Hairy Jack Character in KoB: New Pembroke | World Anvil
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Hairy Jack

Dog (Powered). Age unknown.   He's a big friendly neighborhood mutt. He doesn't live at any particular family's home, but all the Green Haven neighborhood kids feed him and pet him.   Also, he just so happens to be a protector spirit from English folklore. He uses his powers to protect the neighborhood. He has the powers of precognition, teleportation, tangemendia (the power to heal with the touch). Technically, Hairy Jack might be a Hellhound, but he's a nice one.   He's tough, gentle unless provoked, and highly protective of the people he consider's his pack.   Hairy Jack does not like the The Smiling Man, and he will protect the townsfolk from his presence. He has also fearlessly battled other Hellhounds at great personal cost to himself.   He was captured and tranquilized during the mayor's crackdown on strays, in response to the supposed rabies epidemic, and was scheduled to be euthanized at the Angel Gabriel Animal Shelter, along with his dog-friend Cleopatra. However, Eustacia Booker, Hazel Lowrey, and Katy Hathorne were able to rescue him, and even to seemingly defeat The Smiling Man... at least for now.

Physical Description

Special abilities

Precognition, Teleportation, Tangemendia

Mental characteristics

Personal history

There are many tales of ghostly black dogs in Lincolnshire collected by Ethel Rudkin for her 1938 publication Folklore. Such a creature, known locally as Hairy Jack, is said to haunt the fields and village lanes around Hemswell, and there have been reported sightings throughout the county from Brigg to Spalding. Rudkin, who claimed to have seen Hairy Jack herself, formed the impression that black dogs in Lincolnshire were mainly of a gentle nature, and looked upon as a spiritual protector. Hairy Jack was also said to haunt lonely plantations, byways, and waste places where it attacked anyone passing by, but if you've actually met him you'd know that's probably nonsense. He's such a good shaggy boy!

Relationships

Eustacia Booker

Friend (Important)

Towards Hairy Jack

4

Hairy Jack

Friend (Important)

Towards Eustacia Booker

5

Hazel Lowrey

Friend

Towards Hairy Jack

4

Hairy Jack

Friend

Towards Hazel Lowrey

5

Young Lee

Friend (Important)

Towards Hairy Jack

5

Hairy Jack

Friend (Important)

Towards Young Lee

5

Hairy Jack

Ally (Important)

Towards Katy Hathorne

2

Katy Hathorne

Ally (Important)

Towards Hairy Jack

2

Hairy Jack

Enemy (Vital)

Towards The Smiling Man

-5

The Smiling Man

Enemy (Vital)

Towards Hairy Jack

-5

Alignment
Neutral Good
Current Location
Species
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Gender
Male
Eyes
Brown
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Black
Weight
100 lbs
Known Languages
Hairy Jack understands English but doesn't speak it. Because, you know, he's a dog.

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