Jarrod Ng
From Demiurge Games
Once a respectable CPA in an accounting firm within the Washington DC area, Jared Ng eventually fell prey to a Technocratic Conspiracy when he got entangled in a plot involving Robert Singleton. A practicing Wu Lung, Jared became embroiled in a plot when a scientist at a nearby Technocratic stronghold fled and came to him for sanctuary and safe passage west to see Mr. Singleton. The scientist in question was completely invisible, having used some sort of technology to cause light to bend around his form and eluding his captors in his altered state. Jared had gone to pray at his ancestor's shrine for consultation on the matter when a strike force invaded his house and forced him to flee. Jared found himself as chaufer regardless and took his unseen charge cross country to the promise of sanctuary.
During his race westward, Jared learned that he had been painted as a meth dealer, with the break in of his home being conveyed as a drug bust. Jared's spirits began to fall as he realized his current predicament was caused by his beliefs in magic. After several days and nights driving, Jared and his passenger reached Singleton Manor and the scientist relayed information regarding Robert's company. The group effort went about attempting to cure the scientist's invisibility affliction leaving Jared's problems on hold.
During this time, Jared was confined to the manor for fear of someone recognizing him and turning him into the authorities and with the confinement came boredom. To alleviate his boredom Jared began arranging things in the house and the garden with his talent in Geomancy and the guidance of his Ancestors via a small shrine he had crafted in his room. Through his efforts, the Five Elemental Dragons took up residence in small shrines located around the compound, augmenting the manor's defenses further.
The scientist was cured and Jared was often overlooked again. He stayed silent, convincing himself that the man had taken him in and was feeding him and he should be thankful. His ancestor spirits had intervened on the man's behalf in the form of the guardian spirits, he chastised himself for allowing his own feelings of being ignored to cloud his emotions and doubt their judgement. He continued to aid where he could, often getting himself hurt in the process as he threw himself in the face of impending disaster since he was the senior mage of the group. Reality was unkind to him, the paradox backlash from crushing a Technocratic Kill bot that had invaded the compound nearly disabled him, turning him blue in tone and nearly blinding him as his eyes maladjusted to the odd spectrum he absorbed and reflected. Jared was hospitalized after engaging a consumption bane that was feeding off an ancient artifact Robert had stumbled across. The young Wu Lung nearly died as all the vital fluids within his body as well as his will were simultaneously consumed while in contact with the evil spirit. Only through the intervention of the manor's various spirit guardians was the Bane destroyed and Jared left barely living. It was shortly after his return from the hospital that the wizard felt utterly betrayed by his host. Jared learned that for months things were kept hidden from him, a secret laboratory which housed various books, artefacts, and wards, a safe haven that everyone in the household knew about save him and that's when he snapped.
Within hours Jared Ng was gone, his ancestor shrine was left behind along with his veneration of the spirits, they had betrayed him as much as his former host. Let them stay with him, he can have them. Jared moved to Seattle and intergrated into the culture in China Town, working as a dim sum waiter during the day and helping the local immigrants with their taxes. His magic has fallen to the way-side, doing minor feng shui rituals and exorcisms for spare change.
