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E-mail: welshwerecat@googlemail.com
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Character Name: Doctor Facilier (The Shadowman)
Series: The Princess and the Frog
Age: Late 30s/early 40s
From When?: As he gets dragged into the Loa underworld, so pretty much the point of death.
Inmate/Warden: Inmate. He's a Disney Villain, they are the kings and queens of bad decisions.
Facilier is a manipulative man who will use anyone he sees fit to meet his own ends. He generally sees other human beings as nothing more than pawns, disposable cannon fodder in the great scheme of things. He has good reason, having the cards stacked against him from the start, he's used to being treated as less than dirt. In his mind, he's just paying that forward.
He's capable of truly evil things, thinking nothing of giving up the souls of the entire city of New Orleans, including women and children up to the Loa to pay off his own debts. He'll lie, manipulate and decieve, playing people's desires against them to his own benefit. To put it bluntly he is not a nice person.
He's never had to actually spend time with people, learn about them as people and not just marks. The barge will give him no choice but to start.
Item: n/a
Abilities/Powers:
"I can read your future, I can change it round some too, I look deep into your heart and soul, Make your wildest dreams come true."
Facilier is a bokor, a practitioner of Lousiana Voodoo. With it, he can create all manner of gris-gris to carry out his spellwork. These include potions to kill or cure just about any ailment, illusion dust to create tangible, very believable illusions and Voodoo dolls to alter the lives of those they are made to look like plus assorted charms and what have you. He is fully capable of preforming magic to help as well as harm, but whatever he does, he will find some way to make it benefit himself. He can't conjure anything for himself. Zip. Nadda. Nothing. Whatever he does, he has to do for other people, to make their dreams come true and try to twist it for his own needs.
His tarot cards allow him to see into the past, present, future and deepest desires of whomever he wishes, thus giving him better opportunity to use them as a pawn in his own plans. He can't see the future as a whole, only those that concern each individual. I will always ask permission before I do this and check with a player if details are okay. I also have an open permissions post (this is for an old game, TLV will have a fresh one) for people to use as they want to. In canon, he can see people's lives via his cards no matter what, but for the sake of keeping with permissions, I will make it so he can only read people's lives if they willing take a reading from him, and actually touch his cards. Obviously, when he arrives, he won't have his super special tarot cards, so this ability is already very much weakened. If he's able to get hold of regular tarot cards (or god forbid, find a way to get his own back) he'd only be able to get very vague, fleeting details from his marks. No full-blown histories, no full-on-desires. He'd have to work on hints and his marks reactions, much like a non-magical fortune teller. He'll hate it.
He also has a living shadow, which can make an impact on the physical plane by interacting with other shadows. Its loyal to him and seems to be almost an extension of himself, occasionally giving away his true emotions while he keeps his Nice Guy act going. In terms of a companion, Shadow falls somewhere between a pokémon and a dæmon. It's attached to him, both physically and emotionally and can't be removed; even though it moves separately from his own movements. For TLV, his shadow will no longer be able to touch others or any solid objects whatsoever.
Larger spells, that he can't concoct himself out of natural ingredients, have to be loaned out to him by the Loa; the ancient voodoo spirits. Obviously, with that connection severed on the Barge, these are nulled. For the rest of his charms and spells he will have to concoct them himself, which means looking for natural ingredients and putting them together. No bibbity-bobbity-boo magic for this guy, it's all hard work and careful herbology. The effects of these gris-gris would only last for a short time (less than a day), and be nowhere near as powerful in the movie. Of course, that's only if he can get access to the ingredients in which to make them in the first place. If needs be, I'm happy for these abilities to be nerfed completely.
For some reason (which I can only think is 'because Disney') voodoo practitioners can talk to animals, Facilier included.
Personality:
"Aren't you tired of livin' on the margins? While all those fat cats in their fancy cars don't give you so much as a sideways glance?"
Facilier is a man frustrated with his lot in life. Being a Creole, living in 1920's Louisiana, always wavering on the poverty line, opportunities for him to climb even a single rung on the social ladder are next to none. He's an intelligent man in a society where his background makes his intellect worth very little. Having to scrape by with his bokor wares, while watching those who truly hold the power over the city, "the sugar barons and the cotton kings", squander their wealth without a second thought only serves to make ever more clear to him the massive divide between the haves and have-nots. All of this grows and culminates into an utter loathing for the rich who's lives he wishes he could have himself and a disdain for the poor who's lives he is perpetually trapped in.
