Hollow-Jack

Unknown Entity, referred to as Hollow-Jack

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Research into the entity known as Hollow-Jack has been problematic at best. His similar resemblance to the creatures in Croatoa known as Fir-Bolg has only complicated matters. We have however learned a few basic things.

It is obvious that he is not human, and never was human as is the case for many of the Fir-Bolg.

He is composed of materials standard for a scarecrow, and none of his clothing or items displays any power on their own unless they are on his (its?) person. Note that these items have not been seperated from the being while he is in captivity, not due to any form of favoritisim, but due to his rather eloquent speech saying (in summation) that we would not strip other innmates of their skin.

The entity seems to follow a complex set of rules, and watches others carefully for breaches in these rules he can exploit. Many of these rules we have discovered via trial and error and extensive research in the M.A.G.I. libraries. By and large he seems to abide by certain strictures for members of the Unseelie Courts of the Fae. Unfortunately we have also seen that this is not the case with every law or rule the entity abides by. Research is ongoing.

The full extent of the entities powers are not fully known. Indeed, neither are the purposes of his garden he was growing on the site of his capture. The remains of several missing persons, heroes and villians alike, were found in the soil or wrapped up in the vines of his plants. Of the victims, one of which was the skeleton of a child. The state of decay suggests the bones to be old, but the weathering caused by the roots and vines may have accelerated this. DNA testing is ongoing in attempts to identify the identity of the skeletal remains.

The entity protested greatly against his capture, and successfully killed two Longbow agents before being restrained. He displayed a disturbing control over the vines as well as an ability to summon and crontrol fire... a trait unexpected in a scarecrow.

It was only by dutiful research of our occult investigators that we were able to capture the entity, but at a horrible cost. Miss Amanda Bloom, one of our mages, called out the name of the entity (Hollow-Jack) and demaned via the rites of the true name, for him to submit to her will.

The entity did submit, but with a look of malevolance unsurpassed by any creature when he did so. While in transport to the arcane holding area of the Zig for further study, one of his guards let slip Miss Amanda Bloom's name. Later that day the body of miss Bloom was found, bloody and raw, with a rictus of pure terror frozen on her face. The runes for the rite used to bind the entity were lost as well.

The entity demands constantly to be released so it can find and serve it's "Child." We do not know what this means, but we are researching the issue. The current binding in the Zig is patchy at best. Because we simply overheard the entities name and not "Discovered" it or had it given to us by the entity, any control over it by use of the name seems spotty at best. We are replacing the binding runes about his cell weekly, but we hope for our research to contain and restrain this entity bears fruit soon.

"Hollow-Jack" is a dangerous threat to anyone. There is too much we do not know about this being to safely study it in any setting other than maximum confinement. We reccommend keeping it sealed until certain mysteries about him come to light. May the Gods help us if he is released before that time... He has learned too many of our names and stories to even allow that possibility to happen.

-->Azuria.