Jordan Wyld

**Jordan Wyld**, simply known as **Doc Wyld**, is a major supporting character in the *Divine Comedy*.

He was a doctor in life that was condemned to Hell for occult and pagan practices but mainly to seek retribution against his envious peers. However, Wyld was a kind hearted man who helped any in need but his past actions and guilt would harden him throughout the years. He would enlist himself in Charlie's project for redemption becoming the institution's medic that aids the staff and patients for any injury.

## History

### Background

Jordan Wyld was born in the late 1800s and enlisted in the army as both a soldier and combat medic when he was only a teenager; he states that he was part of the Harlem Hellfighters but they received massive casualties during the war. Jordan, instead of aiding his men, fled in terror and left them to die which gnawed at his soul ever since. He would later pursue a career in medical work in an attempt to rectify for his past mistakes. He was narrowly promoted due to the high standards the academy expects but what made things truly difficult was the color of his skin as racial discrimination was rampant in the 1920s.

Though he flourished in the field as a doctor the jabs, jeers, and looks of disdain from his peers eventually made him reach his breaking point. They would accuse of him petty theft and other acts of misconduct which put his career at the hospital on shaky grounds. In addition, Wyld would receive minimum wage for his work which forced him to live in the slums of New York City. He began to seek out more occult means to increase his knowledge and skills as well as unleash retribution on his cohorts. After gathering the ingredients and items necessary for the nameless ritual, which involves crossing over to the other side and seek an entity (revealed to be the Egyptian god Set) that is a wellspring of knowledge, he would undergo a spiritual journey through Limbo itself.

As he ventures through the deepest recesses of the other side his memories, guilt and physical body moor him to the mundane world and prevent him from obtaining otherworldly knowledge. Thus, he can only cross through to the 'other side' by committing gradual suicide. He purges his memories from his mind in the Lethe, purifies his soul from guilt in the Chapel Perilous, and sheds his physical body by emptying his flesh in the Theatre, with his self-murder opening the gateway to Limbo Station. This only leads to his death in the physical world and his spirit then wanders into Limbo Station, discreetly guided by Death. Wyld ends up on the Macabre Orient without going through the usual process of the Mortem System as Death felt sorry for him.

### Arrival in Hell

After arriving in Hell, Wyld would construct his own hospital in the Heresy Ring and would simply go by the name of Doc Wyld. He became an intimidating shadowy jackal-like demon, resembling the Egyptian god Set or Anubis, and while seemingly cold and withdrawn he never truly lost his humanity to where he would aid sinners and demons that are in need of medical assistance. However, there are times where Wyld would outright murder a sinner that comes to his door mainly because said sinner was an unforgivable and heinous human being in life.

Doc Wyld would soon become a patient at Charlie's hotel, checking himself in as both a patient as well being administered as the hotel's own physician. With the princess's aid and support, Wyld would have his own clinic in the hotel that would serve as a means to treat those who have been injured whether it be staff members or other patients. As a result he became a vital component for the cast when they are thrown into harrowing and dangerous situations and do not come out unscathed.