Born June 12, 1984, Jack Michaels lived rather an ordinary childhood in the island town of Pearl Bay. This town was incredibly secluded, the only connection to the rest of the world being radio communications and a weekly ferry/cargo ship until the advent of wireless phones and Internet. Needless to say, the town was, well… small and set outside of time itself would be a fairly close description of the place, with a population of around a thousand. The children were schooled in the small school complex, and spent most of their free time at the beach, in the bush or on the football field. It was something of an idyllic childhood for Jack, until he reached his adolescent stage.