Slenderman (Ben's Tainted Persona)

Persona Name: Slenderman

Persona Type: Tainted Persona

Persona's Arcana: Magus

Owner: Ben Hanabusa

Persona Appearance:

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An abnormally tall humanoid figure with long arms, elongated boney fingers in the shape of claws, gaunt pale white skin, and a completely blank featureless face. As Ben's tainted persona, Slenderman appears naked with a wide shouldered, thin frame. Six white spider-like bone tendrils protrude from his back and can be used for both attack maneuvers and added mobility. When standing, he has a height of about 10 feet.  

Persona Background:

One of the internet's most great and terrible creations. The Slenderman is a monster who's legend began through circulated photographs on the internet and originated in a game played on the Somethingawful forums. His mythos started off as a German folktale creature that lurked in remote forests. Originally, he was said to stalk his victims in woodland areas, then impale them on tall tree branches. After 1900, new sources began to show that the Slenderman gave up this behavior in favor of what might be seen as a passive-aggressive terrorizing, often stalking targets for years at a time before ever attacking. It’s understood that he tends to torture his targets mentally over long periods of time, using fear and paranoia to drive them to insanity. Other stories tell of him "infecting" those he stalks into becoming murderous "proxies". No one has ever satisfactorily explained the reasoning behind his tactics or the way he chooses his victims, and his purposes/motivations have yet to be fully ascertained. He is rarely, if ever, portrayed in a good or benign light and is generally understood to be a malevolent force.  

Strengths:

Ailments

Weaknesses:

Hama

Passive Boosts: The Magus arcana grants all mutated skills a 25% boost in potency.

Tainted Persona Skill List:

Skill 1: Marin Karin | 25% chance of inflicting the Charm ailment to one enemy.  If successful, enemy will attack allies (with soulbound weapon) or heal user for 3 turns. | 5 SP | Tier 1

Skill 2: Evil Touch | 25% chance of inflicting the Fear ailment to one enemy. 50% chance fear may stop their next attack. If immobilized, will have a 10% chance to flee battle. Wears off after 3 turns. | 5 SP | Tier 1

Skill 3: Fear Boost | Increases odds of instilling Fear by 25% | Passive | Tier 2

Skill 4: Ghastly Wail | Instantly kills all NPC (Generic Shadows) targets who are suffering from the Fear ailment (unavoidable). PCs are dealt 50% damage to their current health if suffering from Fear. | 15 SP | Tier 2

Skill 5: (Unlocked once winning atleast 10 PvS battles and using your Persona an additional 30 times in PvS combat; Must be a Tier 3 Skill or Lower)
Skill 6: (Unlocked once using your Tainted Persona an additional 35 times in PvS combat or capturing a Psyche Terrorist above your level; Must be a Tier 3 Skill or Lower)
Skill 7: (Unlocked once completing a mission posted solely for cadets and using your Persona an additional 45 times in PvS combat; Must be a Tier 4 Skill or Lower)
Skill 8: (Unlocked after defeating one of the NPC Velvet Attendants in combat or using your Persona an additional 45 times in PvS combat; Must be a Tier 4 Skill or Lower)

Tainted Soul: (The Ultimate fusion between you and your Tainted Persona. When using this, your Persona fuses within your soul, corrupting it and transforming you into a higher being temporarily. Once this is done, you take on a more otherworldy appearance thanks to being possessed by your Tainted Persona, but your stats are all doubled. This form lasts for three turns, and once it is over you revert back to your original form and all your stats are reverted to 1 till the end of the topic or you use an item/skill to recover. This can only be used once per topic and once being used, your Tainted Persona can no longer be used within the same topic.)

Possessed Form Name: Operator
Persona Name: Slender Man
Possessed Form Appearance:

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Having his soul fused with Slenderman, Ben himself becomes faceless save for a lipless mouth, and completely hairless. His teeth take on a sharper shape and appear more canine or bat-like. He develops a more pale color to his skin and all his limbs almost double in length, making him stand at around 9 feet tall. His body becomes extremely thin and almost skeletal looking. His clothing is replaced with a tight fitting black suit and red tie that hangs loosely around his thin neck. There is always a bloody symbol carved into the skin somewhere on his neck.  

Description:
Slenderman suddenly disappears and seems to teleport in front of Ben. He leans over and stares at Ben while his spidery bone tendrils claw at his throat and begin to draw a sign on his neck in blood(a large X over a circle

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). This sign begins to grow bright red, and slowly, Slenderman dissipates into billows of charcoal black smoke that seep into Ben's mouth, ears, and nose. Ben hears echoes of what sound like ten thousand screams during this process, and the fusing temporarily suffocates him, making it feel like he's being smothered to death both physically and mentally. A white ectoplasmic substance begins to coat his body like dripping candle wax (

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). The fusion process ends when an inhuman wry smile can be seen on Ben's new faceless head, as a towering thin body protrudes through a cloud of dark smoke. He has become Operator.

While he is Operator, Ben loses his human sense of physical sight, instead relying on a sort of "emotional echolocation". He sees people and things in "mental auras" that are colored based on their current feeling. The vermillion red light of fear and panic appears especially "bright" to Operator.

Soul Skill Name: Enigmatic Aura
Persona Name: Slenderman
Tier: Tier 1
Cost: Passive
Type of Damage: Passive
Description: Both Nyarlathotep and Slenderman understand that the center of fear is The Unknown. To this end, Ben has been imbued with a mysterious air about him that is both intriguing and sinister. It sows the seeds of doubt in others and makes them unsure about whether or not hostility towards Ben and his allies is a good idea.
Effect: If an enemy is inflicted with Fear, +15% chance that Fear will stop their next attack. Making the total chance 65% instead of 50%.