James Davis

James Thomas Davis is a fictional character and a major antagonist in the Crusader Chronicles. He first appeared in Once and Again, The Pain Beneath, and The Dark Horizion, published between 2003 and 2006. In these books, a troubled galaxy faces a new galactic war and Sionis Sepher, leader of the League of Crusaders, determines that only James Davis can help stop the madness. James Davis has subsequently appeared in three other works by Joel Stephens.

The Way We Fall (49,000 BA)
James Davis was first heard about almost 50,000 years before his own birth. In the events leading up to The Earth Disaster, the Bermekans questioned the woman known as Keaira to find out what they could about her. She revealed to then that she had been defeated by a human named James Davis and that the rest was "history". Upon examining her, the Bermekans found human DNA under her fingernails. This would come into play later when they would accidentally stumble across the planet Earth during their great migration to the Andromisa Galaxy. Thinking that they may have played into some cosmix destiny, the King of the Bermekans ordered all the humans of Earth to be DNA tested. It was his hope that they would find this human, but before their testing could successfully be completed, events unfolded that trigged The Earth Disaster. With the planet overrun by the Keaira Virus, the Bermekans gathered up as many humans as they could and fled for the Andromisa Galaxy.

Birth and Bantari (10-28 YA)
James Thomas Davis was born to father Desmund Thomas Davis and Tamara Ann Davis at 2:35 PM on January 28th, 1985 by Earth's dating system. He would live peacefully with his parent until the age of thirteen when his home was attacked by a Kujaen agent sent to Earth by Emperor Kujah to prove Earth existed and also to eliminate Davis as a threat to the Kujaen Empire. The Kujaen was killed and James Davis was whisked off of Earth despite his parent's strong objections. Sionis Sepher did not want to reveal too much of James' destiny to him, so the human was told of his future and then promptly taken to the planet Bantari. He was assigned a Terran background story and put in the care of an older woman named "Angel". During his five year stay at the Crusader Training Academy James was introduced to Tiffany Saranac, John Stanton, and Helios Advares. They became a loosely collected group of friends though Helios and James constantly found themselves at odds over who was the better trainee. Upon their graduation at 18 James was shocked to learn he was given the lowest ranking Crusader.

USS Ulysses (28-30 YA)
After the disappointment of graduating with a low Crusader title, James found out he was to be stationed on Sionis Sepher's own ship, the Ulysses. During this time, James became a valuable asset to the crew of the vessel. His hard work and determination to prove that he could keep up with the pace of this galaxy had a large part in foiling several enemy plots across the United Space Alliance.

Space Manipulation Portal Theft (30 YA)
On military leave, James Davis was introduced to a Bermekan woman on Sentret V. She revealed herself to be a Bermekan spy that was tracking Sionis Sepher's illegal use of SMP technology. James learned that it was SMP technology that had brought him from Earth and it was that same technology that could take him back. Feeling betrayed by Sionis Sepher, James made a deal with the Bermekan that if he helped steal the technology the Bermekans had to return him to Earth. She agreed and the two of them went into action.

When the theft took place, James discovered that the Bermekan woman was actually working for the Kujaens. A team had infiltrated the world and thanks to his efforts they were now going to steal the SMP technology. This meant that James had effectively handed them the keys to Earth's front door. Sionis Sepher, having been suspicious of James' activities, had a team following him and the Kujaens were thwarted during their attempts to steal the device. The Bermekan woman and the SMP technology were both thought destroyed when the Sentret military was forced to self-destruct one of their experimental ships. Despite his direct hand in all of this Sionis does not punish James. Instead, the older Supreme Crusader admits that he lied to James and in underestimating the human's potential he opened the door for the unfortunate event to take place.

Resource System 407-7 and the Kujaen War (30 YA)
When word started to spread that the Kujaens were harrassing an Alliance military target, Sionis Sepher personally answered the plea for help and reported to the scene. During their time here Sionis felt that the proper action was to fight back against the Kujaens, but the young and now commanding Tiffany Saranac felt that sparking the war could not be her responsibility. She offered for Sionis to sieze command of the facility but Sionis knew that the Alliance would argue Sionis had acted alone, a move that could cause the Terrans great trouble. Meanwhile, James suffered with the fact that he had developed feelings for Tiffany, but before he could properly express them the Kujaens attacked in full force. They brought with them a new and terrible weapon; a ship called the Invincible. The Kujaen vessel used an enormous energy weapon to blast the surface of the planet, destroying the facility and kicking ash and dirt into the atmosphere that blocked out the sun and killed off the remaining life. Resource System 407-7 became a desolate waste in a matter of hours.

