-9233, 735-9234 , 735-9235 , 735-9236 )

Records digitized: 22.03.1971

Description: Described by agent ACM-4876 as being massive, with grey metal, lightly-scarred and pitted, and covered in rune-like characters. It is of a complex design for a hammer, including sockets for runic glyphs and sigils or signets, and an internal piston-like glyph striker, and a series of linkages and a counter-weight. The design of the striker mechanism is likely for the purpose of creating an explosive release of force. The linkages contain glyph sockets, which when the striker is released and plunges fully upon impact, would align with glyphs in other sockets, facilitating a complex magical interaction. Obviously, the striker mechanism may be related to some of the unique powers rumored to have belonged to Wormwood. It is known that some experiments have achieved catastrophic releases of energy through the timed destruction of sacrificial glyphs.

The head flares out to a thick squarish striking surface on one side with the embedded striker in the center. The reverse side is a pointed, piercing shape. The last known handle used on Wormwood was an imported American Hickory handle custom made for subject 372-638, Johan Maier. The handle included a heavy, iron butt-cap with a 15cm piercing spike for butt-strike attacks against heavy armor.

Current disposition: Location unknown, believed to be permanently lost or destroyed. It is likely to have been destroyed during its last use by Johan Maier. (see Incident 33-866, Tunguska Incident, The) Numerous searches in the area failed to turn up the Hammer. However, the locus of the cataclysm was found, and in late 1908 this organization was able to recover some remains of Johan Maier for DNA comparison, what appear to be parts of the hammer, and a signet ring of unusual antiquity (see Item <font color="#6e23dd">952-1685, Maier Ring, The), possibly made by the same person or civilization which produced Wormwood, and the ring is likely to be intended for use primarily with Wormwood. The organization's researchers have not been able to determine whether the unusual glyph and signet mounted in the ring are still functional. The pieces of the hammer this organization recovered in 1908 appear to be the linkage-arms and counter-weight which probably assemble to the internal striker mechanism of the hammer. These pieces and the ring are made of the same metal, which appears to be an alloy consisting primarily of an unusual isotope of uranium. Iridium is also present. The ring exhibits a reaction when brought close to the linkage pieces, emitting a brilliant blue Cherenkov radiation, which indicates that the glyphs in the linkage pieces and the ring are functional and interacting on a sub-atomic level.

Update: 22.02.2009 The database of the organization appears to have been compromised. Before substantial warnings could be issued, several facilities were hit, including our secure artifact storage facility, SF-109. Security cameras show a tall female to have been the sole infiltrator at the facility storing the Wormwood pieces and the Maier Ring. She exfiltrated with the storage box containing the Wormwood pieces, but the ring was on loan to the Alexandria research facility and was in-transit at the time of the destruction of that facility. Thus the organization still retains possession of it. It is suspected, but unproven, that Maier - 1919 was the infiltrator. If so, this may explain the inability to find the Hammer itself at Tunguska, due to it having already been recovered by the Templars or Maier - 1919.

<font color="#dd2423">Subject 372-401B:
<font color="#dd2423">Name: Annelise Maier - 1919 (disambiguation: see Annelise Maier - 1889) 

DOB: Unknown

This subject first came to the organization's attention in late 1919 in conjunction with the Kaiser's Alchemical research and development on the Iron Golems. (see Incident 121-778.) Given her surname and Templar involvement, there is a high likelihood of some sort of relationship to Subject 372-401A, Annelise Maier - 1889, who is believed to have died in Incident 33-866. No subsequent sightings of 372-401A have occurred subsequent to that incident. It has been suggested that both subjects are in fact the same individual, but actual recordings of Maier - 1889 exist, from a recording produced circa 1907, and voice-pattern analysis indicates that the two Maiers appear to be two different subjects. Photos also indicate a significantly different facial bone structure. It might be possible to obtain DNA of the older Maier, even at this date, from items she owned, but due to the voice-print analysis, this inquiry has not been pursued. However, DNA analysis might help corroborate another theory that the two subjects are actually an example of ULM 283-B, the legend of the Cursed Fallen. This theory has gained little traction within the organization.

Subsequently, Annelise Maier - 1919 rose quickly within the Templar organization, surpassing the former rank of Maier - 1889. After the Templars, led by Maier - 1919, defeated the Nazi Occult Unit's attempt to open a Hell Gate to obtain military victory over the Allies (Incident 451-3879), Maier - 1919 became less visible within the secretum mundi as she rose to leadership ranks within the Templar organization. It should be noted that the principle officer in charge of the Nazi Occult Unit's attempt to open a portal to Hell was an ex-Templar, Oberstleutnant Ernst Maier (Subject 372-459), a grandson of Maier - 1889.

Not much is known about her activities within the Templars in the next few decades, but there is evidence she was the operational planner of several of the successful operations against this organization's efforts over the decades to create a Philosopher Stone. She did not resurface in the open until Richard Sonnac (Subject 1298-9) was elevated to leadership of the Templars. She is known to be a supporter of Sonnac, and after his rise to power, she was given a special field operative status. The impact of Maier - 1919 on this organization's goals has been devastating. Her years at directing the Templars' efforts against this organization has given her an encyclopedic knowledge of the organization and its goals.

In this time frame, a new interest arose in the subject herself. The subject has appeared to have not aged. Anima users normally develop fantastic regenerative powers, which makes them far more difficult to defeat. These powers also act to extend their life, but it does not completely halt aging. ((Is this true? Not sure, actually.)) Yet there is no discernible aging of Maier - 1919. It was theorized that the Annelise Maier who is now active is a third Maier, but in this case, both DNA and voice-print analysis confirm that she is in fact Maier - 1919.

This has lead to a revisiting of the Unconfirmed Legend or Myth 283-B, the legend of the Cursed Fallen. This legend states that when Lucifer rebelled, he deceived some angels into following him. Since their transgression was allegedly less severe, they were cursed to walk the earth, ageless. A variation gives them powers that sound like Anima powers. Though they are ageless, they can be killed. However, the curse always brings them back to life. This theory with respect to Annelise Maier - 1919 is not entirely dis-provable. It might explain her deep knowledge of this organization, if that knowledge actually has accrued over lifetimes. But given that she may have had direct familial connections to the older Annelise Maier - 1889, any knowledge Maier - 1919 may have can be explained away, by assuming either direct contact, or the transfer of the information in letters, or journals. It would be easier to determine the truth of this if the Templars themselves are aware of the truth and have documented it, as they normally do to excess. However, the Templar 'data' is regarded as un-hackable, chiefly due to the fact that they are so far behind the tech curve that very little of the pertinent records have been digitized, and reside in a well-guarded library. Thus no serious effort has been put into confirming or disproving this point.

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