The Incubus

"*I feel her love! Her love feeds me! **Nourishes me!** I need no more strength, for her love fills me!*"
—Hendrik about Marie Anderson[src]

**Jake Hendrik** was the former boyfriend of Marie Anderson and her primary weapon as part of her quest for revenge through the Empire Killer. After escaping the collapse of Manhattan Psychiatric Center, the already mentally ill Hendrik was driven completely insane by the loss of Marie and became known to the media as **The Incubus** before going on the run. He serves as the secondary antagonist of *Season 2* and a minor antagonist in *Season 4*.

## Biography

### Early Life and Background

Not much is known about Hendrik's background. At some point in his past he was forced to register as a sex offender, a secret he closely guarded. In his early-to-mid-20s he began a relationship with Marie Anderson, who had grown unsatisfied with her husband. Even after Marie discovered his secret, she continued her affair with him as he was the only one of her many lovers who could fully satisfy her. During their affair, Hendrik became completely obsessed with her and would commit crimes to buy her luxurious presents. Following the deaths of her husband and children in a murder-suicide, Marie cut ties with Hendrik after she was confined to the Manhattan Psychiatric Center, and he continued to be obsessed with her.

A few years later, Marie was finally discharged from hospital, now on a twisted quest for revenge having been driven insane by the deaths of her family. Marie manipulated Hendrik and several of her other lovers to act as her proxies in her revenge, in which they would brutually kill entire families so others would know Marie's pain; these men would collectively act as the Empire Killer. Hendrik was the only one of Marie's lovers who was aware of the existence of the others and aimed to undertake his murders more theatrically to earn her attention. He also moved into Marie's apartment, still being her favourite lover.

## Overview

### Personality

Jake Hendrik is the dictionary definition of a psychopath: he is cunning, deceptive, intelligent and heartless, exhibiting no remorse for his murders and seeming to take great pleasure in them. He has a flair for the dramatic and a pathological need for attention. Hendrik committed murders simply for the attention of Marie Anderson, who he grew to become completely obsessed with thanks to his belief that they belonged together; he was so attached her that he did not even care about her affairs with other men, focussing only on impressing her and drawing her attention to him. His need for attention is also highlighted by his constant letters and phone calls to the police, taunting him with graphic details of his crimes, and his desperate need to take credit for the actions of all of the other killers who operated as the Empire Killer.

## Powers, Equipment and Abilities

### Powers

The Incubus does not possess any supernatural powers

### Equipment

#### Weapons

* **Carving knife:** Jake Hendrik's primary weapon is a carving knife that he pushes to delicately mutilate the faces of his female victims and viciously slit the throats of his male victims.

## Associated Deaths

### Murders committed by Jake

* Henderson Family - children suffocated with plastic bags; Mr Henderson throat slit; Mrs Henderson face mutilated and died of shock and blood loss

## Trivia

* An incubus is a demon in male form who, according to mythological and legendary traditions, lies upon sleeping women in order to engage in sexual activity with them. Jake's self-declaration as "The Incubus" links to this definition due to his sexual depravity.