John Constantine(1459)

**John Constantine** is a powerful and crude occult detective from Liverpool, England. His violent and anti-social attitude makes him a formidable anti-hero, and he's known for doing whatever it takes to get the job done.

## Character Info

### Relatives

Tommy Constantine (father, deceased)Mary Anne (mother, deceased)Joanne Constantine

## History

### Early life

John Constantine's mother died giving birth to him in 1959, leading his father to give him the nickname "Killer". Constantine suffered an abusive childhood, constantly being slapped and hit around by his alcoholic father. When Constantine was a teenager, he started to read everything he could on the occult, spells, and rituals, practicing and learning how to use them.

In his young adulthood, Constantine was a wild, silver-tongued punk with no idea what he was destined to become. Though he had a knack for being a conman, Constantine had continued show interest in anything of the occult, but did not take it past a hobby until he began a relationship with police officer named Margaret Ames. The two bonded by going on amateur magical adventures together until Constantine decided she deserved a normal life and left her without explanation.

Later, Constantine and his first love Veronica Delacroix formed a mystical-themed punk band named "Mucous Membrane" with their friend GaryLester. The three lived the rock star lifestyle and began getting more serious with the magic they practiced together until a spell went terribly wrong, causing Delacroix to slowly lose her connection to the mortal world. Constantine was unable to stop it and the band, in turn, fell apart; as a result of this incident, Constantine became determined to focus on his skills as a magician.

### Magical Beginnings

After his stint as a rock star, learned everything he could of the occult and magical in Europe before traveling to New York City to learn under one of the greatest mages in the world - Nick Necro, who had himself studied under the great Giovanni Zatara and Baron Winters.

### Newcastle Crew

Eventually John formed a group of mages and Occultist Benjamin Cox, Gary Lester and Marie Anne

The four of them studied together, battling occult threats like the Cult of the Cold Flame. Gary, however, soon became obsessed with the search for the fabled Books of Magic and, in his obsession, betrayed his friends and allied himself with the Cold Flame. John and Marie Anne dated for a time afterward until they were eventually driven apart.

### Shady Past

At some point, John returned to England and fell in love with a young woman named Maureen, but her involvement with John eventually lead to her committing suicide, something John would always blame himself for. John also had a casual relationship with the demon Blythe, but the two never got more serious than the occasional shag. Eventually, John ran into the traveling hippie convoy that a young psychic Mercury and her mother Marj belonged to. John and Marj became lovers for a while before John caused the convoy to break up and left.

Constantine furthered his magical studies in the city of Newcastle until he and the Newcastle Crew attempted to save a young child, Astra Logue, from the demon Nergal, only to fail the spell and send Astra right into Nergal's clutches. This event was one of Constantine's greatest failures, and he checked himself into Ravenscar Asylum to recover from the experience, but was mistreated by the staff while there.

Finding himself cursed from ever returning to London again by a demon he had crossed, Constantine instead returned to one of the places he had first learned magic - New York City.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Magic**: John is highly skilled in the use of magic and is able to utilize multiple forms of it, including both light and dark magic. He knows various spells and incantations that allow him to use magic for various purposes. John is able to utilize some spells by simply speaking incantations, however some spells require certain ingredients, such as blood. Some of John's spells also require him to call upon the power of deities, such as Hades, to transport to Hell, or Hecate to open a magically sealed door.
	+ **Aerokinesis**: John used one spell to manipulate the air around him, creating a large vortex of wind.
	+ **Biokinesis**: John can use a spell to temporarily stop a person's heart. He also knows a spell that instantly puts a person to sleep.
	+ **Binding Spell**: John can use a spell to create magical binds to tie up enemies and hold them in place.
	+ **Deflection**: John can use spells to repel attacks from others. He was able to use one spell to deflect a telekinetic attack from Damien Darhk.
	+ **Dimensional Travel**: John was able to use a ritual that allowed him to travel to the spirit world. He also used this technique to look into the realm of Mallus. John can also create vortexes to Hell that pull demons and other entities into it.
	+ **Energy Transference**: John was able to transfer a portion of his life-force into a dying child who was drained of his own life-force energy, however this left him severely weakened.
	+ **Exorcism**: John is able to exorcise spirits that are demonic or ghostly in origin from their hosts, by chanting incantations.
	+ **Illusion Casting**
	+ **Magic Negation**: John was able to use a spell to negate a cloaking spell that had been placed on a building, in order to reveal it.
	+ **Molecular Reconstruction**: John can use magic to transmutate objects. He was able to transform a knife into a feather through a spell.
	+ **Necromancy**: John is able to utilize multiple spells involving the dead, such as allowing spirits to move on to the afterlife, or releasing a soul from purgatory.
		- **Resurrection**
	+ **Phasing**: John knows a spell that allowed him to phase in and out of the ground below him, to avoid an attack.
	+ **Power Distribution**: John used a spell to give Chas Chandler the power to resurrect from the dead a certain number of times. He was also able to transfer a magical tattoo of his own to Oliver Queen, which allowed him to channel Light Magic.
	+ **Pyrokinesis**: John is able engulf his hands in flames at will. He commonly uses this ability to hurl fire-balls. John's hands have also shown to engulf in flames when banishing demons. When John banished Furcifer to Hell, it created a massive vortex of fire. His power over fire also can cause his eyes to glow fiery orange at times.
		- **Thermal-Blast**: John was able to create a large burst of flames, powerful enough to stun Neron.
		- **Thermokinesis**: John can use magic to manipulate the heat of objects. One spell allowed to to cause a door handle to become scorching hot.
	+ **Summoning**: John can use magic to summon demons or other spirits. He was able to summon the demon Nergal.
	+ **Telekinesis**: John can use magic to manipulate the movement of people or objects. He was even strong enough to hold back Neron temporarily.
		- **Tainted Blood**: Constantine's blood is demonically tainted, initially by a blood transfusion from the demon Nergal, and later by sex with a succubus. His blood has been shown to have healing properties. It has also acted as a defense mechanism when attacked by the King of the Vampires.
			* **Healing**
			* **Bitter Taste Defense**
	+ John Has been cursed since the early 90s to not age so that he may suffer longer for his wrong doings.

### Abilities

* **Alchemy**
* **Deception**
* **Escapology**: He has no difficulty getting out of police handcuffs. Zipties are another story.
* **Entomology**: John was able to immediately recognize Khapra beetles implying he knows insects and could tell them apart very well.
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic)**
* **Investigation**
* **Music**
* **Occultism**
* **Swordsmanship**

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

* **Jasper Winters's millhouse**: Jasper Winters's millhouse has several mystical artifacts, including:
	+ **Pandora's Box**
	+ **Helmet of Fate**
	+ **Ring of Solomon**
	+ **Black Diamond**
	+ **Ibistick**
	+ **Medusa Mask**
	+ **Sinew of Achilles**
	+ **Pendant**
	+ several unnamed artifacts