Whether this hatred drove him to it, or if he was embroiled in it already, Facilier became a bokor at some point, a voodoo practitioner, promising residents and tourists of the French Quarter alike the chance to make their dreams come true. He gets a lot of satisfaction for all the wrongs he has faced in his life by making other people miserable, while pretending to be doing them a favour. He's a fantastic salesman and an expert at misdirection, giving people exactly what he promises them, but being careful with his wording to make them believe they are getting something much better. He never plays fair, because as far as he's concerned, the world isn't a fair, so why should he be? If there's one thing Facilier is very good at, it's laying on a con. Naveen himself admits he dabbled with Facilier on account of the man being "very charismatic".
But all of this is a very carefully put on act, all part of the show. He can make it seem like he's a person's best friend, seem an amicable, generous, caring person, but it can be turned off in a second, to show the bitter, angry man underneath. He hates being talked down to, and instantly snaps "don't you disrespect me little man!" when Lawrence mumbles that he's a charlatan. He can play the nice guy for a while, but eventually when someone crosses him too far, he will show them how capable he is of carrying out truly evil acts. He very nearly strikes Lawrence with his cane in a fit of anger, and he shows no remorse for killing the sentient firefly Ray, nor for his intended murder of Eli. Violence towards others is not a line he is unwilling to cross if he has run out of his scheming options. He's even willing to turn on his own people, promising the Loa all the "wayward souls" of New Orleans in exchange for their help. Everyone and everything are just pawns to get him what he wants. He even admits "I got voodoo, I got Hoodoo, I got things I ain't even tried", showing he will take power from anything and anyone willing to give him it.
Unsurprisingly, Facilier doesn't hold any real friends. The only company he seems to keep is that of his own shadow, a twisted reflection of his own thoughts and desires. He calls the Loa his "friends", but even he's aware that "friendship" can turn nasty in a second if the spirits feel that they have had the wool pulled over their eyes, as indeed it does. He respects and fears the Loa, and is not foolish enough to try his tricks or cons on them. It's why any attempt to break his talisman is met with fear and anger, lest his one and only way to pay his debt to the Loa back be destroyed, and they take him as payment instead. He is a man who wants power, but understands his limits in getting it, making him a touch more careful than most Disney villains, mostly using others to do his work for him and keeping to the shadows. He's calculating, as he said to Naveen, he isn't a betting man because he "stays away from games of chance", he only makes a move when he's more or less certain he'll have the upper hand.
A bitter yet fantastically sly and charismatic conman, Facilier is not a man you'd want to make a deal with in a hurry.
Barge Reactions:
Facilier will honestly believe the Loa purposely put him on the barge, as punishment for failing them. Very little will likely wavier him from this conclusion. No matter what anyone tells him, he'll be certain the Loa played their part.
Still, Facilier is nothing if not adaptable. He'll find the lessened powers a considerable annoyance, but once he's learned that he can get such things returned to him, if he plays the game right, he'll have no problem in pretending to anyone that he's a changed man. He'll go on his merry way, manipulating people, finding uses for other inmates and wardens, and plotting his way out of this mess. On the outside, he'll be all smiles and promises of help, much like he is back home. Under the surface? Oh, he'll have plans within plans, all piled in there, waiting for an opportunity to be used.
Path to Redemption:
Facilier's big thing is respect. He's had none for his entire life, thanks to his social status, and has learned it's much better to control people through fear and manipulation than to gain respect they will likely never willingly give. If a warden shows him respect, he might be more inclined to listen to them. Might.
He'll need a warden who won't play into his little games, but also one who'll not dismiss his craft as mumbo jumbo. Respect, indeed, but not complete adoration or ignorance. If he has an inch, he'll take a mile, and won't lose any sleep manipulating his warden to his own needs.
Guilt-tripping him won't do a lot of good, either. He needs to learn that people are actually people, and not just things to use. It won't be an easy lesson for him, but with enough patience someone might get at least close to teaching him how to not be a complete psychopath.
