Greatboy

> "C'mon, I'm not a kid anymore.."
>
> -Jack to Greatman and The Morrigan

## Greatboy - The Son of Strength!

Seosamh-Shaggal, more commonly known as Jack Johnson, is the central character of the main plotline in The Greatverse.

The Strongest Boy In The World!

* Jack Johnson
* Great-Boy

### Aliases

* Greatboy (Superhero Name)
* Jack (Modern name Nickname)
* Seo (Proper name Nickname
* Boy (Greatman)

### Relatives

* Shu-Shaggal (Father)
* Riona Johnson (Mother)
* Laliya-Shaggal/Layla Johnson (Sister)
* Lìosa-Shaggal/Leah Johnson (Sister)

### Affiliation

* The Lowlifes - Jack is a founding member of the small-scale superhero team, The Lowlifes, believed to be a Greatman fanboy with similar powers.
* The Golden Guard - After being accepted by his father, Jack and the rest of the Lowlifes are graciously accepted into The Golden Guard
* {INSERT NAME HERE} - As his father's new sidekick, Jack is brought along on his father's interdimensional shenanigans.

### Occupation

* Student
* Small-Time Superhero

## Appearances

### Appears in

* The Golden Guardians
* Greatman - The Strongest Man Alive!
* Authority Comics
* The Lowlifes - Small-Time Saviors!
* Greatboy - The Successor!

### Debut

* Authority Comics #500 (First name-drop)
* Greatman - The Strongest Man Alive #240 (First appearance as Seo/Jack)
* Greatman - The Strongest Man Alive #360 (First appearance as Greatboy)

## History

Jack was born to Riona Johnson and Shu-Shaggal, known to him as Mom and Dad. Unlike his siblings, Jack barely resembled either of his parents, more closely resembling his grandfather, Lugh. He had a mostly normal childhood, outside of the occasional incident of misused super strength and superpower training. Jack's life was ideal, all fine and dandy, until that fateful day when Maximus attacked Layla.

The attack that nearly killed Layla was meant to hit Jack, little innocent Jack, who refused to hide with his little sister at home. It would have killed the boy outright, but instead, Layla took the hit, and was never the same afterwards. To this day, Jack cannot escape this incident. He believes it's his fault, and takes full responsibility. Even with the therapy, his family supporting him, even after making amends with Layla, he still blames himself. He became distant from people his age and his family, only really having a few close friends, and not much else.

Over time, he begins to grow. He takes a small step out of his shell, trying to meet other mutants and powered people around his age. He tries to get in shape, and grow physically past his weakness. As he begins stepping out, he's given a hand from a shade in the distance, in the form of a letter.

This letter is from a group called The Question, from a person known as Seven, luring him out to "find the truth." Alongside several other superpowered "nobodies," Jack was recruited to join a subsection of the vigilante organization known as "The Question," an NYC-based ring of small-scale heroes who work in the dead of night, doing the dirty work larger heroes wont. Jack and the others were chosen specifically because they are unknown, because they were Lowlifes.

Heroes are going missing. En masse. Either disappearing forever, or as horribly mangled corpses. It's a mystery only a few ballsy nobodies can solve, people who won't be targeted by whatever is causing these vanishings. Since that fateful day, he has become a protector of the weak, a warrior of light searching for truth, the Incredible Greatboy!

## Personality

#### Summary

Jack is generally stoic, and avoids opening up to people. He constantly feels like he fails others with every mistake, that he must fill the absolutely massive shoes of his father. He does occasionally open up to others though. When he does, he tries his hardest to be kind, and is an absolute deadpan comedically, able to deliver the dumbest lines imaginable. Occasionally, his perfectionist mindset and snark leads to him genuinely tearing people up emotionally, something he feels awful about. Additionally, the incident with Greatgirl makes him even more terrified to get close to anyone. As the weakest member of the Shaggal family, Jack is very self-conscious about his power level. Jack is also racked with guilt and anxiety, repeatedly breaking the cardinal rule of his family for what he feels are selfish reasons. He chalks up most of his genuine accomplishments to luck, and his failures to skill.

However, he is making strides to improve. He knows his mental state is garbage, and is working to make it better, for both his sake, and the sake of those he cares about. The kindness within his heart does occasionally peak through, and when it does, it's shining and bright, a blast of light that demolishes all darkness that dares to come before it.

### Core Traits

* Kindhearted
* Inferiority Complex
* Somewhat stoic
* Absolute deadpan
* Occasionally incredibly rude
* Mentally ill a dozen times over
* Trying to improve
* Antisocial

### Beliefs

#### Religious

Jack is not a very religious person. He was raised by a Goddess of Death and the right hand of a Demigod, it's hard to be religious in a home like that. He does technically believe in the Sumerian and Celtic religions, and is a technical member of the Catholic Church to help "Blend in" more.

#### Political

Jack is politically knowledgeable, but doesn't really like talking about it. He's generally more progressive on all issues, and borderline hyper-progressive culturally.

## Powers and Abilities

### Abilities

#### Martial Training

Jack was trained to fight by both of his parents from a young age.

