#BToS2 Lore Thread
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I have some headcannons
Uhhhh an ickle bit
I came up with an idea for Judge's lore
That Judge originally was someone else, but they were corrupt and characters like the Marshal were willing to bribe them in order to get back at people for petty things
One of the townsfolk had a family member lynched over stuff like this, so they swore revenge, took out the real judge and began pretending to be them, but now with a vendetta against the town
-# I just like lore that makes the Town look morally ambiguous rather than strictly good looool
I don't see the town as inherently good either so this is cool lol
I'm sure some evils are just evil
Like SK is a serial killer, and I think Auditor I'd see as being more doing it out of self-interest
But I like having evil-sided characters who were wronged by the town in the past
And aren't just straight up evil
LUL
Tbf tho I mean
That's the motivation for a lot of Serial Killers
For their lore it'd probably be interesting to look into how they worked themselves into that situation in the first place
That's what DBD does for a lot of its characters
The town has never been strictly good
Have you seen who’s in it
There is not a single pure soul in that town if some madman can shoot four of his visitors in one night and be praised for it
this is america its legal
Entire witch/cl lore
It quite literally is early america so ofc it is legal
but I feel like NKs are all for personal reasons, coven is all either wronged by town or recruited by witch because she was wronged, and apoc are all just ... apoc I guess
NEs are ... intriguing
im going to assume that nk either are just plain evil or don’t know any better
shroud / ww technically arent human, so it raises if they even know any better or not
while sk/arsonist are doing it out of malice
This lore thread suddenly overtook #1201509914984587335 in activity
which i find very funny
I found where to put all my random headcanons so I spammed it for like 10 mins
so ig it bumped it a lot
nuggy pls spare me
apparently baker might not have been doing it by their own intrest
the apoc crew are odd, they obviously want to bring the apocalypse, but like, Baker is ... not entirely the most obvious on how?
i remember somewhere someone said baker was being held against their will
isnt that wiki lore though
I think traitorblue said that the acolytes are forced to bring the apocalypse by the real apocalypse members
Yeah, no, using TOS1 as a basis Blyte absolutely is the plaguebearer AND the Pestilence, likewise Bers is absolutely fully on board and War, and SC (and Warlock as well) very clearly enjoys the collecting of the souls. It truly is just baker that confuses me on the how, but he does seem pissed at the town to want them dead
i think an old bmg developer said it
but i cant go back and check
(for reasons)
Interesting
@gray field COME HERE
💀
Medium isn't in ToS2 because they canonically died in TiS
Serial Killer isn't an outsider, they actually come from the Town
I mean considering the Ambusher is cannonically a recruited SK
since the mafia disbanded
they just returned to mindless murder
they literally are not
they are
that's wiki lore
the wiki lore of TOS1 is canon
the ToS1 lore page is what is canon
I'm pretty sure I've seen a dev say somewhere that the tos1 wiki lore was canon
well there's an official lore page
Vigilante is a normal Townie that was tired of seeing the Town in helplessness and decided to fight for them.
Serial Killer is a normal Townie who was paranoid of dying in the heat of the crisis and decided to mindlessly kill everyone else just to have their own peace.
I guess they can't kill ya if they're all dead
this 100% cannot be right about SK but that's what headcanons are for (right?)
yeah
ye
bakt :3
bakt :)
I do like that all the Cov from the 1st have canon names
though I am still very much in shock that PM is the daughter of Nicolas Flamel
I also really like the idea of both VM and Illusionist, who have the more male presenting silouhettes, to be disgruntled Business Owners who were taught how to infuse magic into their crafts by the coven, with VM being a Toy Maker and Illusionist a Stylist
they both had their business come into danger because of a Mayor tax or another TPOWs dumb decision
VM gives me pure evil vibes tbh
like, doing it for their own kicks as opposed to any real allegiance
i mean, they have voodoo dolls of the entire town but only use them to silence mfs instead of all the other shit you can do with voodoo
they're just doing it for fun at that point
especially since they’re a self proclaimed “master” of it
the description says make actually, which seems odd imo
they should already have the voodoo doll
oh yeah, and Wildling wikilore, even though non-canon, is something I am willing to add to the franky hair cannon
(aka head-canon)
The enchanter came from minecraft, theres an achievement named Enchanter and you get it by using an enchanting table
Auditor Lorestory hi
It was after tragedy, that Salem's population massively decreased, and the death of many important figures such as the Monarch was mourned. But maybe it was worth it, after all, the Necronomicon had been sealed, and the Apocalypse was stopped. Salem is now safe and sound, but still, suffering from such losses. Town had a difficult time rebuilding itself from the ground with little finances. So, the Mayor publicly declares new economic policies: Most, nearly all properties and possessions are now owned by the Marshal and Mayor. They will be focusing on rebuilding the Town. What this also means, is that the Auditor, won't be receiving any more money, as his taxes now also go to those pesky Town Powers.
