Masks 2

Name: William de Raynes

Aliases: High Priest of the Vrellfytch Congregation, The Worldly Extension of Vrellfytch

Date of Birth: April 19th, 1994 (missing since Ragnarok)

Place of Birth: A tiny city from the midwestern US from before Armageddon that no longer exists, so who cares.

Place of Residence: New Orleans!

Appearance: William has changed. He stands at a tall 6'6", and has large and evident muscles. His face is sculpted and sharp, all angles from his jaw to his nose. He has scruffy, shaggy red-blonde hair, dark brown eyes that could be a warm maroon, and a easy smile. However, his skin appears to be covered in almost completely healed scars, from all sorts of wounds ranging from cuts to holes to torn up skin. In addition, there is a massive, jagged scar hidden by his clothing. It stretches from the bottoms of his shoulders to the top of his pelvis, a vicious, blood red X of healed scar tissue that criss-crosses over the entirety of his front. Despite these wounds, however, William stands tall and strong, as though the scars covering his form didn't even exist. He doesn't even look a day over 21. William's clothing typically consists of 'street clothes', things like dark colored t-shirts, jeans or shorts, and simple sandals. There is, however, an article of clothing he has that stands out. William wears a worn, custom made navy blue cloak. There are clasps sewn into the inside of the cloak so that it can be closed up from the inside, hiding William's body and arms. In addition there are four sheathes, all filled with custom ceremonial daggers, and a handful of hidden pockets.

Personality: Outwardly, William is a nice person. He is patient and likes to chat. He's the kind of person you want to sit down with in a coffee shop to catch up with if you haven't seen each other in a few months. He seems serene, almost, as if he's come to terms with the awfulness in his life and has become all the better for it.

There's a reason for these traits, however. Being linked to an unknowable conscious from another dimension that cannot be understood has skewed William's sense of time, which is where his patience comes from. He wholly desires to bring others under the fold of Vrellfytch, causing his enjoyment of talking. And he has found his purpose in serving Vrellfytch, thus prompting his serenity. In addition, it is not as if the old William is completely gone. He is still a strange blend of masochistic and sadistic, with a sickening fascination for causing and receiving pain. He still strongly values personal strength, and he still has his moments of hotheaded ruthlessness. This leads to moments of intense violence from the man, who reacts with little more than a serene smile.

William is different now, and yet he's still the same in the end.

Powers, Skills, and/or Resources:

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SpoilerEldritch Conduit - As the last member of the Vrellfytch Congregation, and the only living link Vrellfytch has to Earth, William has power beyond measure. His body acts as a gateway to an alternate reality, through which Vrellfytch is able to act. Any opening on William's body, from his natural nostrils and mouth to the pores in his skin to artificial openings like cuts and holes, can function as a gateway for Vrellfytch. Tongues, eyes, mouths, teeth, tentacles, and even entire limbs can manifest from these openings. William has complete control over these parts, and can do with them as he wishes. In addition, this ability allows William to commune with Vrellfytch from across the dimensional veil, and allows William to find out what Vrellfytch needs.

Let the Rivers Run Red - William has become fully linked with Vrellfytch, physically and mentally, and has become more than a simple human. However, such power requires spectacle, and that spectacle is blood. The more blood that flows from William's wounds, the stronger he becomes, and the larger and more dangerous his Vrellfytch parts become. In addition, his link with Vrellfytch allows William to bleed for an indefinite ammount of time, and he is not affected by bloodloss. When the bleeding is stemmed, William heals quickly, as the wounds inflicted upon him are no more than a microscopic nick on the flesh of Vrellfytch.

New Maw of Vrellfytch - Vrellfytch hungers, and must be sated. William needs to consume the flesh of sentient beings in order to feed Vrellfytch. Consuming said beings affords William temporary enhanced strength and speeds up his healing. While Vrellfytch's diet has up until now consisted of humans, it has heard of those outside the realm of humanity, and considers itself interested.

Linked By Blood - A final power, awakened by the intimate connection between William and Vrellfytch. William may allow others a connection to Vrellfytch, just as he has. What it requires is a ritual, in which the chosen person must cut out a part of their own body, and shall take in William's own blood. However, there are requirements. The person must have heard the voice of Vrellfytch, who can communicate through mouths spawned on William. The person must perform the removal process on their own, with only supervision from William. The person must fully believe in Vrellfytch's power. And finally, the person must be mortal, and may not have any link to any other 'supernatural' beings. Those who fail the first three requirements and are human painfully perish once the ritual is complete, and their body is to be consumed by William so that Vrellfytch may add to itself. It is unknown what happens to those who are immortal or otherworldly and partake in the ritual, though William would be lying if he said he didn't have his interest piqued...

Biography: And it is through him that Vrellfytch shall inherit the Earth.

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SpoilerWilliam's early life was boring. It was the story of a pathetic boy who had to get physically stronger in order to weather the hardships of his young life. And yet he was still weak, and ran away from his problems instead of facing them. And so he spent his days traveling, looking for a place to call home when he knew deep down that he'd never find it. And then he made it to New Orleans.

The city itself was far from notable, nothing more than a superstitious cesspool of gentrification and class divide that masqueraded as an entertaining party city. William had settled down in a run down apartment in the shitty part of New Orleans, and was moving to make some money so he could keep traveling. However, the city was home to something William had never been prepared to understand. A choice encounter led to William meeting the Vrellfytch Congregation, and he had become enamored, going so far as to rend his flesh and bone so he could remove his own heart in the name of the god trapped at the bottom of the ocean in another dimension. He was an intense devotee of Vrellfytch the Indomitable, and planned to do all he could for the Congregation.

