Jamarcus Groves

* Alive
* Dead

## Early Life

Darius Johnson was born to an Ala Mhigan family, and lived much of his life under the rule of Garleans, where Darius was given the ability to learn and push himself, and acquired a variety of soft skills that allowed him his purchase from Garlean-occupied Ala Mhigo.

His first weeks in the tri-state were spent subscribed to a guild that revolved around having its hands in corrupt business to root out corruption, winning by any means necessary. The guild would grow, and within a brief twenty years, it had bloomed into a popular bureau, commonplace for those seeking work, and become known as the Eorzean Bureau of Intervention, located in the heart of Ul'dah, keeping Darius as one of its most well-trained operatives.

It was during this time in the Bureau that Darius was assigned to work for a variety of operations with, then budding, Dark Knight Lederic Haragin.

## The Mister Provolone Arc

Known previously as 'Darius', or commonly by his professional name, Agent Johnson, Darius was a man sporting an impressive tenure with a guild simply known as the Eorzean Bureau of Intervention, or the EBI for short. He was previously assigned to have worked with Agent Lederic Haragin, over five years ago, on a case involving the elusive Ul'dahn crime lord, Nikolas Quinn, who more commonly went by his underworld moniker, 'Mister Provolone.'

During the case, when met with a group of those who would have been able to help him, and partake in Darius's assignment, he was attacked, beaten unconscious by his potential allies, before he awoke in an apartment, stuck to a bed. He was needlessly interrogated, and tortured, before having his stomach cut wide-open. After witnessing this, Darius fell into shock, and in an attempt to heal his wounds, Marolyn Quinn, mistakenly accelerated his heartrate, which caused it to suddenly cease after he was forced into cardiac arrest, pronouncing Darius dead at the scene. To all, Darius was long dead before the end of the Nikolas Quinn case, with Lederic never having known it was his own allies who killed his colleague due to a falsely driven interrogation which led to a pointless death.

Unknown to them all, however, was this ploy was created to force Darius into a newly adopted life, where he took on a new name and identity, and became known as Special Agent Jamarcus Groves, or ASAC Groves. His task went from working on the downfall of Nikolas Quinn to orchestrating the downfall of known Garlean traitor and Ala Mhigan fugitive, the Hungering Hippo, also known as 'Ursus Arkouda.'

## The Hungering Hippo Arc

While searching for Hungering Hippo in Ul'dah, Jamarcus came across many alarming discovering, and developed inside help, of which he was referred to by an unknown entity. He made quick connections with known Garlean Centurion, Ceivus quo Kanius, and those of his charge in their mutual search for Ursus Arkouda, both for different reasons. This would also lead to the recruitment of Sylar West, an aspiring Fist of Rhalgr, Vyldur Hailspear, a Wood Warder, and Kordemiser Angari, a Xaela from a fractured tribe on a quest of vengeance against his brother, Balasar Angari.

The few had many leads, but Hungering Hippo always seemed to be one step ahead, leaving behind wrappers of cheeseburgers, and empty boxes of pizza behind in places he was thought to have been, teasing the group, begging for chase.

Unbeknownst to Jamarcus, he would have already had a few close encounters with the Hungering Hippo, who was parading around as a mute, obese warrior in dark armor in the Quicksand, who could commonly be seen with L'khej Luxandor, a racist Miqo'te of whom Sylar was in a deeply romantic homosexual relationship with.

## The Battle at the Temple of Qarn, and the Death of Jamarcus Groves

Jamarcus was among the first people to become privy to Balasar's presence in Ul'dah, and what he was there for. Balasar was searching for his brother, Kordemiser Angari, to propose a battle with him while Kordemiser, Sylar, and Vyldur were looking for Jamarcus Groves. Knowing this fight was inevitable, Jamarcus proposed a duel against Balasar to be held at the Temple of Qarn in that same night, to buy the others some time for a task that would seem futile to accomplish.

At the Temple of Qarn, Balasar quickly overwhelmed Jamarcus, employing a nefarious and deliberate use of powerful black magics that Jamarcus could not counter for very long. Armed with only his gun, Jamarcus fought Balasar for all of fifteen minutes, and after falling into a trap set by Balasar, Jamarcus was disarmed, forced to suffer the loss of all his limbs, and before being struck directly by a Despair cast, incinerating him, leaving Jamarcus's charred, limbless corpse in the center of a crater.

Jamarcus's final message was a linkpearl transmission to Sylar, Vyldur, and Kordemiser, was to find Ceivus Kanius.

The ground caved in, opening up, enveloping and devouring Jamarcus's cold, lifeless body in a grave of hot glass, and warm sand.