Post by Jack Constantine on May 28, 2016 18:46:04 GMT -6
Full Name: Jack Constantine
Codename: Ghost Rider
Aliases/Nicknames: Jack Longfellow, Smiling Jack, Constantine's Bastard
Birthplace: London, England
Hometown/Base of operations: Mobile
Species: Human/Bonded to Demon
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Alignment: Neutral
Affiliation: None, currently
PHYSICAL
Height: 5' 10" (6' 4" as Ghost Rider)
Weight:180 lbs (220 lbs as Ghost Rider)
Hair Color/style:Blonde/short (none as Ghost Rider)
Eye Color: Brown (none as Ghost Rider)
Anything Else: Jack has a cross tattooed on his chest as well as various other occult symbols to make him less easy to track. His body has various scars from fights he has been in over his lifetime.
Equipment and Weapons:
Ghost Rider's Motorcycle: A 1990 Harley Davidson Fatboy Gray Ghost. This bike is transformed using Hellfire into the signature vehicle of the Ghost Rider. In Rider form, the motorcycle is capable of incredible speeds and is capable of traveling across any surface, including water. A Ghost Rider's vehicle is capable of achieving speeds that would allow him to travel across the planet in under an hour.
Ghost Rider's chain: A mystical chain imbued with Hellfire. The chain can lengthen and shorten at will. It can also take the form of different weapons when needed.
Powers:
Demonic Transformation: Jack has the ability to transform into Ghost Rider at will or when innocent blood is spilled in front of him. This makes his transformation stable for the most part.
Superhuman Strength: While transformed, Jack has access to superhuman strength ranging upwards of 100 tons. The Ghost Rider uses a human as a limiter to keep the full power of the spirit of vengeance in check. As his human form, he has access to the strength of a person who exercises regularly
Superhuman Stamina: The mystical powers of the Ghost Rider prevent toxins from building up in Jack's muscles (or lack thereof) while transformed. His stamina is truly limitless while he is the Rider, though the human host prevents him from fully accessing the full powers.
Superhuman Durability: Jack is extremely durable when transformed. The Ghost Rider has taken blows from the Hulk without flinching. The Rider is capable of shrugging off great injury with little difficulty. This can be bypassed by powerful magics, or weapons forged in Heaven or Hell.
Regenerative Healing Factor: Jack is capable of regenerating most damage inflicted on him when he is transformed. Past Riders have regrown extremities including limbs and even the Rider's skull if destroyed.
Hellfire Manipulation: Jack can manipulate, generate and control Hellfire at will. Hellfire is a mystical fire that can burn souls and can even be used to burn living creatures if need be. In addition to his control over it, he can project it into mortal weapons and enhance them. He also uses the fire to transform a normal motorcycle or other method of transport into the vehicle of a Ghost Rider.
Mystical Chain Projection: In addition to the chain Ghost Rider wields, he can spew chains from his chest and mouth when needed.
Penance Stare: The Ghost Rider, when transformed, possesses the ability to cause anyone who looks into his eyes to feel every pain they have caused over the course of their lifetime for all eternity.
Skills:
Con Artist: In his travels, Jack acquired a number of skills. He learned to be a decently skilled con man in his travels, which is mainly how he makes his living.
Sleight of Hand Expert: Jack's fascination with magic tricks as a child lead to the beginning of his skill with sleight of hand. This is something that he truly honed while bouncing around from foster home to foster home. He's found it very useful in his day to day life.
Brawler: Jack has seen a thing or two when it comes to fighting. He has been brawling since grade school and has managed to pick up a few tricks. He has no formal training and would be regarded as "sloppy" by many, but he's armed with some rather dirty tricks.
Occultist: Jack's unique situation has left him curious about a great many things. He has been studying occult lore over the course of the last six years and has learned much. He is nowhere near his father or any accomplished mages, but he knows enough to keep him out of Hell, or at least from going back for awhile.
Weaknesses: (3 minimum)
1.) Strange Magic: Sufficient magical power can be used to severely injure or even bind and take control of the Ghost Rider entity.
2.)Heavy Metal: Weapons forged in Heaven by Angelic armorers can cause great damage and overcome even Ghost Rider's healing factor. The same can be said of weapons forged by the demonic weaponeers of Hell. These weapons bypass his durability and can be used to destroy the Ghost Rider.
