File 16: Jarvis – “The Jar Collector”

SUBJECT DESIGNATION: Jarvis – “The Jar Collector”

CLASS: Type III Material-Fetish Entity (Containment / Hoarder Variant)

CONTAINMENT STATUS: Secured within Portrait Frame #024, “Preserved Obsession”

THREAT LEVEL: Moderate (Localized Aggression / Territorial Manifestation)

IDENTIFICATION

Full Name (During Life): Jarvis Montclaire

Apparent Age: 41 years

Gender: Male

Post-Mortem Appearance: Semi-translucent humanoid figure composed of shifting, glass-like segments. His form constantly warps between solid and liquid transparency, as if viewed through thick glass. Spectral jars float around his body, clinking faintly as he moves. His eyes glow a dull amber, reflecting like bottle glass under dim light.

BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD

Jarvis Montclaire was a known eccentric and collector of rare glassware and preservation vessels. A self-proclaimed “curator of containment,” he spent his life amassing hundreds of jars—ranging from antique apothecary bottles to ornate alchemical canisters. His fascination extended beyond mere collection: Jarvis sought to preserve everything, from insects to herbs, and even mementos of deceased family members.

Neighbors reported the smell of rot and formaldehyde emanating from his quarters, along with mutterings about “preserving perfection” and “keeping what cannot stay.”

He gradually withdrew from society, conducting trades and secret dealings with underground collectors. Several missing persons reports were loosely tied to his clientele, but no evidence was recovered—only the sound of glass clinking in the night.

When authorities eventually entered the estate, they found the room sealed from within. The air was heavy with preservation chemicals, and the floor was lined with hundreds of jars—some filled with unidentifiable organic remains. Jarvis’s body was never conclusively located.

CAUSE OF DEATH (THEORETICAL ANALYSIS)

Primary Hypothesis: Accidental Suffocation or Dehydration During Self-Sealing Behavior

Jarvis may have become trapped in his own airtight storage chamber, dying from lack of oxygen as he attempted to “preserve himself eternally.”

Alternate Theories:

Homicide and Dismemberment: Evidence suggests foul play—a dispute with a buyer over stolen or forged jars may have resulted in Jarvis’s murder. His body could have been dismembered and sealed in his own collection as a grotesque irony.

Obsession-Induced Ritual Death: He may have voluntarily attempted a “preservation ritual,” transferring his soul into his collection of jars—explaining why his apparition is often seen emerging from or within them.

Chemical Asphyxiation: Inhalation of toxic fumes from excessive use of formalin and sealing vapors may have led to respiratory failure and hallucinations that blurred the line between life and spirit.

Regardless of the exact cause, it appears Jarvis’s fixation on containment persisted into death—his spirit now attempting to “jar” anything it deems valuable or alive.

PARANORMAL CHARACTERISTICS

Behavioral Pattern: Territorial and erratic. Displays protective behavior toward jars in his vicinity, especially those containing reflective or fluid materials.

Manifestation Site: The Jar Room, located in the East Storage Wing. Secondary manifestations observed in laboratories and artifact containment vaults containing glass or sealed containers.

Activity Cycle: Most active between 11:30 PM – 2:00 AM, when ambient humidity levels are high. Often heard muttering, “Can’t let it spoil… can’t let it breathe.”

Notable Abilities:

Material Possession: Can temporarily inhabit and animate jars or bottles, using them as mobile extensions of his will.

Containment Projection: Creates temporary ectoplasmic barriers resembling glass domes to trap intruders.

Fragmentation Burst: Upon anger, can shatter spectral jars into glass shards that rematerialize moments later.

Ectoplasmic Preservation: Capable of suspending small animals or objects in a viscous ghostly fluid, effectively “freezing” them mid-motion.

PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE

Jarvis’s personality remains consistent with obsessive-compulsive tendencies observed in his lifetime. His fixation on control and preservation manifests as a pathological need to capture and immobilize all that he deems “precious.”

He perceives living beings as unstable—entities that “decay with movement” and must be preserved before they “spoil.” Attempts to communicate result in fragmented speech patterns centered around decay, sealing, and “the beauty of stillness.”

While not overtly sadistic, his actions reveal a delusional empathy—believing he is “saving” his victims from the chaos of entropy.

Prolonged interaction often causes anxiety or claustrophobic sensations in researchers, suggesting low-level psychic influence tied to his containment obsession.

CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES

Jarvis was secured during Operation LM-GH/24, following multiple containment failures involving shattered jars and corrosive ectoplasmic residue. Capture was achieved using reinforced vacuum containment with reflective nullification (anti-glass shielding).

Current Containment:

Housed in Portrait Frame #024, stored in a low-humidity chamber to reduce spectral resonance.

No glass, crystal, or transparent containers are permitted within 30 meters of his frame.

Weekly inspections must ensure that his frame’s surface remains matte-coated to prevent self-reflective feedback.

Personnel must undergo psychological screening for hoarding or obsessive behaviors prior to interaction.

Emergency Protocol:

In the event of a containment fracture, environmental temperature must be reduced to below 5°C to slow Jarvis’s materialization process.

NOTES FROM PROF. E. GADD

“You’d think death would’ve taught him to stop collecting—but no, Jarvis still wants to ‘keep’ things. He once tried to trap my Poltergust’s nozzle in a jar! Poor fool. The man couldn’t preserve himself, so he preserves his madness instead.”

— Prof. E. Gadd, Log Entry 24.09