Spider

Spider is a character in Phantom Tales of the Night. He, along with Butterfly, work for Owner at the Murakumo Inn. He half humanPhantom Tales of the Night Manga Volume: 3 (pt. 31). and half earth spider/visionless spider.Phantom Tales of the Night Manga Volume: 2 (pt. 134). He wears bandages to cover his decaying fleshPhantom Tales of the Night Manga Volume: 2 (pt. 134).. At the Inn, he cooks and serves meals. 
== Appearance ==
Spider has spikey black hair and wears rectangular glasses. His lower face is almost always covered. When at the Inn, he uses dark bandages to cover his face and wears samue. The bandages also cover most of his upper body as well, from neck to wrist. When around humans, he wears a dark hoodie and uses a paper mask to cover his face. In colored illustrations, his clothing is usually blue. 
== Personality ==
Spider is a brusque man who keeps most of his thoughts and feelings to himself, and rarely reaches out to others. He is polite to customers, but is quick to argue with Butterfly if given the chance. Spider is much more open when he is drunk, and then acts 'cute'Phantom Tales of the Night Manga Volume: 9 (endpages). according to Owner. 
In the past as a human, Spider is seen to be unsympathetic and uncaring towards what he does not understand. 
== Abilities ==
Spider can grow legs from his back to slice and grab his opponents. He is also quite skilled in the kitchen, but is not fully comfortable cooking non-Japanese food yetPhantom Tales of the Night Manga Volume: 8 (endpages).. Spider also has the best understanding of modern human life compared to the other permanent inn staff. He can shop at a grocery store, and he knows what a smartphone is. 
== Early Life ==
Sometime after the early 11th century, Spider was a human soldier tasked with helping to escort The Woman Who Summons Calamities to her death. However, his fellow soldiers become to view him as sulliedPhantom Tales of the Night Manga Volume: 3 (pt. 55). after he offers her water and she warns Spider that he is in danger. Because of this, they push him off the cliff after the woman, attempting to kill them both. The woman survives and escapes, and Spider is found by Owner. Owner saves Spider by combining him with the Earth Spider in exchange for his lifetime of service.
== Quotes ==
"Don't touch me, filth." (To The Woman Who Summons Calamities)
"I told you not to order me around." (To Butterfly)
"The scent of death only calls forth more death." (To Kyouko)
"At any rate the only thing I'm confident in is my ability to make good food!" (To Owner)
== Gallery ==
File:Vol1pt104.jpg|Spider and Owner
File:EarthSpider.jpg|The Earth Spider
File:InnTrio.jpg|Spider with Butterfly and Owner
File:Spidervssnake.jpg|Spider in action
File:Spiderandbutterfly.jpg|Spider and Butterfly
File:0011-001.jpg|Young Spider
File:Colored sketch of Spider.jpg|Colored sketch of Spider
== Trivia ==
* Spider is farsighted and his left eye is fully blind as of Enigma 44.
* He can't read books written in the Edo period anymore.Phantom Tales of the Night Manga Volume: 8 (endpages).
* Spider can't get a reward points card at the grocery store because it would give away how long he's been alive.Phantom Tales of the Night Manga Volume: 6 (endpages).
== References ==