Jean was born on the outskirts of New Orleans as Jean Baptiste Deveraux Le Beaux. His mother was a Haitian Vodun Priestess named Marie Baptiste Deveraux. His father was a much different creature, the local Archbishop Gustav Le Beaux, head of the New Orleans archdioceses. The archbishop kept his son at arm's length, as it went against all the church's rules for him to have a physical relationship. Madam Marie spent her days as a spiritualist. Speaking to the spirits to pass messages to others. It didn't take long for Marie to find that Jean had the power to speak to spirits as well. She began to teach him the ways of Vodun. As the years passed so did his knowledge of the spirits (or Loa). In his teenage years he found that some spirits possessed people for selfish reasons. He vowed to purge those spirits. He found the skull of a blessed cleric and had marked in the sigil of a cleansing Loa. He began his mission of eradicating negative spirits. His success soon garnered the attention of the Catholic Church. He was approached by Father Eric Greyson. Jean was asked to join the church in their efforts to exorcise spirits. As their goals aligned, Jean agreed. He learned the ways of the catholic exorcist, adding its methods to his own. He soon became the greatest exorcist in the Louisiana territory. With his growing success, and the relationship he forged with the church, he soon met Baron Criminel. Angered that Jean would interfere with the transition of spirits he took Jean's powers away. Jean is now on the mission to retrieve his lost abilities and return the spirits to the grave.