Jace Boucher

Jace Boucher

Origin

Jace’s father, Jean, was stolen from Haiti as child by a Frenchman fleeing a revolution. He was brought to New Orleans, the largest slave market in America. He killed his captor and got noticed by The Order of St. George. He was trained to be a hunter and rose through the ranks. He met a fellow White Mask and fell in love. Together, they had Jace and made sure to teach him lessons beyond the Order of St. George. Other chapter houses were nervous about these teachings, and The Old Dragon from the Chicago House of Slaughter led a troop to the New Orleans chapter house to kill everyone. Jace was a lone survivor, who escaped to the streets. He made his way to Chicago, where he got the attention of Cecilia Slaughter and conned his way into the House of Slaughter so that he could have his revenge on The Old Dragon

Creation

Jace first appeared in House of Slaughter #1 by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera.

Major Story Arcs

Relationship with Aaron Slaughter

After Jace got an invitation to join the House of Slaughter by Cecilia Slaughter, he bunked with Aaron Slaughter. It was unusual for a White Mask to bunk with a Black Mask, however, a White Mask dorm was not ready for Jace to move into. Although, they briefly had a rivalry, their time spent in close quarters eventually gave way to romantic feelings.

One night, after Jace passed his initiation and earned teeth markings on his mask, he asked Aaron to meet him on a Chicago rooftop that had been their favorite spot with a packed bag. He told the story of what happened to his family at the hands of The Old Dragon and that he intended to enact vengeance on House of Slaughter. Having Aaron meet with him outside of the chapter house was meant to keep Aaron away from the violence.

That night, Jace had his chance to meet with the Old Dragon now that he had his teeth. He left his and his parents’ totems around the chapter house with the heads cut off, giving the monsters inside the chance to escape. As the rest of the chapter house dealt with the monsters, Jace took on the Old Dragon one-on-one, however, he was stopped by Aaron, who couldn’t let his fellow Black Masks, Erica and Jessica, be in harm’s way.

After Jace’s escape and Aaron’s eventual initiation, Aaron was sent to kill Jace. He found Jace hunting a monster and saving children. He had created a tent city refuge for the children orphaned by monsters. Aaron saw the good that Jace was doing, and, rather than kill him, Aaron sliced off Jace’s hand to bring back as proof of death, leaving him alive to care for the children.

The Butcher’s Return

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After saving a bus full of orphans from monsters, Jace set up a tent city, the one Aaron eventually found him at. With House of Slaughter off his back, Jace thought he would have free reign to protect the kids with The Order’s interference. When Sunny, one of the more overzealous kids, gets snatched by a monster, Jace packs up the camp and leads the kids to go find him. Unfortunately, they had wondered to closely to The House of Butcher territory, and Jace found him in the care of his old chapter house’s White Masks, led by his old friend Jolie Boucher.

After confiding with an old psychic, Maven, he eventually decided to meet Jolie at her usual drinking place, The Messiah Bar. He tried to leverage their old friendship, but Jolie toyed with him. She explained how disappointed she was that Jace abandoned her the day of the fire and that Sunny had already completed his initiation to The Order. She eventually lured him into a trap after finding out he had more kids like Sunny that she could recruit.

Jace was locked up in the basement of The Butcher Shop where he was teased with the death of his lover, Aaron. He was eventually freed though by Maven and her psychic ravens. Adding an axe-head to his amputated arm, Jace descended on the White Masks that were trying to abduct his kids. He also tracked down Jolie at Sunny’s “baptism,” but Sunny had already completed the ritual. He made it clear to Jace that he had chosen The Order, so Jolie gave Jace a head start before they started hunting him.

Powers and Abilities

Monster Hunter: Aaron is a well-trained monster hunter. He is able to track and has keen deductive reasoning. He is handy with most bladed weapons and is an Olympic-level athlete.

Rite of Trepanation: Aaron has undergone a ritual that allows him to continue seeing monsters beyond his 18th birthday.

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