Dromeo Cristian

Dromeo T. Cristian was a young man who sacrificed himself to destroy the doppelganger. He is the protagonist of It Which Casts Two Shadows.

## Appearance and Personality

Dromeo had thick, dark hair, and otherwise looked like an average young man.

He cared deeply for his friends, and was heartbroken when he realized that his best friend Williet had been dead all along. He was also fond of using metaphors, although not on the level that Osric Butler did. When he was younger, he owned a dog named Charles. While he described himself as "not the sharpest tool in the shed", evidence suggests that he was far smarter than he thought of himself as.

## History

### Early Life

Dromeo grew up in San Luis Obispo, California. His childhood friend was Williet, although the latter had been dead, replaced by the doppelganger, before Dromeo had even met him. On Halloween when he was twelve, he had his first sighting of the doppelganger.

### The Doppelganger's Residence

One day, while driving in his truck with his friend Williet, he took a wrong turn, and they got lost deep in the woods. Dromeo began seeing an eerie monster in the distance, although Williet didn't. Since their truck ran out of gas, and his phone was out of batteries, he and Williet were forced to spend the night in the forest, sleeping in the back of the truck.

In the middle of the night, however, Dromeo was awoken to find that Williet had disappeared. Dromeo saw the doppelganger watching him from the woods, and hid under the truck. When he thought he was safe, he got out to explore the woods. He found a seemingly abandoned house nearby, and decided to go in,

Inside, he discovered the shriveled up body of Osric Butler, and was then visited by the ghost of Osric. Osric Butler revealed vital information about the doppelganger, but was promptly destroyed by said doppelganger. Dromeo fled to the kitchen and hid in the cupboard, just barely managing to not get caught. After the doppelganger left the room, Dromeo ventured upstairs, where he found Williet. Williet revealed that he had been the doppelganger all along, and, turning into the doppelganger, attacked Dromeo. After a brief fight, Dromeo crashed through the floorboards and found himself in a strange cellar, where he found the bodies of the doppelganger's previous forms, called "skins".

The doppelganger found him and engaged Dromeo in combat, whereupon Dromeo discovered that he could create an explosion to kill the doppelganger, although it would kill him too in the process. In the end, Dromeo sacrificed himself, setting off the explosion and killing them both.

## Relationships

#### Williet

Dromeo was Williet's best friend, and supported him greatly, even though Williet was very timid and weak. Dromeo was heartbroken to find out that Williet was the doppelganger the whole time.

#### The Doppelganger

Dromeo had sightings of the doppelganger for a long time before he actually fought with it. He was terrified at first, but eventually overcame his fear to sacrifice himself in order to destroy the doppelganger.

#### Osric Butler

Dromeo was startled when the ghost appeared, but quickly befriended him, although he was annoyed at Osric's overuse of figurative language.

#### Clay Henrikson

Clay Henrikson was Dromeo's childhood bully, who often made fun of him for hanging out with Williet.

## Trivia

Julian wanted Dromeo to survive the story, but he was on his deadline, and was forced to kill him off. He was crying while he did so.