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Description

Name: Jack Cavanaugh

Race: Human turned demigod

Caste/wealth: N/A

Title: Jack of the Lantern

Age: Older than you

Gender: Male

Marital Status: lol
Celestial house: Malevolent God
Purpose: Corrupting other people - Defunct
Family: Dead family alliance but can you blame him

Personality: Upon first meeting Jack, he seems impudent and emotionally distant, but if you get to know him, you'll realize that he is actually impudent and emotionally distant. It is very difficult to read him, as opposed to someone that puts on a performance to appear a certain way to outsiders, Jack does not usually attempt to emote or show that he's approachable. Tact is something he does not seem to have, and yet, he was always said to be sharp-witted. Perhaps it is that, in his centuries of punishment, he has become bitter and jaded. He has a neutral approach in regards to mortal problems because he knows sooner or later everyone he knows is going to be dead. His priorities are usually categorized by long term situations, and it is not uncommon for him to act on what seems like an absurd or unfathomable motives. If he does anything good it's usually at the last minute.

What might get him civilized is interacting with fairies and other fire spirits. The best he gets there is quiet and tolerable. Even then, there's no promises that he'll be friendly. Just not a complete asshole. With the exception of protecting sprites that are attracted to him, he is in rather manipulative, so everything should be taken with a grain of salt.

Appearance: 5'9" when touching the ground - there is a sun symbol on the back of his cape. CONTRARY TO THE ARTWORK HE HAS LEGS OK
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Weapons: A lantern chained to his back

Hobbies: Talking shit about people, keeping an eye on the forest of spirits, possibly hoarding, crashing parties

Likes: Startling people, turnips, alcohol, candy

Dislikes: Naive people, optimistic people, his hair being touched, malevolent god and his children

History:
Supposedly, before the kingdoms were what they are now, Jack was born to subsistence farmers in a small town of Alcyria. Usually raising children would be useful investment for a farm, but Jack's parents found him to be a deadbeat. He was lazy and lied about his duties to go and do whatever he felt like. After being kicked out of his home, he cheated and stole to get by, but wouldn't return home. Jack's natural wit allowed him to do just fine without his parents, much to their dismay. They were not the only ones who watched him from afar, however. The Malevolent god was impressed by his silver tongue, a quality he could make good use of. According to legend, the vagrant was met with the Malevolent God himself, who was interested in using him as a vessel to corrupt all mankind. The god wanted to take the Benevolent god's creations for his own. Jack showed little interest in doing so, especially since he wouldn't be getting anything out of it. He thought perhaps he could even trick the god into doing something auspicious for him. Jack's tricks didn't work however, he still ended up being corrupted by the Malevolent god and sent off to corrupt people. He was pretty good at it too, sometimes turning whole tribes against one another. This resulted in a very unhappy Benevolent god, who shed tears that would become his children.
As the story goes, the gods fought and ravaged the land, wiping out whole civilizations and many creatures. Jack managed not to be destroyed in the process, and survived long enough to see the moon gods bring an end to the fighting. As they restored the land and removed the corruption from people's hearts, they realized that poor Jack had been left there with no family or friends. His status as a cursed being could not be changed, but he would no longer corrupt anyone else. They gave him, depending on interpretation, either a final boon or curse: As long as the god in the sky burned, so would he, and his flames would remind all of his divine wrath. A lantern warns people away.
Jack hid in the shadows, watching over the people that despised him for what they heard he had done. He learned the hard way that losing his temper resulted in destruction and unnecessary death via fire, but it also resulted in harming him. Recently, he's been in a state of hibernation and torpor since the last time he burned himself out. The resurgence of other powerful spirits and magic has awakened him from his slumber, and he is now actively roaming the land in search of why.

Goal: Repent and remove his curse

Abilities:

Immune to ordinary fire. Resistance to fire element.

Fire manipulation
Creates fire by breath, magic, or touching flammable objects. It is countered by water however.
Temperature control
Swinging the lantern purposefully will raise the temperature of the air around him.
Full corrupt form
Engulfed in fire, his claws are permanently active, and he is a danger to himself and others. Water is not effective. He will eventually run out of energy and succumb to his burns. This will put him back in a state of hibernation to regenerate.
Super-heated razor claws. Supposedly able to burn anything that he touches.
They do not, but flammable things will ignite, and they will cause burns on people.
Levitation/Flight
Will-o-Wisps/multipresent
Creates will-o-wisp sprites that operate on a hive mind, his mind, and they can gather information for him. He primarily does this to keep tabs on other spirits and gods
Possession of NPCs
The possessed are usually taken as puppets for information or some kind of gain, rather than ill will towards them
Transmogrification
Can change features to become more grotesque, but the changes are rarely used for anything other than display
Weaknesses/limitations :
Magical and holy flames will cause him discomfort, but would take a massive amount of it and long term exposure to cause him enough harm to immobilize him
His own flames harm him severely, particularly when he transforms
His corrupted form is triggered by intense negative emotion, acts very little on rational or civil thoughts, and kills him slowly
Water, sand, and lack of air will prevent him from using fire magic
"Killing" him will put him in a state of hibernation
Can be cast out of the minds of the possessed
His organs are in tact and vulnerable to damage
That chain on his back can be taken advantage of... however you want

Slumber Cycle : 2 weeks

-Medical Profile-
Injuries: N/A
Scars: N/A
Curses: Corrupted, unable to be purified by any priest or priestess, immortal

-Basic Stats-
Points: 90

Strength- 13
Dexterity- 15
Intelligence- 15
Charisma- 3
Wisdom- 25
Sanity- 4
Perception- 15

