I am a lone traveller, wandering the world without direction or purpose. Sometimes I see fit to interfere in matters that have no real connection to me, and other times I simply watch. It is a strange and confusing life, but my existence continues nonetheless. I can only imagine what lies ahead in the future, but until then I will wait. I have all the time in the world, after all.

My life so far has been confusing. I come from a long line of heroes, each of who have done great deeds in their lifetimes. They were at the head of the forces that drove back the Grimm and had a hand in leading humanity to an age of peace and prosperity. It's a great legacy, and I don't know if I'll be able to live up to it. My name is Jaune Arc, and I don't know what I'm doing.

I remember my early childhood somewhat fondly, back when my parents spent more time together with me. My parents were very loving, and raised me as best they could, even though their careers meant that they were busy a lot of the time. They only got busier as I got older.
My mother is a huntress and teacher at Signal Academy. She's one of the academy's main combat instructors at the academy, which means that she spends a lot of time over at Signal. She does do her best to find free time to spend at home. However, other times I was stuck with a babysitter, at least in my early childhood.
My father was also out frequently. He had opted to focus on the mission aspect of his job as a huntsman, rather than teaching. This meant that he had to travel around Vytal on various missions, which left him with little time to spend at home.

Despite this, he did his best to make it home as often as he could to spend time with us. On an unrelated note, whenever he was home, he had this habit of giving me bits of advice on various topics. Some of that advice just went right over my head, and others I understood quite well. Things involving strategy were picked up relatively quickly, but I never got the hang of romance. I still appreciate my father's advice, but some things apparently are beyond my comprehension.

Despite my parents making great efforts to remain active in their careers and be good parents at the same time, I still found myself alone at home a lot of the time. I don't blame them for that, though; being a hunter was one of the most important careers I could think of. There was the babysitter, but she and I didn't really talk that much. I just kept to myself and she never had a reason to talk to me. And when I was old enough, my parents decided I didn't need a babysitter anymore, and so she went her own way.

High school came, and my life eventually settled into a routine. Everyday, after school ended, I wouldn't immediately go home. Instead, I decided to go for runs around the city of Vale. After all, my parents wouldn't be home until much later, and it wasn't like there was anyone waiting for me before then. So, I spent my time exploring the entirety of Vale. It turns out there are some interesting places in the city, and I picked up a few skills here and there, so it wasn't a total waste of time.

My one regret in all of this was that I didn't have friends: anyone who tried to make the effort to become my friend eventually left me alone. All of them just said that they got weird feelings when sticking around me too long. Unfortunately for me, because of this some rumor that I was cursed or something spread around. It became impossible for me to make friends where I currently was. No matter what I tried: being polite, doing favors for classmates, and various other efforts, I was still without friends. I didn't inform my parents, since they already were busy enough with their jobs. My plight of loneliness continued all the way throughout high school.

At that point, I became fed up. I was tired of being on my own. I was already old enough that my parents didn't need to worry about me anymore, and could put their attention on their careers. If nothing was going to change here, then I was going to head somewhere else and make a life for myself there. Where I was going, I didn't quite know yet. But I would find someplace eventually. In fact, I hear Beacon Academy's accepting applications right now. Maybe I would try my luck there.

Here we go.