3.)Human Frailty: If Jack reverts to human form while wounded as Ghost Rider, the wounds transfer over to Jack. This means that if he is wounded in a way that would be fatal to a human and transforms back, Jack will die. Also, while in human form Jack can be killed the same as any human. If killed, Jack's soul will go directly to Hell. He does not get to collect 200 dollars.
4) A Pact that would make Faust Jealous: Though Jack tries to do the right thing, he is ultimately Hell's bounty hunter. He does occasionally have to comply with the wishes of his employers and this can leave him compromised. He can refuse, but the demon bonded to him can take charge if need be.
FAMILY:
Mother: Catherine Longfellow (OC) (Deceased)
Father: John Constantine (Missing)
Siblings: Celeste (Bloodstone) Belmont (Half-Sister),Adam Constantine (Half-Brother), Saul Constantine (Half-Brother), Maria Constantine (Half-Sister)
Children: None
Extended family:
Thomas Constantine (Paternal Grandfather, deceased) Mary Ann Quinn Constantine (Paternal Grandmother, deceased), Jack Constantine (Paternal Uncle), Cheryl Masters (Paternal Aunt), Gemma Masters (Cousin), Tony Masters (Uncle), John "Jack" Longfellow (Maternal grandfather, deceased), Charlotte Longfellow, (maternal grandmother, deceased)
THE REST
Personality:
Jack is a very confident man. Sometimes, it borders on arrogance, but he's always fairly sure he knows what he's doing. He's also got a chip on his shoulder the size of the Rock of Gibraltar. After his mother's death, Jack was bounced around from foster home to foster home. This caused feelings of resentment and abandonment issues, which still plague him today.
He can be flirty and fun at times. He's been known to go out of his way to impress people. He does this mostly to hide the fact that he was traumatized by his time in Hell. Jack also tries to surround himself with people, seeking to build the family he never had growing up. He tries his best to avoid being like his father, but in more ways than one, his parentage shines through.
When it comes to dealing with his curse, there is almost an air of desperation surrounding him. He will do most anything to be freed from the grips of Hell. This can make him unpredictable at times.
History:
John Constantine met Catherine Longfellow when he was called to deal with a case of a young girl being possessed. After John had managed to exorcise the demon from the girl, he ended up in a local tavern where he met Catherine. The two shared drinks and ended up spending the night together. Jack was conceived that night. John would mysteriously go missing weeks later. Catherine attempted to track John down, but could not manage to find him. When Jack was born months later, she gave him his father's surname.
When Jack was 12, his mother passed away. With no other known family, he ended up in the foster care system. He was bounced around the foster care system in London for four years. He also learned some basic mechanic skills, while living in his last foster home. He picked the skills up from working on an old Harley Davidson Fatboy in the garage. Little did his foster family know that he was simply biding his time until he got the bike running. Once he did get it running, Jack, tired of being bounced around, struck out on his own.
Jack had a rough time for a bit, but an elderly couple took pity on him and gave him a job in their shop, letting him live in the apartment above the shop. He worked in the store for six months before Christina Moressy walked into Jack's life and turned it upside down. They dated on and off for the next two years before Christina fell ill. The doctors said it was cancer and gave her six months to live. Jack visited her in the hospital daily. One day, as he was leaving, a man was waiting for him outside her room. The man struck up a conversation with Jack and asked him what he'd give for her to get well. Jack told the man that he would give anything to for her to live. The stranger offered Jack an unusual way of fixing it. He promised that he could make her better if Jack signed his soul away.
Jack never really believed in souls or any of that sort of thing, so he signed the contract the man handed him, thinking it would do no harm. The deal that he had made was that Christina would live a long and healthy life. The stranger agreed and the contract sealed. Within a matter of days, Christina had a miraculous recovery. She was healthier than ever and her doctors were baffled. Realizing how short and precious life was, she left a letter for Jack, breaking things off for good and she ended up eloping with another boy she had been dating.
Just when Jack thought his life couldn't get any worse, the stranger returned to collect his prize. The man told Jack that it was nothing personal and that he had been chosen because of who his father was. He found out that his father had done nothing but cause trouble for the Lords of Hell and this was their way of getting revenge on him. One more way to break the mighty John Constantine. The man revealed himself as Mephisto, a Lord of the Infernal. Jack found himself transformed into a flaming skeleton with a desire for vengeance. Mephisto informed him that his life as he knew it was over. He told Jack to forget life, forget friends and forget love. He worked for Hell now.
