Jojo

Jorris “Jojo” Jozalin   The Brother Who Remembered   Birth Name: Jorris Jozalin   Alias: Jojo   Race: High Half-Elf (Pale)   Eyes: Pale Violet-Blue (soft, almost silver)   Hair: Black with some parts turning Snow-White shoulder-length, often tied in neat strands   Alignment: Neutral (Once Neutral Good now slipping toward Chaotic Neutral)   Born: 598 PR   Parents: Elisyra Jozalin (High Elf scholar-healer) and Garron Jozalin (Human playwright)   Sibling: Gorik Jozalin (later Gojo, the Gentle Nightmare)   Class: Wizard   Deity: Secret devotee of Kelgor (God of Ocean), Amazuth (God of Arcana, Knowledge) and covertly Vandar (God of Passing Souls), though he whispers prayers to his mother’s faith in Ahkan (Life, Light).    

Childhood in Hollowcrest

  Jojo was born seven years after Gorik, in the crumbling days of the Abyss Empire. Though famine and fiends gnawed at the outer cities, the Jozalin household was a pocket of warmth. His mother filled their home with learning and healing, his father with stories and songs. Jojo, pale-skinned and silver-haired like his brother, grew up in an atmosphere of creativity and love.   But unlike Gorik—the “Lantern Child” adored by the Hollowcrest circles—Jorris was quieter, more cautious, and already inclined toward study rather than play. Gorik’s brilliance cast a long shadow, but Jojo never resented it. He idolized his older brother, following him everywhere, mimicking his words, even sleeping curled at the foot of his bed.   Early Life   Family Candlelight: Raised in the warmth of Elisyra (high elven healer-scholar) and Garron (playwright). His earliest memories are of Gorik’s laughter and his mother’s voice singing lullabies.   The Disappearance: At age 7, he watched Gorik vanish during the Feast of Names. He remembers the moment so vividly that it burned into his soul — the flicker of a torch, Gorik ruffling his hair, then silence. His parents were broken by the loss, leaving Jojo to become the quiet survivor of the household.   The Scholar Child: To preserve what others lost, Jojo became obsessed with memory, lore, and illusion. While others chased power, he clung to preservation. He believed: “If no one else remembers, I will.”  

The Disappearance of Gorik

  In 605 PR, on the Feast of Names, Jorris was only 7 when Gorik disappeared.   He remembered the night with piercing clarity: torches blazing, names sung aloud in the streets, offerings laid for ancestors. And then—silence. Gorik had stepped away, chasing a coughing boy down an alley.   He never came back.   The search was desperate. Elisyra scoured the districts, calling Gorik’s name with magic and prayer until her mind began to fray. Garron wrote frantic plays filled with twisted allegories of lost sons. Neither parent ever recovered.   But Jorris… Jorris remembered. He replayed that night endlessly in his mind. The sound of Gorik’s laugh, the way he ruffled his hair before vanishing. It haunted him.  

A Wizard of Memory

  Jorris turned inward after his brother’s loss. While his parents spiraled into grief, he sought control the only way he could: through study. By his teens, he apprenticed under a Hollowcrest sage of illusion and mnemonic magic.   Unlike other wizards, who chased raw power, Jojo’s obsession was memory—how to protect it, preserve it, and maybe even recover what was lost. His studies grew into:   Mnemonic Wards: Spells to lock memories safely in crystal phylacteries.   Phantasmic Recall: Illusions crafted from fragments of recollection.   Nameshield: An unfinished ritual to guard a person’s true name against theft or devouring.   Every spell was shaped by one wound: Gorik.   Training & Philosophy   Mnemonic Wizard: Jojo mastered spells to protect names and memories, crafting crystal phylacteries that hold recollections safe from erasure.   Illusion & Truth: He wields illusion not to deceive but to reconstruct — to show people echoes of what once was, so history cannot be forgotten.   Philosophy of Memory:   Names = Identity.   Memory = Soul.   Forgetting = Death.   Thus, Mog’s feast is the ultimate crime — and Jojo’s entire life is rebellion against it.  

The Shadow of Mog

  By 612 PR, whispers reached Jojo that the cult of Mog had risen in Hollowcrest’s depths. He pieced together the fragments: a pale half-elf jester, laughing at tragedies, calling himself Gojo.   Jorris knew at once.   The moment he confirmed it, his grief hardened into purpose. Where others saw a nightmare, he saw his brother—consumed by Mog, twisted but not gone. If Mog could eat memory, then memory could also be stolen back.  

