Old Jackal

## Meta

> "*What? What, they were monologuing, it was the best time. I wasn't going to wait for you, you're kids, I know how long you're going to take. I have no time for this. I had to sort them out.*"
> ― The Jackal, after kicking Bloodshot in the head during a monologue, Season 3 Finale
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The Jackal (aka Old Jackal, though nobody calls her this to her face) is a Silver Age solo vigilante superhero currently in her late 50s or early 60s. She was a former League of Heroes member before having a falling out with them sometime during the 1980s and has been operating as a solo hero since then, though the details of this falling out are subject to rumor. As a public figure, Old Jackal is well-known but less popular than most of her colleagues.

She is currently mentoring Melody Goldman to take her mantle as The Jackal once she retires.
As a Mentor, she embodies Danger and denies Mundane.

Though she keeps her civilian life incredibly private and secret in general, as of Season 4 it's been revealed that Old Jackal is the same person as The Coyote, after Melody and her friends saved her from Shadow Halcyon and The Reaper. She was thus reunited with her old friend Hero One.

## Personality

Old Jackal is usually gruff, to the point, calculating, set in her ways, and judgmental. She believes that taking out threats through force is generally the most effective option, and that emotions cloud a hero's effectiveness. She tends to always think she's right and rarely believes in others, though she trusts her protege greatly and has also relied on the Big Team from time to time.

For reasons unknown, Old Jackal is intensely distrustful of teams, as well as former supervillains who claim to be reformed. She regularly scolds her protege for being part of the Big Team and for bringing any of them to her secret Medlab, and has demanded (unsuccessfully) that Melody not trust teammates that have villainous pasts or ties such as Ellen and Anaya.

## Appearance

Late 50s/early 60s woman, about 5’7” with shorter black/silvery hair and intense gray eyes.

## Actions in game

During the events of Season 3, Old Jackal secretively worked with Star-Studded to destroy satellite footage of the Big Team Base in order to keep it from falling into Gambite's hands. She also intercepted/stole missions intended for the League of Heroes in order to have her protege handle them, and greatly helped the team that defeated Bloodshot/the Abyss inside Casper's mind. It was later revealed that she was employed by Cyclone while conducting many of her missions.

In Season 4, Old Jackal has continued her work to study and undermine organizations throughout Halcyon. She has asked team members to investigate AEGIS, protect the target of a HELIX kidnapping, and step up when Zodiac City needed help. She still mistrusts the Big Team, though she's begun to accept that her protege works better on the team and that some team members are effective heroes.

After Melody discovered that Old Jackal is The Coyote, aka **Harmony "Harm" Jones**, she has shown up in civilian guise a few times to quietly support Melody even outside of her hero work (and to monitor her developing shadow powers).

## Powers

Old Jackal was not born with superpowers, though her finely-honed skills make her on par with some of the strongest heroes in the city. She is a peerless martial artist, and seems to emanate an aura of intense fear when she wants to. Whether this is just her personality or a power that she's developed is unclear.

She has also been shown to have above-average skill with technology and weapons, though she has no talent for magic.

Her knowledge of the goings-on in Halcyon City are also near unmatched. Old Jackal has regularly kept tabs on secretive organizations, supervillains, and heroes alike (such as knowing Verve's secret identity despite never having been told).