Corporeal Forces: 5 Strength: 12 Agility: 8

Ethereal Forces: 3 Intelligence: 6 Precision: 6

Celestial Forces: 3 Will: 6 Perception: 6

Skills: Dodge/6, Emote/1, Fighting/6, Large Weapon/3 (club), Tactics/1

Songs: Form (Corporeal/6), Healing (Corporeal/3), Light (Celestial/6), Might (Corporeal/6, Celestial/3), Motion (Corporeal/3), Shields (Corporeal/6, Ethereal/3, Celestial/3)

Attunements: Kyriotate of Creation, Malakite of Creation, Kyriotate of Children

Once upon a time, there was a Shedite of Dark Humor called Jack. Jack was not a very nice demon, even for a Shedite, and even for a Servitor of Kobal. In fact, Jack was so not very nice that he got to be a Knight of Derision - and even got a special relic from his Prince. Jack liked being a Knight of Derision: it allowed him to do all sorts of fun things.

Well, fun for Jack, at least.

Now, like most Shedim (or most demons, really), Jack was a bully. And, like most bullies, he was careful to never ever go after anyone who could fight back. That made humans his favorite toys, and he had so many amusing times with them. Unfortunately for Jack, he was especially cowardly, even for a demon, and so decided that the only really fun toys were kids. He was surprised, really, that the rest of his Band-mates didn't play more with kids. You could do the drollest things with them.

Then, one day, he discovered the reason why Shedim didn't always play with kids. The reason's name was Christopher, Cherub Angel of Children (and Master of the Granite Hand). Christopher had heard that somebody was HURTING HIS KIDS, and decided to stop by and discuss the matter.

See Jack run.

Well, he really couldn't run far or fast enough (although Jack certainly tried), and Christopher eventually cornered him. Christopher then proceeded to rip off one Force after another, while Jack discovered exactly what it was like to be the one begging and screaming for mercy. Not that it helped, at all, at all. The Angel of Children had no sense of humor about protecting his kids, and knew (even then) that there's nothing like messy object lessons to get one's point across. The pure, innocent smile on Christopher's face as he slowly ripped away Jack's last Celestial Force should have been the last thing that the Shedite had ever saw.

But... wait! There was that relic of Kobal's! Jack never knew exactly what it was, but his Prince had promised him that it would come in handy if he was ever in a tight place. This was the tightest of places, surely. Well, it did save Jack's existence - sort of. You see, Kobal had known of Jack's little quirks, and he had commissioned a relic that would trap the Shedite's Forces if and when he ever got ripped apart. The Prince of Dark Humor thought that it would be funny if he could later recreate the Shedite and send him back out again to face Christopher.

It probably would have been a funny joke (the look on Christopher's face alone would have been worth it), except that Kobal had completely forgotten about the whole thing by the time that the Shedite became a Jack in the box. So, the fragmented bundle of Forces stayed in his box and the alley where Christopher had caught up with him.

Then ... along came Eli.

The Archangel of Creation isn't really responsible for every celestial oddity that's appeared in the last forty corporeal years, you know. That's a silly thing to think. Why, there's at least three or four enigmas that Eli had nothing at all to do with. It's true, though, that in this case, Eli did let Jack out of the box - and for reasons known best to him decided to put him back together again. With personal Forces, no less: it sounds insane, of course, but we are talking about Eli, here. Sensible angels just shrug and move on.

Needless to say, Jack (version 2.0) wasn't a very good Shedite anymore. He was good Redemption material, though, so Eli Redeemed him. The Seraphim Council would very much like to know how Eli's managing that trick, by the way (it isn't the first time that this has happened). The new Kyriotate of Creation was then promptly sent upstairs - to Christopher - along with a cheerful but mildly reproving note about how sometimes a lighter touch was needed when dealing with the Other Side. Christopher, now Archangel of Children, wasn't exactly happy to get the note, but he was happy to see Jack (now known as Jahula), oddly enough. Jahula was terrified to see Christopher, of course, but he got over it. He didn't have much choice.

Today, Jahula is one of Christopher's little dirty tricks. Everyone knows that Kyriotates of Children can't possess kids, after all, so having that hostage or kidnap victim suddenly levitate across the room and shoot out laser beams is always a shock. Not nearly as much of a shock as when said kidnap victim breaks some hapless demon's spine, of course. Jahula doesn't mind, really: he's having proper fun, now, and when the scariest entity in your personal universe is your boss (and fairly well-disposed towards you), it's hard to be frightened by anybody else. Besides, it's nice to be around kids, now that they aren't screaming anymore...