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Email: tjaeger2001@yahoo.com

Story: In an especially grim era that you and I would call the near future, a torent of corruption and disorder swept the world amid the rise of an international crime synicate known as the Lex Family. Taking advantage of the seething discontenment that was left in the wake of a devastating Depression, the Lexes established themselves as a permanent feature of the deteriorating social order, and their associates numbered by the millions. It was on a New Year's Day that one such associate, a young man named Taro, accidentally exposed himself while conducting an assassination attempt. As he was notoriously effecient at doing "dirty work", Taro was confronted by an enormous police response and was forced to surrender. Convicted for over a hundred counts of first degree murder, it goes without saying that he was executed almost immediately, but his punishment didn't stop there: the indiscriminate and widespread nature of his crimes had attracted the attention of the Bodhisattva, who sentenced Taro to spend eight millennia in Hell-Paso. After serving only three of those, his cunning Attorney of Celestial Law, Benjamin Franklin, was able to negotiate parole opportunities for Taro to return to earth in another life, albeit under strict circumstances. Specifically, he would be placed in the closest supervision of whatever shades happened to be nearby, since it's well known that shades have little else to do with their time. Also, he was assigned to participate in what was known as atonement service, were he would provide subtle guidance through the power of suggestion to those living in need. Finally, he was rendered incapable of inflicting harm by a Writ of Nonviolence, a very powerful curse that reflected any pain he might cause back upon himself exponentially. It was made clear that Taro would have to live out his upcoming life under these stipulations before his memory would be erased and he was allowed to join the natural cyce of reincarnation again. Much to his dismay, he was assigned to live in a Nalp body. Ill balanced, barely functional, and worst of all, immortal, Taro immediately abandoned all hope of ever inhabiting a human body again and struck off on his own. Since then, he has traversed distance and time alike, having visited every combination imaginable at one point or another. He has spent endless centuries acquiring unparalleled knowledge and although he has found a new interest in helping others, his cantankerous nature creates staunch rifts between himself and his charges. He currently works at Horseshoe University as a professor of Chemistry, Veterenary Medicine, Japanese, French, Russian, Physics, Psycology, and Business, and as an academic advisor.

Comments: First of all, sorry that I couldn't send this submission through the normal channels like everyone else. This JPG didn't exist anywhere in cyber space and i didn't have time to upload it normally. If it's any inconvenience, I'm really sorry. Anyways, I tried to keep this little guy's backstory as concise as i could. Hope you like it.