Grey Ghost

### Place of death

Physical: Burningland islandSpiritual passing: Somewhere in the deep eastern parts of the Gravelands

## Appearances

### Appears in

"Tannavet"
"Escape from Yobred"

"Ravenous Sea"

"Sen-Jari"

"Cognius' Request"

"Land of Lamentations"

"Strangers in a Strange Land"

"The Last Hunt"

"Brother War"

### Debut

"Tannavet"

**Jon Doe** (best known as **the Grey Ghost**) was a famous Maerorian outlaw that turned into an important figure in the rebellion against Saego Vetaa. He, alongside Ezra and Yuliko, were among the first people to discover the existence of the undead threat and the secrets of the old world.

## Appearance

The Grey Ghost was characterized by his Eastern-Maerorian features, including his long dark brown hair, hazel eyes and tanned skin. He had a long moustache and a goatee, was of medium stature and had a light build. While part of the Wayward Mercenaries, The Grey Ghost was shown wearing a white and grey doublet with elaborate stitching and matching trousers. He was characterized by his signature large-brimmed hat and sword-belt carrying a rapier and pistol holster.

Later, after being infected with vampirism he switched to wearing all-black protective attire. This outfit was mostly made of black leather straps connected with large metal buttons forming a tight suit around his body. In public places he usually wore a cloak to cover this strange outfit. He also began wearing a large metallic mask resembling a mouthless horned fiend.

## Powers and Abilities

### Martial prowess

The Grey Ghost showed great skill in the use of various weapon types and was a strong duellist, keeping toe to toe with exceptionally skilled swordsmen. He used swift strikes targeting key points of his enemies' bodies and was also shown to be able to channel his willpower to bolster his weak frame and inflict more devastating attacks. After his transition into being a vampire his strength, reflexes and speed were greatly increased allowing him to easily dodge attacks and increasing the force of his already precise strikes.

### Link to the Vestige

The Grey Ghost appeared to have made contact and been chosen as a champion of the Vestige, which granted him a multitude of powerful abilities. He could manifest a copy of any mundane physical weapon through channelling the Vestige's power, additionally being able to bind a weapon to the Vestige and sequester it in a sort of pocket dimension from which only he could retrieve it. The power of his patron allowed him to also single out an enemy and place a powerful and nearly undetectable curse on them, increasing his strikes' efficiency on them, while using causality manipulation to dodge incoming strikes. Once an enemy marked by this power was felled a shard of their spirit could be extracted to heal The Grey Ghost's injuries and potentially be used to entrap their soul as a Spectral Warrior servant for a short while.

In addition, being a follower of the Vestige granted the Grey Ghost the ability to access the Reflection and cast spells, being able to stabilize his connection to the realm after it was broken much faster than most regular mages. The spells he used mostly included spells that directly benefited his martial fighting, such as ones that made his form unclear or enhanced his weapon with thundering or extradimensional energy. He was shown to be able to temporarily banish weakened foes to other realms and influence the minds of susceptible creatures with charms. In addition to this he showed the ability to create illusory disguises, teleport moderate distances, detect surrounding magical energy, and shoot blasts of blue fire and freezing wind, as well as turn himself and others invisible.

### Vestige Myrmidons

Through a ritualistic use of a blood-infused ruby The Grey Ghost was capable of calling a piece of the Vestige forth in the shape of armour-clad warrior spirits that willfully followed his orders. These spirits came in two variations:

* Flame-Hurling Myrmidon - This variation appeared as a large suit of armour with a three-pointed helm and a jet of blue flames instead of a lower half. This variation was more fragile, but was capable of flight and would attack using two large openings on each of its gauntlets which, along with any splints in its armour emitted blue flames. The openings were capable of shooting high-speed, long-distance flaming projectiles at a rapid rate.
* Blade Myrmidon - Took the shape of a 4 meter tall knight with tightly fitting armour with almost no-gaps. Each of its arms was equipped with a large straight blade around a meter and a half long. This form was slower, but much more durable. The blade myrmidon could attack with its blades quickly and inflict devastating wounds. Each time the myrmidon made a slashing motion using its weapon it could also use it to cut through the surrounding space and teleport itself a short distance.

Being magical beings both forms were highly resistant to magical effects and were capable of short range telepathy. A great deal of mental focus was required to maintain them present however, thus attacking their master could sever their link to him and force them back to their source, banishing them.

### Vampirism

The Grey Ghost's vampiric infection gave him both combat benefits and drawbacks. He became much more durable to regular attacks and his strength and reflexes were greatly boosted, at the same time he became extremely vulnerable to any form of strong burning light as well as fire, with it causing the exposed part of his body to burst into flames and quickly spreading, causing severe damage. Due to his vampirism The Grey Ghost was required to feed on the fresh blood of humans and elves, needing around 5 litres of it each week to maintain his strength. Additionally he could use his vampiric fangs to bite down on enemies to drain them of blood and recover his vitality, as well as locate other vampires nearby through meditation.

### New Moon

After slaying Angelbert, with the help of Zaree and Toumego, The Grey Ghost took possession of his moonshard sword Regret and renamed it to New Moon, after asserting his will over the blade its colour changed from milky-white to a dark-grey steel-like colour.

## History

### Before the events of the campaign

Jon Doe was the son of a vegetables merchant. He lived with his family in Brightport, Seatraders' Quarter. Jon was generally dissatisfied with his life and predetermined future, and once, when he was traveling on a ship as part of him transporting good, he happened to be one the ship that the real Grey Ghost - Senecius Darkgrove - was also on. The ship proceeded to be caught in an incident where it wrecked, drowning Senecius, but not Jon. Jon used that opportunity to steal the identity of the similar-looking to him man, using it as means to start a new life, a life of adventure and combat. Sometime after he was chosen as a champion of the Vestige, which gave him incredible prowess in combat and magic.

### Death

#### First Death

Grey Ghost's first death happened during a fight with Lady Fenella Colding - a vampire-in-secret - who infected him with vampirism and then murdered him, only for him to rise as a vampire.

#### Second Death

His second death happened during the battle for Burningland island, where he, Yuliko and other allies were faced against the local Seiraba garrison, as well as additional reinforcements send by Saego. The group was in a search of Ezra Hume and Jorga Tarx - two important compatriots kidnapped by Angelbert and assumed to be located in Burningland (at least Jorga was).

During a decisive battle, Yuliko lost her life defending their position. The fact that it happened and the sheer brutality behind the kill sent Grey Ghost in a frenzy, where he began gruesomely executing Temple of Seiraba POWs. In that state of mind, Grey Ghost was not focused enough of preserving his own life, which was cut short by a magic-infused flaming arrow, which turned his vampire body into ash.

#### Third Death

Grey Ghost appeared once more under the Black Avenger persona - a narrow-minded spirit of vengeance residing within a set of charred black armour. He was determined to exterminate Yuuval - it being his ultimate directive - which led to him joining Zaree and Toumego on their mission. After a fierce battle in which Toumego lost her life after Zaree decided to show mercy to Yuuval, the latter was then killed for good by Black Avenger and remorseful Zaree. This act seemed to be enough to sate Black Avenger, who emerged as the spectre of Grey Ghost.

He then managed to plead with the Vestige to let him stay on the plane of the living long enough for him to help with the retrieval of the Spear of Michael, after which he passed on.

Later, during the meeting with the souls of the ones deceased, Grey Ghost was seen there, where he managed to make peace with Ezra and to reaffirm their friendship.