Chas Constantine (Pre-Crisis)

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 How you feeling, everybody? **Hope you had a nice day.** Sometimes I feel all alone, **sometimes I can’t get away.** I feel my life is in danger every time that I lay, so can you do me a favor? **Die for me.**
—**Chas Constantine**
**Chas Constantine** is widely known as an occult detective who handles threats that everyday people can't conceive of. A child of infidelity, Chas began to display magical abilities from the demon blood within his system as his father brokered a deal with a demon to cure his sterility. Now as a competent magician, Chas would go forward and begin to solve cases as a violently anti-social lethal occult detective and later, edgerunner.

Chas would have several adventures, leaving him wondering if they mattered. He would handle several cases involving Dr. Deckard and his AI-based family, Alec Stone and his PTSD, The Levee Family, and more. However, his most notable case was when Chas formed **Disco Elysium**, trapped The Shadow Dog in The Garden of Eden, and stopped Revelations from occurring. Around the same time, Chas would become friends with **Demetrius Jackson** and Asteria Locke, the three of which would form The Trinity, and later, Demetrius would call upon Chas to become a founding member of **The Outsiders**.

Recently, Chas gave his friend, Death of The Endless, half his life span to return to Earth for three years to guide The Outsiders after dying. Death allotted this time as a favor to Chas to figure out how to cheat his reaping. Demetrius would contact Chas to investigate a growing situation in **Roseland** that he believed had ties to the occult. This was true after Chas and **Audrey Thomas** discovered that Azazel was working with **Veronica De la Vega** and The Thomas Crime Family. After escaping a brief fight, they reported this information to Demetrius, but that was when The Phantom Stranger appeared before Chas and told him that the world might need Disco Elysium again.

## Personality

Chas Constantine is a bare-bones Existential Nihilist. Throughout the vastness that is his life, Chas has seen and experienced horrors beyond reproach, and to cope with this, Chas forced himself to believe that nothing matters. His entire outlook on life is based on nihilism, leading to his reluctance to do "the right thing." As Chas sees it, he doesn't understand why he needs to do anything at all if it is either going to end wrong or end up saving the day because, in the end, he knows that everyone is going to die, himself included.

Chas, for all intended purposes, has no hope. Naturally, everyone hopes for little things such as jobs, food, and stuff like that, but when it comes to the world, Chas has none to spare. He knows that society won't change, that the world won't suddenly get better, or that humanity will begin to coexist somehow. His attitude on this issue can't be swayed either, as several people have tried to get Chas to have a glimmer of hope for the world but to no avail.

Chas' rigid stance on his outlook has led to several confrontations with other members of the superhero community. Such as Superwoman, who is one of the more hopeful heroes. Her conversation with Chas boiled down to her flying away in near tears as Chas likened the death of society to the end of her homeworld. His stance even appalls some of the darker community members, as even Batman has commented on Chas' seeming inability to give a shit about the world he actively saves.

However, Chas is not a complete nihilist because he attributes meaning to people or things. He cherishes his friendships and relationships to the point that he has grieved deeply for friends of his that have died. He still loves Asteria Locke, has deep feelings for Audrey Thomas, and calls Demetrius his brother, even loving him as such. However, it is his nihilism that makes him a violent anti-social.

Although he's not a complete nihilist, Chas desires death. His actions reflect this desire and have earned him notoriety as an Edgerunner in digital circles. Despite being an occult detective by trade, Chas has also become involved in the technological side of things, which has only worsened his outlook on the world. Dr. Deckard and the AI machine, Alan, describe Chas as the epitome of "high-tech, low life" due to his use of technology to kill and his secret possession of cyberware. The term "edgerunner" refers to someone who lives on the edge and risks everything for something as important as their life or as trivial as their reputation without concern for the consequences.

Chas is incredibly unable, or incapable, to fully let anyone in. The people he has let in can be counted on one hand. He keeps his "friends" at arm's length to minimize the inevitable grief he will feel whenever they die. Chas doesn't see friends as someone normally would. When Chas makes a friend or thinks of one, his immediate question isn't if they will hang out but when their funeral will be and if it will be his fault, as he has routinely got his friends killed.

