Willoughby Kipling

"*Name's Kipling. Willoughby Kipling. Knights Templar, in case you're wondering. Don't suppose that means anything to either of you. I'm very big in the world of, shall we say, international strangeness. So go ahead. Check me out.*"
—Willoughby Kipling[src]
**Willoughby Kipling** is a friend of the late Niles Caulder, the former Grand Master of the Knights Templar, and a practiced chaos magician. He is "very big in the world of international strangeness". He is cynical and pragmatic, and is willing to make sacrifices and morally grey choices to ensure the safety of himself and the world.

When the Cult of the Unwritten Book reappeared to make Elliot Patterson release the Decreator, Kipling went to Niles for help, but since he wasn't there, he recruited his patients to stop the Decreator to no avail, though when Niles returned to ask Mister Nobody and the Cult of the Recreator for help, Kipling and the group summoned the Recreator to stop the end of the world. Kipling bargained with Niles to take his Longevity Talisman, in exchange for returning him and the group to their normal size.

After helping his friends against the Scants, Kipling was summoned by Niles to do something terrible with his daughter Dorothy Spinner and prevent the apocalypse from the Candlemaker, failing along with the group because Niles he refused, though Dorothy managed to stop Candlemaker. Later, Kipling revived Niles' head to romance Baphomet, before Darren Jones kidnapped Niles, and Kipling along with Laura De Mille and the group, temporarily turned into Zombies, confronted Darren and his army of Were-Butts, saving Niles, who sacrificed himself to return his patients to normal.

Kipling learned of the possible rise of the deity Immortus, so he enlisted the help of the group, now known as the Doom Patrol, but they briefly became teenagers and Kipling took Jane's longevity to keep her safe, though the Agents of Immortus was stolen and Kipling was left as the last survivor of the Knights Templar.

## Biography

### Early life

#### Becoming a sorcerer

"*It was the 15th century! We didn't have Bugs c\*nting Bunny!*"
—Willoughby Kipling[src]
Kipling was born in the 1400s. His childhood imaginary friend was a Punch and Judy puppet. At his younger age, Kipling began training with the sorceress Ms. April, who showed him the way of magic, causing Kipling to become an expert sorcerer and becoming a member of the Knights Templar.

#### Meeting to Niles Caulder

In the 1990s, Willoughby met and befriended Niles Caulder. Together they faced the Cult of the Unwritten Book, managing to momentarily defeat them. At some point, Kipling met Baphomet and Kipling fell in love with her. Over the course of their friendship, Kipling heard that Niles possessed a longevity talisman with a part of the forgotten deity Immortus, which he never believed. In their last meeting, Kipling left Niles dying in Istanbul because he complained so much.

### The Decreator

He was in a motel watching the clocks smoking waiting when the Cult of the Unwritten Book returns and is attacked by the Little Sisters of our Lady the Razor and defeats them and sees that the cult returned and that they are about to finish the Book and decides to ask for help to his old friend Niles Caulder. Arrives at the Doom Manor and meets the Niles's patients and discovers that Niles disappeared and talks to them about the Cult and invokes Baphomet and they discover that they must look for Elliot and Kipling smokes a cigarette and opens a portal for them to go rescue him and they succeed and Kipling puts a spell on Elliot so that no one from the cult reads it and offered to kill him and then burn him and Vic Stone told Kipling to stop the Cult from reading it. He talks to Vic saying that the two know two different Niles Caulder and tells Vic that Niles makes difficult decisions for his benefit.

Then he watches as Vic and Larry discuss why Elliot escaped and they see that Rita saved him and the Dry Bachelors attack and he, vic and larry fight together and kipling uses his fire sword and is amazed at vic's technology and sees that the Hoodmen arrived and that Cliff Steele and Jane failed and Kipling was going to kill Elliot and Rita stopped him and Kipling tells him to Rita that it is already late and they see how the culton reads Elliot and Larry Trainor, Vic, Rita and Kipling see how the Decreator appears.

He is threatened by Larry asking how to stop the Decreator and Kipling said that it is impossible and he will not stop until he ends all human beings on the planet then he sees Niles again discovering that now they will work together with his arch-enemy, Mr. Nobody to stop the decreator they summon Baphomet and discover that the Recreator's Book to save the world they look for the person but discover that the book is a dog and Kipling reads the words of the pug and they summon the recreator and destroy the decreator and save the planet and Kipling tells Niles that he could help to beat Nobody but he is busy with the Knights Templar and says goodbye to everyone and leaves.

