Jim Freeman

Jim Freeman is a former member of the United States Armed Forces, having served in the Vietnam War, and is the Uncle of Gordon Freeman.

Biography
Jim is a Vietnam War veteran who served two tours of duty in the late 1960s and early 1970s. After the war ended, Jim moved to Seattle, Washington to be closer to his siblings. Jim had a very close bond with his nephew, Gordon, until he was contacted by the United States Government to help in a scientific experiment when Gordon was 12. The scientists revealed to Jim that the experiment they were working on involved teleporting people to other dimensions and back to collect samples for study. Jim was teleported to Remnant as a result of the experiment, but was stranded there when the teleporter malfunctioned after its first use. Stuck on an unknown planet, Jim was forced to explore this unfamiliar world, and eventually found a job at Beacon Academy as a janitor. Jim worked at Beacon for over a decade, until he was murdered by Flame after he got mad at some students for not leaving a shop that he was about to clean, and was attacked by Flame and the other students, as well as put Professor Danny Ospreay into a coma. An evil organization later abducted Jim's corpse, de aged him back to his physical prime, and brainwashed him into becoming their personal assassin. Jim has since been brought back to his senses, and is now a wanderer.

In his non brainwashed state, Jim is typically seen as a wise old man, giving his younger peers advice and teaching them life lessons. In his brainwashed state, Jim is a relentless and unmerciful individual, solely focused on completing his mission and is uncaring as to who or what he has to kill to complete it, or the possibility of collateral damage.

Jim's semblance is the ability to control electricity, whether to project at his enemies, or to cast around himself to make him a human taser. Jim's main weapon is an M16 Assault Rifle that he used during his time in Vietnam. Jim is trained in standard issue hand to hand combat during his time with the Armed Forces, and is a master mechanic and inventor, having created a highly advanced armored suit similar to Iron Man's armor.

Behind the scenes
Jim's appearance is based on actor, Sam Elliott, and his voice is modelled after actor, Bruce Campbell.