VEIL BRAWL: ORIGINALS UNLEASHED

I’m developing an original martial arts/action-comedy series called VEIL BRAWL: ORIGINALS UNLEASHED. It’s about fighters and unusual combatants who are pulled into a mysterious supernatural tournament dimension called "The Veil".

I’d like to ask your permission to include you by name, likeness, and approved life/background details as a respected sensei, spiritual teacher, author, and Kempo karate master within one of the main character’s story lines.

VEIL BRAWL: ORIGINALS UNLEASHED is an original supernatural martial arts/action-comedy series about fighters, creators, warriors, outsiders, and unusual combatants who are pulled into a mysterious pocket-dimension tournament known as The Veil. 

The story combines serious martial arts, character drama, comedy, spiritual mystery, and fighting-game-style energy.

The fighters take the battles seriously.
The Veil does not.

I would like to include Jesse Harding as himself, or as an approved fictionalized version of himself, within the Vesper Koss storyline.

In the story, Jesse Harding is a respected martial arts master, sensei, spiritual teacher, author, and founder of a spiritual center and dojo. He is known for his deep knowledge of Kempo karate, meditation, and spiritual discipline. He has competed in open-style martial arts tournaments, defeating fighters from different systems, not for money or fame, but as part of a personal path toward enlightenment.

Jesse also has a past connection to Kael Thorne, a Scandinavian spiritualist who once studied under him. Kael rejected Jesse’s Zen-based teachings, went off on his own path, became a monk in Tibet, and later reinvented himself as a self-help guru and author. This creates a meaningful contrast between Jesse’s authentic discipline and Kael’s more performative spiritual celebrity.

Later, Koss is interviewed by a journalist, Ali Nakhaie (me) from Today MMA, who recommends that she seek out Jesse Harding after interviewing him about his recent victory in the World Open Tournament. Koss travels to Jesse’s dojo, where he becomes an important teacher in her development. Unlike instructors who only sharpen her fighting ability, Jesse teaches her how to truly meditate, how to understand pressure, and how to connect fighting discipline with inner stillness.

The goal would be to portray Jesse with respect: as a powerful martial artist, a spiritual teacher, and a serious influence on Koss’s growth.

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