James Crane

James Crane, or more commonly nicknamed Jim, is a talented and popular snowboarder and musician best known for his stunts, his work in Fire and Ice and the local music scene, and a starring role in Penguin Tales as himself.

Background
He was hatched on a nice, sunny day, which is surprisingly pretty rare in South Pole City. As soon as he was old enough to understand more of the world around him, he became deathly afraid of his older brother, Johnny, who often drove over to the graveyard, dug up bones, and made sculptures and furniture out of them. His sister, Elizabeth, a bird just a year older than Johnny, was a girl at the top of her class and an amazing athlete. For some reason, Jim didn't feel that stereotypical sibling "connection" among two polar opposites. He just felt awkward being around them, so he tried to seclude himself from them and ended up more lonely as a result.

When James was five, he had to share his bedroom with Johnny. Johnny wasn't very happy with this, but he didn't care. He made his sculptures and furniture in peace. Jim, meanwhile, spotted Johnny's old snowboard in the closet and decided to sneak outside on an extremely snowy day. While boarding, Jim had accidentally added too much pressure and weight onto the board, and it snapped in two! As soon as he got home, he stuffed it in his jacket and hid it somewhere Johnny would never discover. It is still yet to be found. Despite this mishap, however, James' love for extreme sports began.

Years later, John went off to college with Elizabeth, and Jim was all alone. No matter how much the siblings fought, they loved each other and James desperately missed their presence. But pretty soon he realized he was free! He had more fun than he'd ever had in his life, playing video games in silence, and not plugging his ear-holes when Elizabeth began whining about her grades or friends or when Johnny played his so-called "music".

At the age of eleven, his parents encouraged his blossoming interest in music and sports, getting him his own guitar and his own snowboard. As a teen, James saved up his paychecks from working minimum wage so he could eventually get a skateboard.

The rest of his school years were normal. He got high grades and was a good student, but some of that was interrupted when he met Agent Meltie, who he immediately developed a crush on. She befriended him and soon learned he could play the guitar, so he was invited to create music with her and eventually help out with her band.

Appearance
His typical outfits consist of baggy clothes and hats, fit for snowboarding and other extreme sports. James wears his light brown hair shaggy, usually with a green beanie on top that he almost never takes off.

Trivia

 * It is rumored that he sings cheesy love ballads and even writes his own. This has not yet been proven true, but Rocket Slug swears she heard something once.
 * That's probably true.
 * He's so awesome that he wrote his own theme song. However, the sound file is secretly hidden away under a combination, lock-and-key padlock, and five-password protection on his laptop. You'll never guess the passwords.
 * He is talented at fishing, and wields an engraved fishing rod called the "Deus Ex Machina". Nobody, not even him, know what those words mean.