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soulcollects) wrote2026-01-23 01:06 am
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EDWARD MORDRAKE
the man with two faces AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW
| A 19th-century English nobleman, handsome, refined, and of great talent in the musical and poetic arts, who harboured a hideous second soul in the form of another face on the back of his head. This "demon's face" was able to speak in depraved whispers that only Edward could hear, goading him to do terrible things. Despite Edward's attempts to rid himself of his evil twin β including drowning it β the second face would not die, and eventually the young Edward was driven insane by this existence, and institutionalised. The demon attached to him took control and helped him to escape, where he then joined a "freak show" troupe, the only place where he could live his tormented existence in some peace, where he could be accepted. However, on one Halloween night, the face drove him to murder the entire member of the troupe, before he hung himself to death. Now there is a superstition amongst carnies that no "freak" performs on Halloween, lest they summon the spirit of Edward Mordrake. Once summoned, he serves as a vessel for the demon's face, compelled to follow its desires to take the life of one "freak", adding them to his own ghostly troupe. In order to determine who will be taken, Edward must make them relive their darkest hours, listening to the horrors that they might have known. Twisted by his own madness and possession, Edward and his demon seek out the most depraved and lost souls they can find. The demon's face feeds from "pain, regret, the delicious moment when hope is lost, the sweet bleeding of a broken heart" β yet Edward is generally a sympathetic and mournful listener to those he encounters, and despite the terror he inflicts to satisfy the face's hungers, taking a soul into his Hellish troupe can be a mercy for the chosen. They become freed of their mortal torments and find a new family with Edward Mordrake, who knows the burden of such terrible loneliness. β’ horror, sweet things, funny things, tragic things, general, shippy β’ summonings: Anyone in any time period could summon Edward, whether knowingly or unknowingly! I'm happy to bend / flex canon rules a bit so that anyone, not just "carnies", could cause him to appear. Perhaps he's drawn to an especially lost soul β the wounded, lonely, or even depraved. Or maybe someone from the modern world does a ritual or fucks around with a Ouija board or chants in a mirror or something and he just like... shows up highly confused lmao. Maybe he even gets trapped in the world of the living?? I'd love to play around with the "urban legend" factor to him any number of ways. Also spirit mediums / anyone connected to the dead would be fun to bump into! β’ fellow "monsters": As mentioned, Edward is going to be drawn most especially to those who are tormented or lost, "dark" creatures, cursed and damned souls, oddities, the unloved, etc. Come to him all the most piteous beings out there, let him adopt you... and also just any fellow spooky supernatural things in general β’ more AHS characters: I'm trash for this dumb show and would just indulgently love to toss Edward at other AHS folks. Murder House for the ghost vibes, Coven for witchy fun, etc etc.
demon's face - the second face on the back of his head which demands the life of a carnie whenever Edward is summoned; whomever is chosen will become part of his ghostly troupe intangibility / invisibility - as a ghost, he has the ability to become tangible / seen or intangible / unseen at will spirit commandant - the ability to control and command all of the ghosts that are killed by him soul collecting - the ability to collect the soul of any carnie who has summoned him on Halloween transmutation - the magical ability to instantaneously move from one place to another without occupying the space between; when he teleports, he is always followed by an ethereal green fog clairvoyance - the magical ability to read the minds of others and project his thoughts into them divination - the magical ability to obtain direct knowledge about an object, person, location, or physical event through means other than the user's physical senses lie detection - the ability to detect whether someone is lying to him / the demon's face when sharing their darkest secrets SPECIES: supernatural / ghost HEIGHT: 5'11" HAIR: black, thick EYES: crystal blue NOTABLE: Extremely Victorian. Muttonchops for days. Has a second, evil face (hello Malignant) that he keeps covered with a top hat STATUS: 19th-century nobleman OCCUPATION: musician, poet (formerly) / cursed collector of souls (current) BACKTAGGING: βοΈ 4TH-WALLING: βοΈ THREADJACKING: βοΈ FIGHTING: βοΈ ROMANCE: βοΈ KILLING: β (he's already dead... but he could be banished or smth) |
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