Description

Name: Jack Cavanaugh

Race: Human turned demigod

Caste/wealth: N/A

Title: Jack of the Lantern

Age: Older than you

Gender: Male

Marital Status: lol
Celestial house: Malevolent God
Purpose: Corrupting other people - Defunct
Family: Dead family alliance but can you blame him

Personality: Upon first meeting Jack, he seems impudent and emotionally distant, but if you get to know him, you'll realize that he is actually impudent and emotionally distant. It is very difficult to read him, as opposed to someone that puts on a performance to appear a certain way to outsiders, Jack does not usually attempt to emote or show that he's approachable. Tact is something he does not seem to have, and yet, he was always said to be sharp-witted. Perhaps it is that, in his centuries of punishment, he has become bitter and jaded. He has a neutral approach in regards to mortal problems because he knows sooner or later everyone he knows is going to be dead. His priorities are usually categorized by long term situations, and it is not uncommon for him to act on what seems like an absurd or unfathomable motives. If he does anything good it's usually at the last minute.

What might get him civilized is interacting with fairies and other fire spirits. The best he gets there is quiet and tolerable. Even then, there's no promises that he'll be friendly. Just not a complete asshole. With the exception of protecting sprites that are attracted to him, he is in rather manipulative, so everything should be taken with a grain of salt.

Appearance: 5'9" when touching the ground - there is a sun symbol on the back of his cape. CONTRARY TO THE ARTWORK HE HAS LEGS OK
.
Weapons: A lantern chained to his back

Hobbies: Talking shit about people, keeping an eye on the forest of spirits, possibly hoarding, crashing parties

Likes: Startling people, turnips, alcohol, candy

Dislikes: Naive people, optimistic people, his hair being touched, malevolent god and his children

History:
Supposedly, before the kingdoms were what they are now, Jack was born to subsistence farmers in a small town of Alcyria. Usually raising children would be useful investment for a farm, but Jack's parents found him to be a deadbeat. He was lazy and lied about his duties to go and do whatever he felt like. After being kicked out of his home, he cheated and stole to get by, but wouldn't return home. Jack's natural wit allowed him to do just fine without his parents, much to their dismay. They were not the only ones who watched him from afar, however. The Malevolent god was impressed by his silver tongue, a quality he could make good use of. According to legend, the vagrant was met with the Malevolent God himself, who was interested in using him as a vessel to corrupt all mankind. The god wanted to take the Benevolent god's creations for his own. Jack showed little interest in doing so, especially since he wouldn't be getting anything out of it. He thought perhaps he could even trick the god into doing something auspicious for him. Jack's tricks didn't work however, he still ended up being corrupted by the Malevolent god and sent off to corrupt people. He was pretty good at it too, sometimes turning whole tribes against one another. This resulted in a very unhappy Benevolent god, who shed tears that would become his children.
As the story goes, the gods fought and ravaged the land, wiping out whole civilizations and many creatures. Jack managed not to be destroyed in the process, and survived long enough to see the moon gods bring an end to the fighting. As they restored the land and removed the corruption from people's hearts, they realized that poor Jack had been left there with no family or friends. His status as a cursed being could not be changed, but he would no longer corrupt anyone else. They gave him, depending on interpretation, either a final boon or curse: As long as the god in the sky burned, so would he, and his flames would remind all of his divine wrath. A lantern warns people away.
Jack hid in the shadows, watching over the people that despised him for what they heard he had done. He learned the hard way that losing his temper resulted in destruction and unnecessary death via fire, but it also resulted in harming him. Recently, he's been in a state of hibernation and torpor since the last time he burned himself out. The resurgence of other powerful spirits and magic has awakened him from his slumber, and he is now actively roaming the land in search of why.

Goal: Repent and remove his curse

Abilities:

Immune to ordinary fire. Resistance to fire element.

Fire manipulation
Creates fire by breath, magic, or touching flammable objects. It is countered by water however.
Temperature control
Swinging the lantern purposefully will raise the temperature of the air around him.
Full corrupt form
Engulfed in fire, his claws are permanently active, and he is a danger to himself and others. Water is not effective. He will eventually run out of energy and succumb to his burns. This will put him back in a state of hibernation to regenerate.
Super-heated razor claws. Supposedly able to burn anything that he touches.
They do not, but flammable things will ignite, and they will cause burns on people.
Levitation/Flight
Will-o-Wisps/multipresent
Creates will-o-wisp sprites that operate on a hive mind, his mind, and they can gather information for him. He primarily does this to keep tabs on other spirits and gods
Possession of NPCs
The possessed are usually taken as puppets for information or some kind of gain, rather than ill will towards them
Transmogrification
Can change features to become more grotesque, but the changes are rarely used for anything other than display
Weaknesses/limitations :
Magical and holy flames will cause him discomfort, but would take a massive amount of it and long term exposure to cause him enough harm to immobilize him
His own flames harm him severely, particularly when he transforms
His corrupted form is triggered by intense negative emotion, acts very little on rational or civil thoughts, and kills him slowly
Water, sand, and lack of air will prevent him from using fire magic
"Killing" him will put him in a state of hibernation
Can be cast out of the minds of the possessed
His organs are in tact and vulnerable to damage
That chain on his back can be taken advantage of... however you want

Slumber Cycle : 2 weeks

-Medical Profile-
Injuries: N/A
Scars: N/A
Curses: Corrupted, unable to be purified by any priest or priestess, immortal

-Basic Stats-
Points: 90

Strength- 13
Dexterity- 15
Intelligence- 15
Charisma- 3
Wisdom- 25
Sanity- 4
Perception- 15