The Litch

Litch in the shed. In the picture he's standing.

**The Litch** - otherwise referred to as **The Damned Litch** - is the main antagonist of the tape under the same name.

## Appearance

The Litch has beige skin, brown hair, blushed cheeks and a permanent smile carved into his face. According to the text and the auction details, it also has a rubber head.

As for it's attire, The Litch has a fabric-stuffed body accompanied by children's drawings as well as blood-stains. Like it's hair, it's brown shoes and "gloves" also seem painted onto the doll's body.

## Personality

It's personality is up for debate given the fact The Litch lacks much interaction with others to determine any set traits. However, the most noticeable feature towards it is the ability to spark/induce irrational fears onto victims.

When it does so, it seems able to perform other supernatural capabilities such as:

* Light/Dark Manipulation.
* Hallucination Inducement (possibly).
* Insanity Inducement.
* Paralysis Inducement (possibly).
* Technology Manipulation (via glitching).
* Sound Manipulation (via emitting various screams).
* Telepathy (via talking with the viewer).

This could indicate that The Litch only enjoys the presence of other entities - humans especially - when it can manipulate and worsen their mentality. Other than that, The Litch seems somewhat hellbent on destroying the sanity of anyone wishing to take ownership of the doll or interfering with it's own schemes and/or resting place.

## Origin

The tape begins with a view of a cave-like entrance as howling winds are heard as the ambience. This scene - after a few seconds - abruptly cuts to black as text appears stating:

> "*Welcome back! I noticed you all enjoyed the found footage from last episode. So, just as you've all been waiting for...I was able to dig up more found footage.*"
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From there, a sight displaying a doll underneath a bridge can be seen. Besides the doll seems to be a camera hung up by something slightly off-screen. The text returns to state that the unknown person came across another urban legend, one that seemed to another doll/toy. From their words, it has a rubber face, a plush body, with gloves and shoes. The doll in question was found in an abandoned sewer in England by an explorer named Ryan (who would later on bring it back with him to sell off in an auction).

There is a sudden jumpscare via the screen glitching to reveal a red outline of - presumably - The Man in the Dark as the doll within the image disappears from beneath the bridge. Text appears apologising to the viewer about the technical difficulties due to unknown glitches becoming a recurring issue for them. After the brief apology, they decide to show the auction footage that was recorded when the doll was placed for sale.

The title of the event is known as the "*Bazathon 1984, Annual Auction*" as muffled but cheery music introduces us to a closer inspection of the doll along with a few nearby notes to describe its behaviour. It is labelled as a 19th century children's doll with a rubber head, a fabric-stuffed body accompanied by children's drawings as well as blood-stains. Another sentence - most likely to entertain the idea of this doll being linked to urban legends - is the ability to enduce irrational fears onto people which seemingly never existed previously. The price set for the item is - surprisingly - £1,666 (a supposedly cursed sequence of numbers usually associated with The Devil).

However, after the price is revealed, The Litch (the presumed name for this doll) turns towards the camera as the brightly lit background is darkened and the once cheery music is replaced by screams of terror and panic. After a momentary scene of black, the tape returns to view The Litch standing in a dimly lit room filled with various boxes and shelves. Behind it seems to lead into a pitch-black hallway. Gently in the background, "Oh My Darlin' Clementine" begins to play at random until a minute or two has passed, in which the light projecting onto The Litch goes out.

Supposedly, The Litch begins to speak to the viewer in this instance both via text and a disembodied voice overlaid with distortion by the following speech:

> "*You are not afraid of heights, you fear the fall. You are not afraid of the sea, you fear the creatures within it. You are not afraid of the knife, you fear the blood that will run. You are not afraid of the dark, you are afraid of the man...in...the dark.*"
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At this point, there seems to be nothing but silence as The Litch stands and stares at the camera. However, when looking towards the dark hallway behind it, the viewer can see a man begin to appear from the right side (who also stares towards the camera) as the scene concludes to yet another black screen.

The tape ends with heavily distorted ambience accompanying the scene from the beginning of the tape overall. Although - in this version of events - The Litch can be seen in the distance crawling through what could be the sewers as it stares at the camera one last time as the footage cuts.

## Trivia

* Unlike the majority of dolls/toys made by Battington (excluding The Baby Doll), The Litch doesn't seem capable of directing causing victims to perish.
	+ It could be assumed that it indirectly causes casualties and/or deaths by it's ability to create/induce irrational fears onto it's victims. Either this or The Man in the Dark could be responsible for any and all physical confrontations towards it's victims.
* The doll is said to belong to an urban legend titled "*The Damned Litch*" however little context surrounds the doll's origins regarding how it came to seem haunted and induce such fears onto it's victims.
* The Man in the Dark is said to be linked to this character, either serving as the physical "brawns" to the pair when tormenting a victim or to serve as a frequent hallucination developed by The Litch to stalk the victim.
* The Litch seems to have no bounds if it may induce various fears, regardless of the victim's mentality themselves. But - presumably - those with a terrible sense of morality, severe medical conditions or a history with weak mentality are it's more preferred targets.