The Marshal woke up the next morning in the middle of the night, his whole house covered in Smoke, he found his identity cards and such being stolen. This was weird, the Coven and the Horsemen were dead, who could have caused this?
But the axis of evil isn't finished with Town, the Auditor knows it, but evil pays-- so evil lives. It was a dark night, the Jackal heard three knocks and opened the door.
"Oh, is you again... you know, I can't really give you anything, new economics policies."
"No no, I understand, and sorry for your recent loss of course, but. Tell your recruit to shoot Poef."
The next morning, at Salem's Town Square, everyone gathered to tell the Mayor their opinion about the new economic policies, but all of a sudden a gunshot was heard, and a Deputy decided to fire their revolver. Poef was found on the ground dead, and he was Salem's Military Leader: The Marshal. Chaos erupted, but another evil took advantage, a knife was thrown at the Mayor from the crowd, and no one could see the thrower amid the chaos, no one. Except for the Auditor.
The Auditor paid a visit to the killer, the Serial Killer.
"I can show you the way, I can unseal the Necronomicon, and you can become the bad omen that you always wanted to be, the Jinx."
So this is also Jinx lore?
i mean maybe i just said Jinx but is more of Auditor reforming evils by giving SK the necronomicon and Jinx fits with how the SK threw the knife into the mayor without anyone seeing him
Hi I wrote that

It was a long time ago though
My writing wasn’t great back then
Temp is WILD!?
temp is infact wild
temp has been wild
you're wild
im wildestling
cool
what is the role ability
Tragedy?
its complicated
mhm
it knows all
I made a drawing for wildling lore from the wiki out of boredem (Tried adding text but it looked kinda bad )e
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Wild

Oh that’s awesome LUL
Wildling is a little bit spooked by their sense ability 😭
seeing inside the CL
lore: illu is a furry
Jackal is an officer of a shadow government sent to Salem to recruit more members
This is my headcanon and always has been
and this shadow government doesnt have any authority over the town?
Salem is a remote location
not really
The government specializes in civilization, not remote locations like a 15 person town
The jackal is trying to eliminate all threats (magical or not) to the government via the use of deception and recruiting traitors
this makes sense
Jackal time travels and picks up recruits in times they land in. The canon recruits are from future/past versions of their currnet factions
The recruits start out competing and end up besties, that they would abandon Jackal's mission to be with their partner if they die
Salem was one of the biggest town's of it's time, though I do understand what you mean with the whole 15 person town
what how
why do u think they are so good at illusions
they had a lot of practice
I do think illusionist is a fashionista at hearth, and joined coven for other reasons, having them be a furry changes nothing on that
mf saw CL drip and said "fuck this shit Imma be evil"
i guess that ckecs out
CL went from mother of coven to ancient eldritch being for me when they gained a silhouette
conjurer is just a really good illusionist that makes people dies from heart attack no way your body still intach after that meteor bru
Trapper silhouette fits transporter lore so well, I kinda wanna connect the two
It is said that a pope heard a heresy nearby Salem, although not knowing the names of the heretics, he knew what job they had to do and in what they were experts. An Inquisitor was send to The "Peaceful" Town that is Salem to slay the heretics.
How
how are they similar ?
