Marches Egregore

Jack-of-the-Marches

Stories of Jack have been told since before the Marchers seceded from Dawn. Jack was said to appear when words or actions were needed to help common folk with the daily challenges of a life born of hardship and graft. Jack was the farm hand that appeared to help with a difficult harvest, the beater that arrived to assist with local disputes or the Landskeeper that came to lend their wisdom. A solitary but friendly figure who kept tender watch, revelled in games and lent their voice to song.

With the Brass Coast ritual 300 years back, Jack stepped out of folklore.

Jack as he walks now claims to have performed his duties for several generations, 75 years by his last count, although he's unsure when that started. Seldom drawn on his life before he took up the mantle, he appears as a Beater and performs the role of one. Convinced that “Nothing gets done sat down” he is fiercely stubborn once his mind is made up, but he never makes a decision before drawing counsel from those he believes knowledgeable. Once his shoulders are set to a task no-one may tell him no. This Jack has little time for the politics of the senate or the guiding of the synod, but will often seek the advice of senators and priests, believing a quiet conversation by a fire side or bar table achieves just as much, and in considerably less time.