Chas killed Dr. Deckard by giving him the idea of the AI family; Helena Calstio was next, and then his other friend was killed due to Chas agreeing to come to Alec Stone's house. The violent part comes whenever someone does try to get close to Chas and prod his life; he reacts highly negatively. This was shown in great detail whenever he ended his excellent and healthy relationship with Asteria because she attempted to learn more about his family.

To add to his violent anti-social tendencies and nihilism, Chas is a pure asshole. It is a defense mechanism. He is sarcastic, gives people dark or horrid nicknames, and makes pop culture references at people's expense. However, Asteria discovered that Chas does this to limit the number of friends Chas has to lessen the emotional weight of their deaths. It is also a trauma response, according to Dr. Joanna Hendricks. Chas utilizes these dark jokes to process his near-constant occult drama and try to relate to the world around him. However, this doesn't seem to stop the people around him as he has still amassed quite a friend group, so much so that he called upon them and created Disco Elysium.

Regardless, Chas is a humanitarian. While he believes they are dust specks on a floating rock, Chas thinks humans should not be killed randomly or senselessly. Chas will kill people without complaint, remorse, or consideration if they are evil. His humanitarianism is shown as he sacrificed half of his life to his friend, Death, to return to life and continue to guide The Outsiders. Another time was when he willingly gave himself to the Third of The Fallen and was taken to Hell to save Disco Elysium.

All in all, Chas is complex as he lives for nothing yet fights for everything.

## Attributes

### Powers

**Tainted Blood**: Chas was born with demon blood in his system as a result of Henry's deal with Azazel to cure his sterility. Although not classified as a metahuman or homo magi, the demon blood gives Chas a heightened sensitivity to magic, making it possible to manipulate and harness it. Azazel gave the blood to Henry to drink as part of the deal, and he gained the same sensitivity to magic. However, Henry was retired from his occult life at that point. Gadreel, the angel, sadly informed Chas that he is a damned man due to his father's actions, regardless of his efforts to work on the side of the angels. Despite his work, Chas is only destined for one place, and it certainly doesn't have pearly gates.

* **Healing Factor/Protective Physiology**: Chas's body has a unique immunity to most diseases, except for fatal ones, due to the demon blood running through his veins. Although his blood allows for some healing of wounds, it is not enough to make a significant difference. Nevertheless, it has saved him from life-threatening injuries caused by Mongul's heat vision and Lightning Lad's electrokinesis. Additionally, Chas's aging process has slowed considerably since he turned thirty, to the point where he practically stopped aging altogether. This was discovered after a magical check-up by Helena. Chas consulted a crossroads demon who revealed that Azazel added this safeguard to make him immortal, as he believed Chas would either join him or commit suicide. Chas's blood also acts as a defense against vampires, who cannot digest demon blood and will perish if they attempt to. Furthermore, Chas's blood protects him from possession by ghosts or demons, as it actively resists and even kills those who try to possess him.

* **Occult Awareness**:Another by-product of the demon blood is that Chas can sense other magicians and occult-like individuals in his vicinity. It doesn't give him a know-all about them, but his body tips Chas off to if someone is a demon, a vampire, a werewolf, or more. It acts as an early warning system that does nothing else but let Chas know. It's a gut feeling almost as Chas will get a general bad vibe from someone who is part of the occult or has been near it. This is how Chas realized that Ebony was under Circe's control and how Shade, The Changing Woman, had visited Black Canary.

