Eldritch entity attempts world domination, fails, gets bound to an asshole detective named Arthur, falls in (platonic?) love with him. Takes the name John Doe out of fondness for humanity. Wakes up in the jamjar having stolen Arthur's body. Tries to act casual.

In any crisis situation, John's first impulse is to run (protect Arthur's body!) and his second impulse is to do violence (he spent a long time in dog-eat-dog Hell). His third impulse is to do something merciful and kind, because fuck everyone who thinks he's not capable of it.

His knowledge of the human world is still foggy, and he's from 1934, so everyone's modern settings are foreign to him. Loves poetry, music, philosophy, and bickering. Performatively grouchy and prideful. His super nonsuspicious voice sounds like this. His laugh is worse.

John is desperate to keep Arthur's body safe and unchanged. He's also desperate not to let anyone find out that he's 1. not human, 2. piloting a stolen human body, and 3. specifically a former evil god. I'd like to build tension here and give him chances to panic and lie. He might try to pluck his own Harpy feathers and need h/c.

His notes from home will be personal lore that he hurriedly destroys. Let me know if you'd like to get to a page before he does.

This month, he'll start to get temporary transformations when exposed to water. He'll very suspiciously hide from rain and might get stuck in a dangerous situation because he refuses to move out from under cover. Who wants to help him deal with his "fear of water"?

Lastly, when John touches a human corpse, he sees a vision of its death. He now has confirmation that all Husks and their monsters are former humans. Witness him touching a dead monster and it'll be clear something is going on.