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Message: <blockquote data-quote="demiurge1138" data-source="post: 1932728" data-attributes="member: 7451">Once, before life got far too complicated, Jack Skellington was the third son of a wealthy merchant, a bit of a slacker, and a part-time criminal. Nothing too noticable, of course, just a little petty fraud and theft here and there. Skellington prided himself on his luck; he was never caught, despite several close calls, and survived an excursion into a grick's den when he was ten that spurred within him a love of adventure.Then life got complicated.Jack's father died, and revealed in the will knowledge of Jack's criminal activities. Stripped of his inheritance, Jack stole the Bone Blade, a finely crafted rapier that was supposed to go to his older brother, then used his safe-money to buy passage on an airship to Waterdeep, where he hoped to start a new life.But the airship was boarded. And Mad Jim the Pirate Lord, who was responsible, decided that he didn't like Skellington, so he had him thrown overboard as a message to the rest of the passengers. And Skellington hit the dirt hard. Then got up.That day, Jack learned that his family name was really more of a description of their curse than anything else. Any Skellington to die violently was doomed to roam Faerun as an intelligent skeleton until they could avenge their murder or re-died trying. Determined to do just this, Skellington turned to the life of an adventurer, in order to convince others into hunting Mad Jim.Jack Skellington is a skeleton, of course, but he hasn't let being dead curb his style. A master showman, a bit of a fop, and a skilled swordsman, he continued for some time to make a name for himself. After his untimely demise, Jack took to wearing long-sleeves, gloves, and pants at all times, even though he doesn't seem to fit them well. Skilled with disguise, Jack managed, with a little magical aid, to create the illusion of being a living man, albeit a very skinny one with no hair and a disturbing smile.Jack's greatest exploit was his theft of the Chaos Diamond from the cargo of the airship he and his gang of seedy and slightly monstrous cohorts managed to book passage on. Knowing that the item was only going to be used to ill ends, Jack stole the Diamond from the ship's hold, smuggled it in his ribcage, managed to escape the ship with his allies when it was grounded during a storm, and even sabotaged the bombards on the ship. When the airship's captain, realizing the theft, flew in pursuit of Skellington, the bombards that would have killed Jack exploded, destroying the ship and allowing the party to escape into the woods safely. Sadly, Skellington never managed to avenge his own murder. He was cut down in the prime of unlife by a dark naga, who didn't take to being interuppted in its sleep. One scorching ray, and Skellington was a pile of charred bones.Demiurge out.</blockquote>

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