Post by Doctor Cyber on Jun 18, 2012 12:40:21 GMT -5
Real name: John Constantine
Alter Ego: The Laughing Magician, Man for All Seasons, and The Magus
Over the years John's alias have evolved into various names.
Status
Occupation: Mage & Con man
Martial Status: Single
Legal Status: Citizen of the U.K. Without holding criminal record
Group Affiliation(s):
Mucous Membrane (Former member); Newcastle Crew (Former member); The Trenchcoat Brigade (Former member);
Origin
Place of Birth: Liverpool, England
Known Relatives: Thomas Constantine (father, deceased), Mary Ann Quinn Constantine (mother, deceased), Jack Constantine (paternal uncle, deceased), Dolly (aunt), Harry (uncle), Cheryl Masters (sister), Tony Masters (brother-in-law), Golden Boy (twin brother, deceased), Gemma Masters (niece), Tefe Holland (daughter), William Constantine (grandfather, deceased), Charles Constantine (grand-uncle, deceased), Alice Constantine (grandmother, deceased), Kon-sten-tyn (ancestor, deceased), Constantine (6th century, ancestor, deceased), Jack Constantine (ancestor, deceased), Pyotr Konstantin (distant relative, c.1600s, deceased), Harry Constantine (ancestor, deceased), Lord George Constantine (ancestor, deceased), Lady Harriet Constantine (ancestor, deceased), Lady Johanna Constantine (ancestor, deceased), "Mouse" (Johanna's daughter, John's ancestor, deceased), James Constantine (ancestor, deceased), Conrad Constantine (ancestor, deceased), Aloysius Quinn (ancestor, deceased)
History
In Constantine's early appearances in Swamp Thing, his past was a mystery; his life as a child and young adult were not developed until Jamie Delano's Hellblazer stories. There, we found out that he was born in Liverpool, England, on May 10, 1953. His mother, Mary Anne died giving birth to John and his twin brother because an earlier abortion -- forced on her by John's father, Thomas -- had weakened her womb. Because he was unable to accept responsibility for his wife's death, Thomas blamed John and the pair grew up with a deep dislike for one another. Whilst in the womb, John strangled his twin brother with his own umbilical cord; in an alternate reality glimpsed in Hellblazer #40, the twin survived to become the well-loved and well-adjusted magician that John never was. He and his older sister Cheryl lived briefly with their aunt and uncle in Northampton to escape from their father's alcoholism and imprisonment (for stealing a female neighbour's underwear), then moved back to Liverpool. In the 1960s, a teenage John ran away from home, but not before a botched curse on his father caused him to become withered and frail. John eventually made his permanent home in London in 1969, rooming with Chas Chandler, a young man who went on to become John's closest - and longest surviving - friend.
During the 1970s, John became involved in occult circles in London, and visited San Francisco, where he met, and subsequently began a relationship with Zatanna the magician. He also became enamored of punk rock; after seeing the Sex Pistols at the Roxy Club in London in 1977, John cut his long hair and formed his own band, Mucous Membrane, whose members included Chandler (as a roadie), a drummer named Beano and fellow Liverpudlian Gary Lester.
John's first venture into occult "heroism", as depicted in a flashback in Hellblazer #11, was a disaster. On tour with Mucous Membrane at the Casa Nova Club in Newcastle, he found the aftermath of a magical orgy gone horribly wrong: an abused child, Astra, had conjured a hideous monster that took revenge on the adults who were tormenting her, and the monster refused to leave.
With typical recklessness, John convinced some members of the band, along with several occultism friends, to try destroying the creature by summoning a demon of their own. Unfortunately, this demon was not under their control and after it had destroyed the child's monster, it tormented Constantine's friends and took the child to Hell. The guilt of causing this hung over him for many years until, in his mid-forties, he managed to free her and the souls of every other child trapped in Hell. As for the rest of the 'Newcastle Crew', the incident left the group both physically and psychologically scarred.