The Gentle Nightmare’s Brother

  Jorris has since wandered the world as Jojo, the pale wizard of mirrors and memory. His life is a mirror of his brother’s, but inverted:   Gojo eats names and forgets.   Jojo preserves names and remembers.   Where Gojo spreads laughter edged with hunger, Jojo travels with a soft melancholy, quietly collecting stories and names so they will never be lost. He wears a ring etched with the rune GORIK—a memory crystal he forged as a child. It glows faintly whenever Gojo is near, as though it still recognizes the boy who once held his hand.   Inner Conflict   Jojo is torn between two truths:   Gorik is gone. His brother was devoured by Mog, and the being called Gojo is only a parody.   Gorik lingers. The flickers of kindness, the hesitation, the tears—Jojo believes his brother’s soul is still trapped inside, waiting for rescue.   This duality makes Jojo both compassionate and dangerous. He is willing to shatter minds with illusions to defend memory, yet he clings desperately to hope that one day, he can unmake Mog’s feast and bring Gorik back.   Abilities & Spells   Signature Magic:   Nameshield – Wards a target’s true name from being erased, stolen, or consumed.   Memory Cradle – Captures a single memory inside a crystal focus, preserving it perfectly.   Phantasmic Recall – Creates illusions drawn from a person’s own memories, forcing them to relive or confront what they’ve forgotten.   Echo Mirror – A defensive ward that reflects back fragments of an enemy’s own worst memory.   Lantern Child’s Light – An unfinished ritual designed to restore corrupted memories, inspired by Gorik’s old nickname.   Wizardry Traits:   Eidetic Recall (Jojo never forgets anything he sees or hears).   Illusionist’s Grace (his illusions carry emotional weight, as if the soul recognizes the truth behind them).   Memory Fractures (he sometimes relives the trauma of Gorik’s disappearance during spellcasting, causing spells to surge with chaotic force).   Personality   Quiet and Thoughtful – Where Gojo is manic laughter, Jojo is soft silence. He speaks gently, as though every word might be written in stone.   Driven by Grief – His entire philosophy and magical pursuit are rooted in the wound of Gorik’s loss.   Hopeful but Haunted – He insists Gorik is still inside Gojo, and that one day memory magic might bring him back. Others see this as delusion.   Protective – He is drawn to young or vulnerable companions (like Reyn, Rheana, August, or Neth), almost projecting Gorik’s absence onto them.   Flaws:   Obsessive about preserving memory, sometimes meddling in others’ pasts without consent.   Struggles to let go of grief, bordering on denial.   Naïve in his hope — he may risk everything to “save” his brother, even if it’s impossible.   Relationships   Gojo (Gorik Jozalin): The wound that defines him. Jojo sees Gojo not as a monster but as a prison that still holds Gorik’s soul.   Parents: Elisyra’s gentle madness and Garron’s descent into strange plays scarred Jojo. He considers himself the last keeper of their memory.   The Cinders & Unchained: He hovers near them, drawn by their struggles against gods of hunger and memory. They may not trust him fully, but his insight into Mog and Gojo makes him too valuable to ignore.   Caladawn Magus: Jojo quietly reveres Caladawn’s philosophies of memory, even studying fragments of his journals. He views Caladawn as a kind of living mirror for his own obsession.   Titles & Epithets   The Brother Who Remembers – In contrast to Gojo, the brother who forgot.   Keeper of Names – His obsession with preserving identities is both protective and frightening.   The Last Jozalin – Some call him this, as he believes his parents are gone and Gorik lost.   Jojo the Mnemonist – A scholar’s nickname among certain arcanists.   Signature Quotes   “My brother laughed because he forgot. I remember because I cannot.”   “A name is not just a word. It is a soul carved in sound. Guard it.”   “Mog devours memory, but even gods can choke. I will make him choke on Gorik’s name.”   “Gojo… Gorik… my brother. You are not gone. You are only lost.”  

Current Role (620 PR)

  Jojo wanders close behind the Cinders and Unchained, keeping distance but never fully leaving. His obsession with memory magic aligns him with their struggles against gods who consume, twist, or erase.   He believes Gojo is not beyond saving—and where others see a monster, he sees a lost child.   In secret, he writes a living chronicle titled The Lantern and the Candle, a book of memories meant to anchor Gorik should he ever awaken again.   Jojo travels the world as a wandering mnemonic wizard, collecting names, stories, and memories in crystal archives. He appears wherever Gojo does, but always in the aftermath—restoring fragments of what was lost, like a candle flickering in the shadow of his brother’s madness.   He believes he is preparing a great spell, the Lantern Child’s Return, which may one day tear Gorik free of Mog’s hunger. Whether this is possible or only tragic hope is unknown.   In summary: Jojo is the foil to Gojo — where one was devoured by Mog and forgot himself, the other became obsessed with memory and preservation. He is not just a wizard, but a living act of resistance: a reminder that even if Mog consumes the world’s names, someone will always remember.  

Final Thought:

Gojo laughs because he forgot how to cry. Jojo remembers both—and that is his curse.