Jax Matsuo

Jax Matsuo, a character in the Bloodbound series, is one of the Clanless vampires and the leader of the Clanless. He is also one of your love interests. He is first seen in Book 1, Chapter 3.

Appearance
Jax has short black hair, brown eyes, and fair skin. His eyes turn red and have sharp canines when he is in vampire state. He is wearing a maroon leather jacket over a black tank top. His Katana is seen hanging behind his back.

Personality
He is a bit of a cynic due to being Turned by a vampire who wanted to usurp the Clan Leaders and needed an army. While the Clans killed him and most of the Clanless he'd created, he ran before they could get him. For a while he was wild and acted on his urges. He tells Your Character that he did unspeakable things, but has tried to do better since then. He confesses to Your character in Chapter 11 that he's never been one to simply walk away, if he sees someone being treated unfairly. He tells Your Character in Book 1, Chapter 11, that during World War II, his grandparents were taken to a Japanese internment camp in California. His parents were pretty active politcally and this meant that sometimes they were... away for  long periods of time. They met in the student protest of the late 1960's. This was the first time they were arrested... for setting a white supremacist bar on fire.

Your Character
Jax was first seen at the end of Chapter 3, watching you and Lily from your apartment or at the club. He rescued you from The Baron's men.

Powers and Abilities

 * Immortality: In Book 1, Chapter 2, Adrian confirms that he does not age. Thus we can assume the same can be said for Jax.
 * Super-Strength: In Book 1, Chapter 2, Adrian confirms that he is strong enough to lift a car. Thus we can assume the same can be said for Jax.
 * Healing Factor: Accelerated healing is an ability that vampires possess that allows them to heal from physical injuries at supernatural speeds. If a vampire uses their blood such as when Adrian was done feeding on Nicole, they can heal the bite mark as well. Thus we can assume the same can be said for Jax.
 * Heightened Senses: In Book 1, Chapter 6, Lily mentions how she can feel the slightest air currents, how she can even see the tiniest pores in Your Character's skin and can hear the water running through the pipes three stories up. Thus we can assume the same came be said for Jax.
 * Swordsmanship: Jax has been shown to be incredibly skilled with his Katana, he was able to swiftly kill a vampire by decapitating it.

Weaknesses

 * Sunlight: Sunlight are one of vampires' weaknesses. As Adrian stated, sunlight does hurt him describing it as painful and will be fatal if exposed to it within a half an hour or so. It's akin hypersensitivity or accelerated heat stroke. This same weakness can be assumed for Jax.
 * Decapitation: Dismembering or manually removing the head of a vampire will result in instant and permanent death.
 * Heart Extraction: Removing and subsequently destroying the heart of a vampire will also result in permanent death.
 * Unquenched Bloodlust: When Adrian first became a vampire, he felt the powerful thirst for blood which no amount of water can relieve. In the brief period where he resisted the urge, Adrian experienced severe discomfort whereby he eventually gave in to his instincts. It is unknown yet how long a vampire can remain thirsty or what the extent of pain is when this need is unmet. When vampires don't consume blood for extended periods of time, they tend to give in to their instincts and attack the nearest human nearby in order to suppress their thirst. Newly turned Vampires like Lily are the ones mostly affected by this problem.
 * A Feral's Bite: A bite from a feral vampire is infectious to regular vampires because it can turn them feral too. As a clanless vampire, Jax runs a higher risk of turning feral at any moment.

Trivia

 * In Book 1, Chapter 2, Adrian mentions that garlic gives him a minor distaste, rather than kill him. This in turn means that it is not a real weakness for vampires as a whole and we can assume Jax has a similar distaste for it.