Jawny Joe-Joe

Written by Michael_Berger

(a.k.a. Jay-Jay)

Jawny Joe-Joe is an old fool who lives somewhere near the cemetery right next to the Royal Library in Wedgeward. How he gets by is anybody's guess, but he's more known for his ghost stories and tales of the undead. He'll ramble on and on about how spirits made him trip, how a phantom spooked away a pack of rad beasts, and how zombies keep asking him where the bathroom is. Everyone who's had the misfortune of meeting the man says he's crazy and no one argues otherwise.
When explorer of East Wedgeward come forth with tales of the dead rising from their graves, the skeptics in the dismiss the speaker as just another Jawny Joe-Joe.

Physical Description

Facial Features

• Slightly ajar mouth
• Missing canine tooth in his lower jaw
• Missing front tooth in his upper jaw
• Folding bags of skin

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Jawny used to be an average person (presumably). Taking his ramblings about the past as truth, he was doing Okay for himself; he had a company job, a holding, and a friend or two, all while living in West Henry Etta's. Unsurprisingly, that went to shit when civilization collapsed. Jawny explains it all in wildly varying tones and with random levels of contradicting detail, making it hard to know the specifics.
There's one detail of Jawny's life that's strictly off-limits; why he traveled from West Henry Etta's to Wedgeward. All the inquisitive idiots that have asked Jawny about that are met with total silence or Jawny constantly yelling at them to, "STOP!!!" Nobody's got time to play therapist to an insane geezer, so his reasoning will remain a mystery forever.

Social

Speech

Jawny says he can speak with the dead. Everyone thinks he's bullshitting. If Jawny actually means it, he ain't doing jack to prove it. The few people that have let Jawny run his mouth say that he makes tons of excuses. It's the weather, it's the time of day, it's what you're wearing, and so on.
Jawny also knows English, but he don't know it real well. The geezer can't speak a sentence without tripping over words, constant stuttering, forgetting syllables, or all three. No one really knows whether it's because of the bombs or whether it was what convinced him to stay so close to the graveyard.

Current Location

Wedgeward

Gender

Male

Eyes

Green, Constantly Shifting

Hair

Bald, Strands of hair

Height

5'6"

Known Languages

• Undead (presumed)
• English (poor)