Deal: n/a
History:
The story is set in New Orleans, 1926, where Doctor Facilier lived and worked in the French Quarter as a bokor, offering voodoo charms and spells to unwitting residents and tourists, trying to earn enough money to get by. Always, he turned the spell on his clientèle, giving them exactly what they wanted, but twisting it for either his own benefit or his own amusement. The people of the city knew him as the "Shadow Man" on account of his seemingly sentient shadow.
And then a prince, Naveen, from Maldonia arrived in New Orleans, and Facilier saw a chance to finally live off more than the pittance he had his whole life. Charming Naveen and his valet, Lawrence, into his voodoo emporium, Facilier used his tarot cards to lay on a con, all while learning the motivations of his new marks via the tarot's magic. Realising Naveen only wanted a charmed life, and that Lawrence wanted the life Naveen led, Facilier promised Naveen a life filled with "green" and the opportunity to "hop from place to place", while promising Lawrence the chance to be "exactly the man he always wanted to be". With a handshake the deal was made and Facilier contacted his "Friends on the Other Side", the Loa, who gave him a talisman. He used this to take some of Naveen's blood, while preforming a spell on him to transform him into a frog.
He used the talisman to make Lawrence look like Naveen, wishing for Lawrence to charm Charlotte, the daughter of Eli, the mayor of the town. His plan being, once the two were wed, he could kill Eli, and take control of the town himself, using Lawrence as a puppet to get there. Once in control, he could finally lead the charmed life he wanted and gain revenge on the rich folk he despised.
Unfortunately, Naveen escaped, something that Facilier didn't concern himself with. The prince was a frog now, and of no consequence to him. So while Naveen unwittingly turned a waitress called Tiana into a frog herself, and they both headed through the bayou to find a cure, Facilier continued with his plan. Eventually, the blood within the talisman started to drain and the spell faded, making Lawrence lose his Naveen-guise shortly after proposing to Charlotte.
Realising he needed to get Naveen back, to refill the talisman with his blood, Facilier was forced to contact his "Friends" again. In order for their help, he offered up all the "wayward souls" of New Orleans as tribute for them, as soon as he gained power over the city. The Loa accepted his deal, and sent him an army of shadow creatures, which went off to find Naveen.
Eventually, the shadow creatures found him, on the night of the Mardi Gras, just when a kiss from Charlotte could break the spell for both Naveen and Tiana. Facilier refilled the talismain and locked Naveen away, while Lawrence began his wedding to Charlotte on one of the Mardi Gras floats. A firefly named Ray, who had met the two frogs on their travels, freed Naveen, only to have a distressed Lawrence get off the float and take the frog prince out of sight, his talisman having been ripped off by Naveen in his struggle.
Facilier had been poised with a voodoo doll of Eli, ready to end the mayors life, and was unimpressed with this delay in his plans. As he yelled at Lawrence to get back outside, Ray stole the talisman and headed off to find Tiana to pass it onto her, telling her not to let Facilier get it no matter what. Ray fought off Facilier's pursuing shadow army, but was ultimately killed when the man himself arrived to swat him out of the sky and step on him.
Facilier cornered Tiana, and used his illusion powder to turn her human again, and create her dream restaurant for her. In return for handing over his talisman, he promised her everything she could ever dream of, using words of people in her life to taunt her and nudge her into taking his deal. Tiana, however, had fallen for Naveen, and declined his offer, attempting to smash the talisman on the ground. Facilier's shadow caught it, and brought the talisman back to him. Pleased with his apparent victory, Facilier turned Tiana back into a frog, mocking her for her chosen path. Tiana managed to snatch the talisman off him again, this time destroying it. With no way to pay off his debt, the Loa appeared and decided to take Facilier himself as payment, dragging him, kicking and screaming, into the spirit realm, likely to suffer in torture for the rest of eternity (Ba-da-da-da-da).
Sample Journal Entry:
[The video feed turns on with inexpert hands. Facilier had to be taught how to use this new piece of technology, this telephone-with-moving-pictures, he hated not knowing, right off the bat, feeling stupid, but no matter, he knows now. Honestly, he'd prefer just using his voice, that much, at least, is familiar, but this technology, it could be useful. He's a showman, first and foremost, and with this thing, he can put on a show for everyone on the barge. He throws a wide smile at the screen.]
