Jooge the Blue

**Jooge the Blue**, better known by the name **Joove Nopsmoth**, is a clone of the barber-surgeon Jooge Nopsmoth, created when the original Jooge was forced to tear out some of magical hair of his korred friend Bezoar by the annis hag Errevastica. A perfect clone of the original barber, Jooge the Blue was subjected to the mental domination of the hag. Enthralled and unaware, Jooge the Blue would run the original Jooge's barbershop during the day while Errevastica and his evil clone kidnapped patrons during the night. After adventurers freed slew the evils under the barbershop and freed the original Jooge, Jooge the Blue was adopted as a "twin brother" and given the name 'Joove'.

Jooge the Blue was an NPC present in the completed two-shot *The Barber of Silverymoon*.

## Description

Joove is a slightly-balding human man with warm smile, brown eyes, and stubble on his face. He stands tall at 5 feet and 7 inches (1.7 meters), and weighs about 200 pounds (90.7 kilograms). Joove is embarrassed at the loss of some of his hair and thus tends to wear a hat- though he is never afraid to try new dyes on himself to show off new shades of color to his customers. Unlike the original Jooge, he has an iron tooth in his mouth that had been placed there by his evil copy under the orders of Errevastica. This tooth allowed the hag to spy on him, as well as cast charming spells from a distance when he needed to be pacified.

## Personality

Like the original Jooge, Joove is a friendly man and a good father, though he was unable to meet his daughter's emotional needs after he was created to replace Jooge. Despite this, Joove still tried his best to keep her happy during this time, though never in a way that could jeopardize Errevastica or his fellow clone. After he was freed of Errevastica's control and taken in by the original Jooge, Joove was able to raise his 'daughter' better and barber work with a like-minded 'sibling'. Joove is just as bad of spender as Jooge, if not worse. Despite this, both of them working together to raise Mops and run the barbershop has allowed for them to avoid going into debt again.

## History

Jooge the Blue came into existence as a result of an unfortunate string of events experienced by the original Jooge Nopsmoth. After the original Jooge found himself heavily indebted to the Night Blades, a criminal guild in the city of Silverymoon, he drew the interest of an annis hag named Errevastica, who wished to use the barber-surgeon to get a hold of the magical korred Bezoar. Bezoar's hair, when cut, would become whatever material it was cut with, having the capability to even create completely sentient clones of mortal beings. Errevastica, in the guise of a noble woman, bought the original Jooge's debt off the Night Blades and then used the captive barber to lure Bezoar in for Errevastica to imprison. Before he himself was cast aside and thrown in an oubliette, Errevastica had the original Jooge tear out large chunks of Bezoar's hair with both of his hands. The large chunk of untainted hair became a faithful copy of the original barber, 'Jooge the Blue'. The other chunk of hair, which had been corrupted by *Errevastica's evil comb*, became an evil copy of Jooge, 'Jooge the Red'.

Once the original Jooge was cast into an oubliette, Jooge the Blue had one of his teeth replaced by his evil clone, with a new iron tooth being the replacement. Through this tooth, Errevastica was able to manipulate him and hear his words and thoughts from afar. After Jooge the Blue's memories and wisdom were modified, he was allowed to raise Mops and run the barber shop during the day, while Errevastica and her followers performed vile acts during the night. After two tendays of existence as a good barber and a mediocre father figure, Jooge came under suspicion of a guard, who hired a party of adventurers to investigate him for a string of disappearances that had actually been the fault of his evil clone kidnapping and murdering many of Silverymoon's residents. Although he himself was unhelpful to the party's investigation, later that night they met with his murderous counterpart, and cleared out the caves under the barbershop of Errevastica and her cloned xvart followers.

When the adventurers returned to the shop with the real Jooge in tow, the original Jooge spoke in his clone's defense, agreeing to take him in as a brother to run the shop alongside. The adventuring party agreed with his request, and Jooge the Blue became known as 'Joove', the long-lost twin brother of the famous barber-surgeon, come to help run the shop. Together, the 'brothers' would raise their daughter Mops well, and keep the barbershop economically afloat.