Jaken Profile

Occupation: retainer to Sesshoumaru
Age: unknown
Race: some reptilian demon
Function: servant
Origin: unknown
Relatives: none
Love Interests: none
Pet/Retainer: none

Description:

Jaken is Sesshoumaru's retainer. Why Sesshoumaru keeps around such a groveling, annoying guy, no one can tell, but Jaken is good comic relief, and later in the series, you can tell that he and Rin are becoming closer friends. He constantly yearns for Sesshoumaru's approval, and appears often in the series. We even see a cute filler episode that shows how Jaken and Sesshoumaru meet, affirming that Jaken, too, is a fangirl. Personality: Jaken has a firm faith in the abilities of his master, Sesshoumaru. He knows that to see Sesshoumaru smiling is a scary thing, that when Sesshoumaru saves a human (Rin) it is a shocking thing to behold, and that his master is a powerful demon, able to destroy any enemy (or so he hopes). Jaken's sucking up can make him look like a brown-noser, but he's otherwise a good, well-developed character. Skills: Jaken does have a few magical abilities, granted to him by the Nintoujou [Staff of Heads]. The heads shoot energy out of their mouths if Jaken points the right head in the right direction and taps the staff on the ground. He also used this staff in episode 79 to create water. He rarely uses this staff, though, so I'm not sure what all of its powers are.