Jack Burrows

"I need a drink" ~ Burrows' catchphrase

Captain **Jack Burrows** is a warden turned pirate and a major antagonist in The Numen Swell.

It's never really clear who's side Burrows is on, but he always looks out for himself.

### Affiliation

NavyThe Banshee

Pirate Lords

The Kygrjoda

The Grimoire

## Personality

Burrows has a unique view on life. He sees in through inebriated eyes and only remembers things if he drinks. He has no tolerance for insubordination and always chooses to eliminate threats instead of negotiating.

## Pre-Series

It is unclear exactly how Burrows came to be Warden of the Navy but he pulled a lot of strings to get there.

## Series

### Season 2

#### "Drink to Remember"

Burrows is introduced when he shoot and kills Jicho the Owl. He leaves to get a drink and meet with his guests as they arrive. He questions why Vice Admiral Mint in visiting his prison and the man informs him that the Admiral wants to transfer the Pirate Lords in captivity deeper into the mainland. Burrows shoots Mint in the leg and demands that Cockrell come and take them himself. The VA takes it under advisement and sends his Commanding Officer, Sonney Griffin-Thorne to inform the Admiral. Burrows returns to the courtyard to watch the "Fight of the day" in the fight club he forces the prisoners to partake in. It is between the Darfellan that had the owl and his current champion, Loyal Tragold. The champion keeps his "belt" and kills the Darfellan. Burrows is not impressed and wants to use the Ghost of Benki but is unsure he will be containable. He sends a message to the Navy's top engineer to build a specific arena for him to participate in. When he arrives, Burrows returns to his list of potential fighters and decides to send in a second fighter against Kifo to "even the odds". The Admiral arrives to demand the same thing Mint informed Burrows of earlier but the Warden still declines. The Admiral decides to allow Burrows to keep one of the Lords to do his bidding with and they come to a compromise. The Admiral leaves and Burrows invites Mint and Sonney to watch the fights. Th fight consists of a two-on-one battle. The Ghost of Benki versus Loyal and Bennsyn.

#### "Fear the Reaper"

Burrows imagines them in a dance battle before coming back to reality and watching the actual battle take place. He places a bet with Sonney and should he win, he gains the man's full loyalty. The Ghost of Benki comes out victorious So Burrows takes this time to start a Coup and shoot Mint before preparing to Take his rightful place as Admiral, summoning Cockrell to the prison to enact his plan. When the Admiral arrives Burrows leads him down to where he's keeping the Pirate Lords and shows him where he has been experimenting on his prize, Tecnic. As this is happening, a Riot breaks out.

#### "RIOT"

Burrows and Cockrell hear the commotion above and the Admiral decides to take all of the Lords with him and away from this clearly unprotected place. Burrows does not agree with this and attempts to shoot the Admiral. It is not very effective so Burrows retreats into the crowd to recalculate. He finds Kifo and asks to join him in his escape. He agrees but Burrows is then immediately betrayed and traded for Tecnic. He awakens in a transport carriage with the Pirate Lords being transported inland.

#### "Crocodile Tears"

Burrows arrives at the meeting of the Pirate Lords, announcing he is the successor of Alexander "Mad Monty" Montgomery.

#### "Homefield Disadvantage"

Tecnic and Kifo are not thrilled to have Burrows as an ally but the Saint defends him and the Lords discuss their plan to take back Ora Tatou. Burrows is a part of the group attack from the Sea with his new an improved ship, The Banshee. He intends to send three abandoned ships ahead into the harbor to take out a handful of the Naval ships present. It is almost catastrophic but the trap succeeds at the cost of his ship so he and his quartermaster, Crufire Fletcher, abandon ship and swim to shore to fight on the beach with the land party. He manages to meet up with the other Pirate Lords and the new Admiral Mint to discuss terms on the aftermath of the battle. Though he initially agrees with the deal, Burrows abandons the rest of the Pirates and heads out into world with a new task.

### Season 3

#### "The Voices"

Burrows returns to he crew with the head of Captain Sirene, informing them that the hunt is on for the other Pirate Lords.

#### "Of Hawks & Horses"

Burrows arrives at Aarde port in his new Man-O-War, the Kygrjoda. He sends his men to gather up horses and discovers someone is causing trouble for them so he goes to the stables to confront them and finds Mikey. he kills the boy's friend and takes him onto his ship to better "discuss" the problem. Mikey attempts to sway Burrows back to the pirates' side, claiming he killed Admiral Mint and Burrows gives him the rundown. He is hunting the Pirate Lords and he has Mint, still alive, and now has Mikey as a bargaining chip as well. He has a meeting with his masters to determine what to do with the boy and he decides to let him "roam free" around the ship to so him a sense of security while also subtly making the boy lead them to Tecnic. He has the men that caused issues at the stables fight to the death as punishment and the last two standing get to live while he has Mikey brought to his office. He offers him a cabin of his own and as a show of good faith, Mikey gives Burrows information regarding the whereabouts of Jarrod "Fancy" Anansi.

