The Ghoulskeeper

IM GONNA CLEAN THIS UP LATER -Kitty

## Backstory

Jen used to work in a mineshaft, but a mine caved in and trapped him underground. While stuck there he got infected with alien spores and slowly replaced all of the cells in his body, turning him into a ghoul. After that, he killed his employer, stole their stuff and hid some in the mines, but also took some for himself. That is how he got most of his antique and expensive possessions. Back in his early days as a ghoul, he would steal the corpses that died in war to eat as a last resort to try and preserve his humanity.

## Abilities

* Ghoulskeeper has the ability to turn into a snakelike creature as a result of the alien spores

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When he finally escaped the mine the alien spores hadn't fully replaced him, but hundreds of years later they finally have. He also has the ability to turn into a giant snakelike creature and back, since he doesn't have any organs, but he can't increase or decrease his size. It's taken him many years to learn how to shape shift into the snake and back while keeping his clothes in place, but he doesn't use the snake form for combat because he sees it as primative and vulgar. Still... he might use it in an emergency, but whoever is on the receiving end of his violence probably messed up REALLY BADLY. Ghoulskeeper has standards. Also IDK if this is related but as morally grey as he may seem, Ghoulskeeper *hates* unsafe working conditions, for himself or for other people. It's how he died. So if he ends up having citizens living in his empire or employs someone, he's bound to treat them with respect. Ghoulskeeper isn't really as confident in murder as other villains such as Bob, he's more of the stealthy, scheming kind and is far more likely to rig a bunch of traps to kill people than chase them down with a knife. He's like jigsaw if jigsaw wasn't a sadist and just wanted to get a job done. Ghoulskeeper doesn't like crowds but isn't violent for no reason, he's more covert and uses a bunch of stealthy, fast ways to travel. And he doesn't purposefully try to intimidate random people, though he does it unintentionally when he's angry. He manages to speak with eloquence most of the time though, even when he's being a snobbish a-hole. Plus he's never really murdered much because of his curse. Kismet estate spans for thousands of kilometers underground, most of which is unsuitable for humans to travel through, but a ghoul can travel through with ease. Ghoulskeeper's mansion is just one of the many entrances to the mine, which is deep underground. He's so proud of Kismet estate because he was the one who discovered how he could cultivate the alien spores and do experiments fashioning it into different forms, and he was the one who built the extensive railway, so he's more than justified in his head acting as arrogant and vain as he does. He regards himself as the king of Kismet estate, and because he's the only one maintaining it he takes his job very seriously as the groundskeeper, but he's also terrified that someone someday could take it all away from him. The haunted house he made this halloween was partially a test to see how he could deter humans and other non ghoul related sapient species from entering his mine. He was so overconfident in his ability to scare people out of the house that he put a bunch of top secret stuff at the end of the haunted house, stuff to do with the underground mines. He's trying to kill them because he feels they pose a threat to his empire as they know too much now. Since he accidentally killed Sam when she ate a poisoned chocolate, he has to react to this. I'll have her be on a cruise ship when she picks up and dies from poisoned chocolate, and when Ghoulskeeper sees this he tries to chase after the boat but it sails away and he nearly falls into the water. Water doesn't directly harm him, but since he's made from some kind of alien spore it can cause him to get weaker as he sort of absorbs it like paper. Also it's extremely uncomfortable for him. But ultimately he decides to reluctantly focus on silencing the survivors, because Sam wasn't one of the ones who could leak his secrets. How he met and made a deal with Vois is another story, but Ghoulskeeper doesn't like Vois and only obeys them because it was part of their deal which he made for his own security. Vois is aware that Ghoulskeeper doesn't like them but hasn't really attacked him seriously yet because Ghoulskeeper has kept in line with all the terms and conditions so far.