Trans lore hasthem being a tinkerer and into machinery
and thats thevibve I get from trap[er now
For a reason why recruits dont know who jackal is, what if forgetting things is a natural part of time travel, and Jackal remembers them because theyve been doing it for so much longer
if they’re so new to memory loss time travel how do they remember eachother
power of friendship
but really they just care about each other so much they cant exist without the other
I mean, yeah the mafia forgets who the witch that summoned them to mafia with time travel is
salem*
does maf time travel ?
yeah, canonically, in TOS1, the witch traveled in time to recruit the mafia, and they traveled back with the witch and stole clothes to not be found
oh yeah, and all the TOS1 Cov are also from different time periods, not sure about Hannah the Hex Master, but Bakt the Necromancer was an egyptian priestess, Medusa is just straight up the actual Medusa from ancient greece, Kande the Poisoner was from Africa, not stated when but implied tribal, and Nikki the Potion Master is the daughter of famous alchemist Nicholas Flamel
and based on the TOS2 silouhette, I assume Hannah is from an Asian Culture
as for the new crew, none are known but I like the idea that Enchanter, Illusionist and Voodoo Master are actually salem business owners annoyed because the town has somehow messed with their business and joined coven who taught them how to use magic. (Enchanter a paper maker, Illusionist a fashion designer, and VM a toy maker.)
as for all the CKs and Dreamweaver ... no idea when they could be from but Conj and Rit could genuinly be from anywhere, and dreamweaver though asthetically a native, could also be from anywhere. Jinx and Wildling seem to not even use magic (without the necronomicon) so who knows about them.
yes
Rewrite the lore for every single role and tie them all together into a large cinematic universe
(I like large cinematic universes)
(My current world for all my stories is far too big)

No but should I do it
I do think you should keep the absolute wild reveal that the Potion Master is the daughter of Nicolas Flamel
I'm done with my work for the day
but otherwise, absolutely
I legitimately have no idea who Nicolas Flamel is
you don't know of the greatest alchemist in history? The one behind the Philosophers Stone in literally any story that has it?
You've jogged my memory now
Honestly
Im not even sure if Nicolas Flamel would exist in the Salem universe
You'd think that in a world where magic is so easy to perform
His pursuit of alchemy would have gone far differently
I mean, I am trying to remember timelines but he definitely did not go to salem
@dusty jungle has leveled up! (11 ➜ 12)
I am pulling this from the BMG lore
The Story of Salem BlankMediaGames has published backstory and lore to Town of Salem over the years. Below are the
we actually aren't told what was of him, just that his daughter is recruited by the CL with the promise to bring him back somehow
this also already has blyte in the chaos and he and coven definitely hate each other
(and apparently jack frost is also there?!)
real
Whenever I write lore I usually rebuild everything from the ground up
Even for my world
I rebuilt reality from the ground up
Basically nothing that happened in my world happened in this one
It truly just is another world
neat
if he does then the city I was born in canonically exists in the TOS universe
See
One aspect I love about worldbuilding is the layers that it provides
A lot of worldbuilding stops at "okay so this is possible in the world, great"
But to me that feels shallow
Like for superhero films
A lot of superpowers have the potential to generate perpetual energy
But people just don't care
They only use them to commit or fight crime
To me that feels like a huge oversight
Do you have asprin on hand?
I never percepted tos2 as a consistent world
Already took some medication dw
its a boring answer
It's not
It operates on cartoon logic
but i think tos2 suffers from
multiverse theory
Someone giving you a drink can stop you from doing your job no matter how much you try
Vigilantes never miss
Despite only having three bullets
Magic exists with no apparent system
they just use it in melee range
It just does whatever the role needs it to do
yeah, trying to make lore for btos2 ourside of the game is almost impossible
"Trained Protectors" flop over and die when attacked
And dont get me started on pirate duels
if you really want to
write a book or somethig idfk
when I'm saying vigilante is just giving them lead poisoning I ain't lying, they just make whoever they want to kill choke on their bullet
tbf
no game is going to be entirely lore accurate
game logic exists to make a game fun
not to justify itself
yeah but i feel like you need to focus on one or the other
ToS isnt a lore balanced game
augh headachheee..
Is it contagious
I mean transporter can force you to attack yourself
and it's not like SC2 Bus driver where it says "run over by a bus"
no i short circuit often
you just straight up find a way to attack yourself without you noticing
when i try to do this thinf called "critical thinking" my head hurts
skill issue tbf, mine does it without havin' to try
Transporter never made any sense
If you thought about its so-called logic for more than three seconds
How do the transported people not know where they were transported
How do they get back to their house
drugs.