#### "Jack and Kifo's Excellent Adventure"

Burrows is informed that the Ghost of Benki was spotted heading towards Gali so he has the ship change course and also head in that direction. They arrive at Gaoth and Burrows treks into town alone to get his whisky fix. While at the tavern, he is approached by a Sahuagin and a Quessari who attempt to cause trouble but his men arrive to deal with them. He offers them jobs on his crew since they are so resilient and they agree after hearing the payment and indroduce themselves as Liza and Chiens. They hear a commotion outside to find Kifo Pomboo threatening to destroy the town. Burrows calms him down and convinces him to join him Westbound towards Te Rangi to do a job that will benefit them both. They bring Burrows' new ladies with them. While camping for the night, they are attacked by a group of civilians attempting to defend their island from the Ghost and the Hunter so Kifo intends to pick up the pace and Burrows tags along, leaving the ladies the location of his ship and confirmation they are a part of his crew for the future.

#### "Revelations"

Burrows and Kifo arrive in Te Rangi and begin destroying the city seeking their target, Jarrod "Fancy" Anansi. Burrows spots him in a nearby building and goes after him. He fights his way to the top and arrives at his target. Fancy surrenders to his fate but asks Burrows why he's so hell bent on hunting his peers. Burrows doesn't give him a straight answer but it becomes clear he is after much more than just The Swell. He stabs the gentleman in the back and kicks him to the courtyard below. He options to take a nap before heading back to his ship. He and Kifo flip a coin to see who they will go after next and once it's decided, they ride back towards the Kygrjoda on Kifo's spectral horse. Once they get back, Burrows discovers that Mikey has killed Mint and escaped. This cannot go unpunished and Burrows is forced to kill Fletcher for letting this happen. He offers Liza the role of new Quartermaster since she is no nonsense and will not let anyone else get away with disobeying him. She accepts and they sail off to their next destination.

#### "Dexccept, Dexciet, Dextruction"

Burrows begins to drink profusely. Way more than normal and doesn't answer any of the questions his new quartermaster asks him. He awaits for their arrival at the next port. He is again confronted by Liza, this time about the fake gold he is transporting. He convinces her that the mission is far more important. They arrive at Dhulka and they get together a land party to once again climb Rewera Keep. They start at the sixth floor and kill a Wyvern before heading up again and getting trapped by a massive Hydra.

#### "Come Together"

Burrows and Kifo are the only two to survive the Hydra battle. Kifo asks if Burrows would like to skip the next few battles and go straight to their target since he believes this will take far too long. Burrows is confused but Kifo launches them hundreds of feet up through the remaining floors to the top. This is not an easy transition for urrows and he is not prepared for that kind of magic. He's even less prepared for what awaits them and falls asleep where he stands. When he wakes up, he is outside of the Keep with the first Piece of Eight. He now has four. He is still confused but not upset and heads back to the port where he finds hundreds of his men dead. Standing beside him is the Seafallen who raises them from their slumber and add them to his army.

#### "Welcome to the Jungle"

Burrows witnesses Balthazar take his deceased crew into the sea and after Kifo. He knows where they are going and returns to his ship to follow them, stopping at Dunia to wait out the growing storm.

#### "Release"

While they are docked, Liza marches into Burrows office, proclaiming him a liar and attacking him. His men protect him well enough and they lock her away, unsure of what to do with her as they move on towards their next target, Booker Dread's Cove. They arrive a bit late to the battle but Burrows is able to get a few fights in. He is assaulted by a Seafallen Guru Dumu but he swiftly wins the fight. He gets aboard the Armadillo to help them there and has his boat sent into the mouth of the Kraken to not only cause massive damage but take out Liza as well. However, the explosion causes a tidal wave that sends the ship into the rocks surrounding the Cove and shipwrecks them. Burrows is among the stranded.

### Season 4

#### "Stranded"

Burrows has taken a lead role in the survival of those stranded on Booker Dread's Cove. He elects to stay on the island and find the treasure theorized to reside here. He has countless search parties looking and at one point while he is having a discussion with Mikey, Diana returns to inform him that they have found what he is looking for. They arrive at the army of statues and Burrows begins to feel for the one he is looking for. He finds it and has the party with him circle it as he begins chanting. He mutters the word "sacrifice" before slashing upward and slicing Mikey's hand while simultaneously decapitating his crewman, Barry. He grabs Mikey and shoves his bleeding hand onto the statue, chanting more. A spirit erupts from the statue, turning to Burrows and it possesses him.