Years later, John was able to persuade the same group to help with his investigation of the Brujería cult, but the cult murdered most of them, including John's lover, Emma. These people, and others who have died due to John's carelessness, have continued to appear to him as silent, reproachful ghosts. Chas is the only human friend who has survived a long-term association with John.
In his late thirties, John contracted terminal lung cancer. During this time, he came to the aid of a dying friend who had sold his soul to the First of the Fallen, the most powerful lord of Hell. When the First came to collect the soul, John tricked him into drinking holy water, which rendered him helpless and prevented him from collecting the friend's soul at the appointed time.
For this, the First promised to make John suffer unprecedented torment in Hell when he died. Slowly dying from cancer, John hatched a plan to save himself from eternal torment. He secretly sold his soul to the other two lords of Hell. When they discovered Constantine's actions they realized that they could not allow him to die, or else they would be forced to go to all-out war over his soul. Due to a recent civil war in Hell, the three couldn't dare wage war as the only winner of a war in Hell would be "the Lord of the Hosts" (i.e God) and his angels. However, they were also far too stubborn and proud to enter anything resembling an alliance. As a result, they were forced to cure John of his cancer.
Characteristics
Age: Unknown
38
Height: 6ft
Weight: 162LBS
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Unusual Features: Constantine has mystical drawings on his back
Personality:
John is an very open, but random man. He is in complete control of his actions, his desires. His needs or wants. John is capable of doing anything he must. John is selfish, selfish and greedy. But he has some good in him. Though he is stubborned and rude. John is an understanding guy, as situations may unfold, he knows more than he pretends to know. Everything he does has to do with how interested he is. Dying is a fear for him, he does not want to vanish from the earth. If he does, he knows he better be going to heaven or else someone's getting put back with humanity. John doesn't care about the outcome of his actions. Because of this, he has no infliction of depression or blots of sadness for anything he has done, even causing hundreds of people to die.
John is a cunning, witty man. He is clever as he is selfish. He plans, but not enough. Normally his plans don't get anywhere. John likes to
prove himself beyond anyone or thing. Even perhaps, beyond god. He has a serious smoking addiction. Though tries to chew bubble gum instead.
Powers
Known Powers:
Constantine is rarely seen using magical spells, and almost never in combat. Constantine faces most of his challenges relying primarily on his cunning, his knowledge of the occult, manipulation and an extensive list of contacts.
Constantine's blood is demonically tainted, first by a blood transfusion from the demon Nergal and later from sex with a succubus. Should his blood be injected into another person, it will instantaneously heal them, although they will then suffer the same taint.
Constantine holds remarkable regeneration skills with/without moving. He can heal on the spot, or while he fleas.
Constantine has lack of sufficient training as a magician. His skills were learned on his own desires. He can summon a various amount of different creatures. He can link life forms together, create magical sigils as well as a multiple amount of other magical spells he can preform and conjure.
Known Abilities:
John can artificially induce into a state where he can question them. Re: Hypnosis
He can play mental tricks on one's mind just by speaking, his words for into a mental clot. He can control his own as well as another persons physical or mental responses to something.
John is magician, trained by none other than himself.
Strength Level: His strength level is that of an average man. He does not include himself in working out and making his body physically fit.John has no true fighting skills. His moves are blunt and he avoids physical contact in a challenge. If he does fight, he fights with human instinct, force, and forceful, crude moves.
Weaknesses:
Fighting: John is a pathetic fighter. He uses sher force to beat his enemy. He is wary of his surrounds and can easily be caught of guard.
Personality: John is a selfish man, he likes to have what is his. He can be easily tricked to do something if there is a "greater" good involved. Though he is selfish, he will sacrifice his life to save another. Even if he has to die again.
Regeneration: The draw back to having such a magnificent ability is John cannot heal on will. It happens automatically, it also only works if the attack has left a large wound. Small cut's and scratches won't get healed and can get infected.
Poisoned: John can be poisoned/drugged though he will do his best to stay conscious, he eventually will loose all need to fight back.
Misc (optional)
Equipment: None
Transportation: Chas' Taxi, Chas drives.
