Jason

"I'm Jason Crawford. I lead Calliope." Jason Crawford is the current leader of Calliope. He takes his job very, very seriously.

Jason appears to be a former Namesake for the story of Jason and the Argonauts. He compares defending Calliope to 'protecting his ship' and keeps a sword on hand for...when it is needed.

Appearance:
First emerged in Chapter 20 of the Namesake storyline. He is a tall, fit-looking black man with a short black beard, shaved or bald head, and (so far) never seen without professional office clothes. His true age is unknown thanks to the time distortion Namesakes suffer between worlds, but he does not appear to be physically middle-aged.

Jason epitomizes the phrase, 'still waters'. He has a lot of stakeholding in Calliope. When Travis tries to argue the rules, Jason reminds him he 'helped write them'. He is a calm eye of the storm around clashing personalities like Travis and Alice Purcell. He first started calling Alice, Jack, and Wendy 'Team Bulldozer' for their extremely results-oriented approach to problem-solving. He knew Wendy was actually a secret mole planted by The Founder to help keep an eye on everything. He kept her secret (and Bog's), knowing the time would come when they could speak frankly. Jason is an excellent strategist and his patience is part of that, but when someone pushes him too far they find him intractable, as the time when he faced down the Council of Witches over the welfare of SB.

Powers and Abilities
"We deal in fairy tales, not utter rubbish."

That cranky herd of cats that needs herding (AKA Calliope) is in good hands with Jason at the helm. As a Namesake Jason can sense when stories are being used to manipulate events. Usually, the Rippers are to blame. As a bureaucrat much of Jason's life is dedicated to smoothing over lumps, soothing ruffled feathers, and knowing when to take a bite out of someone. He does it well, even if the Council of Witches consider him inadequate. One's sneak attack on Calliope was unglued when Jason used his Namesake powers and sensed a dangerous level of stories influences events around Calliope.

Weapons
Jason's brain is clearly his most dangerous weapon--and he isn't afraid to use it! Just as deadly is his ability to verbally shut his opponents down. Currently, now that things are looking darkest, he has a modern combat vest and what looks like a Pompeian-style Gladius Sword for fighting. This is a close-contact sword of Classical History, a sort of all-purpose Killing Machine.

Jason and the Argonauts
We do not know how closely Jason Crawford's experience as a Namesake parallels the original story of Jason and the Argonauts. We know the original Jason had to deal with conflicting personalities, a dangerous voyage, and capricious forces. Jason Crawford appears to be as heroic as the original, but also mentally and emotionally stable.