Why does the Transporter still transport an alerting Vet if he dies the moment he steps through the door
idfk lmao
I mean Bus driver can be justified easily
but yeah Transporter? Tf are they transporting exactly
They're transporting people
Are they transporting the visitors or the visited
Obviously
It's implied to be the visited
Because only the visited get the "you were transported to another location" message
yeah from the feebdack message
so they swap them to another house
and their visitors target the house, not the person
so they go into the house and do their action on the wrong person
vigi probably kills the victim in their sleep
one clean shot to the head
on an unmoving target
people don't sleep in the salem universe
yeah but that's dumb
sleeping is not dumb
you're tellin' me a BG suffering from insomnia make sense?
So NKs are canonically just made of iron
they're forced to stay awake the entire night
yes /j
pirate being able to win against people with guns is dumb
like bro would get shot before entering the veterans house
- Pirate enters house
- He tries one weapon
- His target counters his one weapon
- He gives up and goes home
- Target sits there for 8 hours doing absolutely nothing, then dies to Coven despite having just used chainmail to defend the pirate earlier
ok so more lore
but nk might have a weaker variant of the horsemen’s barrier to protect them against day attacks
Pirate walks 43 kilometers to the nearest port in the middle of the night
and thats what “defense” as a concept is
unless specified otherwise
what is an attack tbf
being shot
Defense to me can be generalized as "self defense skills", but it differs for each role
Doom has no self defense skills
yeah but why is veteran gun better than vig gun
for vet its self defense skills
but their blessings protect them
Also how is a meteor as powerful as a guy killing himself (BG)
for horsemen its confirmed to be some sort of barrier
Vigi kills himself first thing at night
No doctors or bodyguards can come in time to stop him
halberd splits your skull
you are dead before you can be saved
yeah and you're telling me a bullet to the head is weaker than that?
yes
it probably is
BG canonically goes down with the attacker via them being wounded
halberds are a spear/axe
But mechanically
bleeding
He effortlessly defends the attack, splits the attacker's skull in half
Then just peaces out
And loses the will to live
you will bleed out before you make it to day
why is a beartrap as strong as a fucking meteor
It's because a beartrap is unexpected
not having the blood to live is pretty lethal
It's why Vet deals a powerful attack while Vigi deals a basic attack despite both using guns
but the jinx stabbing you was expected??
You cant defend yourself against an immediate assault
veteran has a rifle compared to vigi’s flintlock
Also
rifles tend to be stronger
Some random cat is definitely not as strong as whatever spike-filled death machine gets set up at their house
nobody noticing some random guy summoning a saloon, shooting someone and not killing them because they had basic defence
are salem townies just blind?
yes
Trapper probably doesnt set up a literal bear trap
It's probably something far more sinister
they wont realize someone fired a gun at someone unless they hit
Like one of those farming machines for cutting logs
He just hides one of those under the floorboards
And it triggers when the door is broken down
Average trapper trap
I mean trapper pullin' a home alone on the evils is fun to imagine ngl
The Werewolf on his way to slip on a dozen toy cars and fall face first into a bucket of superheated mayonnaise (he'll be dead within the next two hours)
death order is the weirdest thing ever, what do you mean the werewolf who got both struck by the trapper's trap, and shot by the shotgun was still able to kill the veteran? and what about the 3 way when a vigi shoots a jinx who also managed to kill 2 more people (book) at the same time the berserker killed him and the tracker who was right behind him (and was one of the two killed by the jinx)
Vigilante's No Good, Very Bad, Horrible Night
Banshee - Betty Parris was banned from the game. They instead became a banshee so that she can scream into everyone's ears.
bakt-
:£
veteran is the result of disguiser giving jester a gun (we're still waiting for disguiser to return since they were abandoned by cov after TiS)
They're still in town. They just put on a really good Disguise.
where are they
OOOOH
THEYRE THE MAYONAISE
they killed the mayo and took their face
as a souvenir
and whenever they 'die' they leave the real body of the mayo and escape into the night
They turned the mayo into ketchup 😔
w h a t
10?
Because we need SS lore
too inactive
real
we just waiting for temp to do the full rewrite still can't get over the fact that in TOS1 Lore, Witch and Hannah (HM) took over the north pole making zombie elves, there is a robot santa, and jack frost is an acquaintance of the witch who hates Blyte
gah
I’ve been busy
But I might just do it sometime
Heres my head canon about rit/conj/jackal (ik im late to the party)
Ritualist is some follower of the old ones and possibly has some sort of power lent to them by the old ones (just like doomsayer). The old ones can't be a force of good because otherwise they would be helping the town. I believe that Rit was just some random fuck who decided to follow the old ones one day and the coven helps them harness said power.