Weapons: None
Sample RP Post
Alter Ego: The Laughing Magician, Man for All Seasons, and The Magus
Over the years John's alias have evolved into various names.
Status
Occupation: Mage & Con man
Martial Status: Single
Legal Status: Citizen of the U.K. Without holding criminal record
Group Affiliation(s):
Mucous Membrane (Former member); Newcastle Crew (Former member); The Trenchcoat Brigade (Former member);
Origin
Place of Birth: Liverpool, England
Known Relatives: Thomas Constantine (father, deceased), Mary Ann Quinn Constantine (mother, deceased), Jack Constantine (paternal uncle, deceased), Dolly (aunt), Harry (uncle), Cheryl Masters (sister), Tony Masters (brother-in-law), Golden Boy (twin brother, deceased), Gemma Masters (niece), Tefe Holland (daughter), William Constantine (grandfather, deceased), Charles Constantine (grand-uncle, deceased), Alice Constantine (grandmother, deceased), Kon-sten-tyn (ancestor, deceased), Constantine (6th century, ancestor, deceased), Jack Constantine (ancestor, deceased), Pyotr Konstantin (distant relative, c.1600s, deceased), Harry Constantine (ancestor, deceased), Lord George Constantine (ancestor, deceased), Lady Harriet Constantine (ancestor, deceased), Lady Johanna Constantine (ancestor, deceased), "Mouse" (Johanna's daughter, John's ancestor, deceased), James Constantine (ancestor, deceased), Conrad Constantine (ancestor, deceased), Aloysius Quinn (ancestor, deceased)
History
In Constantine's early appearances in Swamp Thing, his past was a mystery; his life as a child and young adult were not developed until Jamie Delano's Hellblazer stories. There, we found out that he was born in Liverpool, England, on May 10, 1953. His mother, Mary Anne died giving birth to John and his twin brother because an earlier abortion -- forced on her by John's father, Thomas -- had weakened her womb. Because he was unable to accept responsibility for his wife's death, Thomas blamed John and the pair grew up with a deep dislike for one another. Whilst in the womb, John strangled his twin brother with his own umbilical cord; in an alternate reality glimpsed in Hellblazer #40, the twin survived to become the well-loved and well-adjusted magician that John never was. He and his older sister Cheryl lived briefly with their aunt and uncle in Northampton to escape from their father's alcoholism and imprisonment (for stealing a female neighbour's underwear), then moved back to Liverpool. In the 1960s, a teenage John ran away from home, but not before a botched curse on his father caused him to become withered and frail. John eventually made his permanent home in London in 1969, rooming with Chas Chandler, a young man who went on to become John's closest - and longest surviving - friend.
During the 1970s, John became involved in occult circles in London, and visited San Francisco, where he met, and subsequently began a relationship with Zatanna the magician. He also became enamored of punk rock; after seeing the Sex Pistols at the Roxy Club in London in 1977, John cut his long hair and formed his own band, Mucous Membrane, whose members included Chandler (as a roadie), a drummer named Beano and fellow Liverpudlian Gary Lester.
John's first venture into occult "heroism", as depicted in a flashback in Hellblazer #11, was a disaster. On tour with Mucous Membrane at the Casa Nova Club in Newcastle, he found the aftermath of a magical orgy gone horribly wrong: an abused child, Astra, had conjured a hideous monster that took revenge on the adults who were tormenting her, and the monster refused to leave.
With typical recklessness, John convinced some members of the band, along with several occultism friends, to try destroying the creature by summoning a demon of their own. Unfortunately, this demon was not under their control and after it had destroyed the child's monster, it tormented Constantine's friends and took the child to Hell. The guilt of causing this hung over him for many years until, in his mid-forties, he managed to free her and the souls of every other child trapped in Hell. As for the rest of the 'Newcastle Crew', the incident left the group both physically and psychologically scarred.