You fine folks will have to excuse me, while I get used to the fascinating wonders ya'll have here on your little old boat. I ain't from the right time period, it seems. Don't mind my teething problems.
[He tips his hat.]
The name's Doctor Facilier, and I'm looking forward to meeting y'all personally on our voyage here. Back before I landed here, I was in the business of makin' folks fortunes to something more their liking. I plan to continue that here, so if ya'll are ever in need of me, just come on over to my room, and I'll see what I can conjure for you.
It's a real pleasure. [He throws one more grin, before turning the feed off. That should pique enough interest, he needs to learn the limits of his powers here, and the people who drop by will be more than enough to gauge it. Now all he has to do is wait.]
Sample RP:
Facilier had honestly thought his time had come, back in the cemetery. He'd failed most abysmally in keeping up his side of the bargain and the Loa weren't exactly well known for granting second chances. He'd already stretched their patience much further than most would dare, and the incident with the talisman brought them to the end of their tether. He didn't know what he was expecting on the Other Side, other than Bad Things, but if he was asked, the last thing he would have thought waiting for him would be a prison ship floating through space.
Perhaps this was his punishment from them. No pain, no torture, no monsters tearing at his flesh. Just being stuck here, almost powerless and being watched over by people trying to reform him. He had to admit, a part of him would prefer the flesh-tearing torture over feeling so...mundane.
At least he had his Shadow beside him, that was a comfort. It gave him hope that maybe, just maybe, he could get his powers back in full sometime. He knew ranting and raving would do nothing, it certainly didn't work in New Orleans, there's no reason it would work in an actual prison. No, he would have to play this the way he played everything; the smart way. He'd have to win over these people, do whatever he could to convince them he was changing for the better, and as soon as he got what he wanted destroy them all.
Perhaps every single soul aboard this ship would be enough to appease the Loa, to send him back home, alive and ready to find a new way to take the Crescent City for his own. The thought brought a smile to his lips, and he begun to whistle a happy tune, as he started his walk along the corridors. All good things in time.
Special Notes: I'm sorry he's such an infmoddy pain in the ass, I'm willing to nerf powers however you guys see fit!
User DW:
teeffAIM/IM: fanoftodd;
E-mail: welshwerecat@googlemail.com
Other Characters: N/A
Character Name: Doctor Facilier (The Shadowman)
Series: The Princess and the Frog
Age: Late 30s/early 40s
From When?: As he gets dragged into the Loa underworld, so pretty much the point of death.
Inmate/Warden: Inmate. He's a Disney Villain, they are the kings and queens of bad decisions.
Facilier is a manipulative man who will use anyone he sees fit to meet his own ends. He generally sees other human beings as nothing more than pawns, disposable cannon fodder in the great scheme of things. He has good reason, having the cards stacked against him from the start, he's used to being treated as less than dirt. In his mind, he's just paying that forward.
He's capable of truly evil things, thinking nothing of giving up the souls of the entire city of New Orleans, including women and children up to the Loa to pay off his own debts. He'll lie, manipulate and decieve, playing people's desires against them to his own benefit. To put it bluntly he is not a nice person.
He's never had to actually spend time with people, learn about them as people and not just marks. The barge will give him no choice but to start.
Item: n/a
Abilities/Powers:
"I can read your future, I can change it round some too, I look deep into your heart and soul, Make your wildest dreams come true."
Facilier is a bokor, a practitioner of Lousiana Voodoo. With it, he can create all manner of gris-gris to carry out his spellwork. These include potions to kill or cure just about any ailment, illusion dust to create tangible, very believable illusions and Voodoo dolls to alter the lives of those they are made to look like plus assorted charms and what have you. He is fully capable of preforming magic to help as well as harm, but whatever he does, he will find some way to make it benefit himself. He can't conjure anything for himself. Zip. Nadda. Nothing. Whatever he does, he has to do for other people, to make their dreams come true and try to twist it for his own needs.
