John Constantine

Early Life
Born in London, John Constantine was the second child of Thomas and Mary Constantine, after his older sister Cheryl. Even before he was born, Constantine had incredible magical abilities, but these abilities eventually caused him to accidentally kill his own twin brother, who was never named, as well as killing his own mother in childbirth. His father blamed John for his mother's death and took to drinking to cope, which often caused him to beat John in a fit of rage. Due to this, John was mostly taken care of by his sister.

When John was a teenager, he discovered his own magical power and experimented with it, with his first act being to lock away his childhood innocence in a box. After this, Constantine attempted to get back at his father by placing a curse on him but it failed horribly and his father was aged fifty years and died moments later. Not wanting to confront his actions head-on, John ran away from home. John began visiting several occult circles and also started attending several punk concerts, meeting his closest and oldest friend, Chas Chandler, at one. The two went on to form the punk band Mucous Membrane.

Becoming the Hellblazer
During one of Constantine's regular visits to occult groups, he met a fellow magic-user named Nicolas Nolan, though he preferred the name "Nick Necro". Necro, John, and Necro's then girlfriend Zatanna Zatara worked together to get better at their magical powers. John fell in love with Zatanna during this time and Necro himself began falling for John, leading to the three forming a polymerous relationship. Though Necro's increasing obsession with finding the "source" of magic created a wedge between him and his boyfriend and girlfriend.

Constantine performed his first heroic act (or attempted to) when he, Necro, and Zatanna heard news of an occult orgy in the area. Deciding to check it out, they went to the building and discovered that a girl at the orgy who had been sexually abused had summoned a demon to kill her abusers. To get rid of the demon, Constantine and Necro both worked together to open a portal to Hell and suck the demon inside. Instead, another demon took the opportunity to break out of Hell. He dragged both the other demon and the girl to Hell with him, causing Constantine and Necro to try and save her. Both of them gazed into Hell itself and went mad as the portal closed. Necro went missing but Constantine placed himself in an institution to regain his sanity.

Powers and Abilities

 * Magic - TBD