Vicious

Enoch Abernathy (Husband)

Alder Abernathy (Eldest Son)

Enoch Abernathy Jr (Youngest Son)

## History

### Early Life

Vicious was born the only daughter of Helen and Jonathon Faulder. Jonathon ran a very successful shoe company called Faulder's Shoes and the family was well known throughout Toon Town. During her youth Vicious was a thin, beautiful and incredibly shy looking woman. She eventually got married to Enoch Abernathy and took his last name. At age forty-five her father died in a somewhat suspicious stairs accident and her husband Enoch took over the company. Once he took over the company Faulder's Shoes began to have much shadier business practices, such as using child labor, cover-ups and poor working conditions. The business also changed its name to Mary Jane's Shoes during this time. Things were also changing inside the family itself. A year after Enoch took over the company they had their first child, Alder, and a few years later Vicious gave birth too her youngest son Enoch Abernathy Jr. It is currently unknown what dynamics within the family were like at the time but it doesn't seem like they were good (Ch 283).

Eventually, after running the company for thirty years, Enoch died in a mirror of the stair accident that killed Jonathon Faulder. The police immediately arrested Vicious for the murder and her eldest son Alder was even set to testify against her in court. However, the police ended up having to release her due to a lack of evidence. Her eldest son Alder took over the company in place of his father while Enoch Jr was arrested sometime later for drug possession. It is currently unknown what relationship and contact, if anything, Vicious had with her sons after her trial (Ch 283).

Sometime after her release Vicious seemingly started a new life with the persona we now know her as today, refusing to discuss her past with anyone. Vicious has been a notorious gambler in the Toon Town area for at least six years now (Inky Extras Series Part 2). She frequents a number of casinos and other shady places on the regular (Ch 273). Early on in her gambling career Black Hat got upset about her winning so much money at his casino so he challenged her to a game with a soul contract she had signed on the line. Vicious won the game, keeping her soul and gaining a favour she could call in from Black Hat. This also introduced Vicious to the world of debtors, which she would continue to be a part of by playing for people with debts to help lessen them for profit (Ch 295).

At some point in the past, Viscous met the Cupbros during a card game. Upon losing all their money in the card game, Mugman bet his favourite toy plane in order to try to win it all back. The Cupbros lost the game again but Cuphead refused to let Viscous leave with his brother's toy and threatened to beat her up if she refused to give it back (Ch 280). From then on their paths continued to cross as Vicious hired the Cupbros a few times as bodyguards during her more dangerous dealings. She also used to act as the landlady for the Serenity Apartments where Holly lived (Ch 273).

## Character Description

### Physical Description

Vicious is an old, short human woman with sharp silver eyes. She has short, curly grey hair and her faces is covered in wrinkles from her scowling. She is usually seen wearing a cloche hat and a collared dress. Vicious also always has her cane and her purse on hand (Ch 130). The purse is usually filled with bricks, which she uses to hit any would-be attackers with or to drop on the toes of an unfortunate opponent.

### Powers and Abilities

Vicious is an incredible gambler and has successfully won many games where it seemed every odd was stacked against her, as seen with her game against Cuphead (Ch 130). She is so good that Black Hat was even impressed with her skills, after his investigation proved she was not cheating in any way. She doesn't have any type of talent that supports her skills, just brains and a lot of luck (Ch 273). Just like her name implies, her playstyle is vicious. When against a new player she doesn't know, she will feel them out until she knows how to handle them and then proceed to wind them up whenever it suits her. Cup compares it to a lion stalking pray, as she systematically turns her attention and cruel jeers on players in order to get under their skin and seed self-doubt. She won't waste her time needlessly bullying players during games though, as seen when she left Cuphead mostly alone during their game since he knew her playstyle and it wouldn't have worked on him (Ch 130).

She is also a very good actress when she needs to be, easily playing the part of a naïve old woman in order to scam people into lowering their guard and playing against her. She is so good that even the Cupbros, who have known her for years, weren't sure whether it was really her or not when they saw her acting so clueless (Ch 273).

### Personality

Viscous, as her name clearly implies, can be a very cruel and cold person at times. She she seems to have been this way for awhile, as even during her first meeting with the Cupbros she was willing to take away a child's favorite toy after he lost it to her in a card game. She has no interest in playing nice with others and makes that abundantly clear to all those who interact with her (Ch 280).

She has an interesting philosophy when it comes to gambling. Viscous tells Fanny " You don’t bet what you’re not willing to lose. If the idiots of the world could get that one tiny fact through their thick skulls, there’d be a lot less trouble.”. When she see's someone gambling away something they can't afford to lose she becomes very angry and her playing can become even more ruthless then usual. She also doesn't care who chooses to play against her, even if they're a child. She'll play anyone who challenges her (Ch 280).

### Relationships

* Cuphead - Acquaintance
* Mugman - Acquaintance
* Fanny - Employee

## Trivia and Notes

### Notes

* Vicious is written primarily by Mercowe