**"Mimicry"/Master of The Mystic Arts**: Chas is a renowned and powerful magician. Due to his renown, Chas was granted ownership of The Forever Lounge and the subsequent title, "The Forever Magician." Helena dubbed his type of magic "Mimicry" because it allows Chas to mimic different styles of magic with his own twist. This provides for Chas to be able to cast without needing to speak the spell verbally. This was shown when Chas banished his girlfriend, - possessed by Azazel - Cassandra, to Hell after reading the spell from a book. As he gained mastery over his abilities with time, age, and experience, Chas has gained many skills and can do more than most notable magicians. His only rival regarding magical capabilities is Papa Midnite, but Chas claims that Midnite is better. Due to this, Chas does not suffer from the physical cost of magic; instead, he finds himself in situations resulting from his magic use, making Chas' cost for using magic an emotional one. Due to the emotional charge, Chas is reluctant to use magic, but even still, he is a damned and cursed man with demon blood. All of this corralled into an in-depth mental Rolodex of Chas's occult knowledge on magical spells. Chas is also adept in sleight-of-hand magic but primarily uses this as a gimmick for party or bar tricks.

* **Black Magic Cursing**: Chas has shown excellent proficiency with curses. He has cast all manner of curses, such as placing a curse on an enemy that caused them to wither away before his eyes; he placed a curse on Mongul that granted him momentary insanity, forced Harrison King's thoughts to be of the day he killed his parents until the end of time, and, most notably, killed a foot-soldier demon with a curse just by looking at it. He also showcased that he can transfer wounds from one person to another, which is what Chas did against Mongul, who nearly killed Chas with his heat vision, but Chas transferred the wound to Mongul at the last moment before he died.

* **Summoning & Banishment/Exorcism**: Chas is adept in summoning demons, spirits, and angels. He summoned Gadreel, much to the angel's confusion; he has called a crossroads demon without using a crossroad and has summoned foot-soldier demons to fight for him. This was shown to significant effect when Chas summoned a horde of foot-soldier demons to attack and distract Mongul, allowing him and Demetrius to plan for their next move. The other side of this coin is banishment which is Chas' specialty. Much like the different magical abilities, he doesn't need to say anything verbally, but for banishment, it is about intention. Chas has shown the ability to send high-ranking demons to Hell with severe strain and more minor demons with little to no stress. It doesn't just extend to demons, as he has banished people to various locations on purpose and by accident. Chas banished Cassandra to Hell by accident, but Chas has banished other magicians to The Forever Lounge. A trust testament to this ability is when he banished The Fatherbox to The M-Vest dimension without Mongul realizing it.

* **Realm & Dimensional Travel**: Both a blessing and a curse, Chas can traverse the different dimensions within the Multiverse. During his fight with Circe, she chased him throughout the other the realms, such as Mount Olympus, Hell, The Phantom Zone, Mirror World, and finally, Heaven, where Chas conned the archangel Raphael to smite Circe. He has been able to create oval-like portals to Hell and bring others with him without the worry of dimensional insanity or physical harm.

* **Occlumency**: Chas has utilized the ability to close his mind off to psychic attacks and telepaths. His mind was protected enough to resist Circe's temptation, uncover a succubus during relations, and be unreadable to Saturn Girl. This acts as a safeguard and a protector for telepaths as Chas' mind is a literal hellscape, which isn't hyperbole. Due to the demon blood, his mind has been altered chemically to relive all of Chas's failures and traumatic events forcibly. This also includes other people's trauma as he unknowingly retained Alec Stone's PTSD memories, which were added to the pile of memories he is forced to relive.

* **Limited Time Travel**: As stated before, Chas doesn't pay a physical toll, but for this specific kind of magic, Chas does. It is limited, as Chas can only go as far back as his body allows. It is based on his stamina, and he cannot travel far since he does not have superhuman abilities. Chas has used this ability only once, and it was on Black Canary's birthday as Chas took her to Joy Division Live in Manchester. It took a tremendous strain on Chas, and he slept for an entire day after traveling through time. Chas knows that if he goes back further than 1955, he will undoubtedly die almost immediately.

