Jack

"When the odds are against you, change the rules"
Jack is a character from the Wild Wastelands campaign, acting as a guide and employer to the characters. He is responsible for causing Arden, Elijah, and Lilya to meet one another.
Jack is a lone Wayfarer, who wanders the Frontier. He is mostly known as a gambler and a mystic, earning a living from services such as fortune telling and seances. He is also notorious as a cheat when gambling, which is why he doesn't stay anywhere too long.
== Background ==
We know very little of Jack's background. We do know he is from a wayfarer family, and was raised as such. Other than this, we only know bits and pieces of what he has told, and these should be taken with a dose of skepticism.
Jack claims he won his wagon in a bet, yet also claims that the esoteric paraphernalia within it are heirlooms from his family.
Jack claims to have heard a prophecy from an old women whom he offered food and shelter. This prophecy mentions about Elijah Al-Sept and the God-King's Gold.
Jack has some connection to the strange gold coins found by Elijah, Arden, and Lilya.
== Description ==
=== Appearance ===
Jack is a man of Tyrranean Wayfarer heritage. He has tanned skin, dark brown hair, and yellow eyes. He styles his hair in a unique way, with the sides shaved in the middle spiked up wildly.
Jack can usually be seen wearing a red duster coat, with a red waistcoat beneath. He often wears a patterned tie.
=== Personality ===
Jack is a friendly, affable, and usually honest man, who finds it easy to socialise. He is often excitable, and very little seems to bring him down.
Jack has a fascination with being unique, and heavily believes in destiny, and other superstitions. He follows the wayfarer belief that everyone has a part to play in a grand story.
Jack believes in truth, honesty, and freedom of information, and is usually forthcoming with people. However, he also believes in using cheating and trickery to succeed, and likes to exaggerate the truth.
=== Skills ===
Jack has many skills, but is not a true master of anything. The mystic heritage of the wayfarers has granted him minor prophetic powers, as well as the ability to commune with spirits. He also has been trained in arcane magic, and in the use of firearms.
Jack can play the guitar and sing, he is good with animals, and has minor medical experience. He is also very dexterous, and quite good at sleight of hand.
== Trivia ==
* Jack's name is reference to two things:
** The first is the card type, the "Jack", which is in reference to his fondness for card games.
** The second is the phrase "Jack of all Trades", which is in reference to his many skills, and his mastery over none of them.
* As with most Wild Wasteland characters, Jack is connected to a tarot card. Jack's card is the Hanged Man.