Jack Crow
| Jack Crow Halakazikal (Talks-to-Crows) | |
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| Biographical Information | |
| Auspice | Ithaeur |
| Alias | Old Jack |
| Affiliations | |
| Residence | Dekker Street Station, Blackmouth |
| Tribe | Iron Masters |
| Pack | Wardens |
| Title | Harzul |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male (he/him) |
| Apparent Age | early-50s |
| Hair | Greying |
| Eyes | Grey |
Jack Crow is a wily old dog of a werewolf and an urban shaman in tune with the broken heartbeat of Blackmouth. He is a founding member of the Wardens pack and likely the oldest surviving member of the Iron Masters tribe in the area.
Background
Jack has been doing this for a long time, and he attributes his success to not taking things too seriously. So many wolves burn themselves out or die gloriously but for what? The world is still the same and their territories would have been better off if they had lived. He remembers the Blackwood and her grand plans, and how they ended up falling apart when the leeches' slow-simmering gang wars burst into chaos in the '90s. She's gone now, maybe coming back or so he heard, but for now she's gone and the sept is cracked a hundred ways into little squabbling packs that can't even hold the scraps they have now.
But he has a pack, and Morrigan has a plan that might actually work, and he's happy to go along for the ride. He has tales to hear and things to do, and maybe he could make something of this little piece of the broken mess that is Blackmouth.
Description
A lean, rangy-looking man in his early 50s, dark hair threaded with grey, skin weathered. Clothing well-worn with a black leather trenchcoat so old and worn that the material has faded to grey along the seams.
Storytelling Hints
Jack can talk a lot but he prefers not to say anything important, just waits for the right moments to say his piece, often interspersed with reminiscences and odd tangents once the train of thought gets going. But speaking or not, he is always watching and listening, picking up the details that others let slip. Sometimes the cracks in the facade show and he says something inappropriate or out of date, or he finds amusement at things that only make sense to him. If anyone notices, he just shrugs and makes no apology for being an old dog not able to keep up with all the new tricks.
Blood & Bone: Warden/Guru. Jack is protective over his charges, though prefers to turn aside threats to them with the right words or clever ideas rather than immediate violence.
Chronicles
Under A Killing Moon
Jack first learned of the four dream-haunted nuzusul when he caught wind of the churn in the Hisil that their impending Changes were causing. He used Hikanirmeda to keep an eye on them and, as he saw the signs of a greater hand at work, started planning how best to approach and bring them into the fold. Those plans turned out to not be necessary, as Michael experienced his Change and that served as good an introduction as any. He brought Michael to meet Morrigan and arranged a meeting with Atlas and Jerome to tell them all what they were, then accompanied the three back to the alleyway where they first saw one of the Black Trees, and helped defuse the violence of Jerome's Change. Unsettled by something he saw in the Tree and the alien sigils formed around it, Jack parted ways with the group soon after, placing them in Lucan's care while he followed a lead.
The three crossed paths with Jack again at Dekker Street, after going into hiding after Atlas' rampage at the 5th Precinct. Manic and sleep-deprived as he was, Jack seemed less concerned with the breach of the Veil than what he had learned, which he and Morrigan determined was serious enough to try and bring gather a moot for the first time in a decade.
Over the course of the month before, Jack helped train and educate the three new wolves in various ways. He was there when they completed their Rites of Passage and joined the Wardens, taught Jerome the rites and secrets of fetish-crafting, helped them tear down another of the Trees, and told them some of the painful past of the uratha of Blackmouth and the Nights of the Broken Moon.
Connections
- The Wardens: Helped found the pack with Morrigan and generally agrees with her ideals, even if they disagree on approach.
- Marius Steinfaust: Keeping an eye on him in case his wolf-blood becomes something more.
- Hecate: Jack has encountered the enigmatic being before, travelled to her Empty City and bears her Gifts.
- Hikanirmeda: A great crow spirit that Jack has formed a particular bond with. Acts as his eyes and ears when he needs to be in two places at once.
- Has friends and allies throughout the unhoused and itinerant community of Blackmouth. Most everyone knows or has heard of Old Jack.
Abilities
- Urban Shaman (7 dice, 9-Again): Jack knows the city and the city knows Jack. He hears the beat of her hearts and tells her stories to Luna on cold, empty nights.
- Knows the Streets (7 dice, 9-Again): He has been living on the streets longer than many people have been alive. He knows all their secrets and is known by them in turn.