Name: Henry Ashford Charles III
Nicknames: Ash. Just Ash. Please.
Gender: M
Age: 16
Faction/Race Grim Reaper -- A Pyramid Head from Silent Hill 2
Personality: Ash is best described as a slightly self-absorbed social leper with a very deadpan, dry sense of humour. He leans towards being overly formal, in both dress and personality. Rarely is he seen outside collared shirts, slacks, oxford shoes, and his pocketwatch. Of course, the Pyramid Head attire ruins this with quite the apron and the helm and latex gloves, but outside of that, thank you very much, Henry Ashford is a strictly professional kind of boy.
Generally, he insists on taking himself a little too seriously, as Ash would much rather be perceived as a stick in the mud rather than flippant. It doesn't necessarily make him a bad person, just uptight. He has a hard time laughing at himself and his mistakes, instead choosing to hone in on them and fixate rather than actually help himself.
While he does not try to be, Ash is arrogant and a fair bit selfish. He will often forget to check up on friends, refuse to talk to them about what they like, not make eye contact during conversations, walk off in the middle of conversations...
It's not that he thinks he's better than everyone-- far from it-- but Ash spent most of his younger years in near complete isolation. His subtype isn't populated by the most social or the most clean-cut of Reaperkind, so the majority of his attempts to befriend ended unpleasantly. A Pyramid Head that wears collared shirts and slacks?
Disgraceful. Pyramidkind was supposed to instill fear into the hearts of everyone, if possible, by being quiet, tall, and violent. Grimy, dark, slithering into the corners of their enemies' minds, taking and twisting.
Ash, however, is...prim and proper. Clean, for Pumpkinhead's sake. Who in their right mind would be terrified of an awkward mockturtle? Who doesn't know how to speak and inflict fear into the hearts of men?
Expanding his social circle beyond just other Pyramid Heads helped make him less of a social failure, but the majority of the damage had been done.
That weird kid, sort of staring at you for way too long from across the cafeteria? Unblinking? Shuffling about?
That's Ashford.
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Ashford has, like all other Pyramid Heads, a Great Knife that he wields to cull the living. He carries it around with him everywhere, as well as his pyarmid helm, which is part of standard uniform. He can't wear it to classes, most days, due to its bulk, which strips him of a least three layers of confidence.
He knows how to act like a unit. A soldier, a reaper. Helm donned. Gloves slipped on. Knife strapped to his back. Apron tied. Boots on.
But outside of that? He doesn't know how to react. He can't mask his emotions, be it disgust or joy or distress. His voice is frequently huksy from disuse. His hands are perpetually clammy from the gloves-- which he refuses to take off-- and really, he wishes that he could just put the helm back on.
Even though he hasn't passed his Reaper exam, he does his best to be as scarily studious as possible.
Nonetheless, it's hard. Being a kid and growing up. It's hard and nobody understands.
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Hobbies include;
-- Cello, though he's not that good...he insists on sawing at the thing, and as a result he's got countless bows that are snapped and have been mended back together with tape. Roommates and dormmates, beware. His 'music' sounds like black alley cats fighting...
-- Possibly, being a male FEARleader? Due to his strength/lack of knowledge of social norms, he'd not be opposed to demonstrating his school spirit.
-- D&H -- he prefers to watch, but I think he'd show up religiously. Not even sure why, but I think it would be a safe place to observe other Halloweentown residents unabashed.
-- Polishing his sword, lolololol-- possibly fencing or some other sort of TiH group fighting equivalent?
Why are they enrolled in Amityville Academy? The other Pyramid Heads often murmured to themselves (sometimes, not so quietly) that he was a disgrace to Reaperkind. Disappointed, his guardian parents sent him to Amityville, in hopes of him cleaning up in time to pass his Reaper Examination Tests with full marks.
FEAR: The Great Knife -- The Great Knife itself is a harvester of FEAR through guilt. It's heavy to all that would wield it, but the burden is lessened for Ash, as he is this Knife's owner.
It can siphon guilt from a nearby target to power up his next swing. Or, he can send it out as FEAR in a shockwave AOE effect, damaging his opponent.
However...anything beyond simply swinging the blade takes an enormous amount of concentration and energy from Ashford to pull off. Generally, he will stick to siphoning guilt-- not necessarily doing anything to the opponent, merely feeding off of the guilt already present in the mind.
It will not enhance or make any thoughts nightmarish unless the target chooses to go there of their own accord.
Natural Ability -- Brute strength. He's got to hold that sword up somehow, right? While the Great Knife drains him, any other object is generally a breeze for him to lift/etc. He's had it all his life, though, like all Pyramid Heads, so he knows his strength.
Physical Description:
Eye Colour: Watery pale blue, like those of blind eyes
Hair Colour/Style: Parted to the side, kept short on top/sides. Just long enough in back to have a slight curl.
Skin Colour: Very pale, with a slight rosy tinge.
Clothing Style/Colours: White latex gloves.
Tight murky brown galoshes, stained with old blood.
A thin white apron, also stained with blood.
A gigantic Great Knife, his FEAR, strapped to his back.
Underneath, pinstriped or plain slacks, collared shirt. Colours/designs are artist's choice, whatever looks nice.
Preferably, the pyramid helm that is so iconic to the looks of the subtype.
Extra: Sharp, razor sharp teeth. All of them.
A pocketwatch, silver, with the black and white skull pin glue to the outside of it.
He's also stupid tall, like 6'7"-6'9", but has to shrink down to 6'~ for school.
References:
Hair: x x
Helm:
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Apron/Sword:
x x
Know that the references above DO NOT need to be exact. They're provided PURELY so that you have some things to look at, please feel free to interpret freely!
Ash:
x -- disregard glasses
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