Pump King Jack

Pump King Jack

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Halloweener Usurper
Nightmare of Man
Contact Owner	Archdevil_Asmodeus
Connection	4
Public Contact?	No
Archetype	Custom(N,K,A,G)
Location	Redmond Barrens
Metatype	Free Spirit
Sex	None; male voice.
Age	N/A
Preferred Payment Method	Services (Shadowrunning)
Hobbies/Vice	Terrorizing the living!
Personal Life	Single
Faction	None... yet.
Aspects	Herald of Halloween Extraplanar Spirit Savvy Hella Halloweeners Goodnatured Guide Formula One Ritualist

Overview

Sometime in the past, none really know when, a lone nightmare spirit got trapped on the Metaplane of Man. No-one knows how he ended up there, but over time he began adjusting to his surroundings. What at first was inhumane greed and horror began filling a more humane mold. While still prone to mutation and volatile, Pump King Jack is an anomalous middle ground of shadow and man-spirits. His innate thirst to cause and spread terror in his victims has taken a turn, spurred on by his belief that by terrifying people to their very core he's giving their lives meaning. Without sorrow, there is no joy. Without fear, there is no security. Everything must have its opposite and Jack couldn't be happier to be the boogeyman that the Sixth World should check for under their beds before going to sleep. To this end, he's begun eyeing Halloweeners for adoption as his personal pupils in the art of fear. Jack's end game is to create a never-ending all year long Halloween across the entire planet where fear is something to be celebrated and terror will only fuel the joy of everyday life.

What could possibly go wrong?

Aspects Description

Aspect	Description
Astral Taint	Having Jack personally help with anything will taint your character's aura for the remainder of the run and make other spirits wary of you. This usually extends to Awakened NPCs as well; madmen and shadow cultists are exempt from this.
No Mercy	Despite his jovial nature and redefined perspective on metahumanity, Jack is still at his core a shadow spirit and feels little empathy or remorse, choosing to concentrate on his own goals. He'll refuse to do any contact services at all, regardless of reason, if you're less than even in chips with him. Even or positive chips will remedy this!
Fearmonger	When it comes to getting people so scared they'll tell you anything, this guy has it on lock. Need ideas? Get in touch.
Herald of Halloween	He hasn't been in the physical realm long, but Jack's taken a liking to the Halloweeners. He's done his homework and knows a fair bit about them.
Spirit Specialist	Anything related to spirits, he can probably give you a heads-up. Hell, he might even know one if you need a hand.
Malevolent Mentor	Jack isn't the type of spirit that can be summoned, but he's an exceptionally insightful spirit to talk to if you want to learn spirit summoning or binding.
Disappearing Act	Need someone to vanish? Jack can take living captives and make sure they don't cause trouble ever again by drafting them into his personal Halloweener sect. Admittedly, this will make them wish they had been slotted.

Dicepools

Dicepools
Knowledge Checks	13 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Active Checks	9 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Gear Acquisition Checks	3 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Networking Checks	5 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety

Network

Player Characters with this Contact

Name	Loyalty	Chips
Babylon	6	Even
Cleaner Cleaner	1	Even
Eidolon	1	Even
Fennec	1	Even
Katherine Tyler	3	Even
Red Rain	1	Even
Shy	3	Even
Swerve	1	Even

Narrative Significant Runs

Name	GM	Metaplot	Date of Run
Jack's Bonanza	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	18 June 2085
This Is Halloween H20	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	31 October 2084
Halloween Kitty	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	6 October 2084
Growing Static	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	9 February 2084
See-lie You Later	Asmodeus	The Crow of Seattle	4 January 2084
This is the Hour of Jack	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	31 October 2083
This Is Midnight	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	24 October 2083
This Is Halloween, Part 2	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	17 October 2083
This Is Halloween	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	31 October 2082
Just The Right Colour	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	17 October 2082
Gangster Life, I Choose You!	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	13 October 2082
Infrastructure Theorem	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	11 October 2082
Recruiting For The Skeleton War	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	3 October 2082
Thirty pieces of silver	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	6 August 2082
All Paths Lead to Yellowstone	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	25 June 2082
Dernier Saut sur l'Enfer	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	24 June 2082
The Consequences Of Her Actions	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	29 April 2082
Lip service	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	25 April 2082
Face Your Fears	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	15 April 2082
Burn Through The Ditches	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	2 April 2082
The Bell Tolls	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	26 March 2082
The Vantablack	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	13 March 2082
Trick or Truce	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	8 March 2082
Helping Hands, Salivating Glands	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	1 March 2082
Back From Darkness, Away From Light	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	17 February 2082
My Burning Flamesaw of Love	Kaylaidoscopes		14 February 2082
Unfortunate Sons	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	12 February 2082
To Usurp the King	Asmodeus	Hail to the Pumpking	21 January 2082