Jack Elleby

A gloomy, but skilled, mortician.

## Description

#### Personality

Jack Elleby is a stern, level-headed man whose life has been frought with the strange and terrible. Despite this, his determination and relatively easygoing nature have allowed him to iron out a life for himself in Delham. While Jack tends to maintain a cold facade, his emotional bonds run deep. He often struggles to balance his powerful emotions with his lack out outward expression: people he cares greatly for often don't recognize his high regard for them. Even so, Elleby quietly takes pride in his unwavering support of those close to him.

#### Appearance

Jack is fairly average in build, with hair so blond it often looks white. He wears his hair long, and typically keeps it braided out of his way with a thin, black, elastic hairband for any remaining flyaways. Jack has dark blue eyes, and wears rectangular glasses for his farsightedness and slight astigmatism. His line of work requires formal attire, and while on the the clock, he typically wears a full 3-piece suit. During breaks or after work, he sheds the jacket.

#### Capabilities

Jack is a skilled mortician, and a proficient speedboat captain. Other than that, he's fairly unremarkable, although his common sense and reasoning skills may prove invaluable.

## Relationships

#### Dominic Loft

Jack met Nicky when he first moved to Delham a few years ago. At the time, Nick was struggling with his home life and some serious depression, and despite their wildly different lives, the two found solace in their shared isolation. It only took a few months for their friendship to grow into a relationship. Of course, Jack blamed himself when Dominic threw himself off Koval Ridge, and being hired to deal with the mortuary affairs was salt in the wound. Needless to say, Jack was in desperate need of some rest and healing after the ordeal, but any respite was promptly interrupted when the corpse of his dead boyfriend showed up on his doorstep. Since then, Jack has been keeping a close eye on Nicky, who seems to have forgotten his own death despite being clearly deceased.

#### Selene Hight

Selene is Jack's cousin, on his mother's side. The two only saw each other at major family gatherings as children, but the Hights were quick to invite Jack, fresh out of mortuary school, out to their home town. Since then, Selene and Jack have become much closer. Selene is a bright, cheery woman, who dotes on Jack like the younger brother she never had. Jack regards Selene with much love and appreciates her efforts to keep him close.

## History

Jack has been living in Delham for only just over three years. He has family in town, the Hights, and when he graduated with a degree in mortuary science from a college in Pennsylvania, they were quick to note Delham's general lack of funeral homes and invite him out. The Hights were instrumental in Jack's endeavor to build a life in Delham, and he quickly bonded with his once-distant cousin, Selene. Around the same time, Jack first crossed paths with Dominic Loft at Ma's Diner in the early hours of the morning. The two chatted over their pre-sunrise coffee, and resolved to keep in touch. As time went on, they grew closer, although the extent of their relationship was kept tightly under wraps from Nicky's family. After Dominic's passing, Jack settled into a silent, isolated routine that has persisted even since Nick's return.

## Trivia

* Jack owns a very nice little speedboat that he likes to take up north for weekend boating trips.