The Stitchwraith

**The Stitchwratch** is a major antagonist in the *Fazbear Frights* anthology novel series, appearing as the main antagonist of the epilogue storyline. It is a mysterious hooded figure being investigated for the murder of five people and indirectly responsible for some of the various animatronics encountered in the series' short stories.

It is later revealed to be an animatronic endoskeleton who was brought to life with "agony" by Dr. Phineas Taggart that contains the soul of **Jake McNally** and **Andrew**, as well as **William Afton**.

## Appearance

The Stitchwraith is a mysterious figure wearing a hooded coat, it wears a white mask with features drawn on in a thick, black marker (similar to The Marionette or Ennard) Most notably two eyes, one of which appears blackened, and a toothy grin missing a tooth, with something appearing to be stuck between its front teeth. It also appears to have blood around its mouth.

1:35AM's Epilogue reveals it to be an Endoskeleton of unknown origin that resemble Endo-02. Its mask comes from a white doll that was drawn over with colored markers. In its chest lies Fetch's battery, which glows red when it kills its creator. It is likely that it has since decorated or replaced pieces of its endoskeleton body with the numerous parts it has been collecting.

## History

### *Fazbear Frights' Series (Epilogues)*

#### *Into the Pit*

The Stitchwraith is often dismissed as an urban legend. He is often sighted in garbage dumps, scavenging them for unknown reasons. It's been caught on picture dragging a mannequin out of a dumpster, in one instance. There are also five murders associated with The Stitchwraith, in which the victims' bodies all appeared withered, with "eyes that bled black down the sides of the face."

Detective Larson is enlisted by the police department to locate the Stitchwraith and find out what it is doing. It was first seen scouring the dumpsters of an alley for something and found a mannequin that it then stuffed in a bag and took with it.

Apparently, in *Into the Pit* the Stichwraith seems to be connected with the story *To Be Beautiful*, where a group of popular kids at a school have to go to therapy after they saw the protagonist turn into a walking pile of junk right in front of them. The same therapists also seemed to have patients who talked about a mysterious cloaked figure, which clearly describes the Stitchwraith.

#### *Fetch*

A lucid homeless man only referred to as Grim, notices the Stitchwraith standing on the train tracks. Keeping himself hidden, he observed it using a pry bar to gather the broken remains of an unusual Plushtrap, which had bloody human teeth and eyes scattered around and wedged in the train tracks. It put the collected scraps into a bag and disappeared into the night.

Unbeknownst to Grim, this particular Plushtrap Chaser was lured onto the train tracks by a trio of kids after it tried to kill them in the previous short story *Out of Stock*. According to a couple of employees overheard by one of the kids, this model was apparently bought, modified, and then returned to the toy store by an unknown customer. Whether this is merely coincidence or if the Stitchwraith was aware of this remains to be seen.

#### *1:35 AM*

Dr. Phineas Taggart was a secluded scientist fascinated with the energies of human emotions, known as Remnant. The research he conducted in the personal laboratory he set up inside of an abandoned factory showed that intense emotions have a direct influence on their surroundings, with flowers being particularly perceptive. He later discovered that negative emotions have a significantly more powerful impact when compared to positive ones, and agony was by far the strongest. For his research, he bought supposedly "haunted" objects online, such as used torture equipment and other seemingly useless knickknacks such as mechanical dolls that could automatically close their eyes and a rocking chair that rocks on its own, among others. However, he himself dislikes the term as the objects aren't possessed by spirits; rather, he believed them to be "energized by agony".

Today was the special day, because his newest delivery had finally arrived. He had ordered a broken endoskeleton for his biggest project yet, along with some new haunted objects, including a stack of party plates, a mirror that witnessed a man murder his entire family and an empty jack-in-the-box. He transferred the energy of their agony into the endoskeleton, then decided to give it some personality by replacing parts of it with pieces from his collection. First, he replaced its head with that of a a doll's head onto the body to "give it a personality", and Fetch's battery to "give it a heart". When the battery sat in place, the energized animatronic began to move. As Phineas laughed madly over his success, his creation turned to look at him and reached out its hand to touch him. As soon as its metal fingers touched his skin, its battery started to glow red, and Phineas was killed just slowly enough to feel the excruciating agony that suddenly overwhelmed his brain.

Ruben, the owner of a food truck outside of Phineas' laboratory, found his corpse a day later when he began to worry why he didn't show up for his regular eating schedule. His corpse was almost mummified with a black substance bleeding from his eyes, and police investigation suspected that he was killed by an electrical discharge of some kind. When a truck transported his belongings out of the building, the animatronic was among them. It awakened once more, looked around, and grabbed a black cloak from his clothing that caught its interest. The animatronic then left the truck and escaped into the night.

