Jackson "Jack" Waters

Jackson Waters is one of the Other Characters that hangs around the 1960's Magnus Institute. He is an Avatar of the The Dark and an ex-member of Maxwell Rayner's Cult called the People's Church of the Divine Host.

## Appearance

Jack is 6'2", thin, and has dark hair. His hair has a white streak through it. He has constant dark shadows around his eyes, through if you were to shine a light in his face you'd notice it's because the veins around his eyes are black. He is typically seen wearing a jumper and a hat of some sort.

## Personality

Jack is a very quiet person, generally avoiding people and other avatars due to faer off-putting presence and generally disturbing manner. They speak oddly, as if he's trying to wrap his mouth around words, and struggles to convey ideas or meaning. Fae's described by other characters as a "Dark freak" or a "good friend," depending on who is asked.

Jack appears to be either calm and collected or timid and loyal, but when provoked reveals that he is fiercely loyal and incredibly sadistic, despite his Catholicism. It is unsure whether or not he actually *enjoys* killing, but he is known to dismember and blind any of his victims.

## Backstory

Jack was born in Wales in a small town. He spent most of their time being a self-proclaimed "adventurous child," wandering around the open landscape and exploring caves. By age seven, their mother had grown exhausted of his nature and accepted it, though it would lead to him getting cursed by an artefact of the Beholding.

At age 12, Jack fell into a cave that he would later describe as "strangely easy to see in." In his exploration of the cave, he discovered an eye-shaped pendant that seemed to "reflect light, even in the dark." He picked it up, though it gave him an uneasy feeling so he dropped it and left. Upon leaving the cave, he was struck by an intense and terrifying feeling of being watched.

The feeling continued until he was 17, whereupon it was so intense that fae would lock themself in their bedroom in total darkness. At that point he suffered a severe mental breakdown, leaving him with a fright streak in his hair and a visit to the mental hospital. In the mental hospital they met Maxwell Rayner and his cult, who told them they could help if he joined them. Fae agreed, and disappeared for a year or so, whereupon fae was groomed to become a vessel for Rayner, but became a worshipper of the Dark instead, resulting in a furious member to drown them in a Dark Pond. Surprisingly, he did not remain dead, but rather Ascended to become an avatar, and killed the member who drowned him.

Jack escaped the cult through mean of manipulating and murdering another member and fled to London to make a statement at the Magnus Institute around the age of 18. They revealed they were alive to his parents and began dating a man by the name of Richard Durnstrang, until the abuse became too much for him to handle and fae left again after telling his parents that "he had seen the darkness and it had seen him," forcing them to cut him off, allowing them to vanish seamlessly.

## Plot

Jack's first appearance involved antagonizing Hemlock Shaw, who was beginning his downward spiral into becoming an avatar. He disappeared, reappearing in the tunnels and finding Todd Harris, who had just escaped the Buried. They sat with Todd until Reagan Anderson and Marcia Rivera arrived and just barely avoided being accused of trapping Todd in the Buried, and proceeded to join in contronting Not!Todd.

After Not!Todd had been dealt with, Jack paid a visit to Marcus Roosevelt, the Head of the Institute at the time, to ask him to remove the curse the Beholding had left on him. Marcus refused, saying it was impossible, and Jack insulted him and took up feeding from the Darkness in various hallways in the Institute.

Afterwards, Jack had a conversation with a few of the institute's members, including Cassidy Orwelt, who he inadvertently helped realize she was an avatar. It was one of his interactions with her before she got replaced by a NotThem.

A few weeks later, Jack met Reagan, Cassidy, and Harper King in a bar, whereupon a few members of the Lightless Flame attacked the three women, forcing Jack to consume three of them. Unfortunately, both fae and Reagan were burned and Cassidy was stabbed, though he managed to transport her and Reagan to the hospital and return to the bar to help Harper clean up the remaining waxen bodies. They returned to make sure Reagan and Cassidy were okay, and cement a friendship with the two.

Some indeterminate time later Jack offered to be a date for Ember Davis as she went to a concert.

He also fought with Morgan Roberts, who had put Harper in the hospital. It was a draw, due to the presence of some very fat birds. The two later reconciled, somewhat, by killing Rich, who had managed to find Jack.

Jack and Todd met again, before Todd would disappear. Jack asked Todd if he would return, and Todd gave an obvious lie along the lines of "yes." He asked Jack to watch out for everyone, as he knew Jack lurked around everyone. Jack agreed, though told him if Todd returned fae wouldn't have to promise anything. Todd did not return.

Jack found out about Todd's death from Reagan, who he got drunk with and reminisced. He told her of his plan to go after Simon Fairchild, though he was shot down and promised to abandon his plan. Reagan proceeded to tell him there was nothing after death, and he began to doubt his faith.