James Marsters, ane nhoroondo yakatanga musi waAugust 20, 1962, akaberekerwa muguta reGreenville, California. Zvino Jakobho, pamwe naamai vake, baba, hama nehanzvadzi vakatamira kuguta reModesto. Ikoko ndokupfuura huduku hwemukomana uyu. VanaMadzimai vaduku vakanga vachinyara uye vaitya. Chete panhandare yemitambo akazarurwa zvachose. Uye mumutambo, James akarova kubvira achiri mwana. Ikokutanga kwekugadzirwa, umo James akabatawo chikamu, yaiva nhau dzenyaya dzeWinnie the Pooh. Ikoko akamboita basa rembongoro Eeyore. Mushure maro, Marsters akasarudza kuti aizenge ari mutevedzeri uye anongoita mutambi. Bhuku rake rinotsanangura kuti James akaraira mune zvakawanda zvaaiita panguva yechikoro chake. Nenzira, kwaiva pachitambo kuti mukomana akatanga kutsvoda musikana. Zvakaitika pazera remakore gumi namana. Mushure mokunge apedza kudzidza, James akasarudza kuramba achidzidza paPacific Conservatory yekuita. Bhuku rake rinotaura kuti ikoko akadzidza kubva muna 1980 kusvika muna 1982. James anotenda kuti panguva iyi akadzidziswa zvose zvaidiwa kuziva kuti ave muimbi akanaka. Akaramba achitenda vadzidzisi vake nomwoyo wake wose kuti vaikwanisa kuisa mari mukati mavo zvakakosha zvikuru, uye, kunyanya kukosha, vakadzidziswa maererano nesangano reStanislavsky. Iyi nzira inoratidza kuti munhu wacho anonyatsoita basa racho. Anonzwa manzwiro ake, anofunga sezvaanoita uye anoita saiye mumutambo muimba yemitambo kana pane yakagadzirwa.
Mushure mekunge apedza chikamu chekuchengetedza, Jakobho anoenda kuNew York uye anopfuurira mberi zvidzidzo zvake paJuardard Conservatory. Asi, haasi kumirepo kunyange makore maviri. Sezvo James pachake akataura, vakadzidziswa ikoko mazano ekuita, asi vakanga vasingabvumirwi kuita, kuedza, nezvimwe zvakadaro. Uye ndizvo chaizvo zvaidiwa naJames. Mukuwedzera, haana kudzvinyirirwa kwete chete nevadzidzisi, asiwo neimba yacho pachayo. Paguru rekupedzisira maiva ne violin yaS Stradivarius, avo vaida kutaridzika kumwe nemamiriro ekunze. Nemhaka yeizvi, chivakwa chacho chaiva nekunhuhwirira kwakananga. Izvi, maererano naJames, zvaiva kunhuwa kwekutambudzika.
Nokudaro, murume uyu akadonha zvidzidzo zvake, akatanga kuedza kurarama. Kwenguva yakati aigara kure nenzvimbo yakanakisisa yeNew York - Queens, kwaakashanda nguva yakafanana sevashandi, zvino semutungamiriri muresitorendi. Yakanga iri panguva iyoyo iyo yakagamuchira hosha yake pamusoro peziso rake rekuruboshwe - chimwe chezvinhu zvakasiyana zvekuonekwa kwaSpike. Mamwe manheru, apo murume wacho ainge achidzoka kubva kubasa, akarwiswa nematumba. Panguva iyoyo James aifarira kunwa uye akanga asiri munzira yakanakisisa yehupenyu kusvikira atamira kuChicago. Akanzwisisa kuti aida nzvimbo yemitambo, kana zvisina kudaro aizonyura pasi. Yaiva ipapo iyo Marsters aisangana nevanhu vaida kuedza pachigaro. Vakasimbisa boka ravo uye basa rokutanga raJakobho rakazova basa raFerdinando kubva kuShakespeare "Dutu". Zvakakosha kuziva kuti iyo yemitambo yakanga iri kuedza, nokuti mune imwe nzvimbo James yakatorwa kune vateereri vasina kusimbiswa, akasungirirwa kugumbo, sezvo yakaratidza murume chaiye da Vinci. Yaiva ipapo iyo yakasangana nomudzimai wake Liana Davidson. James aimuda zvikuru, saSullivan mwanakomana. Uye kwenguva yakareba haana kuziva kuti akanga achimupandukira. Sezvakataurwa naJakobho, aigara achidavira kuti hukama hukwanise kuvakwa pane zvepabonde rimwe chete, kunofanira kunge kune rubatsiro, kuvimbika nekuwirirana. Nokudaro, achangobva kuberekwa kwaSullivan, akarambana mudzimai wake. Asi, zvisinei, handina kukanganwa nezvemwanakomana wangu. Pane zvakasiyana, zvakamuitira iye James akaenda kuLos Angeles. Mari yakawanikwa mumitambo yakanga isina kukwana kubatsira mhuri. Nokudaro, James akasarudza kuedza kutengesa, kunyange zvazvo zvakanga zvisiri pamararamiro ake. Ndiyo nzira yaakawana nayo pakagadzirwa "Buffy". Sezvo isu tose tinoziva, Spike aifanira kuva musha weimwe nguva, uye akava hero kune dzose dzakatevedzana. James achiri kurangarira nemufaro kufara. Anoti ivo vakagara vari mhuri. Uye mhuri, ichi chinhu chakakosha muupenyu, chero chii chaicho, chinoramba chiri mhuri yako. Uye kana iwe ukaramba mhuri yako, unozvirasa iwe pachako.
Nenzira yakawanda, James munhu akachenjera kwazvo. Anoverenga zvakawanda, anofarira unyanzvi uye haambofi akazviisa kumusoro kwevamwe. Haafaririwo kukurukura avo vari naye. Kunyanya vakadzi. Iye, saSpike wake, ndiye mutauro chaiye weChirungu, kunyange zvazvo ari muAmerica chaiye. Uye zvakadaro, iye akazvipira zvikuru uye ane rudo. Zvichida ndicho chikonzero, mushure mokurambana nemudzimai wake, James kwenguva yakareba akawana dambudziko remweya, haana kusangana nemunhu kana manyozha ake haana kuramba kwenguva refu. Asi, pakupedzisira, pane imwe yemakambani eboka rake "The Ghost of the Robot" James akasangana naPatricia. Musikana uyu akanga ari mutsigiri wake, uye mushure memakore mana emakore, musi waJanuary 14 gore rino akava mudzimai. Zvino James anofara chaizvo. Dzimwe nguva anofamba, zvakare anotamba muboka "The Ghost of the Robot", iye zvino ane mwanakomana wake, nokuti muna May murume uyu aiva nemakore gumi namashanu. Uyewo Jakobho akabudisa mabhuku akawanda neJim Butcher pamusoro pezvakaitika zvemashiripiti-muchengeti Harry Dresden.
James Marsters haana kumbofarira kuzivikanwa kwenyika. Zvichida ndizvo zvandakazviwana. Mushure mokuguma kwe "Buffy" makore masere apfuura, asi anoyeukwa uye anodiwa. Vanoda unhu hwake, manzwiro, manyawi, uyewo kune vanokudzwa uye uchenjeri. James - uyu ndiye munhu anofanira kudzidza kuti ave murume chaiye.