His tarot cards allow him to see into the past, present, future and deepest desires of whomever he wishes, thus giving him better opportunity to use them as a pawn in his own plans. He can't see the future as a whole, only those that concern each individual. I will always ask permission before I do this and check with a player if details are okay. I also have an open permissions post (this is for an old game, TLV will have a fresh one) for people to use as they want to. In canon, he can see people's lives via his cards no matter what, but for the sake of keeping with permissions, I will make it so he can only read people's lives if they willing take a reading from him, and actually touch his cards. Obviously, when he arrives, he won't have his super special tarot cards, so this ability is already very much weakened. If he's able to get hold of regular tarot cards (or god forbid, find a way to get his own back) he'd only be able to get very vague, fleeting details from his marks. No full-blown histories, no full-on-desires. He'd have to work on hints and his marks reactions, much like a non-magical fortune teller. He'll hate it.
He also has a living shadow, which can make an impact on the physical plane by interacting with other shadows. Its loyal to him and seems to be almost an extension of himself, occasionally giving away his true emotions while he keeps his Nice Guy act going. In terms of a companion, Shadow falls somewhere between a pokémon and a dæmon. It's attached to him, both physically and emotionally and can't be removed; even though it moves separately from his own movements. For TLV, his shadow will no longer be able to touch others or any solid objects whatsoever.
Larger spells, that he can't concoct himself out of natural ingredients, have to be loaned out to him by the Loa; the ancient voodoo spirits. Obviously, with that connection severed on the Barge, these are nulled. For the rest of his charms and spells he will have to concoct them himself, which means looking for natural ingredients and putting them together. No bibbity-bobbity-boo magic for this guy, it's all hard work and careful herbology. The effects of these gris-gris would only last for a short time (less than a day), and be nowhere near as powerful in the movie. Of course, that's only if he can get access to the ingredients in which to make them in the first place. If needs be, I'm happy for these abilities to be nerfed completely.
For some reason (which I can only think is 'because Disney') voodoo practitioners can talk to animals, Facilier included.
Personality:
"Aren't you tired of livin' on the margins? While all those fat cats in their fancy cars don't give you so much as a sideways glance?"
Facilier is a man frustrated with his lot in life. Being a Creole, living in 1920's Louisiana, always wavering on the poverty line, opportunities for him to climb even a single rung on the social ladder are next to none. He's an intelligent man in a society where his background makes his intellect worth very little. Having to scrape by with his bokor wares, while watching those who truly hold the power over the city, "the sugar barons and the cotton kings", squander their wealth without a second thought only serves to make ever more clear to him the massive divide between the haves and have-nots. All of this grows and culminates into an utter loathing for the rich who's lives he wishes he could have himself and a disdain for the poor who's lives he is perpetually trapped in.
Whether this hatred drove him to it, or if he was embroiled in it already, Facilier became a bokor at some point, a voodoo practitioner, promising residents and tourists of the French Quarter alike the chance to make their dreams come true. He gets a lot of satisfaction for all the wrongs he has faced in his life by making other people miserable, while pretending to be doing them a favour. He's a fantastic salesman and an expert at misdirection, giving people exactly what he promises them, but being careful with his wording to make them believe they are getting something much better. He never plays fair, because as far as he's concerned, the world isn't a fair, so why should he be? If there's one thing Facilier is very good at, it's laying on a con. Naveen himself admits he dabbled with Facilier on account of the man being "very charismatic".
But all of this is a very carefully put on act, all part of the show. He can make it seem like he's a person's best friend, seem an amicable, generous, caring person, but it can be turned off in a second, to show the bitter, angry man underneath. He hates being talked down to, and instantly snaps "don't you disrespect me little man!" when Lawrence mumbles that he's a charlatan. He can play the nice guy for a while, but eventually when someone crosses him too far, he will show them how capable he is of carrying out truly evil acts. He very nearly strikes Lawrence with his cane in a fit of anger, and he shows no remorse for killing the sentient firefly Ray, nor for his intended murder of Eli. Violence towards others is not a line he is unwilling to cross if he has run out of his scheming options. He's even willing to turn on his own people, promising the Loa all the "wayward souls" of New Orleans in exchange for their help. Everyone and everything are just pawns to get him what he wants. He even admits "I got voodoo, I got Hoodoo, I got things I ain't even tried", showing he will take power from anything and anyone willing to give him it.
