Jack "Blackjack" Blackwood

Tags: #character #pc #BottomFeeders #Shepherd

Character Concept

You are Jack "Blackjack" Blackwood, an opportunist, thief, and showman — now the unwilling Shepherd of The Great Devourer.

Core Traits:

• A flair for the dramatic: staged car accidents, trap-gauntlet sprints screaming "Jack-Attack!", and tall tales about a "sea girlfriend" who is definitely, totally real.
• Bears the Shard of the Great Devourer, which beats in time with his heart. Where others rotted, he became a vessel.
• Powers gained beneath the sea: the Fathomless Plunge and spectral tentacles (Session 9).
• The Sovereign Prophet hunts the amulet's thief — him — and Icarus has been ordered to deliver that thief.

Session History

Session 1

• Faked being hit by Gearsley's car to steal Icarus's Sending Phone. Joined the Bottom Feeders.

Session 2

• Agreed to the Polly heist on his own terms (and the return of the phone). Shadowed Captain Siren Shellsword and Skum below deck, overhearing their plotting.

Session 3

• Overheard the Captain plotting a "reward." After the fight with the dominated Sauriv, the cursed amulet fell into his possession.

Session 4

• Rescued from the massacre by the sea elves Vespera and Kaelen.

Session 9

• In a bioluminescent sanctuary, learned the amulet is the Shard of the Great Devourer and that he is the Shepherd — counterpart to the Prophet, Kaelen and Vespera's brother Valyrian. Trained with the sea elves; dreamt of inhabiting the Devourer's body. Failed spectacularly to woo Vespera. Returned via Fathomless Plunge to impale Tlincalli with a spectral tentacle.

Session 10

• Claimed the Ring of the Rotten; threw Rik the Flame Tongue Whip; vaporized the last mummy with Booming Blade.

Session 11

• Sprinted the Hallway of the Keeper's traps ("Jack-Attack!").

Session 12

• Suffered a hypothermic seizure in the sudden tundra; recovered at Holly Hollow.