DjinnTheBinding:Antagonists:TheBound
The Bound are djinn who have been enslaved by sorcerers, and are often used as weapons against other djinn. Most Bound djinn chafe against their restraints and seize every opportunity to subvert their masters' wishes and do them harm. However, a djinn's spirit breaks if it's Bound for too long, and it loses the capacity for free will or judgment. These "Chained" djinn are pitiable creatures and also dangerous, since they fulfill every command in the most literal fashion without consideration for intent or consequences.
Harold Murphy
Virtue: Charity Vice: Gluttony Morality: 6
Intelligence 3 Wits 3 Resolve 2
Strength 2 Dexterity 2 Stamina 3
Presence 2 Manipulation 3 Composure 3
Skills: Academics 3 (Law, Wishes) Politics 2 Investigation 2 Occult 1 (Djinn) Athletics 1 Drive 2 Survival 1 Socialise 3 (party) Persuasion 3 (courtroom) Empathy 2 Subterfuge 3 Intimidation 1 Expression 2
Merits: Resources 5 Striking Looks 4 Contacts 3 (police, courts, high society) Allies 1 (police) Allies 3 (court clerks) Toxin Resistance 2 Unseen Sense 3 (Djinn)
Special: making a wish is a rote action.
Harold was fresh out of law school, hard work and dedication got him a solid grade and a junior position in a modestly sized but respectable law firm. His first job was ensuring the last will and testament of one Leslie Nod a minor scholar of the Occult. While taking inventory he found it, a small ruby ring that sent tingles down his spine, there was something… alluring about that ring and it was marked to be sold and the precedes given to charity. Nothing unethical about buying it himself is there?
Like most Harold had no real knowledge of the occult beyond cultural and pop cultural flotsam but a being that lived in a ring offering wishes could be nothing else except a ‘genie’ and all the stories were clear ‘be careful what you wish for’. It just so happened that as a trained lawyer Harold was vigorously trained to write in the completely unambiguous language of contract law.
A few years later and Harold has never been happier, he won big in one of Vegas’ many casinos and made good investments with his winnings. Currently Harold is living large in his well stocked mansion surrounded by beautiful women attracted by his deep pockets and rugged Djinn crafted looks. When constant leisure becomes monotonous he has been known to stretch his mind by taking pro bono cases.
If confronted with the truth about his Djinn Harold would be surprisingly willing to setting his slave free, but he worries that without the Djinn everything he has would collapse with supernatural speed and would request assurances. However Harold worries that should he encounter the supernatural he will be dangerously unprepared and is likely to be nervous by the time any discussion starts, if threatened he could quickly descend into panic and a panicked man with a Chained Djinn is a dangerous situation.
