Character Profile - Jack-o'-lantern

Jack behind Ayesha

Name: Jack o’ lantern, Jack the Ripper, Pumpkin the Crown
Origin: Mondaiji
Gender: Male, but his essence contains women too
Classification: Spirit, Demon Lord (of 4th Rank), member of “Will-O-Wisp” Community
Age: Unknown
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman characteristics, flight, immortality (types 1, 3, 4 and 7), regeneration (at least low-mid), resurrection of body and soul (under special conditions), non-corporeal, spiritual power manipulation, fire manipulation, elemental teleportation (can teleport between flames), summoning, excellent blacksmith | Previous abilities on higher scale (especially speed), Host Master authority, can ask St. Peter for power boost or trigger small scale paradigm shift for similar effect, can maximize his stats by rewriting contents of his Gift Game
Weaknesses: His Gift Game is very easy to solve since he uses it to amp himself by reducing its complexity, so smart characters can easily deal him enormous amount of damage; using full power boost overloads him with spiritual power so he use it only for a short time before dying
Destructive Capacity: At least large building level+ (superior to Yu), city level+ via Purgatory Flames (with 7 lanterns he could destroy Vampire Citadel and its outskirts) | Continent level+, possibly star level (at full power he was slicing through Azi Dahaka’s body)
Range: Melee, hundreds of meters via Purgatory Flames
Speed: Hypersonic+ (he was fast enough to completely speedblitz Yu) | Massively hypersonic+ (several times faster than Demon King of Confusion, few high-tier characters were surprised at his speed), FTL via Game Remake (can achieve sixth cosmic velocity)
Durability: Multi city block level+, probably far higher (he endured after effect of His Highness’s punch), immortality makes him harder to kill | Continent level+, possibly star level (for a short time he engaged Azi Dahaka in combat)
Lifting Strength: Unknown
Striking Strength: At least Class 10+ (could send Yu fly with a single punch) | Class P+ (with Game Remake’s boost he could cut Azi Dahaka’s body; otherwise unknown)
Stamina: Pretty huge | Small (he’s burning his spirit status far faster than average being, since he uses Host Master authority to supplement his own spirit status)
Standard Equipment: Gift Card, Ole Lukøje’s Umbrella (umbrella which can grant good dreams to kind children and nightmares to annoying brats), lanterns (they can spread Flames of Hell over huge AoE), two legged candle holders (familiars who, while not useful in combat, they can be used for exploring area) | Knife
Intelligence: Huge. Jack demonstrated not only huge knowledge about laws of Little Garden, but also mechanics of Outer World. He’s an excellent blacksmith, capable of producing beautiful art and even new Gifts (as well as modify those existing). He also proved to be good strategist and that was his role in his Community.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:

Jack-o’-lantern: appearing as a giant pumpkin head, Jack’s current appearance was crafted by Willa. After he was casted out from reality, into void knitted by nothingness by St. Peter, he was given another chance by her, giving him new body and raison d’etre – protecting children by any cost and bringing joy to them. However, he’s still existing in a state between life and death, hence it’s almost impossible for him to perish.

• Purgatory Flames: ability granted to him by Willa, enabling him to summon flames from the fiery pits of hell. Rather than physical objects, these flames can burn spiritual power. Jack can control them in a number of ways: he can cover his entire body with them to become untouchable in close combat or shoot them as fireballs at distance. If he’s enraged he can even spread them over large area, to such degree that they can destroy Vampire Citadel and its outskirts with just 7 lanterns.

• Fire Teleportation: : Jack possesses special ability to teleport between flame sources. It’s pretty limited though, as it only allows him to travel between specific points and doesn’t possess such freedom in movement like Willa or Maxwell have.

Pumpkin the Crown: true form of Jack which occurs after triggering his Gift Game. In this form Jack appears as a wild looking man, with shaggy white hair and bloody knife. More of beast than human, existence worthy to be called Jack the Ripper.

• Flame Manipulation: Jack’s control over Purgatory Flames in this form is amplified, but his usage is far more refined and focused. He usually reinforces his knife by coating it with flames, but he also found new ways to use them, like:

  • Flame Springs: this’s Jack most usual way to use his pyrokinetic abilities, by forming fire springs beneath his shoes he can drastically increase his speed. He’s so fast than even Demon King of Confusion, Azi Dahaka and Karyou were impressed by his movements. Moreover, he can use empty air as a scaffold so he can essentially maneuver in 3 dimensions.

  • Flame Ropes: Jack turns fire into ropes in order to bind his enemy. It was powerful enough to immobilize Azi Dahaka for a moment.

• Host Master: privilege to release inner universe and construct trial (Gift Game) made from spirit status of the user. It’s impossible to reject the game as they’re the very rules of Little Garden, hence one triggered it must be cleared. Originally, it was created as method to usurp portion of Last Embryo’s power and one of the few effective weapons against them. Jack’s trial is signed up by St. Peter and the fact it has well-intentioned purpose (carry out punishment for harming children) he doesn’t qualify as a demon lord. His Gift Game is called Jack the Monster.

  • Self-reinforcement: while Jack’s Host Master isn’t anything special, he can use it to reinforce his own spirit status, boosting his already high physical parameters. He can also always ask St. Peter to change contents of the Geass Roll for further boost. “With a higher risk, comes a larger increase in one’s spirit status” – common rule of Little Garden. By announcing his “name” and summoning London Replica, he can achieve supreme abilities, but his Gift Game’s difficulty reduces to the point it’s possible to solve it just “by a glance”.

  • Game Remake: common ability of Poets, because Jack isn’t one himself it will be only a matter of time until Little Garden will wipe away his Gift Game due to enormous logic error and his own body will collapse via spirit power overload. It’s seen as heresy, even from perspective of other demon lords. Upon activating it Jack will achieve tremendous spirit status inflation: his speed raises to the point he can reach sixth cosmic velocity and his body transforms into astral. In this state, he could engage Azi Dahaka for a short time.

  • Paradigm Shift: it was confirmed that Jack can trigger small paradigm shift by himself, this enables him to boost his power by gradually revealing his spirit status. This’s however very dangerous for him, as he reduces difficulty of the game itself.

  • Unknown Killer: spirit status of Jack, despite the fact he calls himself “Jack the Ripper” it’s just a cheap method to avert eyes of participants from his true identity – that is essence of unidentified killers related to “Jack the Ripper” massacre. Truth is that it wasn’t committed by an individual person, but by a number of killers. In this case, “Jack” doesn’t point at a specific name, but to a nickname for unnamed murderers. This also allows him to escape from some of Gift Game penalties (like Táin Bó Cúailnge), since his essence isn’t limited to one gender or age, containing unloved children and prostitutes.

  • London Replica: type of game board’s gift. Jack can summon exact replica of London. It seems Jack can’t summon it whenever he wants as he must ask his guardian spirit (St. Peter) for permission. Replica will restore itself until Jack’s game will be solved.

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Key:  Jack-o'-lantern | Pumpkin the Crown