#### Quick Thinking

Jack can think incredibly quickly on his feet, able to utilize his surroundings as an ideal weapon

#### Edgelord Charm

Jack has a strange charm about him, more akin to a sad puppy rather than anything else.

### Powers

#### Super Strength

Jack currently is a lot weaker than his father, yet, he can still carry buildings if need be

#### Super Speed

Jack can currently run at Mach 3, with lighting-speed reaction time.

#### Super Durability

Currently, Jack is not indestructible. Instead, he is incredibly durable, able to shrug off missiles.

#### Super Endurance

Jack can currently fight for “Ten days and ten nights”

#### Enhanced Physique

Alongside his superhuman statistics, Jack’s body is normally lean and fit. He still has to work for muscles, but he cannot become physically unhealthy

#### “Immortality Twice Over”

Jack is immortal twice over, inheriting both his mother's and father’s variants of immortality.

#### Death Manipulation

Jack, similar to his mother, has power over life and death. Unlike her, however, Jack cannot bring people back to life, he can only keep people alive. Jack cannot close wounds or heal people, just make it so they can't die yet.

He can, hypothetically, use the tool she uses to write the fates of mortals, the Pen of Fate.

#### Godly Physiology

Jack is a demigod, granting him a godly body and physique

#### “Domain Development”

Jack is a minor god of death, and by extension, has a sub-domain of death. His specific domain has not manifested yet, but it is believed that he will fill the role of a Harbinger, similar to Charon in Greek Mythology or Anubis in Egyptian Mythology.

#### Heat Manipulation

Jack inherited some of his grandfather’s (The war/sun god Lugh) power, having the ability to manipulate and absorb heat. He, additionally, can project this heat as magical energy. When utilizing this energy, some of it will manifest around his body as an aura.

"Good grief..."
#### Untapped Potential

Jack is far from his prime, and has not trained properly yet. He has the potential to grow stronger than his entire family combined due to the prevalence of Lugh's genes.

#### Deus Ex Superius

If Jack is on the absolute brink, The Morrigan will appear to rescue her son. If she cannot be there in person, she will use her Pen of Fate to ensure that he cannot die (Unless willed by 2 or more other Gods of Death)

#### Deus Ex Magna Vir

In his hours of most need, Greatman will appear to assist and rescue Jack. Greatman's presence is not an assured victory, but it's pretty close to one.

### Weapons

#### The Blade of Uruk

The Blade of Uruk is a mythical artifact, utilized by The Son of Gilgamesh in his final stand. Rumor has it that his soul, and by extension, his power, is contained within it. Jack goes on a quest to find it as a gift for his father, before learning that Jack must wield it to defeat a strange threat known as "GreatGuard," an amalgamation of the DNA of The Sentinel and Greatman.

This sword contains latent magical properties, and can be used to hypothetically one-shot all members of the Shaggal family besides The Morrigan. Additionally, the sword is partially sentient, and will guide itself to protect it's wielder. Lastly, the latent potential within a person can be utilized through the blade, allowing Jack to unleash his light magic through it, and utilize it as his "Hand of Death," a tool akin to his mother's Pen.

"It's...incredible.."
## Weaknesses

### Life Magic

Similar to his mother, Jack is weak Life Magic, the opposite of Death Magic

### Mesopotamian Artifacts

Artifacts such as The Sumerian Core and The Horn of Gilgamesh circumvent Jack’s durability

### Inexperience

Jack is new to the superhero game, and wasn’t allowed to be his father’s sidekick at all for his own protection. He has next to no experience.

### ”Lil bro”

Jack is currently the weakest member of his family, and other family members can harm him psychically and physically with little effort

## Additional Information

### In-Universe

-Jack’s identity is hidden, and nobody believes he’s actually Greatman’s son, even when he tells them and shows off his power

-Jack is normally referred to as “Seo” by his mother and sisters.

-Jack’s favorite color is blue

-Jack’s favorite food is burritos.

-Jack is the only Johnson family member with access to some of Lugh’s powers

-Jack is currently a junior in highschool

-Jack generally does not like to fight

-Jack’s current costume is homemade, It is made of reused scraps, and was sewn together as a school project.

-Jack does not reveal his superhero name to the public, and hides his face at all times when in the field. His parents do not want him or his little sister out and about as heroes at all.

-If Jack gets caught, he will get grounded, and will be unable to leave the house due to his mother’s Pen of Fate.

-Jack does eventually become the strongest member of the Johnson/Shaggal family.

-Jack canonically bisexual (Greatman’s canon response to him coming out was “Boy, I respect you and will support you to the death, as always, unless you are a fucking bottom-“)

-Jack also has insane, comedic rizz, which is never used due to his fear of social interaction

-Jack is half-Irish, half-middle eastern

### Meta-Information

-Jack is a rewrite of Chris, the fourth reimagining of that concept

-Jack is the "Main Character" of the main plotline of his universe

-Jack is primarily inspired by Invincible, both visually and context-wise

-Jack's other primary visual and character inspiration is Jon Kent/Superboy II

-Jack's close ties to Lugh are mostly to differentiate him from the rest of his family.

-Jack was the first character created for this universe.

-Jack, while being the protagonist, serves as a foil to the majority of the rest of the cast.

-Greatboy is the universal equivalent of Olympus and Star-Master