Jack Parsons

## Research and Capture

Jack Parsons was born and raised in Durmouth to a poor family in The Shambles. He attending Durmouth University where he graduated top of his class despite his family's poverty. Despite pleas for him to become a professor or doctor, Jack Parsons instead spent his considerable talents working on systems of propulsion. He insisted that there was a way to propel a vehicle using sexual energy as fuel. His efforts to show his progress were mocked and Parsons could not find funding and was laughed out of regular society and he was left to working out of his own home and appealing to unsavory types in order to gain access to resources. When Jack was approached and told to meet at midnight at the Plaza of Gargoyles by a hooded figure he was desperate enough to agree. At the Plaza he was clubbed on the back of the head and taken to the underground lair of the Cultists of Cthulhu.

## Captivity and Rescue

During his captivity Parsons was kept isolated from the rest of the captives, given a workshop, all the tools he could ask for, and told to work on his pet project, something Parsons dubbed the "Sex Rocket". With no distractions and nothing but time Parsons completed a prototype but not trusting his captors he feigned the need for more work until he could find a way to escape. Over time he learned that the cult was controlled by a man named Joseph Curwen, a powerful occultist who spoke kindly to Parsons but was quick to violence if provoked. He also learned the cultists regularly sacrificed the other captives to their "Dark God". Parsons resolved to escape via his sex rocket but could only move it slightly by his own sexual energy.

Eventually the Undead Mayo gang, investigating the cult and the missing family of Durmouth Library Apprentice Martin Lang, found their way into the underground lair of the Cult of Cthulhu. After sneaking their way into the lair and scouting/silencing the guards and captives, Francisco in disguise as one of the guard captains, Hadori, Goro, Hobart, and Rolen found Jack Parsons chained to his work table. After some confusion and many accusations of public indecency, Parsons was able to convince the group he was not a part of the cult. He passed along what information he had, and pointed the group in the direction of Joseph Curwen's chambers. The group headed into Curwen's bathhouse where they killed Curwen in his bathtub, inadvertently finalizing the conditions needed to awaken the Dread Cthulhu.

Fleeing the underground liar the Undead Mayo Gang released Parsons on their way out with Rolen taking the "Sex Rocket" along with them. Parsons was excited about the prospect of travelling with the group and decided to accompany them on their adventure as the group were also interested in the potential of the Sex Rocket.

## Chaos of Cthulhu

Once the group exited the underground cult base the severity of the situation was immediately apparent. The town was in a panic and upon looking out to sea the source of the chaos was clear, Cthulhu was rising out of the water and moving towards Durmouth Bay. The group fled to The Shambles where the Mayo Mobile was stashed, however once they arrived it was clear that getting out of town was going to be difficult. The market area was a riot as everyone tried to leave the city at once and the Mayo Mobile was surrounded by a group attempting to steal it. Goro and Hadori quickly worked their way through the crowd to scare the people away from their wagon when Hadori noticed Dr. Umfraville, not seen since he ran away when the group returned from the land of the undead. Hadori yelled back to the rest of the group who were just arriving with Parsons and the Rocket. Parsons stood in horror along with the rest of the group when Hobart, mentally unwell at the time and still harboring a grudge over Umfraville stealing most of the money the group had accumulated while dead, blasted a fireball into the crowd in an attempt to kill the Doctor. The fireball hit multiple innocent bystanders who were rescued by Rolen, giving the Doctor time to escape. When the group said they would still be continuing to travel with Hobart despite his crimes, Jack Parsons denounced them and left in a hurry, leaving his preciously "Sex Rocket" behind in his haste.

His current whereabouts are unknown.