Jesse

Jesse is an actor in Britain during Ultima VII.

Description
Jesse was slated to play the title role in the Royal Theatre's rendition of Raymundo's "Trials of the Avatar," a play which appeared to be an epic retelling of the hero's various historical adventures in Britannia in what was expected to be over a hundred hours of performance. A consummate method actor, Jesse appeared to have spent a great deal of time physically and mentally preparing for the role - to the extent that he would offer greetings in falsetto should the Avatar he was imitating be a woman. Despite such work, Jesse still drew ire from the haughty Stuart, who felt his fellow troupe member insufficiently skilled to play such a momentous role.

While Jesse hoped that this particular part would better establish him as an artist, the actor nevertheless preferred more experimental plays - such as Raymundo's "Three on a Codpiece" - a performance piece which consisted of audience members tearing an undergarment into pieces, mixing them with wheat paste and placing them in an urn before finally attaching them randomly on the actor's body.

Trivia

 * Jesse's portrait is based upon programmer, Jeff Wilson, who also lends his visage to the monk, Braccus, in ''Ultima VII Part Two.
 * Jesse actually best resembles the Avatar in female attire, where his appearance mimics that of one of the hero's female portraits for Ultima VI.
 * Jesse will humorously reveal that his three biggest lines are "Name," "Job," and "Bye" — the three default dialog options used in Ultima's  game play.
 * "Three on a Codpiece" is quite possibly a reference to Yoko Ono's famous conceptual happening "Cut Piece," in which members of the audience were instructed to cut off the artist's clothing while she sat on stage.
 * Jesse is the author of a book entitled Jesse's Book of Performance Art, an anthology filled with an analysis of performance pieces and their similarity to acting, and a number of example scripts for such unconventional work.
 * Jesse carries what appears to be a Troll doll, a fact only morbidly revealed by killing the actor and searching his corpse. [[Image:U7TrollDoll.PNG]]