Name: Ichabod
Nicknames: Icky (his most preferred pet name)
Gender: Male
Age: 17 (roughly)
Faction/Race: Monster - Boggart
Just know that he`s liable to hurt you if you call him a `fairy` and, of course, since he has a name, he is beyond control.
Personality: Ever the egotistical Monster, Icky likens himself to being far above and beyond demons and reapers, and anyone else, for that matter. It doesn't matter who you are, in his mind you are beneath him and the only worth you serve is getting ground beneath his heel. He's going to get under your skin and he's going to enjoy every minute of it. If ever there is an oddball who seems to enjoy his company, this would cause great confusion but the long term end result would ultimately depend on the individual, whether he spurns you completely or finds it a thrill trying to scare you off and away from him. As far as friends go, he doesn't have any and he probably never will, but there may or may not be people he becomes fond of, whether they provide good responses to his scare tactics or end up giving him good advice for improvement.
One of his greatest past times is being as disgusting as possible; whether it be regularly devouring roaches found under the bed or making a sandwich out of the rotten meat that mysteriously appeared near a guillotine, he'll find some way to make you gag and he will perform the act with great relish. Even more so, to keep a constant aura of disgust up, his breath and body odor are likely some of the worst smells you'll have ever detected and a particularly nasty belch could easily kill the group of flies that seem to regularly circle about him. Of course, this in turn, means that any sort of cleanliness is his eternal adversary, possibly to the point of fear on his end.
The misfortune of others brings great enjoyment to Icky, but even more so if he is the cause of it. Of course, the deeply hidden secret that no one who knows him would even bother to ask as to why he is the way he is is quite a simple one; he's crying out for attention. He wants the spotlight on him at all times and when he was younger, any attention was fine, good or bad, but now negative attention is the be all end all and he'd probably call you a fruitcake for being nice to him. Why, it must be asked, would anyone cry out for attention so much? It's easy to when you've had no parental guidance for most of your life and have been living on the streets. Did I mention that garbage is a delicacy?
As far as his school attitude goes, in classes and around teachers he's more of a class clown than a menace. Sucking up isn't his style, but he'd rather avoid getting kicked out if he can help it so he can properly utilize the establishment to his will. Outside of the classrooms and away from prying professor eyes, Icky becomes far more pushy, sometimes bordering on violent, though it largely depends on the person; if you both actively hate one another, it will probably degrade itself into both of you trying to find ways to out harass one another, each one getting more dangerous than the last. Most of the time, though, he's good with the old sneak up and "boo" tactic and particularly enjoys picking on those younger than him, likely due to his race's preference towards scaring (and eating) children.
Why are they enrolled in Amityville Academy? In any normal circumstance, Icky would never think twice about enrolling in a school, having to associate with others, be 'friendly' and ordered around by old gas bag teachers, but in point of fact -- Icky doesn't know much about his FEAR. How can he go around being an absolute terror when he only knows one measly trick? He likes that trick, likes it a lot, but he wants so much more power and control, he wants to be so terrifying that even those in Halloween Town cower before him!
Classes:
- Shadowcraft 101
- Stealth 1
- Gym
- Human Studies
- Forms and Faces
- Totes sneakin' in dat shed all the time
Natural Ability: Green Mist - While other Boggarts may have the great act of slinking through the shadows (and boy is he jealous), Icky has the more widely known ability of his species. With a bit of concentration, he is able to take the form of a cloud of green mist or fog. In this form he may do as most ghosts are able--be intangible and pass through solid objects--but that is not all: the mist itself is noxious, making anyone walk through it fall into a terrible coughing fit (and if they stay in longer, there could be the possibility of real damage). The effects of the mist have been reported to do such things as turn milk sour, cause animals to become lame, and facilitate the moving and destruction of objects in a similar vein to a Poltergeist. That last one is what Icky's looking forward to the most, but he does not actually have it under his belt.
FEAR: Pandemonium - A tactic he's still getting used to; with proper concentration, Icky may cause his opponent to be temporarily confused or disoriented (usually seen as them becoming dizzy), and on a good day increasingly uncomfortable (hot flashes, a momentary hallucination). The effects are short (currently a minute at best) and he may only affect one person at a time.