* **Sigils, Magic Circles, & Omens**: A holdover from his father's training, Chas is a master at creating sigils, magic circles, and later, developing omens. His sigils and circles are strong enough to stop beings such as archangels, God, and Lucifer from being able to know what it is that Chas is doing. He has created a magical circle strong enough to trap Azazel's right hand, Nebuchadnezzar, and trap Gadreel for questioning. His sigils don't only protect him from mystical damage either, as Chas was able to block Lightning Lad's electrokinesis with a sigil and redirect it back at him. The omens he has created are warnings meant to instill fear into villains and mystical opponents as they affect the area in which the person is located. Some of his omens include black dogs, ravens, and, most notably, strange markings within common locations.

* **Divination**: As trained by Helena, Chas is quite adept in utilizing tarot cards and other means to predict the future, albeit not accurately. Whenever his detective career is less fruitful than he would like, Chas plays the lottery and uses tarot cards to predict the numbers. He also used a map and a bit of his blood to determine where Azazel was off of a hunch, and it worked, showing him the specific town that Azazel was in. This also leads to astral projection as Chas can meditate, and his essence will leave his body, allowing him to visit places and people as a spectral ghost.

### Abilities

* **Maestro Marksmen**: Chas is not keen on using magic, so he relies on other methods to protect himself from harm. While he may not be the best fighter, it's an understatement to say that Chas is one of the world's most renowned marksmen. His exceptional ability with pistols is almost unnatural. Even before Mason trained him, Chas had a keen sense of accuracy, but now he hits his intended target more often than not. His sharpshooter skills are impressive, with feats such as hitting Circe in the head during a thunderstorm and taking down a legion of demons in Hell with a rusty six-shooter from a great distance. Among The Outsiders, Chas is the best shot and caught the attention of Annalise Gibbs as a potential member of Task Force X. He doesn't limit his marksmanship to pistols and has demonstrated precision with items such as a kitchen knife, Batarang, and a collapsed laptop. Chas could take down a room full of Amazons with his favored gun, aiming to wound out of respect for Asteria. This impressed Asteria and Demetrius, who believed Chas would not survive the encounter.

* **Adept Street Fighter**: Chas's fighting ability depends on his opponent. If his opponent is weak, he can be an excellent fighter, but if they are strong, he will fare worse. Chas has never had to fight physically before, but he has received praise from respected fighters like Batman and Black Canary for his skills. Although he cannot compare to them, he is a street fighter who uses his surroundings to fight. For example, Chas used a chainsaw against Mongul and a metal pipe against Harrison King. His unpredictability makes him stand out, as he often catches opponents off guard. Mason Jordan trained Chas, and Chas has shown that he can take on an entire room of opponents if necessary. He still keeps the futuristic chainsaw that he used in a fight.

* **Gifted Intelligence/Occult Knowledge**: Despite his actions, Chas is a brilliant individual. He profoundly understands complex concepts like the multiverse, dark matter, and time travel and can explain them in a way that even Audrey Thomas can understand. Additionally, after reading Brainiac's reports, he could comprehend Brainiac 9's detailed explanation of the Fatherbox and knew how it worked. However, Chas's accurate intelligence shines through his vast knowledge of the occult. He has hundreds of books on the subject, half of which he has written himself. Chas has even kept a journal throughout history to help people understand what they may be dealing with. He is the go-to person for anyone with supernatural problems, although he doesn't hunt like "those two brothers out there."

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

* **Darkened Pazuzu Trench Coat**: Chas typically wears a trench coat that ends at his knees. Originally his fathers, Chas has had the jacket since he was sixteen, and it has undergone many changes. It offered no protection and was purely an aesthetic choice. Eventually, Chas would carve sigils into the jacket to protect himself from demonic possession and mask him from angels finding him. More interestingly, Chas would later combat the demon Pazuzu. As a joke, due to the demon-possessing people saying, "Choose Pazuzu," Chas chose Pazuzu to possess his coat, trapping him within it. This proved a bad idea initially, but Pazuzu decided to work with Chas as he had no choice. Pazuzu will attack individuals who attempt to harm Chas and even act independently of Chas. This was shown when Pazuzu signaled for Etrigan to find Disco Elysium in Hell and later whenever Pazuzu attacked Asteria, who was mind-controlled by Circe, just before she stabbed Chas in the back.

