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Jackal

(#50913063)

Sticks and stones may break my bones.. | he/him

Familiar

Tatterwing Carcass

Energy: 46/50

Personal Style

Apparel

Skin

Scene

Physical Attributes

Battle Stats

Measurements

Length

6.44 m

Wingspan

4.36 m

Weight

622.92 kg

Genetics

Coal
Falcon

Coal
Trail

Antique
Ghost

Hatchday

Apr 11, 2019
(5 years)

Breed

Adult
Pearlcatcher

Eye Type

Plague
Common

Level 1 Pearlcatcher

EXP: 0 / 245

STR

AGI

DEF

QCK

INT

VIT

MND

Lineage

Parents

Offspring

Holy
Holy

Biography

-once intended to have been part of a story with Rook, from Disillusionist’s clan (both originally belonged to awaicu)

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J A C K A L
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trait • trait • trait

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Garbed in robes that sway like ancient paper in the breeze, a lone Pearlcatcher makes his way towards the looming cathedral. His steps are slow, almost pained and he stops frequently to catch his breath before continuing forward.

He carries only a few meager belongings wrapped in a tattered fabric satchel that hangs heavily across his shoulders. It contains a few scrolls and books, several trinkets, a black feather, a waterskin and a misshapen, sickly pearl. Perhaps for most, pearls were meant to hold cherished things, memories that they hope not to forget or moments captured and protected against time in the enrobed enamel-like layers of the orb. Jackal's pearl gleams dully, its lumpy, imperfect surface a testament to the pain-warped memories that it contains. Indeed, every memory is interlaced with bitterness and images of a looming figure shouting down accusations whilst tapping the folded end of a whip against their claws.

Finally, the Pearlcatcher manages to haul himself up to the cathedral's doors, pushing feebly against them as they part to reveal a worn interior eerily lit through stained glass. Even here, in the midst of a dream, he winces painfully as he steps into the faded light and stands before the spiraling being of dark feathers and twisting golden metal that gleams in the dusty air.

"P-please." Jackal whispers, shaking as he bows before the creature and produces his sad excuse for a pearl from the pouch. "If you will accept this offering, I have a wish. . ." The Pearlcatcher pauses, open wounds leaving red stains upon the ground as he coughs. He continues with a voice full of spite, "I wish to deceive. No one has ever believed me and I am accused and blamed for such things I never had a part in. If I cannot have them believe the truth, then I wish for all to believe my lies".

He leaves his head bowed against the ground, waiting for the Ravenghast to reply.

An arcane circle flickers to life beneath Jackal as the Ravenghast tilts its head back, hungrily swallowing the pearl whole.

It was delectable rarity, the pearl. Odd and misshapen with a concentrate of raw memories and experiences. Strong and everlasting. Every day savored from it was a memorable one, even if they were born from the bleakest shallows of misery. There was not a single moment that did not matter. A life thoroughly lived by struggling for the faintest smattering of a spider-silk light, in which he could not know or see.

Yes, he had suffered enough. A lone grasp brushed against his cheek as if offering affirmation to a life anew. It cupped his chin and raised it ever so gently, its touch felt no more than a breath. He could discard this life now, it spoke with no voice; but instead, resounded deeply in his consciousness.

There were so many ways to deceive. From illusions to silver-tongued half-truths, to afflicting surrounding fabrics of reality with a distorting, corrosive ripple. And yet, the nature of lies were that they were inherently delicate. A thin sheet of ill-balanced glass, brittle and waiting to crack at the slightest bit of scrutiny. Lies require protecting. Maintenance. A tiresome thing. Those who live, as a result, lived equally tiresome lives.

No, no. He would be given something more. Reliable, and difficult to discern. There would be no need to protect it. It would protect itself, and with such ferocity! Through that, it would also protect him. The black, bubbling grasp of the raven thing would suddenly slip beneath the skin and unto his tongue. Its presence was thick and choking like a tainted ball of smoke that left a sharply bitter taste. It left a spell on the pink of his flesh.

He would be given the ability to rewrite the memories of those he encountered. To plant a falsehood that would spread like a disease to those who inquired or challenged it. It would manifest as a sinister, budding doubt. Slow, steady and incite a clouded confusion. The more that sought to dismantle it, the stronger the lie became until it obscures the truth altogether between them.

A disease they preyed on the mind. Weakening its resolve through working alongside its natural suspicions and contemplation until they simply convinced themselves. It comes to no surprise that individuals believe what they want to believe, and those would become the strongest truths of all, even if they were all but correct.

Delusions matter not in the face of truth or logic. They are the strongest of lies, and even unlikely to break until the bitter ends.

In this way... "all" would believe his lies. Let it spread among each other as he, for once, rested in the shade.

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biography coding by saturne #101073

lore by awaicu and Viviwren for the Ravenghast Pact Project

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