#### *Step Closer*

The epilogue in **Step Closer** is told from the Stitchwraith's perspective and reveals that The Stitchwraith is possessed by two children: A young boy named Jake McNally inhabits the Simon head and is in control of the endoskeleton, along with Andrew, who possesses Fetch's battery. They are confused of where they are, and Jake accidentally kills a man. Andrew replies nonchalantly that he probably caused it, then reveals that he had infected a number of objects with his anger. Jake wants to find them to save people.

#### *Bunny Call*

The homeless man Grim had noticed the Stitchwraith again, carrying a large bag. Out of curiosity, he follows it and discovers its hideout, a gigantic warehouse. Grim looked out around the dirty space, taking note of two red flowers that sat on a shelf. He then looked at the bag and could see the arm of an Ella doll sticking out. The figure had collected the remains of Ella, Fetch, the Plushtrap Chaser and several other unnamed animatronics. Eventually, Grim was too freaked out to stay, retreating back to his shed.

Within the Stitchwraith, Jake could sense Grim in the factory, but let him get away since Grim didn't have malicious intentions. He had been collecting Andrew's infected items. Suddenly, Jake remembers a part of his childhood. He remembers his father and him at a baseball game, having fun. Jake felt like he was actually there despite it being just a memory. He was getting sucked into it. As Jake daydreamed, Andrew asked him about the flowers, but Jake didn't listen. He was leaving the body, enticed to become part of the memory. However, Jake stayed, not wanting to leave Andrew. The Stitchwraith went back to business, watering the flowers.

#### *Blackbird*

The Stitchwraith went to Phineas' lab and throws a Foxy the Pirate into a trash compactor. Detective Larson points his gun at the creature, the two having met. Meanwhile, Andrew takes partial control of the Stitchwraith in an attempt to kill the detective and get him out of the way, while Jake holds him back. The struggle causes the Stitchwraith to throw itself into the compactor as well.

As the Stitchwraith is being crumpled, an unseen force rises, attacking Jake and Andrew. William Afton, who had hitchhiked onto the endoskeleton through Andrew, made himself know. Both Jake and Andrew disappear, their fates unknown. Once the pulverizing was complete, the battered Stitchwraith body was ejected from the compactor. William Afton, on the other hand, ejects from Stitchwraith's body and begins to fuse his burnt skeletal with Andrew's infected items, forming a new body for him; The Agony.

#### *The Cliffs*

The Stitchwraith survives being crumpled in the trashcan, however, only Jake is in control. Andrew is freed. The Stitchwraith is caught by the pull of the Agony but is then attacked by Eleanor. Now somehow at the factory, Eleanor seeps into Jake's soul. Jake feels that William Afton infected him during their fight in the last epilogue, but Eleanor removes it shortly after. The Stitchwraith watches as Eleanor is absorbed into the Agony.

The Stitchwraith remains in the sidelines as a battle occurs between Larson, William Afton, and several other third parties. He witnesses Afton stabbing Larson with his foot, giving him his infection, and Larson firing back by impaling Afton with the prongs of a forklift. He also sees the parts of the Puppet get absorbed into the Agony, as well as Eleanor fleeing from it. He watches as The Marionette takes control of the detached animatronic limbs, forcing Afton's new form to tear itself apart. Afton, the Puppet and the rest of the infected items all sink to the bottom of the lake.

Jake, controlling the Stitchwraith, comes to Larson's aid, using energy from Fetch's battery pack to burn both the wound and the infection inside of Larson after he was stabbed. The Stitchwraith escapes as the police arrive, realizing full well that Afton was weak, and that something else was allowing him to cling to life.

### *Gumdrop Angel*

Nine days later, the Stitchwraith goes back to roaming the streets and hiding from everyone. Jake is still the only one in control. With both Andrew and Afton gone, the Stitchwraith no longer has its signature deadly touch, and can't directly kill anyone else. This is proven when Jake accidentally touches a sleeping Grim on the head, not killing him. Instead, he sees through Grim's memories and is able to directly manipulate them, giving more emphasis on a happier memory to make Grim feel better in his grief.

The Stitchwraith stumbles into a building and encounters a teenage girl, who looks disheveled as if she was taking drugs. Two thugs come in and kick the unconscious girl, asking for her to pay their debt. Jake realizes that these guys are drug dealers. Jake uses his animatronic body to overpower the criminals, throwing one out a window and using his hot energy from Fetch's battery pack to burn the other thug's forehead.

