Silent Man

The Silent Man is the main antagonist of the first Act of The Rift Maker. A being shrouded in metaphorical and physical darkness, the Silent Man is an enigmatic character. The main presence behind the universe-wide culling known as the Cosmic Death, the Silent Man appears to be a being beyond the scope of our dimension. The Silent Man brandishes an equally mysterious ability to generate an amorphous, tar-like fluid that is capable of instantly destroying anything it touches, but is also strangely linked to the latent Potential found in humans.
== History ==
Multiverse theory denotes that every possible decision ever made over the course of history spawns an infinite number of consequences in the form of alternate parallel realities. These different realities tend to only sport very, very slight deviations in relation with each other, but these seemingly insignificant changes have the power to cause a massive snowball effect, crackling across the cosmos in a wave-like pattern. In the event of two parallel universes resulting in a positive and negative consequence respectively, it is by God's good graces that the two distinct universes never intersect. For if they were to meet, the universe bridled with the negative outcome may find themselves envious of their sister universe. What gives them the right to thrive and prosper, anyway? Why must this universe fall into disarray, based on the whims of some unknown and uncaring force? ....Perhaps I'm getting ahead of myself.
== Abilities ==
=== Encroaching Darkness ===
The dark and malleable forms that surround the Silent Man can only be described to be some tar-like substance. This tar seeks out and destroys anything according to the Silent Man's will. The tar is relentless in whatever it targets, and once is locked onto you is increasingly difficult to shake off. The tar slowly dissolves anything it comes into contact with; getting caught by it is almost certainly instant death. However, a particularly uncanny aspect of the Silent Man's tar is its ability to induce Potential in humans. Given that Potential is a strictly human ability, and the tar seems to induce it in an almost symbiotic relationship, suggests that whatever the Silent Man is, or was, their origins stem directly from the Blue Marble itself.
== Trivia ==
* The Silent Man's name comes from a fucking Tumblr post Mr. Scrimmy Bingus saw once and thought was hilarious.
* The Silent Man resembles a Void creature, though his origins do not originate from there.
* The Silent Man was originally meant to be a secret boss character for Mr. Bingus' old RPG project, Essence.
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