The Ex

The Ex is one of the ghosts that emerged along with the T1-G1 Virus in the small island town of Cinder Isle and serves as a minor antagonist in the comic series "Cinder Isle". She is a deceased sorcerer who was cured of the Gender Curse post-mortem by Alistair Huntington and as a result of having unfinished business in life stemming from having to live with the curse, portions of her soul lingered and were able to manifest as a ghost. She is one of the most hostile ghosts encountered during the T1-G1 Pandemic and is one of the few who never truly seems to realize what and where she really is. While her full back story is never explored all that is known of her past is that she was married to a man (likely as a man herself due to the gender curse) but he was stolen away or at least cheated on her/him with another woman and as a result she entered a rage and sought to kill her. While her cause of death is never specified, it is implied she never succeeded or was stopped in the process resulting in her death. She wandered the island like most of the others, but she was much more hostile and seemed to be stuck in a constant rage state. 
After he was able to regain enough of his power Alistair sent her to the afterlife before most of the others hoping her fractured soul would find peace even if she never had been clear headed enough to tell them her exact origins and back story. Despite the lack of closure on her part Alistair needed to send her to the afterlife due to her hostility and problematic behavior. 
== Design/Appearance ==
The Ex Appears as a specter of a woman in the age range about mid to late 30s. She has dark hair and blue eyes as well as very pale somewhat aqua colored skin. She is dressed and styled in a somewhat Victorian age style with a long black dress and curled hair. Her most prominent feature, however, is the blood red claws she has for fingers. She always displays the red claws and acts in a very angered manner due to the events of her life. She is also very fast and seems to either move at incredible speed or actually teleport short distances suggesting she was a Sapphire Blood Sorcerer in life. 
== History ==
The Ex's full origin story or specifics of it are never explored but it is simply known that she lived as a Male Sorcerer who had been born with the Gender Curse likely in the Victorian Era based on her appearance. In life he had a husband who was either stolen away or cheated on him with a woman and as a result the Ex entered a psychotic rage and sought revenge on the woman who stole his husband away. 
Her exact cause of death is unknown, but it likely relates to her rage and mission to kill the woman who stole her husband. After her Death Alistair Huntington found her grave and removed the Gender Curse form her body. He failed to realize that a certain amount of soul fragments had been lingering in her body due to her unfinished business in life and they clung to the Gender Curse that Alistair removed and sealed into his vault. 
Years later an earthquake opened a fault line cave that led from Alistair's curse vault to Cinder Island several hundred miles away. The Curse that held her soul fragments had decayed to a fluid like state by this point and was washed down the cave into a lake on Cinder Island where she and several other ghosts emerged as a result of being woken up by the event. 
The Ex was first seen by Shane Gardiner on his way home from visiting his friend Zoey. Shane had at that point already encountered two other ghosts: The Girl and The Harlequin and was not all too eager to face The Ex at that point. The Ex confronts him on if he knows the girl who slept with her husband, but Shane denies it and remains scared and confused. He flees into the woods and keeps running until he gets home leaving the Ex and the others left in the forest to continue their confused haunting of the island. 
Over a month later The Ex appears again, this time closer to town in a neighborhood where a big Halloween Party is taking place. As she passes through the area, she spots a young girl named Daphne. Daphne is dressed as a singer for Halloween and is outside making out with her boyfriend Chase. The Ex seems to mistake Daphne for the woman she is so angry at for taking her husband. (It is unclear if this is due to her costume, her appearance, or simply due to the Ex being confused) She rushes over and attacks Daphne with her claws causing three deep slashes on her stomach. The Ex seems to be scared off after Chase gets aggressive and she feels her mission is completed, so she flies off into the woods again soon after. Her actions had dire consequences however as Daphne was infected with T1-G1 and her blood caused an outbreak at the party moments later. 
The Ex is never directly encountered again but after gaining enough of their memories and becoming clear headed several other ghosts explain to the Quad that she still remains confused and hostile. After Alistair had been revived and restored enough, he sought her and the other more problematic ghosts out and forced them into the Afterlife thus laying her soul to rest and dealing with the issues she caused. 
== Traits/Personality ==
The Ex never becomes clear headed like the other ghosts suggesting her soul is much more fragmented and not enough of it remains for her to recall her life. While parts of her personality likely do carry over it's doubtful that she was such a psychotic killer in life. As a ghost however she seems psychotically obsessed with finding the woman who stole her husband and is bent on killing her. She seems less hostile towards men as she knows she is looking for a woman but the only woman she encounters face to face is Daphne and she immediately assumes she is the woman she is looking for. 
== Abilities/Powers ==
The Ex was assumed to have been a Sapphire Blooded Sorcerer in life and as a result her ghost abilities are based on motion or speed. While she can be invisible, intangible, and fly to a limited degree simply because she is a ghost, she also has the power to move at very fast speeds and even seems to teleport short jumps. She also has Blood Red Claws on both hands, but it is unknown if these are the result of her own power or something that occurred in life. Combining these claws with her speed makes her an extremely dangerous ghost to be around. 
== Gallery ==
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== Trivia ==
* Despite being one of the most hostile ghosts, the Ex is seen the least of the others and only appears for two brief times at the start of the comic. 
== See also ==
Category:Females
Category:Cinder Isle characters