Unsurprisingly, Facilier doesn't hold any real friends. The only company he seems to keep is that of his own shadow, a twisted reflection of his own thoughts and desires. He calls the Loa his "friends", but even he's aware that "friendship" can turn nasty in a second if the spirits feel that they have had the wool pulled over their eyes, as indeed it does. He respects and fears the Loa, and is not foolish enough to try his tricks or cons on them. It's why any attempt to break his talisman is met with fear and anger, lest his one and only way to pay his debt to the Loa back be destroyed, and they take him as payment instead. He is a man who wants power, but understands his limits in getting it, making him a touch more careful than most Disney villains, mostly using others to do his work for him and keeping to the shadows. He's calculating, as he said to Naveen, he isn't a betting man because he "stays away from games of chance", he only makes a move when he's more or less certain he'll have the upper hand.
A bitter yet fantastically sly and charismatic conman, Facilier is not a man you'd want to make a deal with in a hurry.
Barge Reactions:
Facilier will honestly believe the Loa purposely put him on the barge, as punishment for failing them. Very little will likely wavier him from this conclusion. No matter what anyone tells him, he'll be certain the Loa played their part.
Still, Facilier is nothing if not adaptable. He'll find the lessened powers a considerable annoyance, but once he's learned that he can get such things returned to him, if he plays the game right, he'll have no problem in pretending to anyone that he's a changed man. He'll go on his merry way, manipulating people, finding uses for other inmates and wardens, and plotting his way out of this mess. On the outside, he'll be all smiles and promises of help, much like he is back home. Under the surface? Oh, he'll have plans within plans, all piled in there, waiting for an opportunity to be used.
Path to Redemption:
Facilier's big thing is respect. He's had none for his entire life, thanks to his social status, and has learned it's much better to control people through fear and manipulation than to gain respect they will likely never willingly give. If a warden shows him respect, he might be more inclined to listen to them. Might.
He'll need a warden who won't play into his little games, but also one who'll not dismiss his craft as mumbo jumbo. Respect, indeed, but not complete adoration or ignorance. If he has an inch, he'll take a mile, and won't lose any sleep manipulating his warden to his own needs.
Guilt-tripping him won't do a lot of good, either. He needs to learn that people are actually people, and not just things to use. It won't be an easy lesson for him, but with enough patience someone might get at least close to teaching him how to not be a complete psychopath.
Deal: n/a
History:
The story is set in New Orleans, 1926, where Doctor Facilier lived and worked in the French Quarter as a bokor, offering voodoo charms and spells to unwitting residents and tourists, trying to earn enough money to get by. Always, he turned the spell on his clientèle, giving them exactly what they wanted, but twisting it for either his own benefit or his own amusement. The people of the city knew him as the "Shadow Man" on account of his seemingly sentient shadow.
And then a prince, Naveen, from Maldonia arrived in New Orleans, and Facilier saw a chance to finally live off more than the pittance he had his whole life. Charming Naveen and his valet, Lawrence, into his voodoo emporium, Facilier used his tarot cards to lay on a con, all while learning the motivations of his new marks via the tarot's magic. Realising Naveen only wanted a charmed life, and that Lawrence wanted the life Naveen led, Facilier promised Naveen a life filled with "green" and the opportunity to "hop from place to place", while promising Lawrence the chance to be "exactly the man he always wanted to be". With a handshake the deal was made and Facilier contacted his "Friends on the Other Side", the Loa, who gave him a talisman. He used this to take some of Naveen's blood, while preforming a spell on him to transform him into a frog.
He used the talisman to make Lawrence look like Naveen, wishing for Lawrence to charm Charlotte, the daughter of Eli, the mayor of the town. His plan being, once the two were wed, he could kill Eli, and take control of the town himself, using Lawrence as a puppet to get there. Once in control, he could finally lead the charmed life he wanted and gain revenge on the rich folk he despised.
Unfortunately, Naveen escaped, something that Facilier didn't concern himself with. The prince was a frog now, and of no consequence to him. So while Naveen unwittingly turned a waitress called Tiana into a frog herself, and they both headed through the bayou to find a cure, Facilier continued with his plan. Eventually, the blood within the talisman started to drain and the spell faded, making Lawrence lose his Naveen-guise shortly after proposing to Charlotte.
Realising he needed to get Naveen back, to refill the talisman with his blood, Facilier was forced to contact his "Friends" again. In order for their help, he offered up all the "wayward souls" of New Orleans as tribute for them, as soon as he gained power over the city. The Loa accepted his deal, and sent him an army of shadow creatures, which went off to find Naveen.
