Father Wendell

Father Wendell is the previous owner of the record store Record Collector 1972, where he ran the store for about 67 years until it got put out of business by the resurgence of the 8-track. Since then, he has been plotting ways to destroy the 8-track empire but has mostly been stopped by the Skrunk Squad.

## Origin

Father Wendell was born to an average family, and he grew up with a love of music. In particular, he loved rock ballads. He received his first vinyl record when he was 6 years old, and that moment marked his decision to become a record store owner. He collected more and more records as he got older, and by the age of 20 he had one of the largest record collections in the known crunkiverse. He had to rent out 23 storage lockers just to have them all.

At age 22, he opened the store Record Collector 1972 in District 6, which was both a museum and a record store. Customers could enjoy a curated museum experience, with displays rotated every 3 months. His connections in the industry also allowed him to procure many records that other stores couldn't, which brought him fame for being the true god of vinyl, and it was actually a pretty profitable venture for a while.

However, since the Crunch, the resurgence of the 8-track began to slow down business. Over 40 years, keeping Record Collector 1972 open became more and more difficult. Before he knew it, the store went under, forcing Wendell to return his collections to his storage lockers and close the store. He was outraged, and even though deep down he knew the days of vinyl were over he refused to accept it. It was then that a powerful unknown entity contacted him, explaining how it too hated 8-track and wanted to destroy the industry. It explained further that it had been looking for Father Wendell, as he had the most records of any known mortal. As it turned out, the entity had the odd ability to increase Father Wendell's strength proportionally to the amount of records he owned. With this power, Father Wendell could challenge the status quo and destroy 8-track.

For the next year after his store closed, Father Wendell would get the hang out his new abilities and prepare for his first plan: to use the Time Gate to destroy the 8-tracks in the past. If 8-tracks never existed, he could come out on top. He soon became one of the few mortals ever to use the Time Gate, but it is not known how he triumphed over Grenaldy. It would be impossible for Wendell to overpower Grenaldy, but other options are being explored to explain this phenomenon. By using the Time Gate, Wendell successfully destroyed the invention of the 8-track. What he did not realize, however, is that 8-track would just be invented again either way. That plan failed horribly.

Presently, Wendell has become a local criminal that is known for terrorizing anyone he sees using an 8-track in a mindless fury. It would appear that the unknown entity that he partnered with is affecting his personality to the point of where he is only focused on records. This isn't too far off from where he started , though.

## Powers and Abilities

Being an 89 year old man, Wendell is not strong in most regards, lacking in speed, arcane ability, and durability. However, he has increased strength due to his partnering with his entity. This has given him the strength to fling records with enough force for them to effectively be chakrams. This is his primary mode of attack, with a range of around 70-80 meters. They are particularly effective against the weaker residents of New Crunk City. The entity has also given him the ability to have access to all of his records at any time, by simply reaching into an empty record sleeve he has on him he can manifest any record in his vast collection.

His special move, Bonus Track, is a small domain type move that creates a small area that changed the physical properties of his records to allow them to bounce off all inorganic matter. This is an oddly complex ability despite his low arcane potential, but it is suspected the unknown entity is mostly responsible for this move. The move creates an extremely deadly space with records ricocheting off each other and the walls of the domain.