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Created on 2006-11-22 18:25:18 (#11669155), last updated 2009-10-27

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Name:	John Kramer

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About

· Name: Johnathan Kramer.
· Nickname: The Jigsaw Killer (or simply Jigsaw)
· Age: 52 (in Saw 4)

Cannon History:

"Can you imagine what it feels like to have someone sit you down and tell you that you're dying? You look at things differently."

John was a successful civil engineer who got into property development, and a devoted husband to his wife Jill; she ran a recovery clinic for drug users, to which he gave his belief, "Cherish Your Life". However, after a robbery and the reckless actions of a clinic patient named Cecil resulted in the loss of John's unborn child, he became detached and angry, which ultimately resulted in the divorce of John and Jill. After being told he had cancer and trying trying to kill himself, John began his work as Jigsaw, hunting down Cecil as his first test subject.

This however was followed by another huge emotional upheaval that would shape the way he saw life. John rapidly grew ill, returning home every evening to violently vomit, he became weaker and his symptoms more severe. John was diagnosed with an inoperable frontal lobe tumor from colon cancer, forcing him to face his own mortality. He began to realize how fleeting and valuable life truly was. Becoming more attentive to other peoples lives as his own diminished, John saw how they took their lives for granted and was disgusted.

Utterly depressed at the futility of life, John attempted to commit suicide by driving his car over a cliff. John survived the crash however, clinging to the remnants of his life, however small. He discovered that only when he knew his death was impending did he really begin to value his life. As John observed other people wasting their lives, people undeserving and unappreciative of the life being denied to him, John began his mission to make people appreciate their lives and realize how precious life truly is.

John spent the next months of his life observing and planning meticulously for his "subjects", painstakingly creating devices to "test" their desire to live, often through ironic means. For example, Paul, the man who had slashed his wrists, was sentenced to crawl through a maze of razor wire in order to survive.

Placing his subjects in lethal traps, each victim was left a single chilling message explaining the 'crime' they had committed to deserve their fate and how they could escape. Each was conveyed either by a distorted voice or by Jigsaw's puppet, Billy. They often involved quick thinking, ethically difficult decisions and often self-mutilation that Jigsaw would often be present to view, unknown to the victim.

As his victims increased, authorities coined the nickname "The Jigsaw Killer" or simply, "Jigsaw" for John based upon the jigsaw-shaped piece of flesh that he would cut from an unsuccessful victim. As John would later explain to Detective Eric Matthews however, the piece was not intended to be used as a signature but simply to represent the 'piece' that the victims were missing; the survival instinct. Though police intensity continued to increase as more and more bodies were found in incredible and brutal devices, Jigsaw continued to follow his mission undaunted.

Jigsaw targeted a new victim, Amanda Young, a heroin addict who he felt had thrown her life away when she had a whole life ahead of her. Placing her in a lethal trap, Amanda managed to pass her test and escape with her life. Though Amanda had been placed in a deadly trap, she felt as though Jigsaw had 'helped' her reconsider her life and how she had wasted it on drug abuse.

After she returned home following police interrogation, Jigsaw confronted Amanda, seeing potential within her. Amanda agreed to become his apprentice, taking on his mantle when he eventually succumbed to his illness.

Jigsaw set about training Amanda to possess the beliefs and skills to carry on his legacy, struggling to help her cope with her emotional responses to the brutal nature of their work. The pair grew closer, she became of great importance to him and Amanda reciprocated these feelings.

AU History

Coming Soon. (It has to be written!)

"Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives."

Warnings:

Please assume this journal is NSFW. John and Amanda put people into highly charged situations and many of them are not suitable for anyone under 18. There will also be sexual content in this journal. There will be no warnings.

Disclaimer:

John Kramer belongs to the creators of Saw and the studios who produced the films. Tobin Bell belongs to himself. This version of John is AU and her storylines belong to myself and the other muns playing in the 'verse.

The mun is over 18!

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