JOHN CONSTANTINE CHARACTER NAME/ALIAS: John Constantine AGE: 42 SPECIES: Human, homomagi
BIO
John Constantine is one of the most powerful magi currently alive. He was born lucky that way, with limitless potential and ability. All that power has led him to very little in the way of reward, instead it has marked his life with great tragedies.
He studied under the best, lost some of his closest friends, and made enemies of others. He took magic more seriously than anything else and it cost him love multiple times. But he never stopped. He dedicated his life to studying more, collecting dangerous artifacts, setting spirits to rest, and doing anything he could to wipe the sins of his past by making a better future for someone else. It just seemed that every time he thought he was on the right track, he caused something horrible. Probably because his magic was channeled through demon blood. After the horror witnessing a child die because of a spell he cast improperly, John went into a tailspin. He underwent unethical treatment at a mental facility for the criminally insane, communed with the Dark Realm and had the demon blood torn from his body, had his magic cut down to nearly nothing by it, and had no friends left to turn to for help. So he put his head down, did what he did best, and tried to help people who had the misfortune of being affected by demons and ghosts.
Along the way, John found himself cursed by a demon to never return to London. Setting foot on the soil would cause his body to rapidly decay. Starting with sickness and then quickly turning to rot. Not to mention the issue of demon blood. It made the cost of black magic cheaper, something of a friends and family discount applied. But a horrible creature, part of the source of magic itself, ripped it out of his body at an exchange gone wrong. Maybe, if his life was a little slower paced and a little less haunted, he might even have noticed the news of Sokovia, but honestly, John didn’t even know it was happening. He was recovering in the House of Mystery in the realm of dreams from his encounter with the Dark Dimension, the loss of his demon blood, and lingering scars from his horrible time in Ravenscar.
He didn’t notice until the ISA was already marching their way across America to stop their den of vigilantes, and then he of course had to suddenly sober up and remember he was in New York because of the whole curse issue, and tuck tail to take the House somewhere else. He was quite content in hiding, popping out for cigarettes and the odd haunting problem until Zatanna reached out to him.
POTENTIAL CHARACTER ARCS: DEMONS: Wanda has a demon in her head, John has a need for demon blood, they have a chance to bond while healing their shared trauma over evil forces trying to use them. LONDON: John has been cursed not to return to London after a spell gone wrong. Typical. But he hasn’t actually managed to find a way to solve that problem. He has new allies here instead of working alone like he has been who might be able to help him break his curse without killing anyone, setting anything on fire, or just summoning the demon who did it to try and kill him. HAUNTINGS: Sokovia had a horrible tragedy fall on it, and that usually leads to the unrest of the dead. Hauntings are hardly unheard of near the site of these kinds of things and he only charges a small fee for charity work.