Conjurer was probably in some sort of prison, and I believe that the Coven Leader freed them. Most likely they were in said prison was to contain their magic (due to the shackles on their arms, most likely the way they wield their magic), and were probably not freed too long ago. They most likely joined the coven to pay back their debt, and are most likely not at full power otherwise they would be able to nuke the town with a huge-ass meteor. The coven is helping the Conj recover from his imprisonment.
Jackal is obviously an outlaw who wants to murder the town, but this vague explanation doesn't account for why Jackal wants the Coven dead. My opinion is that the recruits and the Jackal are being tested in some way (hence the life link features between the recruits) and need to take out the town to fufill some type of trial condition.
cool
How dead is this
It can be raised by a Retributionist so Id say very
Real
LORE
lore
wooo we love lore
lore drop: coven are very evil
lore drop: town are green
just had a thought regarding the jackal
they may be able to recruit people by offering them money, but what if they did by other means too?
perhaps the jackal recruited nikki the potion master by convincing her that the coven are just manipulating her and that they're the one who really knows how to find her dad
for example
that sounds narratively interesting
My reason that the Judge is NP: every evil gave annomus payments to them to rig the trials in the evil's favor
id just feel bad for kande in that case
i know nikki x kande is a really common ship and if that applies here i could imagine a really depressing story on nikki just stabbing her in the back
maybe literally, maybe figuratively 
government corruption
my favorite part of town of salem 2
long before time had a name, the first townie created... well the town, but also the Mafia with it, the town and Mafia fought over centuries and generations until the Coven + Apocalypse faction attacked! Luckily me and my brother found the new Avatar named Inquisitor who would bring harmony to the land. Peace was brought to the Town and Mafia, after the evil Horsemen and witches were killed. We elected a Mayor but secretly they were an Egoist who brought dictator ship and secretly made a Coven themselves! Luckily a Marshal decided to reveal! BUT! The Mayor hired a corrupt judge who would make sure the Town Never stood a chance.
someone continue story below V
then an emp wave went through and they all disconected from life
@novel jetty has leveled up! (2 ➜ 3)
the end ❤️
the TAA and TT and JR communities has fought over centuries, trough generations with blood and scars. But in the Fight a true devil was born called teams, she was Evil and Egoistic only favouring her self, The TAA TT and JR must work together to dethrone Teams, The TTs and JRs hated TAA still because they are litterally the 2nd worst gamemode. But they Succeeded, and Teams was sent to the Covens Prison with Socialite, Pre-reworked Admirer, and Pre-reworked Pirate. They elected TT as the new King as hes passion for the town was Great, and because JR kinda sucks, and we do not talk about TAA
She was evil and WHAT





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NEW LORE
ok so headcannon:the unknown obstacle is actually the statue of liberty .
Cursed soul is a mafioso who just didn’t get integrated into tos 2 and is mad at the world.
casually going to revive this but
TT oracle is just a CL that was forced into medical school
Thanks for bringing it back I forgot about it, conj shreds their taxes, nothing backing it up, I just know they have shredded their taxes
Jinx has perfect taxes :3
Jinx pays their taxes very well, the mayor is more ok with them than Conj
Retri is also in crippling debt, digging up body’s isn’t as profitable as it was in Egypt
More lore since no one’s doing anything, dep is actually the godfather, he just snuck into Salem again
Admirer: Oh no...!! I filed my taxes incorrectly... is there any other way I could pay you auditor..? 😘
Auditor:
She loves the doomsayer, she would never do that
Now what I love? Not having three coven die getting doomed anymore.
Doomsayer being a day ability is far more lore accurate
They spend all day quietly muttering to themself about who is what and old gods
Not much for conversation, that one
but how about the ritual to appease the old ones !!!
