Grinning Man

== Attributes ==
 STR: N/A INT: 75
 
 AGL: N/A WLP: 80
 
 DEX: N/A FTH: 45
 
 REF: N/A FOC: 65
 
 FOR: N/A PSY: 35
 
 PER: 50 LCK: 150
 
 FEAR: 85
== Abilities ==
*Antitime (60)
*Appear (120)
*Apport (75)
*Blind (80)
*Distort Electronic Media (80)
*Fade (80)
*Glare (Power) (120)
*Hound (80)
*Manifest (90)
*Mind Reading (45)
*Portent (150)
*Prescience (120)
*Presence (80)
*Secret Knowledge (90)
*Telepathy (90)
*Time Lapse (90)
== Characteristics ==
*Affinity (Disaster)
*Ageless
*Chill
*Dark Vision
*EMF Source
*Interference
*Lunar Influence
*Needs Nothing
*Nocturnal
*Spectral Entity
== Description ==
The Grinning Man appears as a tall humanoid figure. It seems to be dressed in a trenchcoat and wearing a shirt and tie. It’s facial expression is constantly of a wide grin that reaches ear to ear. Oddly, most of the Grinning Man facial features and clothing appears very blurry, almost out of focus to the point where one can barely make them out, but the smile is clear enough to see even if you aren’t focusing on it. Even if the Grinning Man is in complete darkness, the smile is still bright and clearly visible.
== Location ==
The Grinning Man is a type of entity that appears just before a catastrophe of some sort. As such, the Grinning Man can appear wherever catastrophes are imminent. It is unknown if there is only one Grinning Man or if he is a type of entity, but normally only one appears.
== Modus Operandi ==
The Grinning Man will begin to appear days, weeks, or even months before a catastrophe takes place that will claim a large number of lives. He usually just allows himself to be seen, although he has been known to converse with people or place telephone calls. During these conversations he explains very vaguely what is going to happen, although this has never caused anyone to be able to help stop the catastrophe. In many cases, all this does is cause the people he communicates with to be at the scene of the catastrophe and place themselves in danger when they would not have otherwise. Therefore, it is widely accepted that the Grinning Man’s job is to cause as much death and destruction as possible.
== Neutralization ==
No one has ever been able to defeat the Grinning Man.
== Story Seed ==
In the 1960’s, in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, a Grinning Man who identified himself as Indrid Cold began appearing alongside a creature known as the Mothman. The end result of these encounters was a bridge collapse that claimed many lives. Last week, a member of the Point Pleasant community received a telephone call. “Hello? It’s me, Indrid Cold. Do you remember?” The line went dead immediately. Something terrible is on the horizon in the very near future.
Category:ESPER
Category:Creatures