New York City, circa the early 1930's/Late Prohibition Era. A handful of immortals exist in this world, a feat achieved by a few alchemists who drank a Grand Panacea back in the 1700's, summoning a 'demon' to complete the elixir. These immortals have the ability to devour one another by placing a hand on another immortal's head, absorbing their body and memory. An imperfect copy of the panacea has been recreated in recent years, leading to a few more immortals coming into existence, mostly among two prominent Mafia families. More recently, all employees at Nebula Corporation's NYC headquarters have been given the panacea, their immortality tested in the recent 'Mist Wall' incident, an explosive act of terrorism which traces back to imprisoned immortal Huey LaForet and his cult followers.
Jacuzzi is not immortal, and has only recently become aware that such beings exist.
Issues to Be Explored: courage & cowardice, 'Selling Out' morally to protect his friends... in canon, Jacuzzi has recently been cornered and pressured to strike a bargain with the Martillo family to give them a cut of his gang's profits. He was also willing to attain immortality for his gang in order to defend themselves, though this never came about. Believing superstitions. What makes a person 'good' or 'bad'.
Religious Affiliation: I'm pretty sure Jacuzzi was baptized Catholic, canon doesn't specify his ethnicity but I assume he was born to immigrant parents in Chicago. The light novels mention that his gang was friendly with at least one priest, who lets them bury eight friends killed by mafia in the churchyard although they don't have money for coffins, and gives an impromptu 'proper burial' for them. He's far from devout, but has seen christian charities at work in the poorer areas and for the most part respects pious people in a sheepish sort of way- after all, he does smuggle liquor during a time where religious people are some of the most vocal objectors, and he commits plenty of small-time thievery. In his own defense he'd probably claim he's done 'the sacraments that count', but would consider himself a sinner and probably not too interested in cleaning up his act, or seriously considering what happens in the afterlife... which he's uneasily guilty about, but not terribly, unless directly confronted with it.
Plot: He's fairly new and not too involved yet. Stipulations: Sure. Tagging: Yep!
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Race: Human
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New York City, circa the early 1930's/Late Prohibition Era.
A handful of immortals exist in this world, a feat achieved by a few alchemists who drank a Grand Panacea back in the 1700's, summoning a 'demon' to complete the elixir. These immortals have the ability to devour one another by placing a hand on another immortal's head, absorbing their body and memory. An imperfect copy of the panacea has been recreated in recent years, leading to a few more immortals coming into existence, mostly among two prominent Mafia families. More recently, all employees at Nebula Corporation's NYC headquarters have been given the panacea, their immortality tested in the recent 'Mist Wall' incident, an explosive act of terrorism which traces back to imprisoned immortal Huey LaForet and his cult followers.
Jacuzzi is not immortal, and has only recently become aware that such beings exist.
Personal Information: Here.
Issues to Be Explored: courage & cowardice, 'Selling Out' morally to protect his friends... in canon, Jacuzzi has recently been cornered and pressured to strike a bargain with the Martillo family to give them a cut of his gang's profits. He was also willing to attain immortality for his gang in order to defend themselves, though this never came about. Believing superstitions. What makes a person 'good' or 'bad'.
Religious Affiliation: I'm pretty sure Jacuzzi was baptized Catholic, canon doesn't specify his ethnicity but I assume he was born to immigrant parents in Chicago. The light novels mention that his gang was friendly with at least one priest, who lets them bury eight friends killed by mafia in the churchyard although they don't have money for coffins, and gives an impromptu 'proper burial' for them. He's far from devout, but has seen christian charities at work in the poorer areas and for the most part respects pious people in a sheepish sort of way- after all, he does smuggle liquor during a time where religious people are some of the most vocal objectors, and he commits plenty of small-time thievery. In his own defense he'd probably claim he's done 'the sacraments that count', but would consider himself a sinner and probably not too interested in cleaning up his act, or seriously considering what happens in the afterlife... which he's uneasily guilty about, but not terribly, unless directly confronted with it.
Plot: He's fairly new and not too involved yet.
Stipulations: Sure.
Tagging: Yep!