James Taylor

James Taylor is one of the four main characters of Insolitam, being the main focus of the series from the viewpoint of the over-arching storyline. James was created and written by Scoobydooman90001.

Personality
Before becoming immortal, James was a serious man with high ambitions to make his mark on history. After Birth sought him out and gave him the gift of immortality, he took a turn for the worse as he witnessed history fly past him. The longer he lived, the more desensitized he became to death, seeing it as more of an inconvenience than anything else. Experiencing great sadness, he put on a more happy exterior appearance to hide away his true feelings. However, upon meeting Blake Taylor and engaging in a romantic relationship with him, James found some happiness knowing he finally had someone he could share the rest of his life with. Together, the two of them became more human through their love for each other.

Appearance
James has black, messy hair and a round face with a small beard and blue eyes. He is also very slim due to the constant action that he finds himself in. Due to being immortal, James tends to not pay attention to fashion trends and simply always wears his black duffle coat. He wears his clothes like they are an outfit and only ever changes the shirt. He has a red shirt, a navy blue shirt, a dark green shirt and a grey shirt. He has a cupboard full of black duffle coats in case anything happens to the one he is currently wearing.

History
Born in 1838, James lived a normal life for the first 28 years of his existence. Having joined the military and lived a moderately successful life, he had gained high ambitions for his future. In 1866, he was contacted by Birth who told him he had a much greater task in life. She granted him the ability of immortality and subconsciously placed the word 'Insolitam' inside of his mind. Believing he had just been dreaming the whole thing, he continued his life. After being fatally injured twice, he finally came to realize that he actually had been granted immortality.

Knowing he wouldn't age and therefore couldn't spend any more time with his girlfriend, he left London and spent the following years of his infinitely prolonged life witnessing Earth's history. Being present at such big events as the two World Wars, he realized just how short and pointless life is, becoming desensitized to death and growing colder in his personality and resentment. Discovering the world was much larger and full of stranger creatures, he began fighting against them and protecting the Earth from their harm.

In the year 2011, James set up the Insolitam organization in the hope of discovering what Birth's plans for him were. Using the organization to find supernatural beings, he settled down in London again with a new purpose in life. He soon met Bill Moore, a police officer who had been fired from his position for the murder of a criminal they had hoped to use to gather information. Offering Bill a second chance, James introduced him to Insolitam and together, they fought and captured paranormal creatures unknown to the public.

In 2017, the two of them came across Louisa Wells when hunting a wild Doteog that had escaped their imprisonment. Intrigued by the two of them, Louisa investigated the two of them and the Insolitam organization. By piecing together information that she had found about them through websites and online forums, she soon met with them again together they saved a hospital of people from Phobios.

Louisa soon joined the team and joined James on most of his adventures. The two of them investigated mysterious deaths in the countryside that had been caused by the White Suns. It was during this investigation that Louisa discovered how cold James could be, having witnessed him allow a White Sun to kill someone just to learn how it killed people. Criticising him for his behaviour, the two of them got into an argument displaying the differences between them. It was these differences that allowed James to realise the true nature of his actions and he made an active attempt to calm himself down.

Following his first two adventures with Louisa, James became less cold and tried to protect as many people as possible in his investigations. However, he still retained his cold personality and continued to distance himself from Bill and Louisa. They continued with their investigations and fought other creatures such as the Cursed Painting and the Markerlight.

It wasn't until he met Blake Taylor that he would finally begin to become more human and friendlier in the way he behaved. Meeting someone who was also effectively immortal, James had finally found someone he could love and spend the rest of his life with. Through their love for each other, James and Blake both became more human and became happier people. Following this, the Insolitam team became more of a family unit and James began to treat Bill and Louisa as actual friends instead of acquaintances.

Abilities
James has the ability of immortality. He can never die and is able to live through any injury, no matter how horrific or painful it may be. This comes as both an advantage and as a disadvantage to him. While he can't die, he is still vulnerable as was proven in the episode History Lesson where he was imprisoned within a water tank, constantly drowning without being able to escape.

Trivia

 * The image portraying James is an image of Douglas Booth.
 * The duffle coat was chosen due to the fact that it looks like something that could easily fit into many different time periods. It also suits his character as he is out of touch with everything in society.