#### "The Gods' Sea"

Burrows is freed from his possession by Mikey. It takes a bit for him to return to his senses but he is back in control. The boy passes out from exhaustion so Burrows explores the ship, finding the seven Pieces of Eight. He wakes Mikey up and begs him to catch him up on what's been happening. As they are speaking, Mikey starts to catch on that Burrows might know more than he is letting on and Burrows breaks his façade, summoning ghosts to hold Mikey down as he stabs and kills the boy to gain the final coin. Sahge and Chiens arrive and Burrows tricks them into helping and has Chiens resurrect the boy since he is still needed. Once she succeeds, he stabs her through the back of the head and kills her, her use done. Mikey jumps at Burrows but Sahge points out a flame in the distance as Dex arrives on a Vrock. Burrows takes the distraction as his chance and he tosses the eight coins into the water, jumps into the apparatus, and sends it off the side. In the storm, the ship begins to get ripped apart and Burrows fuses with the Swell becoming a massive Empyrean. He fights off the survivors and gets a surprise assault from Kifo to push him over the edge. He is eventually defeated by a paddle and takes his final resting place a part of the Swell.

## Killed Victims

* Jicho the Owl
* Sirene
* Walter
* Jarrod "Fancy" Anansi
* Crufire Fletcher
* Barry
* Chiens Cascade
* Sahge Montgomery

## Relationships

### Tecnic

Burrows was fascinated by Tecnic. He wanted to know everything about his decayed state and his resurrection. He performed numerous experiments on him and it made him a target of the Unfading for a long time. They were never truly allies but Burrows always had an interest in Tecnic's abilities.

### Sonney

Burrows didn't actually spend much time with Sonney. He briefly made a bet with him to gain his complete support but he lost and they never really crossed paths again.

### Bennsyn

Burrows is indirectly the reason for Bennsyn's death as he put him up against The Ghost of Benki in his fight club.

### Kifo

Burrows always saw Kifo as a weapon he could use. In every interaction they had, he would turn the Ghost of Benki towards his enemies. He played the long game with Kifo and it paid off for a majority of his plans. Only failing in his final one.

### Mikey

Burrows initially saw Mikey as an obnoxious child and nothing more. Once he discovered his heratige, his mood changed and he spent a vast majority of his time trying to use Mikey to benefit himself.Mikey is the one to end up being his Brutus.

### Mint

Burrows didn't respect Mint, using many opportunities to damage him. However, he understood his importance and attempted to use that to benefit himself. it did not give him much but enough of a head start.

### Sahge

Burrows only knew Sahge as the son of Alexander "Mad Monty" Montgomery, the man who chose him as his successor.

### Dex

Burrows considered Dex as just another pion until he appeared on the back of a giant flaming Vrock. Then he was just as confused as the rest.

### Liza

Burrows originally saw Liza as a potential ally. However, she attempted to kill him for gold numerous times so he in turn tried to kill her. They never had a chance to finish the other off and were arguably true rivals.

### Chiens

Burrows originally recruited Chiens because of Liza and Aquamigo and her only use to him was resurrecting Mikey late in his pursuit of the Swell. He killed her once her uses were completed.

### Dread

Burrows intended to Resurrect Dread and use his powers to become all-powerful. It worked.

## Appearances

### The Numen Swell

#### Season 2

* "Drink to Remember"
* "Fear the Reaper"
* "RIOT"
* "Crocodile Tears"
* "Homefield Disadvantage"

#### Season 3

* "The Voices"
* "Of Hawks & Horses"
* "Jack and Kifo's Excellent Adventure"
* "Revelations"
* "Dexccept, Dexciet, Dextruction"
* "Come Together"
* "Welcome to the Jungle"
* "Release"

#### Season 4

* "Stranded" (Possession)
* "The Gods' Sea" (Death)

## Trivia

* Originally created by Rob Christie.
* Due to scheduling conflicts, Christie could not commit to playing him, even though he was only expected to be in 3 session. Luckily, Graeme McEneany was able to step in and make the character his own. He eventually returned for numerous episodes after and became a major character.
* The Final Player Character to die.
* Though it was not expected, Burrows ended up as the Overarching Villain of the entire series.
* Total Episodes: 15
* Ranked 6th in the "Cast Favorite List" and 4th in the "Fan Favorite List"