Jacque De La Morte (NPC)

Control: Anyone as long as they ask me first. I'd even be willing to play as Jacque for them if they need me to.


Full Name: Jacque De La Morte
Nickname(s): Jack, Jack-O
Codename: Jack Of Death
Alias(es): -Quite a few-
Age: Appears to be in his mid twenties
Classification: Human Vampire
Affiliation: True Neutral


Hair Color: Bright Red
Eye Color: Ice blue
Height: 5'10"
Weight: Around 150LB
Other Traits: His skin is pale, his eyes glow unnaturally, he has piercings, and he has a manly goatee.

===POWERS===

Powers:

• Vampire Physiology: Jacque when he 'died' in life, was reanimated due to a magical 'disease' passed down to him from his parents. Or it could be that he was reanimated due to necromancy or a contract his father signed with his deity where members born into his family are automatically required to serve. In either case, Jacque is now a vampire- a fairly old one at that too. Though his exact age is unknown, he was around before the french revolution. As a vampire, Jacque is for all intents and purposes, immortal as long as he drinks blood every so often.
  
  Over time, Jacque's physical abilities, reflexes, and senses have all greatly improved in comparison to a normal human being. He can lift a small car over his head, or bend small pieces of steel, hear aswell if not better then a dog or cat, see well in the dark (even if pitch black), feel subtle differences from objects he touches, and he can run at a maximum of thirty five miles per hour. He is not that much more resillient to damage as a living person, but since he is clinically dead, he is uneffected by all manner of injury that would either kill or seriously injure a living person. He is also uneffected by the need to breathe, eat, or sleep (it's more like a kind of deep meditation for him). Also interestingly, either due to age or his experimentation, Jacque's body will regenerate and repair any damage he sustains over time depending on the extent of damage. Simply being shot or cut, the body will heal itself quickly. But something more extensive like regrowing a lost limb would take atleast a day or so; Even decapitation is temporary.
  
  Jacque also displays signs of the more... supernatural powers a vampire is said to have. He can for example, change parts of his body into a cold mist, or shapeshift to a certain degree. He does not have a sex beam that hypnotizes people though. It should als be mentioned that Jacque's mental and physical abilities temporarily increase any time he injests fresh blood, but only if it's NOT HIS.
  
  
• Blood Manipulation: One of Jacque's own little powers he was either born with or developed from his own studies. Jacque has the power to manipulate, control, and solidify blood around him for different intents and purposes. He has total control over his own blood or the blood he injests, and he has a limited amount of control of other sources of blood nearby. Jacque cannot manipulate any blood INSIDE of a person unless they just died, and he cannot vacuum out the blood of someone he has drawn blood from. He can form protective barriers by solidifying the blood, or use it to create weapons or razor sharp projectiles that can cut through steel. Naturally if he only uses his own blood, he is as risk of killing himself. Jacque due to his age is also no longer limited to biting someone's neck to injest blood. He can absorb it through his clothing or body naturally.
  
  
• Spirit Strings: Another unique power of Jacque's which is incredible simple in it's purpose, but very versatile for it's applications. Jacque can create a 'string' of spiritual energy from his body (most commonly his fingers) that is normally invisible or intangible to the naked eye. He can adjust the thickness and length of the string(s) he creates, allowing him to create the illusion that he has telekinesis to a limited extent. He can also use the strings to bind someone, making them tangible to further this illusion. As an added bonus, if Jacque were to somehow be dismembered, he could use the spirit strings to connect his severed body parts in order to control them from force of will.
  
  Skills:
  
  
• Biology: Jacque since his early days of a necromancer, has been dissecting living things to see how they tick for many many years. Consider him a modern day frankentsein, as he has also discovered numerous ways to reanimate dead bodies. Recently, he's been dabbling more into cloning or altering or enhancing biological functions. Jacque is also usually accompanied by creatures of his own design called 'Flesh Golems.' But they're not the only unholy creatures he has made...
  
