Son of Xia and Doctor Juris, he spent the first 18 years of his life trying to please his father. He was supposed to be the worthy heir of Bete Noire in order to free his father from his fate but he is not informed of this reality. When he reached his 18th birthday, the transfer of power did not work because he is not the first child that Juris had. He feels useless and rejected by his father.

Dissatisfied with Jude's work as a magistrate, the hierarchy, through its new agent Gilles de Rais, will invoke ancient powers and recruit is half-brother Jubal to regain control of the city. They can count on the presence of Wilde, Black Mariah's brother who had a vengeance to execute. But their greatest asset is the demon Moloch. Moloch has returned to Earth through the body of Jubal, looking to seize Jude's mantle as the magistrate of Bete Noire.