[quote=Enso]
The comment about his skin looking like it belongs to someone who was mummified gave me an idea for his history. Its not a very good one, but its something. Maybe he was an Egyptian (or some other ancient civilization) prince who grew ill and the priests in his charge, in an attempt to heal him, used a spell to ward off Anubis (or some other god of death) and keep his soul in his body until he was able to heal, but the spell worked a little too well and he died from his disease, but his soul stayed and he was mummified and buried before waking in his tomb. He escaped and was chased away by the horrified priests and now he wanders the world, ending up in Manhattan by some strange circumstances, looking for somebody who can finally release his soul from eternal torment.
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Thank you. That was massively helpful.