  
• Chemistry: Jacque's other secret passion is mixing and matching dangerous chemicals together to see what they do. He knows a wide variety of lethal and non lethal poisons easily capable of dropping even superhumans or make them easier to deal with.
  
  
• Alchemy: He is also a skilled alchemist, discovering unique properties of different herbs or materials that he can use for a wide variety of purposes. Like lamps that never go out normally.
  
  
• Musician: Jacque is an accomplished musician, studying abroad but found his calling in mastering the violin and later on, electric guitar.
  
  
• Languages: Jacque as his name implies, speaks french fluently. He also speaks english fluently. And in his spare time, Jacque also knows italian, german, alittle latin, some spanish, and bits and pieces of other languages.
  
  
• Swordfighting: Jacque is an accomplished swordfighter, primarily skilled in fencing.
  
  Weaknesses:
  
  
• Sunlight: While the sun will not INSTANTLY turn him to ash, he cannot stay out in it indefinitely. Generally speaking he could spend one hour in his underwear before getting a bad sun burn, which then quickly escalates into actual burning followed by death.
  
  
• Holy Magic/Blessed weaponry: This one is self-explainatory, priests are a big problem for him. The lethality of these blessed or holy weapons varies from simply cutting through him like a hot knife through butter, or disabling his powers temporarily.
  
  
• The Heart: The other greatest weakness of vampires is the heart. A stake is not required as long as you use something to pierce his heart. However, a bullet while deadly, will not instantly kill him. He will still STOP dead in his tracks for a moment if shot in the heart though. But stabbing anything into his heart and keeping it there long enough will.
  
  
• Fire: Fire is an excellent way to counter his regeneration. Plus it hurts like hell. Fire is also perfect for damaging Jacque when he turns his body into a mist.
  
  Equipment:
  
  
• Bloodletter: A thin, rapier-like sword hidden within a cane. Back during his 'church' days, this is one of various tools created by a powerful death deity. It may or may not have been... 'altered' from it's earlier incarnation to this day and age. The Bloodletter is enchanted (or cursed depending on your view) with the power to essentially make it's victim (and user to an extent) lose quantities of blood fast. In other words, it so much as nicks you and you're going to lose more blood then you should. In addition, the user sustains a portion of the wounds of the victim to sort of balance it out. But with his regeneration, this cost is insignificant except when he does alot of damage to a person. He also sometimes poisons the blade with a lethal toxin.
  
  Minions
  
• Flesh Golem: The most basic and easy to create of his creations, a soulless and totally obedient lump of flesh. In the early days these creatures were very frankenstein-looking, but as times changed so did the design of these obedient servants. The standard Flesh Golem can resemble a normal human being outside being deathly pale. They are silent, totally obedient, and can be trained to perform a variety of simple tasks, but they're mostly just used for muscle. While they are physically superior to a living person due to their immunities to pain, posions and disease, and mortal injury, their strength is only slightly above peak human condition. "Advanced" Flesh Golems are giant masses of muscle and animal ferocity, designed with the sole purpose of destroying everything in their path. They are incapable of being taught how to perform other tasks like standard golems, you can only tell them what needs to be smashed and they'll go to it- and also wreck everything else around them.
  
  
• Thrulls: A relative of the Flesh Golems in that dead flesh is used to create both. However, Thrulls are actually alive once created. Most of them have up to the same level of 'intelligence' as a standard flesh golem, or around the intellect of an animal depending on the intent behind their creation. Both variations are really just random experimentation on Jacque's part, but the ones that showed real promise he made many more of. Their appearances all vary between humanoid, to barely humanoid. They're mostly just used for spare parts for his studies or testing of new 'experiments' thought of by a madman.
  
  
• Zombies: Basic, renimated corpses that are mere shadows of their former self. Rarely used for anything other then meatshields or cannonfodder, Jacque very rarely wastes good body parts. Some zombies can be trained to use basic firearms, but this is again more of a waste when compared to Flesh Golems who show more intelligence.
  

===PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE===

Personality: Jacque is a complicated immortal. His appearance is that of a heavy metal rocker, but behind closed doors his demeanor is that of a cunning and often ruthless businessman. He greatly enjoys the finer things in life, making use of his immortality with things men can only dream of; wealth, fame, power, and women. He is a true neutral at heart, primarily looking out for himself and perhaps a few people really close to him. Jacque is a smooth operator and is always looking to make a deal. He is fully willing to help a person out... for a price. It's a simple truth, you do something for him, and he does something for you; or the other way around, but be prepared to pay off your debt. He does show concern and compassion toward his younger brother and sister however.

He is to put it one way, a crime boss. However, it's a very small organization that has some kind of influence behind the scenes of other gangs. Jacque tries to avoid getting involved with the police or 'normal' everyday people which sets him apart from other crime bosses. Only those desperate enough to seek him out to get a shot at what he has manage to find him. Basically, you leave him alone, and he'll leave you alone as a common courtesy.

Like all people, Jacque does have a darker side to him below the surface. He is obsessed with his work involving chemicals, biology, and alchemy. He is especially fascinated with how and why certain people gain superpowers and is excited by the idea of taking them apart to find out what makes them tick.

Overall, Jacque's not really an evil orientated person at heart. He's just doing his own thing and does help those who seek it, and only expects them to pay him back at a late date. But stab him in the back or refuse to pay off your debt, and you'll find that death is the least of your worries.

Strengths: Charismatic, charming, intelligent


Interests/Habits: Drinking, smoking, working in the lab.

===PERSONAL BACKGROUND===

Family Members: Gabriel Amon Morte (father) Ashlianne Bridgette Morte (mother), Genji Bishamon Zetsumei (younger half-brother), Sirrus Briar Von Morte (younger brother), Katherine Marie Morte (younger sister).
Place of Origin: France
Current City: Mainly resides in Steel City, but does have a place in Jump City aswell.

History: Jacque's full history remains a mystery, due to the fact his father has had a VERY long life and has had numerous 'families' abroad. It is believed that he was born and raised in France, some time before the french revolution. Jacque and his family later moved alot through Europe, eventually settling back down somewhere in Germany where Jacque's younger brother Sirrus became involved in world war one and two. During this time, Jacque and Sirrus' lives revolved around the worship of a powerful deity who presided over death. However, their lives changed during World War II. Sirrus became depressed, pessimistic, and generally started repressing his emotions. He claimed it was pointless to grow attached to anything of this life, as they would live on while everything and everyone around them died.

Jacque simply became disillusioned and gradually started to break away from the church. This reached a breaking point after the family moved to the states, where Jacque went out to do his own thing after a falling out with his father. Ever since then, he hasn't looked back and still keeps contact with most of his... extended family. Thus far there have been no reprocussions for turning his back on his former deity, but that doesn't mean he doesn't expect a 'request' from time to time. Jacque has set up shop in both Jump City, and the crime ridden Steel City. He has no megalomaniac dream of taking over the world, becoming the richest or most powerful man. Jacque is already where he wants to be in life and if life happens to offer him a chance to gain something, he'll take it.

So he was very pleased when he met Inferno! While Inferno cared little for art, music, and the finer things in life, Jacque senses a kindred spirit in Inferno. As what the brute lacks in grace or intelligence, he more then makes up for with a fiery passion in everything he does that both excites and even terrifies Jacque. He has since meeting Inferno, become his underground contact who keeps Inferno informed of what's what in the criminal underworld. Jacque also uses Inferno to deal with certain issues that he would rather not have to deal with himself in exchange for payment in some form or another.

So in general, while he does not have a large standing pressence, he DOES have one and it has it's grip within other gangs. He can pull a few strings to make things happen if he so desires but unless someone is directly encroaching on his turf in one way or another, he is content with his current sphere of influence...

Sample RP: -See Inferno-

Alright, looks good.