Wait how would 2 retri's and a necro interaction work when they try to get the dead vigi n2?
would they all just play rock paper scissors to see who gets the corpse? (assuming no numbers work)
Necromancer has priority
Necro beat the retri in a staring contest so they get body first
ohh
i see
auditor is just the IRS but hates town because they always fail to pay taxes
Ego is just homeless so the IRS dont give a damn about them
Recruited town had a joint bank account with the evil
and the evil just ends up paying both of their taxes
arsonist just burns down everyone, which coincidentally burns all tax evaders so auditor likes him (since he does not burn his own taxes)
It's all about Money
Auditor likes evils because they actually pay their taxes on time (they have things to hide and can’t be suspicious)
Yes yes yes
"Bloody hell anyone saw the vigilante corpse?"
The suspiciously shaped Necromancer :
Rec Necro And Rec Ret
What happens if they fight over the same bodu
ik necro has prio
but how would that go
Rec Necro wins
LORE
RETRI AND NECRO ARE SIBLINGS, NECRO IS OLDER AND HAS AN INFERIORITY COMPLEX AND TAKES THE BODY
Town after Seer carried them: "wait!!!... who are you....?"
Seer rips off headwear to reveal themselves as the Medium
Seer/Medium: "Just a pour soul in their redemption arc"
the dreamweaver gives salemers tiktok or youtube shorts depending on their mood
At dawn, a man rides atop his stallion. It moves forth with pride, though that was intended; he wished to be seen. He wished for all people of the universe to see him ride. As the horse continues to move forward, eventually, the man came to an empty town. The fifteen houses together, forming a circle, would lead him right to the town square. His mind began to race, what he did here. What had transpired those many years ago, was something he would never forget - he believed nobody would. He had conquered this place first, he had lived here many years ago, at least his body had. He beamed with pride at his form, it was much better than that of what he had been seen as prior, when he lived a human life. Though he remembered none of it, he was glad he didn’t.
The bloodshed he had seen when he had risen, the utter violence and lynchings he had seen as they attempted to figure out who he was.. the enchanted rope remains atop the gallows of Salem to this day, the only way to put an end to his reign, for he had named himself King of this world and the galaxy. The other horsemen had been.. unfortunately dealt with during the trials of Salem, he was somewhat happy about it. He had no need to share riches, no need for others needs, just his own. His force had been enough to take over the world by storm alone, no bullet or sword could carve through his flesh, let alone armor. And eventually, he had reached the gallows themselves.
He had never come back. Not in fear, but simply because he felt no need to. He had never regretted what happened, and he would never see the world as the place humans saw it as. As he stared at the noose, footsteps began to approach behind him. He chuckled, a challenger on his home turf, he quickly grabbed the rope, and tugged it from the stand. He decided he’d give this fighter a minimal chance, instead of none at all. Wrapping it around his neck, he turned around- but the person he saw was a disheveled figure, someone who had obviously been lost, or even stuck. He checked the path from which he came, only to realize.. this was a member of the old town, though he had been spared by virtue of never leaving his house. The man began to speak, and his voice was as ragged as his figure.
” Oh dear me, who stumbles upon Salem now? A man in gleaming armor, a beard as yellow as a star.. someone who obviously has no need to come to this place.. tell me, what was it that you desired here? “
The man though for simply a moment, before speaking back to the person in front of him.
” I desired blood, and blood I had received. “
The other person began to laugh, his eyes tearing up from how high his voice had went. War became confused, for who was this man? The fact he had never seen him during the trials made him weary, perhaps this mysterious person had waited all along for his return he quickly grabbed onto his axe, and left his horse near the gallows. He walked forth, only for a barrier to appear before him. The barrier was mysterious, something that nobody could procure randomly: this person was a wielder of dark magic, magic barely less powerful than his.
” Tell me, seeker of blood, are you satiated yet? Do you feel the need for more? “
War pondered this question, he had seen battles far and wide during his travels, he had made a battlefield in his name many times, but it had never truly been enough. The person begins to speak once more, eyes staring through what little soul remained within the Acolyte’s body and War himself.
” I am but a simple Amnesiac, I remember nothing of this world nor the world previous. I am a recluse, seeking only to live my life peacefully and alone. With that, I believe you should be going. “
War nodded, this person seemed deathly concerning, and he wanted to vacate the area as quickly as possible. The dark magic surrounding him was insurmountable. Though he knew he could eliminate the threat, he decided to leave; another day he may be stronger.
Canonical reasoning for april fools: The jester decided to start a casino put accidentally dropped some chips that are used at said casino and the entire town developed a gambling addiction
jackals name is jack