The Stitchwraith takes the unconscious girl to Grim's old shed near the train tracks in an attempt to comfort and resuscitate her. He suddenly hears something crawling out of the shed, trying to get inside.

### *The Puppet Carver*

Sometime passes, as the Stitchwraith and the girl it rescued continue to hide out in the shed. The thing crawling outside has disappeared. Jake returns with some food, discovering that the girl has woken up. She introduces herself, stating that her name is "Renelle". Jake feels something off about the name, but he ignores it. Renelle looks more healthier than before, with combed hair, bright eyes, and clean skin.

Jake tells her that he protected her from the drug dealers, which she thanks him for. He blurts out that he is surprised that she isn't afraid of him. She explains that being homeless for so long taught her that the things that looked like him aren't always monsters, and that the real monsters are those who hurt and take advantage of others. She recalls her past and how she ended up with the drug dealers, explaining that her mother died when she was 13 and her father became obsessed with work to deal with the grief. Her father sent her to school, so she stole some of his money, and her father kicked her out, forcing her to survive on the streets.

Renelle sheds tears as she eats the food Jake brought back with him, as he realizes that she still misses her dad. Jake decides to help reunite her with her father, when at that moment, a ray of sunlight falls on Renelle. He notices that she's wearing a silver pendant in the shape of a heart. He smiles, believing that it's a sign of good fortune to come.

### *Friendly Face*

Several days later, Jake is able to get some information on where Renelle's father lives. Renelle seemed hesitant on going home, as she tensed up whenever her dad was mentioned. Jake waits a little before asking, but Renelle is now ready to reunite with her father.

Renelle leads Jake back to her old house. Jake ensures that he won't let her father be mean to her before ringing the doorbell. The door opens automatically, Renelle's dad assuming it's a package being delivered. As Jake looks around, he spots two photos. The first shows Renelle's father alongside Phineas Taggart, who he recognizes. The second is Renelle and her father smiling together, except Renelle had curly black hair and dark brown eyes. Renelle, right now, had brown hair and blue eyes. Jake realized that something was wrong. Suddenly, Larson wandered into the house and immediately fell to the floor unconscious, whispering the name "Eleanor." Jake then noticed that Renelle's appearance had changed, her details matching the girl in the photograph.

Renelle's dad comes down the stairs, seeing what believes to be his daughter and hugs her, apologizing for kicking her out. When "Renelle" smiles at Jake and winks at him, he realizes the truth. Renelle was Eleanor, the same animatronic that had attacked him. He realized that she was the one who gave life to the items that Andrew claimed to have infected, and that she was the greater evil that had been powering the Agony while Afton himself was in his weakened state. Jake tackles Eleanor against a wall, but she changes her appearance again to create a gaping wound in her chest. Believing the Stitchwraith was an evil monster, Renelle's dad took his gun out and shot Jake, one of the bullets hitting the battery pack that powered him.

The Stitchwraith, now with its power source broken is unable to move. Jake is paralyzed as Dr. Talbert helps Eleanor up and plans on using his special supply of remnant to heal her. Jake realizes that Eleanor wanted Dr. Talbert's remnant supply to become more powerful so she could spread pain and suffering across the world, by using the Stitchwraith's memory-seeing abilities to peer into the entity. Jake could only watch as Dr. Talbert injected Eleanor with remnant and gave her the power she coveted.

### *Prankster*

Jake dozes off, dreaming that everyone he knows is celebrating his birthday. He ultimately realizes that it isn't real and snaps back to reality. With what little power he had, Jake tries getting the Stitchwraith body to move in order to face Eleanor. Larson was keeping Eleanor at bay by weakening her within her own memories, giving Jake some form of advantage. Not wanting Eleanor to have her evil way, Jake experiences a sudden burst of strength and launches himself at Eleanor, ready to attack.

Jake holds Eleanor down, covering her entire body in his cloak. He uses as much energy as he can from the damaged battery pack to not only burn Eleanor, but also trap her within himself. To ensure she remains subdued, Jake uses his memory powers to lock her up in her most miserable memories. Eleanor is locked away inside of the Stitchwraith's body, and her animatronic body is scorched and inanimate. The nightmare was finally dead, and Jake left before Larson woke up.

