Overview

Jonny Vaughr is a [[Demon_Halaku|Halaku]] Fallen walking a careful line between survival and damnation. Once known as Baaleos, an angel of death and passage, he now inhabits a mortal shell taken in a moment of violence and opportunity. To the world, Jonny is a sharp-tongued, solitary musician with a talent for vanishing acts. Beneath that mask lies an ancient being scarred by the War, shaped by the Abyss, and terrified of returning to it.

Background

House: [[Demon_Halaku|Halaku]] (Slayer)
Torment: 4
Nature: Judge
Demeanor: Solitary Musician

Jonny Vaughr was unremarkable in life. His ambitions were small, his footprint faint. His death, however, mattered.

Stabbed in a quiet, forgettable moment, Jonny’s soul slipped free just as Baaleos clawed his way out of the Abyss. The vessel was vacant. The timing was perfect. There was no ceremony, no apology—only necessity.

Bound once more to fragile flesh, Baaleos awoke to a modern world he barely understood, burdened by returning memories and an overwhelming need for security. Survival became paramount. Power, protection, and resources were no longer luxuries—they were safeguards against eternal imprisonment.

Motivations & Goals

• Investigate the past to locate relics, artifacts, and forgotten sites of power
• Accumulate wealth and influence to ensure safety and mobility
• Avoid the notice of hunters, exorcists, and rival supernatural forces
• Maintain independence from demonic hierarchies and infernal politics

Underworld Ties

The Halaku were once scorned by other angelic Houses, their dominion over death and transition viewed with unease. In the Underworld, however, their legacy endures.

Jonny can step into the Shadowlands, moving unseen through the Tempest on wings of darkness. This ability grants him unmatched mobility—and leverage. Wraiths, spectres, and restless dead often find him before he seeks them out.

Some become allies. Others become tools.

Personality

Jonny presents himself as witty, sarcastic, and effortlessly intelligent. He knows how to be interesting. He knows how to be wanted.

What he does not know is how to be close.

Beneath the cultivated facade lies a being marked by loneliness, guilt, and fear. Every connection risks exposure. Every attachment is a potential weakness. The closer someone gets, the more he withdraws—afraid that intimacy will cost him his freedom, his vessel, or his eternity.

Abilities

• Lores: Lore of the Realms, Lore of the Spirit, Lore of Death
• Signature Talents: Traversal of the Shadowlands, spirit communion, escape and relocation through supernatural means
• Limitations: Less suited to direct confrontation; powers skew toward death, passage, and unseen manipulation

Relationships

Allies: Select wraiths, information brokers, antiquarians
Enemies: Potential hunters, rival demons, entities owed favors
Other Connections: Mortal contacts useful for logistics and cover

Chronicle Notes

Storyteller Notes: Jonny works best as a slow-burn character—his secrets, underworld ties, and fear of exposure should surface gradually.

• Potential entanglement with hunters or exorcists investigating relics
• Purveyor of illicit goods
• Wraith allies becoming liabilities or leverage
• Useful in a pinch for haunted venues
• The threat of forced exorcism or Abyssal recall

Trivia

• Favored music genre: Moody, Trip-hop, atmospheric
• Signature quote: “Nothing stays buried forever.”
• Habitually collects old keys, coins, and items with unclear provenance

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