Jack left London and used his new found powers to roam the world, usually taking a backseat to the Rider's needs. Five years passed for Jack. He had been dealing vengeance all over the world and had been reading and consulting experts on various occult subjects in an attempt to learn more about what had been done to him and how to free himself of the curse. In his travels, he learned of other Ghost Riders, but there were little to no pieces that would tell him if and how they were freed.
As he traveled, Jack noticed an older man in a trench coat following him from time to time, but upon inspection, the man was never found. It worried him somewhat. From time to time, the man will reappear. Jack has always felt the man never meant him harm for some reason, but he continues to keep an eye out. What he never knew was that his father, John, has been tailing him every so often, keeping an eye on his son and making sure that the forces of Hell had not claimed him. What Jack doesn't know is that John is also questing for a way to break the curse and free Jack's soul.
When Jack came to America, he saw there were some that would consider the Ghost Rider a superhero. Jack believes that it's a curse and no good will come of it. He will correct anyone who lumps him in with superheroes. He knows that he is an agent of Hell, regardless of anything else. Because of this, he avoids superhero teams and has been known to avoid team ups on occasion. This does not stop him from doing good if he can. He uses the Rider to help wherever he can in times of need. That means that he will always intervene on behalf of a person in danger or a victim in need of help, even if that means working with heroes from time to time. Jack is driven to search the world over for a way to break the curse and free his soul from the powers of Darkness.
Currently, Jack resides in Hell. This came as a shock to no one, but him. He was part of a high stakes poker game, trying to make a little money to live and someone got insulted and drew a gun. The bullet went through his head before he knew what hit him. He’ll tell you it was an anti-climactic way to go, but now, he’s locked up in the pit, currently searching for a way to get back to the world of the living. The Ghost Rider will let him cross back over and resume his life, but it’s up to Jack to find a way out first.
Face Claim/Play by: Alex Pettyfer
Sample RP:
The sound of a gun going off was all he heard. Then Jack remembered a flash and standing over his own body. Shot in the head over a poker game. Unceremonious way for the son of John Constantine to die, he thought before he felt a tugging. It was hard to describe, but it felt like his navel had been hooked and was being pulled down into the depths. Jack screamed and fell into a world of literal Hellfire and Brimstone. As he fell, he saw souls suffering on all levels, tormented by demons and various simulations of the sins they had committed.
The Englishman hit a stone slab at what he was sure must have been several hundred miles an hour and stumbled to his feet. Mephisto, the man from before was there along with several demons, he didn't recognize. They laughed at him for a few minutes before Mephisto spoke. "I'm disappointed in you, my Rider. You have yet to complete your primary mission and yet, you're dead before your time. I'm almost tempted to let you return, but you're too pathetic now. You've used up my patience."
A smile curled across Jack's face. He'd revealed that there was a way out of this place after all. He pulled out a coffin nail and lit it up. "Mind if I smoke? Nah. Who'm I kidding, you could care less." He puffed away and looked at the Lord of the Infernal, making him wait until he was finished. Then Jack tossed his butt on the ground and crushed it beneath his heel. "Bollocks. You'll send me back. You need me up there, looking for him. Otherwise, you wouldn't have put this thing inside me. It's an awful big waste of a demon and some powerful mojo, if you're just going to wash your hands of me. I know what he's worth to the Lords of Hell. It would get you a nice promotion."
"Ah, Smiling Jack. Ever the smooth talker. You do make some nice points. We did invest a lot in your particular development. You're absolutely right. But I do need to clarify some things: Item one: We invented the art of conning someone down here. So, stop trying it. Item two: You're human cattle. You're replaceable and so is Nergal. So, let's not think too highly of ourselves." Mephisto looked around.
"And the third item?"
"Oh, that. Well, I'll send you back up there eventually. Once I'm satisfied that you've learned the proper amount of respect for me and my office." The Lord of Hell snapped his fingers and chains slithered out like snakes, wrapping around him. Mephisto looked to two demons next to him. "Throw him somewhere deep. Somewhere even he'll learn something." As the grabbed Jack, Mephisto smiled. "Thanks for coming by. Enjoy your stay."
Jack looked at the two demons as they lifted him, carting him off for the depths. "Well, just not my day is it, mates?"
Secret Word: Whoosh
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