The Carnival Master (Character)

*If you are looking for the episode with the same name, go here.*

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Nicholas being interviewed for his documentary (The Monsters of Everlock)

### First Episode

The Clowns Here Kill Part 1 (mentioned and seen in possible flashback or flash forward)
Venomous Affections (first spoken lines in flash back)
Control Issues (first physical appearance to the guests)

### Last Episode

The Collector Returns

**The Carnival Master** was the main antagonist of Season 3 of Escape the Night. He appeared to various inhabitants of the town of Everlock and enticed them by granting their wishes or dreams. However, his apparent "generosity" always resulted in the manipulation or twisting of what they desired and ended in them transforming into the guardians of his artifacts. While he was beginning to perform the curse that would destroy Everlock, he, along with all of Everlock, was frozen in time by the Society Against Evil members Jael, Ryu, and Calliope.

The Carnival Master was later freed by Mortimer and raised an army of the undead to attack Joey Graceffa and his friends. He was killed after Jael and Ryu were resurrected. His soul was then brought to the Museum of the Dead by the Collector and unleashed on Joey once more. He was eventually tricked and trapped inside of the Monster Exhibit.

## Role

### **Season 3**

#### ***Episode 1 - The Clowns Here Kill Part 1***

The Carnival Master is first mentioned when Calliope warns the guests that "he" is coming. The guests ignore her warning thinking she is crazy. When Mayor Janet thanks the guests for coming to Everlock, Calliope warns her that the spell won't last forever and that "you-know-who" will come back. She then demands Joey to tell her where he got the Jack in the Box which he tells her he won it she then tells him that it is one of the Carnival Master's wicked artifacts. The clowns are then released and capture Colleen Ballinger, Roi Fabito and Joey Graceffa then one of the clowns lead Joey Graceffa into their RV and tells him that the Carnival Master will be released at sunrise and the whole town is going to burn. Joey Graceffa, Colleen Ballinger and Roi Fabito find a note talking about the Carnival Master which tells them the following;

“*When the sun rises, my summoning ritual will be complete. And the sacrifice I have been made will have been worth it. The corrupted artifacts have given the power I need to conform the people of this town to vessel worthy of being consumed by the Cursed God*”
— The terrifying note

#### ***Episode 2 - The Clowns Here Kill Part 2***

The guests find a map with the Society Against Evil logo on it and find on the back of it a long note which tells them a few things about the Carnival Master.

“*We were too late, even with all of our society's knowledge we didn't understand the carnival master's dark plan. To save Everlock, we froze it in time to give us a chance to stop him, but we were no match for his wrath. Realizing all was lost, I used the last of my life magic to encase him in an amber prison. But the spell has reached its end. At sunrise, the carnival master will be released from his prison and will consume all life in Everlock. There are eight corrupted artifacts which the carnival master draws power from. If they can be gathered and cleansed of evil, the carnival master will be weakened and can be slain. However, the artifacts are protected, and whenever touched, their evil guardian appears. The final act to cleanse each artifact will require voting on two who must undertake a horrifying challenge that only one will survive. By sunrise, if the artifacts have not been cleansed and the carnival master slain, everyone in town, including you, will be destroyed*”
— The passage

#### **Episode 3 -** Venomous Affections

On December 31, 1977 the Carnival Master appears at the start of the episode and offers Cindy help to get revenge on Bahar, Cindy accepts and the Carnival Master turns her into the Snake Woman.

> "I can give you anything you want. All you have to do is take my hand"
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#### **Episode 4 - The Man with No Name**

On February 14, 1978 the Carnival Master appears to Benjamin (a disfigured man who is being hunted by others) and offers to help him take vengeance on those who have hurt and isolated him by giving him theStatue of Era and transforming him into The Man with No Name.

> "I know your name. The world does not. Do you want the world to know your name? To fear you like the devil? I need you to stand and say yes. SAY IT!"
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#### **Episode 5 - Strong Like A Demon**

On March 7, 1978 the Carnival Master appears to Wilmer Jones (a police officer who had just lost a arm wresting contest) and offers to make him "strong like a demon" giving him the Demonic Configuration and turning him into The Strong Man.

> "I can make you strong. Stronger than ten men. Strong, like a demon"
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#### **Episode 6 - Twin Dolls**

On July 19, 1978, The Doll Maker goes to the church and asks for the Carnival Master's help. The Doll Maker was about to lose his shop and wanted help to save it. The Carnival Master gives him The Night Killer Doll which brings the twin dolls to life, they soon kill the Doll Maker.

