August

August is one of the many Creatures of the Shadow Realm, though is notably the primary leader of the realm. August got their name after taking over one of the many corpses of Augustine, being named after the man's corpse.

August is unlike any of the creatures of the Shadow Realm, being the strongest and most intelligent of the lot, being observed to even speak to humans by copying their language and even being observed to utilize dark magic, though hasn't used it since his humanoid form.

August is deceased, due to the destruction of Holdstept's original reality and due to the fact that the Shadow Realm was destroyed, though August can be reincarnated as a Shadow / Crimson version of themself, due to Alison's magic.

**[Some of August's lore has been changed in the Wiki as opposed to the original lore in Holdstept, to fill holes and fix things up.]**

## Forms

August has had many forms, most commonly having his wendigo/human form. August's forms change from time to time, due to August not being a traditional Shadow Realm creature, as August takes control of dead bodies instead having his own. His forms change due to the degenerative process that the bodies he possess have, eventually the human body slowly becomes more like a Shadow Realm creature overtime.

### Original / Wolf

August's least memorable yet original form seemed to be that of a wolf, yet seemingly abnormal and rotten, being notably underwight and the legs of August's wolf form were quite long, with alarmingly sharp claws, the tail being long and thin, with sharp bone peering out from the top, in the pattern of a saw. This form didn't last for long, within twenty four hours of this form being observed, August came across one of Augustine's bodies, taking control of it shortly after. However, August has the ability to return to the wolf's body if he has no other options.

### Human / Plague Doctor

August's secondary form, the plague doctor, occoured after taking over one of Augustine's bodies, having mysteriously gained a suit of a plague doctor's attire minutes after gaining the body. August had donned a brown plague doctor's suit, the glass eyeholes of the suit being completely blackened, whilst Augustine's controlled, rotting corpse lies within it. During the time of this form, August had access to dark magic, the way August handled dark magic was comparable to a master, causing the first apperance of small Hexons on earth. August's humanoid form did not last for long, due to his specialised degenerative abilities, that slowly degrade anything he takes control over into a shadow realm creature.

### Current (Deceased) / Wendihuman

August's deadliest form, the "Wendihuman" had occoured due to August not switching bodies for over a month. The Wendihuman is August's most deadliest form, as it is the form of the strongest creature of the shadow realm, being described as near-invincible. August's wendihuman form is heavily deformed, the human body being mostly torn apart, as the bones had grown yet the corpse didn't, the only things keeping intact being the organs, only being held up by strings of moss and the relatively intact plague doctor costume, which had been mostly stretched out yet still majorly ripped.

Within the Wendihuman form, August had the ability to control the Fatal Fog, due to becoming a creature once more, as the Realm did not follow August's lead whilst he was in his Humanoid form. August had become much more ravenous and extremely volatile, his personality became like a feral animal and the body's eyes glew purple through the lenses of the mask. August retained the ability to communicate with humans, yet he never did, due to his feral personality, he ended up killing everything that tried to communicate with him.

### Legacy / Shadow / Crimson

August was never completely eradicated from existence, August's original body had died, but his corrupt soul lived on and he became immortalised. August had two forms after his death, both matching his Wendhuman form, yet were never truly identical. August after death's first form was the Shadow form, the universal protector of Hexons, which usually appears upon entering such. August's shadow form was made from black ash and shards of crystals, dark matter, whatever was available at the time. This shadow, protector form had the durability of an average Shadow Realm creature, yet had the strength of the original, wendihuman form.

August's crimson form exists due to Alison's summoning abilities. August's crimson form is reddish, appears crystalline and is transparant, also appearing alike the Wendihuman form, but also can appear as the Wolf form, depending on the situation / magical energy used to summon August. The durability of both Wolf and Wendihuman form is average to a Shadow Realm creature, yet the strength is equal to the originals.

## History

### Early Life (The Wolf)

August was first discovered in a clearing within a forest, inside of his wolf form, slicing up a dead body with it's saw tail and claws, horrifying guards that saw it. After sighting the capture team hunting for him, the enraged August tried to attack the team, the bullets shot at him being near-useless. However, August had relatively bad luck after killing the first member and after a couple of failed attempts to kill the other members, he gave up after badly damaging two of the remaining three members.

August was brought to Holdstept's facility inside of a cage, via a truck and he put up relatively no resistance, he could escape the cage with ease, yet the curiosity got the better of him and he was shortly brought to the facility and assigned a regular, high-security cell on their own. The facility's scientists were trying their hardest to analyse the capabilities of August, yet they did not find out much, other than it's extreme strength, durability and regenerative abilities, as August's true power came out from possessing bodies, which he only did in secret. Due to the facility not being able to get much information out from August, they kept him in the cell he was assigned to, which he was easily able to break out of, yet he lied in a somewhat dormant state, not attacking anything, nor communicating, until a breach occoured, then he would murder anything he could see.

Upon the second time a breach occoured, August came across a corpse that he was magnetised towards, it wasn't anything like he's sensed before, it was like the corpse was that of a creature from his realm, yet it belonged to a human, August felt like the body was worthy for him to possess, so he did exactly that, causing the body of the wolf to disintegrate almost instantaniously. And thus, he took control of one of Augustine's bodies.

### Holdstept life (The Doctor)

August's life in Holdstept was rather uneventful, after he was recontained from the breach, the facility's researchers tried trying to get a better grasp of August's potential, yet they were once again unsuccessful. August was contemplating if he should escape the facility, but then something interesting crossed his path. Augustine, the scientist's body that he was controlling came back from the dead and looked perfectly normal and he was standing before him during a test. August suddenly had a great idea. As Augustine was linked to the Shadow Realm, August took this as an oppertunity to manipulate him, teaching Augustine how to conjure and harness Hexons.

One day, whilst Augustine was "harnessing" the Hexons, a direct portal from the middle of the Fatal fog to Augustine's office was established, causing the first dimensional breach of the shadow realm, resulting in hundreds of casualties. From this incident, August was able to escape the facility, managing to travel through the portal before the breach was over.

### Shadow life (The Wendihuman)

August's life in the Shadow Realm was even more uneventful than their Holdstept life, simply killing anything that tried coming into the realm, whilst slowly transforming into his current form, the Wendihuman, becoming one with the fog, for all eternity.