Affluenza

"*I am your new god!*"

—Aff's catchphrase

**Affluenza**, formerly known as **Affluence** in his prime, was formerly a rather high-ranking angel within heaven, working as god's 'right hand' for thousands of years, well known for the magnificent golden feathers and wings he sported in his prime. However, he soon became delusional, power-hungry, sinful, everything a pure, and powerful, angel like him was expected not to be. He turned against god and the other higher-up angels, believing that he was now 'the new god', building a small army of lower-ranking angels in an attempt to rise up against the higher power. However, he was overpowered, and was cast down to the underworld alongside his cronies and lost his halos as well as his beautiful golden colour, but his highly powerful (and unstable) magic was retained.

With the powers he still had, he broke out of the underworld and crossed into the mortal realm, and is going around possessing mortals with special spores he can create within his feathered wings in a technique he calls 'sporepuffing', planning to one day defeat god and become the new overlord of the world. Unfortunately for him, the angels and god have found out that Affluenza made it out of the underworld where he was sentenced, and are scouring the mortal realm, hoping to cull him.

## Abilities

### Physical

#### Flight

As Affluenza has still got wings, he is capable of flight and is rather versatile in movements in the air. This is his primary way of movement.

#### In-corporeality

Due to being an angel, and cryptid, Affluenza is capable of phasing through walls and other solid objects. This allows him to make a more hardy escape if he needs to.

#### Fast regeneration

Affluenza, as he is dead, and rather powerful, can heal most wounds and injuries with relative ease. He is incapable of being injured directly by a mortal, but can be wounded via weapons or environmental causes, but cannot be killed. The only way Affluenza can truly die is at the hands of an angelic weapon.

#### Sporepuffing

Affluenza is capable of creating highly infectious spores from the glands in his wings, and when inhaled by a mortal, or even angel or demon, their bodies and mental states will slowly weaken to the point Affluenza is capable of mind-controlling the host, though the host will usually die after a little while, upon death, infected bodies will release these spores and infect any passerbys, so that the cycle can continue. This process has no cure, and is known to be especially painful as health deteriorates. Affluenza himself is immune to the spores.

Infected hosts can usually be identified via bright red eyes and violent tendencies.

#### Physical strength

Apart from his unnatural abilities, however, Affluenza is surprisingly strong in terms of physical strength, and is capable of moving objects much larger than him, or even carrying them. He doesn't use his muscles much, though, as he values his magic more.

### Mental

#### Multilingualism

Affluenza is capable of speech, and can understand, and communicate in, all languages, even some unknown to mortal tongue. Nobody's quite sure where he gets this knowledge from.

#### Intelligence

Affluenza is very intelligent, and possesses a wide range of knowledge about the world around him, as well as certain events in history, types of animals and plants, and more. He is good at recognising patterns.

#### Planning

Affluenza is skilled at planning and uses this to devise escape routes in case he needs to flee from angels or something else, or to make up evil schemes. He plans out his actions carefully and is usually ahead of the angels in terms of this.

#### Stealth

Affluenza is extremely stealthy, especially in the dark, and is capable of sneaking up on others to sporepuff or attack them, or to sneak away from any danger. He can dish out attacks in versatile, quick movements whenever his target's backs are turned, and due to his aura, can be practically invisible in darker areas.

### Magical

#### Shapeshifting

In order to make an escape, or traverse better through a certain kind of terrain, Affluenza is a very powerful shapeshifter and can turn into pretty much anything he wants. However, he is unable to shift his colours, so it is easy to identify him in an alternate form if you know what he looks life.

#### Dark magic

Due to being a fallen angel, his magic was still retained even after he was cast from heaven's skies. He is a very talented and strong spellcaster, able to manipulate, recreate or perform any kind of spells he wishes. He values these abilities a lot, and doesn't know what he'd do without them.

#### Telekinesis

Affluenza is capable of controlling things with his mind, even other living beings, and may use this to attack or immobilise mortals to sporepuff them easier. He usually uses this ability in a more violent manner, but he may occasionally use it to retrieve something from far away, or possibly to make an escape.

#### Dark aura

Something that Affluenza can't control as much, is a dark aura which hovers around him. Taking the form of large, dark clouds which envelop his body, this can be good for making his almost invisible within darker areas, or bad for making him a dead giveaway wherever it's light. This aura cannot be dissipated.

#### Pocket dimension

Instead of having organs, bones, or any biological matter underneath his robe or in his body, he has a pocket dimension which can be accessed via his throat or an opening in his robe. This can be used to store things, no matter how large, and is seemingly infinite with space. Even mortals or other living things can be stored within this dimension, but they will die if not cared for properly. Due to not having organs, Affluenza lacks a need to eat, drink, or even sleep entirely.

#### Mind control

Via his special spores, Affluenza is capable of mind-controlling other lifeforms, or at least, those which are weaker than him. When a being inhales his spores, he is able to have full control of their bodies in a few days, and can manipulate all of their thoughts, as well as movements, making them only a shell of who they once were.

#### Mind reading

Affluenza is capable of reading the minds of those who are in a close vicinity to him, and can choose when to do this at will. He doesn't like using this ability in crowded spaces as it can get rather overwhelming.

#### Technology manipulation

Affluenza is capable of manipulating and even destroying technology with his magic. Any attempts to photograph Aff will lead to said photo becoming warped and distorted beyond recognition, but this can also happen when he is in the vicinity as well. Tvs and radios will go into static if he is nearby, and can even manipulate some devices to speak through or display whatever he pleases.

## Trivia

* Affluenza is typically seen carrying around a large, black, reaper-like scythe. This weapon can talk to him, but only him.
* He owns a copper dog-like mask, to help with staying anonymous during attacks.
* His blood is black, and is capable of feeling pain despite having no nerves biologically. He can be wounded, but not directly by mortals.
* His base height is 46'0', but he can change this at will via his shapeshifting powers.
* He leaks a black, inky substance from his wings, feathers, nose, mouth and eyes a lot. This isn't his blood, but looks a lot like it. Nobody's quite sure what this is for.
* Mentally, Affluenza is emotionless and incapable of feeling most mortal emotions. However, under extreme circumstances, he may feel a weak emotion: Usually a negative one, such as rage or envy, rarely ever feels sad, and has never felt emotions such as excitement, happiness, love, or amazement before, or at least, not for a very long time.
* He is unable to taste anything he puts into his mouth.
	+ Despite this, however, all of his other senses are in perfect working order.

### Development

* Affluenza was inspired off of the Oblivion rollercoaster from Alton Towers, mostly design-wise.
* His voiceclaim is the Key from the *Don't Hug Me I'm Scared* pilot.

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