Sionis Sepher and other survivors had taken refuge on one of the moons of Planet 7. The Ulysses, damaged by the blast, had crash landed there and without power it had been missed by Kujaen forces scanning the system for survivors. With time running short, Sionis entrusted James Davis with his white X7 known as the White Dragon and sent him to spread word of the attack and call for help. James was accompanied by Cidonis Theon, a high-ranking space force pilot in the Bermekan military and a fellow Crusader.

The Kujaen Blitz (30-31 YA)
Once the war started it was clear that Emperor Kujah was after the Terrans. His war machine pressed against the Terran governments and systems were ravaged by the Kujaen forces. The Invincible, however, did not fire its main weapon again during the Blitz. Instead, the ship maintained a solid course that could easily be tracked. It lead the Kujaen forces straight to the Terran home world of Terra Prime. It was the official taunt of the Kujaen Emperor; a threat that appeared very much like it could not be prevented.

Desperate to preven the assault on their home system, the Terrans gathered as many forces as they could. Trouble within the Alliance and arguments over what this war meant caused a divide in political powers and prevented most of the Alliance military from rushing to the Terran's aide. James Davis hoped to help the Terrans, but after an altercation with Grand Crusader Helios Advares James found out he'd been ordered to leave the Terran defenses. He demanded Sionis step in and prevent the action but the Supreme Crusader did nothing. This was the first time that James began to doubt Sionis' judgement.

Dragon Restoration Project (31 YA)
During James' time on Sentret V, he set up a Dragon breeding program that released rare and/or nearly extinct dragons into the planet's last great dragon sanctuary. Using funds provided by Meghan Theon he was able to get the organization moving very quickly. Unfortunately, tragedy struck when the Kujaens made a small attack against Sentret City, hitting the dragon arena as they knew it was a large tourist attraction and worth millions of dollars to the Kalctan government. After the attack James heard that the Kujaens successfully crippled the Kalctan solar defenses before making their attack. Growing concerns that this was a test run for an attack on Terra Prime, James rushed to his ship and departed immediately.

The Battle of Terra Prime (31 YA)
James Davis arrived in the Terran system just as the Kujaens were starting their main assault. The solar defenses were still online but James' warning was taken seriously thanks to the efforts of Sionis Sepher. The Terran military started evacuations of the planet soon after. Then, the Kujaens utilized their attack method that rendered the solar defenses inoperable. The entire Terran military dedicated their numbers to holding off the Kujaen ships but the Invincible, despite suffering heavy damage, pushed through the attacks and fired on Terra Prime, killing an estimated two billion terrans and leaving Terra Prime as a devastated and uninhabitable planet. The terrans fought with great ferocity during the final battle and the Kujaen forces were forced to pull back after the fight.

The War Bandits (31 YA)
After the battle for Terra Prime, James Davis revealed that he wanted to fight against Kujah. Sionis reluctantly agreed to let James going them aboard the War Bandits, two massive ships that the Alliance had been working on as a means to overpower the Invincible. After seeing the destruction of Terra Prime, most Alliance governments had signed on to fight the Kujaens, but it would take time to rally the forces. The Invincible was at its most vulnerable point and waiting to attack would mean giving Kujah an opportunity to restructure his fleets. The terrans and Sionis Sepher spearheaded a direct assult into enemy lines to take down the Invincible once and for all. James stood with Sionis in the fight but the battle did not go in the Alliance's favor. The Invincible got a lucky shot, catching one of the War Bandits in the blast and nearly destroyed it. With only one ship left against a growing number of Kujaen forces, Sionis was forced to order a retreat.

Keaira's Release (31 YA)
The ship travelled to Bantari and Sionis ordered the planet's evacuations assuming the Kujaens were going to give chase. James Davis travelled to the surface to help with the evacuations but ended up helping Sionis investigate an abandoned Kujaen facility. After Sionis was hurt during the search, James returned and they caught up with what was happening, but once Angel and James started to grow worried with Sionis' irrational thoughts, he knocked them out and left them in the basement of the old Sepher mansion. When they woke they learned Sionis had fled the scene to free Keaira and the Kujaens were closing in. James found Tiffany, James, and Helios trying to stop Sionis from releasing Keaira but the Supreme Crusader was convinced it was the only way. After John Stanton was killed trying to stop Sepher, James was forced to intervene. He faced off against Sionis, taking a damaging stab through his abdomen in the process. He successfully threw Sionis off a steep ledge and then returned Keaira to her prison and tended to Tiffany Saranac. When he returned to the town of Bantari he found the Kujaens were beginning to land. He placed Tiffany in the X7 and sent her on without him.

Personality and Traits
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