> "I can make them so alive and magical, everyone in town will need one. And soon they'll be knocking down your door... Place your hands on the alter"
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#### **Episode 7 - Funhouse**

On October 13, 1977, the Carnival Master arrives in the town of Everlock and puts up a tent meeting Willie (an insurance man who is down on his luck and fighting with his emotionally-abusive wife). The Carnival Master tells him he needs a Funhouse man and transforms him into the multi-faced man with this episode's artifact. This deal was done in front of Mortimer.

> "I know a lot of about you Willie. I know your wife thinks your the biggest mistake she ever made in her life and you haven't sold an insurance plan in weeks. How's that conversation going to go? But I have another option. Right now I need a Funhouse man"
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#### **Episode 8 -** Wicked Witches

On August 21, 1978, the Carnival Master appears with the witches performing a spell to curse the whole town and to create the Wickerman doll artefact.

> "And the world will know you are my queens of darkness. Bringers of evil, Corrupters of the innocent. Curse this Town and everyone in it"
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#### **Episode 9 -** Control Issues

        On November 24 1977, the Carnival Master visits Lucy, his daughter, who is being held captive in a cell and straitjacket after mutilating and killing her boyfriend (The warden's nephew). He gives her the final artifact, The Collar of Control, and she uses it to break free. She then kills the warden, Kathy, and escapes her prison. In present times, Mortimer takes all the artifacts from The Divine Lounge and takes them to The Church while the final challenge is running. Once the final challenge was over, Mortimer takes the Collar of Control to the church and released the carnival master from his tomb of amber. Once this is done the Carnival Master snaps Mortimer neck. Calliope takes a gun from Mortimer and shots the Carnival Master, to no avail. He then strangles her to death. Once this is done, he summons zombies to chase the guests. It is also revealed that the crystal in his chest has the power to bring people back from the dead which is calling to Joey.

#### **Episode 10- The Carnival Master (Episode)**

On 13th October 1978 The carnival master begins his curse that would destroy Everlock. He is interrupted by Jael and Ryu who lock the town out of time and attack the carnival master. He then kills Ryu. Jael kills him once but he gets up telling her he has the power from the living stones keeping him going. He then kills Jael but with her last breath Jael seals the carnival master in amber.

40 years later but still on the 13th October 1978, the carnival master summons zombies to attack the guests while he continues his curse. The guest collect the living stones and bring back Jael and Nye whom fight the zombies and go to the church to confront the carnival master again. He appears to to defeat them again and Nikita offers him the living stone but Jael attacks again, killing him for good. Once the guests has left Joey returns and takes the crystal from his chest seeing the faces of fallen friends.

#### **Episode 12 - The Monsters of Everlock**

    The Carnival Master is seen in a caravan. The carnival master gives interviews about his motives for bringing about change and talks about the artifacts.

### **Season 4**

#### **Episode 10 - The Collector Returns**

The Carnival Master and several others return as the Collector's newest exhibit.

## Personality

He is shown to be manipulative and cunning, preying on the desires, fears, and insecurities of those living in the town of Everlock. After tempting them with magical solutions to their problems, the magic ends up going purposefully awry, turning the manipulated into guardians of the various corrupted artifacts, often with either physical changes, changes in their mentalities, or in the case of the Doll Maker, being turned on by their creations.

He is the most Lucifer-esque out of all four of the show's antagonists, as he not only looks like a devil, but also makes deals like one.

## Gallery

The Carnival Master on the Season 3 Episode 10 thumbnail alongside Joey Graceffa and MatPat.The Carnival Master on the Season 3, Episode 11 thumbnail alongside most of the antagonists in Season 3.The Carnival Master on the Thumbnail for the final episode for Season 4 alongside the Collector, Joey Graceffa, and Colleen Ballinger.The Carnival Master in the Museum of the Dead.The Carnival Master trapped.
## Trivia

* In The Monsters of Everlock, we learn that the Jack in the Box was given to the Carnival Master by an orphaned boy, and the Statue of Era came from Goodwill, of all places.
* He is never seen in the same shot as any of the Killer Clowns except for High Tower.
* Every Thumbnail that Nicholas is in, he is shown with the same image. However, in The Collector Returns, his image in the thumbnail has the Life Stone removed from his chest.