JACOB DEEGAN
Jacob Deegan is a necromancer of unspeakable skill. He loves death, and is fascinated by its promise of peace.
He is the oldest of the three Deegan brothers, but he is dead to them. He does not mind.
Jacob's arm has been consumed by the Blight of the Undead, and it is spreading through the rest of his body.
BRIEF HISTORY
There was always something different about Jacob Deegan. The first child born to Miranda and Donovan Deegan, Jacob was a quiet child who disliked sunlight and laughter. He rarely cried, even when he was hurt. He would often stare at scrapes and bruises, rather than shed tears or fight back. There was something very, very unsettling about him, and most children just left him alone. He seemed disinterested at best when his little brother, Dominic, was born. The two of them never, ever got along. He only ever smiled when his youngest brother, Gregory, was born.
Jacob was fascinated with death. He would be found wandering the cemetery near his house, staring at tombstones and contemplating fresh graves. He kept a collection of dead things in his room, some preserved, some not. No one knows why he was obsessed with the end of life, but it worried his parents endlessly.
When a necromancer came to the Deegan home to kill the family, Jacob really started smiling. He grinned and laughed at the walking corpses. He was exhilirated by their simplicity, their single-minded purpose in undeath, and the undeniable power necromancy promised. It was as though new life was breathed into the young boy as the zombies tore through his house and threatened to murder his family. He was smiling when Gregory became infected with the Blight of the Undead. Now he knew how to study death. The black arts of necromancy were calling to him.
No one knows where he learned it. No one knows if anyone taught him, or how he found the method to control the Blight of the Undead, a dark essence of necromancy. It was only a few years later that he decided to test his newfound powers on his most trusting subject... his happy little brother, Gregory. He attempted to bless his youngest sibling with the single-minded bliss of undeath by enveloping him in the Blight, but his experiment was halted by Dominic and his parents.
He knew he was no longer a Deegan. He was dead to them, though Gregory still loved him. He disappeared into the darkness that night, and they did not bother to chase after him.
CURRENT STATUS
Jacob has mastered necromancy, and his once-black hair has begun to turn white. He is looking to take the dark arts to new levels within himself. He has absorbed the Blight of the Undead into his own body. He views himself as enlightened, seeking to rid himself of excess and want, to be as simple a representation of death as a skeleton.
There was always something wrong with Jacob Deegan...
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