Anonymous A started this discussion 13 years ago#32,406
Indy got into paranormal investigating after he had heard about houses in the French-Quarter (pronounced as one word) being haunted. He and a brave group of friends entered an abandoned mansion and found a crypt in the basement. They opened a concrete sarcophagus and found a discomposed body inside.
Indy decided to drink a toast to the dead body inside and spilled wine on the corpse. To their horror, the dead body came to life and sat upright. The first thing the corpse grabbed was Indy's wine bottle. The reanimated corpse finished the entire bottle and thanked Indy for awakening him.
The corpse then went about his business, but soon realized that he'd been dead for many years. With nothing but a burlap sack and a set of workman's clothes, the undead denizen asked Indy if he could stay with him. Indy struck a deal with the corpse: he could stay with Indy if Indy could use him to stage house hauntings.
When the two were in agreement, they set up a massive house haunting ring that lined Indy's pockets. The corpse got wise to Indy's act and punished Indy by latching on to Indy's soul, meaning that he could possess Indy any time he wanted. Indy realized that he was now linked to this undead house-haunter and named him "Ghoul".
At first Ghoul worked for Indy haunting houses, which made Indy a lot of money. Ghoul thought that it was unethical for Indy to use his undead condition to frighten others.
Ghoul decided to curse Indy by latching on to Indy's soul tying them together...forever. The duel continued their ghosthunting ventures, but they did so according to Ghoul's terms. In short, Ghoul had taken over Indy's life, which caused Indy to drink more than usual. Ghoul prefers Indy drunk so that he can do the thinking for the two of them.