REAL NAME: JACK BONIFACE

ALIASES: Shadowman.

ABILITIES: The Shadow Loa bestows Jack with enhanced strength and endurance, allows him to disappear into the shadows, and travel between Liveside and Deadside; his weapon of choice is the Shadow Scythe.

KNOWN ASSOCIATIONS: Alyssa Myles; the Abettors; Jaunty; Persephone; Punk Mambo; Doctor Mirage.

Jack Boniface is Shadowman, the protector of the mortal realm against the creatures from the Deadside. He is the latest host of Bosou Koblamin, the breaker of chains, a great Shadow Loa dedicated to freedom. Centuries ago, Sandria Darque cursed Jack’s family line when she first bonded her lover, Marius Boniface, Jack’s ancestor, to the Loa sacrificing their just born child who would not survive when her brother, Nicodemo, attacked them.

Jack was born in Louisiana after his father, Josiah, seemingly died fighting Master Darque. Later, after his mother died in a car accident, he left his hometown, clueless to his inheritance. When he returned years later to investigate their past, dissatisfaction with what he learned made him throw away a talisman his mother had given him, unaware it was the only thing keeping him hidden from both his enemies and the Abettors, a group of occult guardians whose mission was to guide the Shadowman.

Alyssa Myles, the current head of the Abettors, is a powerful mambo taught by her granny from an early age. An expert in Eldritch blasts and summoning, she apprenticed under Dox, who briefly mentored Jack. Following his passing, she stepped up, becoming a respected leader in her own right. She and Jack are currently in a romantic relationship. Her new recruits to the Abettors include the talented Zaya, who lost her parents to a Deadside creature called the Chauffeur.

Other allies in Jack’s battle against Deadside include Persephone, the living personification of Deadside, and Jaunty, a talking monkey trickster spirit. Persephone joined Shadowman’s side after she tried to open the gates of the Deadside into the Liveside; she’s learning to have a mortal body. Jaunty would guide anyone through the Deadside, if he’s interested, but he actually sees Shadowman as the protector of the Deadside, and defers to him.

After Jack killed his father in a fit of Loa-driven rage, Master Darque took advantage of Jack’s vulnerable state and chained him under the curse of the Magpie. It took the help of Punk Mambo and Ninjak to free Jack and imprison both Darque and Sandria in Soulside, a pocket dimension within the Ring of Solomon. Even then, it was another five years before Jack returned from the Deadside.

While G.A.T.E. dealt with the sinkholes and Dr. Silk, New Orleans was hit with a string of gruesome murders involving a new Magpie and golems. This new Magpie had been donned by Master Darque with a weapon called the Crystal Candlestick, a prison cell for souls. Shadowman and the Abettors made use of the dangerous Book of Shadows to access the Soulside and request Sandria Darque’s help. In the end, it was Bosou Koblamin the one that freed them all.

After everything, Jack asked Alyssa to marry him. Later, he joined Sandria in her mission to stop her brother and Dr. Silk.