Jack Churchill (fictional)
Overview
 
Jack 'Church' Churchill is a fictional character
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

, appearing in Mark Chadbourn
Mark Chadbourn
Mark Chadbourn is an English fantasy, science fiction and horror author with fifteen novels published around the world.Born in the English Midlands from a long line of coal miners...

's trilogies The Age of Misrule
The Age of Misrule (series)
The Age of Misrule is a three-book modern fantasy novel series, written by Mark Chadbourn. It is set in Britain and the faery Otherworld around the beginning of the third millennium....

, The Dark Age
The Dark Age (series)
The Dark Age is a trilogy by Mark Chadbourn set around the beginning of the third millennium. While the previous series was a clear fantasy story, this has strings of gothic horror and existentialism woven into it.The three books are:...

and The Kingdom of the Serpent
Kingdom of the Serpent
The Kingdom of the Serpent is the third in a series of trilogies written by Mark Chadbourn. Set in modern-day Britain, it continues from The Age of Misrule and The Dark Age....

.
Throughout Jack Churchill's childhood, he experiences strange dreams - dreams in which a beautiful, otherworldly woman visits him when he sleeps and names him as a Brother of Dragons. As he grows older and completes his archeology degree at Oxford University, the man known now as Church leaves these dreams behind him and becomes a promising young man, filled with life and compassion, even giving up his dream of a doctorate
Doctorate
A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to teach in a specific field, A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder...

in order to help out a friend in trouble.
Quotations

Japanese:We stand in awe of that which cannot be seen, and we respect with every fiber that which cannot be explained.English:We stand in awe before that which cannot be seen.

Japanese:People are able to hold on to hope,since death is that which cannot be seenEnglish:People have hopeBecause they cannot see Death standing behind them

Japanese:If I were the rain, that binds together the earth and the sky, whom in all eternity will never mingle, would I be able to bind two hearts together?English:If I were the rainThat joins sky and earth that otherwise never touchCould I join two hearts as well?

Japanese:We come together,Like drops of water, like the astral bodiesWe oppose each otherLike magnets, like the colors of skin

Japanese:Unless I grip the sword, I cannot protect you.While gripping the sword,I cannot embrace you.

English:Yes, there is no Fate for usOnly those who are swallowed byIgnorance and fear and miss a stepFall into the rapid river called Fate

English:We should not shed tearsThat is a surrender of the body to the heartIt is only proofThat we are beings that do not knowWhat to do with our hearts

English:If it rusts, it can never be trustedIf its owner fails to control it, it will cut himYes, pride isLike a blade

English:Oh, all of us dreamThat we are flying the skiesWith our eyes open

Everything in this worldExists to wear you down

 
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