Two weeks pass. At some point in that time, Jake managed to find the real Renelle and reunite her with Dr. Talbert. However, there was one last thing he needed to do. Ever since he absorbed Eleanor, he had visions of a dirty ball pit. He was able to find it in an abandoned restaurant, in the same condition as he saw in his visions. He can feel all the souls of Eleanor's victims still inside the pit. While he can't do anything to set them free, he could do the next best thing. Jake walked into the pit, and let the balls take him as he sunk under.

Jake comes in contact with Millie Fitzsimmons, one of Eleanor's victims. She just wants to be reunited with her grandfather and spend Christmas with her family. Jake makes that wish would come true, extending out his hand. Millie is sent back to her grandfather's house, where she has a tearful reunion with the rest of her family and is happy to be with them. The Stitchwraith endoskeleton shuts down, remaining buried in the plastic balls of the ball pit. Jake gives the spirits new, happier memories to put them at ease. While they can't be set free, they can at least rest in peace. After soothing all of the spirits, Jake finally moves on, bringing an end to the tale of the Stitchwraith.

## Abilities

1. Deadly Touch: Andrew's anger, alongside William Afton, caused the Stitchwraith to kill anything it touched. Its hands would zap its victims with agony causing their skin to turn pale and their eyes to dissolve into a black liquid as they die. After the seventh Stinger, this ability has been lost, since both Andrew and William Afton are no longer residing in the Stitchwraith.

1. Soul Sensing: Jake has the ability to sense the soul and overall intention of a person, determining whether they're good or bad, the emotions that person is feeling, or if something is happening to them. This ability has been used throughout the epilogues to sense characters like Grim and Larson.

1. Exothermic Manipulation: The Stitchwraith is powered by Fetch's battery pack. Jake can use the battery pack's energy to heat up his hands. The energy varies in temperature, but at best, is strong enough to burn away agony within a person's flesh, as demonstrated in the seventh Stinger. This ability also has a connection to Jake's subconscious and what he's thinking, since he was able to burn an actual message within someone's forehead in the eighth Stinger.

1. Memory Manipulation: When he manipulates his own memories. Jake is able to remember his dad and him bonding at a baseball game. He could not only see where he was, but he could also smell, hear and use all his other senses, making it seem like he was actually there. Jake got pulled inside his own memory, almost leaving the Stitchwraith body. In Gumdrop Angel's Epilogue, this ability is expanded upon, and replaces the Deadly Touch. Instead of killing people when touched, the Stitchwraith can see into a person's mind and watch their memories. Jake can put more emphasis on a particular memory and make it clearer.

1. Memory Transfer/Visions: This ability is the result of both Exothermic and Memory Manipulation. This ability can only be passed on to someone else. It can be assumed that because Jake burned Larson's flesh to remove the infection in The Cliffs, it caused Larson to have Jake's abilities inadvertently implanted into him. Larson sees visions of another person's memories, his other scents adapting to what he sees, making it so as if he were actually experiencing the memory, similar to Jake's visions. He sees things such as someone watching the Freddy's animatronics perform, someone hanging out with their friends, and someone going to a movie theatre. He can also see the ball pit from Into the Pit.

1. **Memory Imprisonment**: This ability is used on Eleanor in the Prankster's Epilogue. This one is powered primarily by Jake's anger. It can only work on supernatural embodiments. Since Eleanor is an embodiment of the negative energy Agony, Jake is able to absorb her into the Stitchwraith endoskeleton, and then lock her away within her most miserable memories so she will never see the light of day again.

1. **Memory Creation**: This ability is used in the Prankster's Epilogue. Jake decides to help all the victims Eleanor killed, who are still stuck in the ball pit. When Jake meets Millie, he is able to create new memories that go on after her actual death to give her soul happiness. Jake allows Millie to reunite with her family and spend Christmas with them.

## Trivia

* The Stitchwraith could have been inspired by Ennard from *Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location*. Both are endoskeletal figures wearing white masks and were created from the parts of another animatronics. This confused many people into believing that the Stitchwraith was indeed Ennard. However, this is false, and the Stitchwraith is a completely different animatronic.
* The Stitchwraith's nickname is presumably based on the actual definition of the word "wraith;" the ghost-like image of a person after their death and the term "to stitch" as the Stitchwraith was created from separate objects fused together.
	+ This reflects how a person's body ends up mummified with pale skin and bleeding black ooze after they're exposed to agony.
* All of the Stitchwraith's memory related powers are presumably tied to Remnant, given that that substance is also tied to memory and souls. It's possible that the Stitchwraith endoskeleton is made from Remnant, hence its supernatural powers.