Eventually, the shadow creatures found him, on the night of the Mardi Gras, just when a kiss from Charlotte could break the spell for both Naveen and Tiana. Facilier refilled the talismain and locked Naveen away, while Lawrence began his wedding to Charlotte on one of the Mardi Gras floats. A firefly named Ray, who had met the two frogs on their travels, freed Naveen, only to have a distressed Lawrence get off the float and take the frog prince out of sight, his talisman having been ripped off by Naveen in his struggle.
Facilier had been poised with a voodoo doll of Eli, ready to end the mayors life, and was unimpressed with this delay in his plans. As he yelled at Lawrence to get back outside, Ray stole the talisman and headed off to find Tiana to pass it onto her, telling her not to let Facilier get it no matter what. Ray fought off Facilier's pursuing shadow army, but was ultimately killed when the man himself arrived to swat him out of the sky and step on him.
Facilier cornered Tiana, and used his illusion powder to turn her human again, and create her dream restaurant for her. In return for handing over his talisman, he promised her everything she could ever dream of, using words of people in her life to taunt her and nudge her into taking his deal. Tiana, however, had fallen for Naveen, and declined his offer, attempting to smash the talisman on the ground. Facilier's shadow caught it, and brought the talisman back to him. Pleased with his apparent victory, Facilier turned Tiana back into a frog, mocking her for her chosen path. Tiana managed to snatch the talisman off him again, this time destroying it. With no way to pay off his debt, the Loa appeared and decided to take Facilier himself as payment, dragging him, kicking and screaming, into the spirit realm, likely to suffer in torture for the rest of eternity (Ba-da-da-da-da).
Sample Journal Entry:
[The video feed turns on with inexpert hands. Facilier had to be taught how to use this new piece of technology, this telephone-with-moving-pictures, he hated not knowing, right off the bat, feeling stupid, but no matter, he knows now. Honestly, he'd prefer just using his voice, that much, at least, is familiar, but this technology, it could be useful. He's a showman, first and foremost, and with this thing, he can put on a show for everyone on the barge. He throws a wide smile at the screen.]
You fine folks will have to excuse me, while I get used to the fascinating wonders ya'll have here on your little old boat. I ain't from the right time period, it seems. Don't mind my teething problems.
[He tips his hat.]
The name's Doctor Facilier, and I'm looking forward to meeting y'all personally on our voyage here. Back before I landed here, I was in the business of makin' folks fortunes to something more their liking. I plan to continue that here, so if ya'll are ever in need of me, just come on over to my room, and I'll see what I can conjure for you.
It's a real pleasure. [He throws one more grin, before turning the feed off. That should pique enough interest, he needs to learn the limits of his powers here, and the people who drop by will be more than enough to gauge it. Now all he has to do is wait.]
Sample RP:
Facilier had honestly thought his time had come, back in the cemetery. He'd failed most abysmally in keeping up his side of the bargain and the Loa weren't exactly well known for granting second chances. He'd already stretched their patience much further than most would dare, and the incident with the talisman brought them to the end of their tether. He didn't know what he was expecting on the Other Side, other than Bad Things, but if he was asked, the last thing he would have thought waiting for him would be a prison ship floating through space.
Perhaps this was his punishment from them. No pain, no torture, no monsters tearing at his flesh. Just being stuck here, almost powerless and being watched over by people trying to reform him. He had to admit, a part of him would prefer the flesh-tearing torture over feeling so...mundane.
At least he had his Shadow beside him, that was a comfort. It gave him hope that maybe, just maybe, he could get his powers back in full sometime. He knew ranting and raving would do nothing, it certainly didn't work in New Orleans, there's no reason it would work in an actual prison. No, he would have to play this the way he played everything; the smart way. He'd have to win over these people, do whatever he could to convince them he was changing for the better, and as soon as he got what he wanted destroy them all.
Perhaps every single soul aboard this ship would be enough to appease the Loa, to send him back home, alive and ready to find a new way to take the Crescent City for his own. The thought brought a smile to his lips, and he begun to whistle a happy tune, as he started his walk along the corridors. All good things in time.
Special Notes: I'm sorry he's such an infmoddy pain in the ass, I'm willing to nerf powers however you guys see fit!