Year 2: Tapping into his FEAR much more strongly now, Icky is able to do all he could from Year 1 but now has some new tricks up his sleeves; able to conjure a plague of vermin (rats, locusts, spiders, bugs, snakes) or evoke visions of blood, gore, acid, slime, or other noxious substances (only one at a time, of course). While he now has many choices, the scope of these powers has not grown exponentially and he may only effect a small group of individuals (3-5 at most) with visions only lasting 2 minutes at best.
Year 3: Now, pile Year 1 and Year 2 together, and you've got a pretty formidable arsenal, but there is one final trick Icky will learn while attending the academy and that is: Distortion. At this point, he will be able to seemingly (and I do mean seemingly as it is all still an illusion and nothing more) distort the very fabric of time and space; he can make hallways appear to stretch on endlessly, the length of a ballroom be walked across in just a single step, even make it appear as though time has stopped. He is now able to keep the illusions up for a decent amount of time (5-10 minutes) and is able to affect a handful of people (5-10) but it still requires a great deal of concentration to put these illusions to work so if he is attacked in the middle of them, they will shatter. An illusion shattering, in and of itself, will also cause additional harm to him and cause him to be disoriented. This is true for all of his Years.
Emblem: A sickly green badge with a black roach stamped in the center.
Physical Description:
Eye Colour: Black sclera like smoky pools with a shining white pupil that lights up the night. There are nasty red circles around his eyes making people wonder whether he sleeps or not.
Hair Colour/Style: Dark purple, though not quite black, it is messy, spiky, and looks as though he's had awful bed head for months. In the back, it ends at his shoulders.
Skin Colour: Pale and sickly, some veins clearly visible as though his flesh is thin.
Clothing Style/Colours: Considering this is probably the only outfit he owns, it's no wonder it's full of holes and rips. The top is a black and green striped hoody, the sleeves having been torn up due to his claws have numerous holes near the ends and at the shoulders. The hood is normally kept down, and is a clashing red with skull tied strings. Over that is a simple black vest, tailed in the back though they're mostly tattered and will probably rip off soon. His pants, as well, are black and taper off at the ends in torn bits, hiding his feet and shoes. In essence, he seems to walk on shadow and rarely makes a sound because of it.
Extra: He has rather long, pointed ears that are a bit moth bitten. His hands appear to be made of wood, claws more like, with only three fingers and a thumb and they're stronger than they look. Most eye catching of all, however, are his teeth; they are nasty, they are yellow, and they are long and thin like needles, as numerous as a shark's.
References:
[1 - unknown base]
[2 - base by Chama]
[3 - freebie by Souru] [4 - colored by Souru]
[5 - alternate hood by me]
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I'm just gonna put this here kinda for future reference, yeah.
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- BOGGART::
xxxxxCommon Desc: A creature that roosts in occupied houses or beneath bridges. They may either be innocent pranksters such as moving items around like your car keys, or the most common form of Boggart which is malevolent and may first appear innocent but may eventually assault members of the household in their sleep. They will always follow the family until the Boggart gets bored.
xxxxxNatural Ability: The Boggart have a couple tricks as a species but a single Boggart only has one or the other.
xxxxxxxxxx • Shadow Stealth: This allows a Boggart to remain hidden in the shadows. Works best at night. Stronger Boggarts may teleport between shadows. They may affect others.
OR
xxxxxxxxxx • Green Mist: A Boggart may take the form of or summon a cloud of green mist with which they may do harms ranging from merely souring milk, making animals lame or emulate Poltergeist activity.
Boggart Factoids
- Lucky items, such as a horseshoe, are one way to make them avoid you.
- There was a human belief that if a Boggart was given a name, then it could not be reasoned with. This is true, but little do they know most Boggarts already have a name anyway.
- Boggarts are a smelly bunch and naturally have a putrid odor, so how bad do you think Icky smells if he's been rolling around unbathed in garbage and other foul substances for years?
- A particularly favorite meal of a Boggart is a human child--it is considered a delicacy--but it is rare they actually get the opportunity to eat them.
- Sometimes Boggarts are incorrectly identified as the benevolent and helpful creatures known as Brownies; this is because a Boggart can easily be tricked into doing something beneficial to someone else if they can be persuaded into thinking it will do something bad.
- One of the oldest (and most effective) ways of warding off a Boggart is to ask them to leave as long as the "hollies are green". Hollies are always green, but they won't remember this until some time has passed and by then they will be too infuriated to go back.
- That is to say, Boggarts are pretty stupid in the head.
