Jaap van Pijpervale
| Jaap van Pijpervale | |
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| Full name | Jakob Pieter van Pijpervale |
|---|---|
| AKA | Jaap van Pijpervale |
| Physical information | |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Hair color and style | Blond hair |
| Eye color | Blue |
| Skin color | White |
| Other | – |
| Biographical information | |
| Father | Pieter van Pijpervale |
| Mother | Daniëlle Groenen |
| Date of birth | 1643 (96 years old) |
| Place of birth | Raynor's Keep |
| Date of death | – |
| Place of death | – |
| Residence(s) | Raynor's Keep |
| Nationality | Shirerithian |
| Allegiance(s) | Kaiser Ayreon IV |
| Occupation | Adept page |
Jakob Pieter van Pijpervale is a former adept page of Batavian ethnicity from the Dirâsat-an-Nûr, and a servant of the Imperial Household. Kaiser Ayreon IV noticed Jaap's beauty, height and frame in 1663, and had Jaap therefore become his catamite, which Jaap has been ever since until the Kaiser's death in 1671. The head of the Imperial Household and Mother of the Kaiseress, Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni, quickly imprisoned the man for failing to protect the Kaiser. He has since remained in jail in the basements of Raynor's Keep. In 1684, it was leaked from the Imperial Household that he had attempted to commit suicide himself several times every year since his imprisonment. Under the directions of the Imperial Mother, Jaap was not allowed to die.
In 1691, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the death of Kaiser Ayreon IV, an anonymous guard leaked to the Daily Mail & Telegraph of Eliria that Jaap remains incarcerated in the Keep, permanently restrained in solitary confinement. He is fed by a tube, and his muscles are regulated stimulated electrically by a computer to keep the atrophy at bay. Any attendants entering the cell are reportedly banned from speaking or interacting with him.
