I really would strongly advise against calling the protagonist "Jack Saint", but if you can work out a good back-story for how he was raised to become a demon hunter without his family, then it probably would work. The other challenge would be to make it interesting across multiple stories: what character work can you do to make the action both varied enough for the audience to read more than one story (thus, a series) and still make sense for the character?
Why is he a demon hunter? On the one hand, you could draw out the pursuit of his parents' murderer into multiple stories, but you run the risk of each story feeling largely the same (depending on how much variety you can invest into the guy-hunts-demon, guy-fights-demon, guy-defeats-demon template) and the audience losing interest before the final battle. On the other hand, if the protagonist finds his parents' killer early on, what's his motivation for continuing as a demon hunter after his revenge is complete? What's to keep him from retiring and becoming a barista (assuming he craves coffee)? I guess it boils down to why is it his sole/soul mission to destroy half of satan's army?
It's a delicate balancing act. But it's certainly possible to do, and do well.
Why is he a demon hunter? On the one hand, you could draw out the pursuit of his parents' murderer into multiple stories, but you run the risk of each story feeling largely the same (depending on how much variety you can invest into the guy-hunts-demon, guy-fights-demon, guy-defeats-demon template) and the audience losing interest before the final battle. On the other hand, if the protagonist finds his parents' killer early on, what's his motivation for continuing as a demon hunter after his revenge is complete? What's to keep him from retiring and becoming a barista (assuming he craves coffee)? I guess it boils down to why is it his sole/soul mission to destroy half of satan's army?
It's a delicate balancing act. But it's certainly possible to do, and do well.