Appearance: Abnormally tall, skinny and with an overall pale skin tone which blackens towards the tips of his long, slender limbs. These result in thin, sharp nails on both hands and feet, and the strong jaws possess lethal, slightly crooked teeth which are often visible due to his frequent, naturally unsettling grin. Two ominous, empty eye sockets complete his facial features. He usually wears a dark(often dark maroon), polka-dotted suit with a bow tie and a wide, matching fedora decorated with a single plant(currently a venus flytrap) sticking out. His suit pants are usually devoid of dots. The extra appendages(known as tentacles or tendrils) which he can sprout/retract from his back at will are thin, pointed and pitch-black.

Summary: Like his elder and notably more famous relative, the Splendorman is a mysterious, highly potent entity of unknown age and origin that mostly resides in areas close to, but not in the midst of human civilization. Little is known about him, though one of the most popular beliefs is that he is a form of “tulpa” originating from within the collective minds of humankind, appearing in this world as the physical incarnation of their darkest nightmares in order to hunt and thrive off their fright. He is a natural human predator, seeking out lone or tiny groups of humans, often children, which he will stalk, observe, prey on and manipulate/toy with for his own sheer amusement before often grotesquely killing them off. The purpose of the hunt is not their nutrition as much as the strong, agonized reactions of fear, despair and misery which he instills in his prey during the torture. In order to enjoy those to the fullest, he always makes sure to maintain a close mental connection with the victim, literally intruding their mind to marvel at their horror.

The interpretation of his name is not about bringing splendor and happiness to others, as most of his counterparts do. In his case, roughly put, it means that he will literally go to any lengths to “splendify” his own life by pursuing what he perceives as entertaining and precious. And while he’s not particularly picky with this(even simple things such gorgeous scenery can make him content for a while), his favourite way of going about it is enjoying the strong reactions he induces in his targets. He is highly sensitive to even small changes in others’ emotional state and has, among various others, the ability to manipulate emotions, communicate telepathically and, to a certain extent, control/read the minds of his prey. He has been known to occasionally let his victims go(more or less alive) after having toyed with them for a certain period, but whether this is out of sympathy, indifference, the desire for them to spread rumours about him or if it is part of a bigger plan is unknown.

He is, like the Slenderman, speculated to be a semi-physical, pandimensional creature due to his various unexplainable abilities like the ones mentioned above, sometimes seeming to operate in a plane of existence which cannot be fully comprehended by the simple, three-dimensional human mind. Being capable of disappearing, reappearing and even manipulating his own matter by changing its shape, he can easily evaporate, condense or even liquefy his body at will. The most common use of this ability, however, is to project extra appendages, or tendrils, from his back which serve as either limbs, fear-instilling elements or lethal weapons. These factors demonstrate such a loose connection to his physical body that it is hinted he might not actually be dependent on it to survive, the theory being strongly supported by his swift, effortless regeneration even after taking significant damage, such as 3rd degree burns, mutilation and even decapitation.

As an entity strongly intrigued by his victims, the Splendorman is more than often willing to spare a human should they have anything of interest to offer him, or even if they simply are of amusement. In most cases of the latter, he’d leave them mostly unharmed only to return at a later time to see if they can live up to their entertainment value. If not, he’d either consume them or, if he deems them as having earned it by pleasing him enough, lets them go. It is not unusual for him to have more of an “observing” role in the beginning, selecting his victims carefully before deciding what to do with them. It is through this habit that he stumbled upon the human girl who would(rather unwillingly at first) come to capture his attention, interest, and after a good while of obsessive stalking/intrusion on his part, his affection. He has, as he would call it, “claimed her as his own” and spends most of his time nowadays by her side, having adopted her home city as a second territory where he follows her closely throughout her daily life.