### **Cyberware**

* **Militech "Twilight" MK. 3**: During his battle against the AI machine, Alan Chas revealed that he had undergone a procedure known as "chipping in." This means that Chas willingly had cyberware implanted into his body. According to Chas, he did this in response to the increasing threat posed by the superhero community, which is no longer limited to just demons and ghosts. The Militech "Twilight" has been grafted onto Chas's skeleton and nervous system. This cyberware significantly enhances his reaction time but causes time to slow down relative to him. It is triggered during moments of fight or flight, allowing him to plan his next move before it happens. While others around Chas experience just a second, Chas's mind experiences a full minute, giving him ample time to strategize before the effects of Twilight wear off and his reaction time returns to normal.

### Weapons

* **Colt 1860 Army "Mezzanine"**: Chas traded The Ace of Winchesters to Papa Midnite and received a Colt 1860 Army revolver. Midnite thought he got a great deal, but Chas quickly proved him wrong. He explained to Midnite that the gun was a recreation of a Colt 1860 made by a man named Waller Kevin, who needed a weapon to fight demons, werewolves, vampires, and his ultimate enemy, Icthulhu. Waller used the iron from an angel's halo, the blood of a demon, and the wood from the first tree in Eden to make the gun. The gun uses standard ammunition, but the weapon makes the ammo more powerful. Chas has used the gun to kill demons, wound angels, take down members of The Fallen, and even harm Satan. Since he acquired the gun, it has become Chas's signature weapon and is highly desired by players on both sides of the conflict. Chas named the gun "Mezzanine" due to its ability to level the playing field for all mystical beings and the album Waller listened to when he made it.

## Notes

* Chas Constantine (Pre-Crisis), and by extension, Donuts exist outside of mainstream Marvel Universe continuity. Themselves, their stories, and other characters are unrelated and not connected to the Marvel Multiverse and exist within solely within The Donuts Multiverse.

## Trivia

* Chas is chronologically 35, having been born in 1988.
* Chas' favorite exclaim is some variation of "Christ." The variations are often "Christ on a bike," or "Jesus Christ" or "Christ alive." Funny enough, when Chas and Demetrius discovered they were related, Chas exclaimed, "Christ."
* Chas’ preferred cigarette of choice is Marlboro Red. He has called himself a "Nicotine Soldier."
* He loathes Taylor Swift with a deep passion.
* Chas monologues to himself in his head often, which is why when he is drinking alone or with others, most of the time he is quiet due to his thinking.
* Ironically, Chas’ favorite book is "*Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?*" and his favorite literary genre is Cyberpunk.
* Chas listens to a lot of blues and Gil-Scott Heron. He does enjoy classic rock. Though due to him being born in 90’s England, he has an affinity towards Trip-Hop.
* Chas was born on December 24th.
* While Chas has a british accent, his vocabulary is interesting. He rarely, if ever, uses British slang as he was primarily raised in Roseland, however, his accent is still incredibly thick.
* ***Creator Note***: The name Chas comes from John Constantine's best friend, Chas Chandler.
* ***Creator Note***: Chas ages in real-time. This means that if a year passed in real life, it is safe to say that Chas is a year older.

## See Also

* 1 appearance(s) of Chas Constantine (Pre-Crisis)
* 2 image(s) of Chas Constantine (Pre-Crisis)

## Links and References

### References

1. ↑ Original Sin
2. ↑ A Taste of Things to Come
3. ↑ Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
4. ↑ Worried Dream
5. ↑ Strange Fruit
6. ↑ Deadringer
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Disco Elysium
8. ↑ Too Many Goddamn Sevens
9. ↑ All Her Engines
10. ↑ Pretty Hate Machine
11. ↑ I Was On A Mountain
12. ↑ The Powers That B
13. ↑ The Next Episode
14. ↑ Really Doe