William's devotion was cut short. During one of his first missions for the Congregation, William was intercepted and subdued by some sort of holy warrior, easily stopping his conquest of a simple church. He was restrained, captured, and shipped away to a prison meant to hold those like him, those who defied the tenants followed by those like the holy warrior. They kept him chained up in blessed metal, imprisoned in a sanctified cage to rot until they could figure out how to deal with one such as him. It seemed like this was the end for William de Raynes, cursed (or blessed?) to spend the rest of his life locked up until he could be safely disposed of. Even William himself believed that this was the end of the line.

And then Ragnarok happened.

The holy prison William was restrained in was thrown into pandemonium as the dead surged through its halls, overseen by angels of destruction. William's own cell was invaded, his chains broken and his cage defiled so as to make it possible to approach and kill him. And yet that was exactly what William wanted. Now freed from the things restraining his power, William carved a swathe of destruction through the ranks of the undead and the holy warriors alike, a power unlike any he had ever felt surging through him. He broke free of the holy prison and escaped, running to hide from the invulnerable creatures that swooped through the skies and commanded the dead as their soldiers. William wasn't sure how long he was hidden, or even where he was, but managed to survive, easily able to defeat the corpses that the angels commanded.

Then, time stopped, and William found himself face to face with God.

Their conversation was unimportant and short, but it basically confirmed what William had known. He was not going to Heaven. That was fine with him. What was Heaven, really, if he had no need to go there? After all, he was sure he could find a way to extend his lifespan, what with his growing connection to Vrellfytch that was growing far stronger than William had expected. And yet he accepted this strength with open arms. But it was a few days after the Visitation, after having spent time wandering aimlessly, that William received his biggest surprise.

There was a voice in his head, one he was very familiar with, and yet had not heard in a long, long time. Vrellfytch's voice rung throughout his skull like a shattered bell, intense and commanding, yet quiet enough that he had to strain to hear. Vrellfytch spoke to him, and laid out the stakes. William was told the horrible truth: the Vrellfytch Congregation was dead. All vital members were slain in Ragnarok by the manifestations of God's subconscious, save one. William de Raynes. That was the reason for William's newfound powers: with the other members of the Congregation slain, William alone was able to receive Vrellfytch's power. Thus, it was William alone who could revive the Vrellfytch Congregation. And to do that, Vrellfytch would offer him a boon that had never before been offered to a mortal. Vrellfytch would link itself to William, both in body and soul. They would become one, two bodies of the same being across different dimensions. William would inherit power unimaginable, and all he had to do was rebuild the Congregation and continue its original plan. And William would never have said no.

They became one, and suddenly, William could see far more than he ever could have imagined would be visible. He saw experiences from Olivia and Leon, former members of the Congregation, things he was not there to see. He felt them die, the excruciating pain of their separation from Vrellfytch. He also saw a world not unlike Earth. He saw living beings being swept into mouths by the thousands, an all consuming force tearing through humanity like a hot knife through butter. Then, he felt the cold sensation of being forced through water, the sting of magic and the weight of technology, pushing him down, down, down, until he felt himself impact something. It was cold on top, omnipresent water, and hot on the bottom, the mantle begging to be let through the crust to show Vrellfytch what consumption felt like. William felt time pass, experienced eons of the same thing: of cold on top and hot on the bottom, of being crushed and not dying. And then he felt himself reaching through something that was not quite time and not quite space, and then... he was back into his own body, and he found himself in a familiar place, sort of.

William was back in the United States, and the world was different. He was back in familiar territory.

William had been changed by the experience of becoming Vrellfytch. He understood now, they had common ground. Being restrained by those you were to defeat, imprisoned when you were only doing what was supposed to be done. Punished for following the rightful order, punished for making others see what the truth was. But William was a changed man, and Vrellfytch was smarter for it. For just as William experienced Vrellfytch, so did Vrellfytch experience William. It better understood humanity, and knew that there were things it had never perceived before. Things that would make a good meal.

Thus, the pair of beings, now one existence stretched across two bodies and two dimensions, made their way to the city of New Orleans. Their plan was simple: do what had to be done. After all, Vrellfytch hungered.

Friends, Family, Acquiantances, Rivals, Enemies, and anybody else:

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SpoilerVrellfytch the Indomitable, the All-Consuming - A being whose true form is nigh impossible for the average human to understand. It takes the form of a mass of body parts that humans can comprehend, though it is never fully visible. Vrellfytch currently exists on Earth in a parallel universe, one in which Vrellfytch consumed almost all of the life in the solar system. It was eventually trapped in a last ditch effort by the stragglers of humanity at the bottom of the ocean, using a combination of advanced magical and technological means, and spent time immeasurable trapped there. However, it managed to gather up enough of its power to reach across the dimensional veil, contacting humans on the Earth everybody is familiar with. From there, it moved to form the Vrellfytch Congregation, a group intent on bringing Vrellfytch across the dimensional veil into this world, so that it may feast forever more.

William and Vrellfytch have a very interesting bond. As William is the last surviving member of the Vrellfytch Congregation, and Vrellfytch has spent far more time connected to this dimension, Vrellfytch was able to do something it wasn't able to do before, and 'link' itself to William. As such, William is now part of Vrellfytch, for better or for worse. The two can be considered a single being stretched across two dimensions, for they have an intimate connection due to their bonding.

The Vrellfytch Congregation - An old organization dedicated on bringing the otherworldly Vrellfytch over the dimensional veil into the current Earth. However, they were slaughtered during Ragnarok, aside from William, who had been apprehended and was elsewhere. William survived Ragnarok and returned to New Orleans, where the Vrellfytch Congregation was formerly held. It is now being rebuilt by the sole member: William de Raynes.