Years later, John was able to persuade the same group to help with his investigation of the Brujería cult, but the cult murdered most of them, including John's lover, Emma. These people, and others who have died due to John's carelessness, have continued to appear to him as silent, reproachful ghosts. Chas is the only human friend who has survived a long-term association with John.
In his late thirties, John contracted terminal lung cancer. During this time, he came to the aid of a dying friend who had sold his soul to the First of the Fallen, the most powerful lord of Hell. When the First came to collect the soul, John tricked him into drinking holy water, which rendered him helpless and prevented him from collecting the friend's soul at the appointed time.
For this, the First promised to make John suffer unprecedented torment in Hell when he died. Slowly dying from cancer, John hatched a plan to save himself from eternal torment. He secretly sold his soul to the other two lords of Hell. When they discovered Constantine's actions they realized that they could not allow him to die, or else they would be forced to go to all-out war over his soul. Due to a recent civil war in Hell, the three couldn't dare wage war as the only winner of a war in Hell would be "the Lord of the Hosts" (i.e God) and his angels. However, they were also far too stubborn and proud to enter anything resembling an alliance. As a result, they were forced to cure John of his cancer.
Characteristics
Age: Unknown
38
Height: 6ft
Weight: 162LBS
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Unusual Features: Constantine has mystical drawings on his back
Personality:
John is an very open, but random man. He is in complete control of his actions, his desires. His needs or wants. John is capable of doing anything he must. John is selfish, selfish and greedy. But he has some good in him. Though he is stubborned and rude. John is an understanding guy, as situations may unfold, he knows more than he pretends to know. Everything he does has to do with how interested he is. Dying is a fear for him, he does not want to vanish from the earth. If he does, he knows he better be going to heaven or else someone's getting put back with humanity. John doesn't care about the outcome of his actions. Because of this, he has no infliction of depression or blots of sadness for anything he has done, even causing hundreds of people to die.
John is a cunning, witty man. He is clever as he is selfish. He plans, but not enough. Normally his plans don't get anywhere. John likes to
prove himself beyond anyone or thing. Even perhaps, beyond god. He has a serious smoking addiction. Though tries to chew bubble gum instead.
Powers
Known Powers:
Constantine is rarely seen using magical spells, and almost never in combat. Constantine faces most of his challenges relying primarily on his cunning, his knowledge of the occult, manipulation and an extensive list of contacts.
Constantine's blood is demonically tainted, first by a blood transfusion from the demon Nergal and later from sex with a succubus. Should his blood be injected into another person, it will instantaneously heal them, although they will then suffer the same taint.
Constantine holds remarkable regeneration skills with/without moving. He can heal on the spot, or while he fleas.
Constantine has lack of sufficient training as a magician. His skills were learned on his own desires. He can summon a various amount of different creatures. He can link life forms together, create magical sigils as well as a multiple amount of other magical spells he can preform and conjure.
Known Abilities:
John can artificially induce into a state where he can question them. Re: Hypnosis
He can play mental tricks on one's mind just by speaking, his words for into a mental clot. He can control his own as well as another persons physical or mental responses to something.
John is magician, trained by none other than himself.
Strength Level: His strength level is that of an average man. He does not include himself in working out and making his body physically fit.John has no true fighting skills. His moves are blunt and he avoids physical contact in a challenge. If he does fight, he fights with human instinct, force, and forceful, crude moves.
Weaknesses:
Fighting: John is a pathetic fighter. He uses sher force to beat his enemy. He is wary of his surrounds and can easily be caught of guard.
Personality: John is a selfish man, he likes to have what is his. He can be easily tricked to do something if there is a "greater" good involved. Though he is selfish, he will sacrifice his life to save another. Even if he has to die again.
Regeneration: The draw back to having such a magnificent ability is John cannot heal on will. It happens automatically, it also only works if the attack has left a large wound. Small cut's and scratches won't get healed and can get infected.
Poisoned: John can be poisoned/drugged though he will do his best to stay conscious, he eventually will loose all need to fight back.
Misc (optional)
Equipment: None
Transportation: Chas' Taxi, Chas drives.
Weapons: None
Sample RP Post
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