Jake was small time criminal who had an interest in the occult. He fell in with a cult called the Order of the Black Gate, a mythos cult devoted to the keeper of the Gate. The keeper is really Yog-Sothoth, but only the inner circle of the cult are aware of this information. Jake works as a small time enforcer for the cult; beatings, theft, and general petty crimes are his bread and butter. On a normal theft operation, breaking into the home of a local city official and stealing an occult tomb from his library, things went south. There was a fight, Jake was seriously wounded, but the son of the official was killed. Like a good devoted cultist he took the wrap and was sentenced to life in prison without parole. After years in the clink he was known as an odd but model prisoner. With nothing but time on his hands Jake decides to further his occult knowledge with some independent research. With the help of the Order of the Black Gate and a new prison reading program to help inmates request books from libraries around the country, Miskatonic being a regular loaner, Jake put together a journal of sorts. He hid it from the prison authorities, and inside was a self taught delving into the Mythos. Jake disappeared from the prison one night, vanished from his locked cell with no apparent means of escape. Four other men from adjoining cells were to be found missing, their domiciles found in the same manner as Jake's, except for the massive amount of blood on the floors. All the other men except Jake are presumed dead. Jake was never found. The prison authorities found his journal/book/mad-ramblings but could not make heads or tales of it. (Up to keepers discretion as to how the players find his book. It is implied that the warden simply put it into storage, threw it out, or it became lost over the years.
Jake's Book- in English. Jake's independent notes and research into the mythos. The tomb itself is covered with Jake's ramblings on lined paper, old letters, newspapers, and book pages. It is poorly glued together and bound with cardboard for a cover. The book contains details about various Mythos beings, often miss named and incorrectly described. The English in the book is hard to decipher, Jake having a poor grasp of the language, and requires a roll in English Language every week while studying to make any progress. Sanity loss 1d2/1d4; Cthulhu Mythos +3 percentiles; 8 weeks to study and comprehend/ 30 hours to skim. Spells: Through the Black Gate (A version of the Create Gate spell).
Through the Black Gate: Cost 40 MP and 3 Con, 6 Sanity, and two hours of concentration during the ritual. An "interpretation" of the Create Gate spell which allows the caster to move to another position anywhere instantaneously. The caster begins the ritual by spreading blood on the ground, 3 Con worth, and chanting. After the ritual is completed 40 magic points are extracted from anyone within 60 feet of the caster, if there is enough MP the caster is whisked away to somewhere else, his blood spilled is also transported with him. Anyone drained of MP is killed having there blood vessels burst, their bodies but not blood is transported along with the caster. The destination though cannot be chosen by the caster but instead by The Keeper of the Black Gate (Avatar of Yog-Sothoth). Anyone making a Cthulhu Mythos check realizes that the destination of the spell is unknowable.
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