### Dorothy's Arrival

#### Helping the team return to normal size

He is summoned by Niles and arrives at Cliff's miniature race track and talks to Niles discovering that Dorothy is here and reminds him of what Dorothy had done in London when she made a wish to Candlemaker which murdered the circus people and also discovers that Mr. Nobody had already told the team the truth and he tells Niles that growing them costs a price and Kipling does not want Eissman's painting and wants the Longevity Talisman in exchange for making them grow and Niles tells Kipling to leave and never give up his immortality and Kipling leaves.He was summoned again by Niles to make the deal and Kipling returns the team to its normal size and Niles gave the Talisman to Kipling and Kipling told Niles that he must find options not to die.

#### Stopping the invasion of scants in the painting

He goes back to the Doom Manor warning Roni, Larry, Vic and Miranda about the scant gas and he put on a mask to keep from getting infected and gave them a video that the Knights Templar and Niles made and tells them that each Horst Eismann magic item like the painting and going to stop the Scants arrives at the lair of the Scant Queen and sees how they were captured and allows herself to be captured and The Scant Queen reveals that Kipling is in love with Baphomet and Miranda uses the power of the other personalities and kills the Scant Queen and the other Scants and saved everyone and Larry, Miranda, Vic, Roni and Kipling came out of the painting.

#### Fight with Candlemaker

He sends a romantic message to Baphomet and is summoned by Niles about the plan that they will do with Dorothy and Niles said he only wants one more day with her and Kipling told Niles only one day and then he will do what he has to do with Dorothy. While questioning Bunbury with the Knights Templar they discover that there are rumors of the end of the world and call Niles telling him the information that may be connected with Candlemaker and at 6 o'clock they will meet at the Fair to do what must be done.

He arrives at the fair at 6 and talks to Niles telling him that it is time and Niles falls to the ground for his hasty death and Kipling helps him up and they see how a clown statue was smashed in wax and they discover that Candlemaker is free and that Nothing can be done anymore and the world is lost and Dorothy loses control of Candlemaker.

When the team arrives at the fair they find Kipling almost defeated and he warns them to forget about Dorothy and to save themselves and tells them that they are a bunch of useless people who know nothing and tells them that Candlemaker is very powerful and summon his Imaginary Friends and is attacked by his who was a clown puppet and is dragged by him and Larry failed to save him and the team decides to look for Niles and Dorothy and avoid the end of the world. Larry sees Kipling waxed and he was defeated and he saw Kipling's eyes and he got scared and Larry fell to the ground and was also waxed.

### Reviving Niles Caulder

"*You know what arcane knowledge is rattling around in that noggin!? Better I have it than some other crazy bastard.*"
—Willoughby Kipling to Laura De Mille[src]
Shortly after ceasing to be wax, Kipling performed at Niles' grave and ripped his head off to revive him as he smoked.

### Zombies and Were-Butts

"*What happened to you morons* this *time?*"
—Kipling sees the zombified team[src]

Later, Kipling spoke with the head of Caulder, whom he managed to revive, to help him win Baphomet in love, but he was unsuccessful. Kipling was visited by Darren Jones, a vengeful enemy of Caulder's patients, who stole Niles' head and Kipling's coat, to send a message to the team to rescue the Chief. Kipling went to the manor to warn the team about Jones' threat, but was surprised to see that they turned into zombies. Kipling met Laura De Mille, who was the new recruit for the team. Annoyed, Kipling showed the video that Jones wanted them to see. He revealed that he had a perfect plan to save Niles, but as usual, the team ruined everything by turning zombies.

Kipling and Laura wore hats and scents to avoid being killed by the zombies. Upon arriving at Jones' farm, Kipling gave Laura dragon urine to make Jones explode. Kipling and the team entered the farm, but were found by Jones. Kipling heard the whole story from Darren and was upset when Laura failed her plan. When an army of Were-Butts led by Darren attacked, Kipling and the team teamed up to brutally fight the butts, until they recovered Niles' head. Kipling and Laura discovered that the team could be cured if they ate Niles' brain. Kipling understood that Niles would not be able to return, so he had an emotional goodbye with his friend, before Niles told him that Baphomet loves him. Kipling thanked Niles and went through the portal to return home.

### Rise of Immortus

#### Alarming Discovery

While watching *The Graham Norton Show*, Kipling was summoned by the gentlemen for an important meeting with Bunbury, who showed them a picture in which it was said that "Immortus Will Rise", something Kipling denied, arguing with Bunbury on the matter and believing it was real, mentioned that the end of the world prophecy only talked about the Buttpocalypse, but if Immortus was real, he mentioned that they were fucked.

#### Warning the Doom Patrol

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#### Become a teenager

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#### Defeated by the Agents of Immortus

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## Personality

Despite being firmly on the side of good, Kipling is often blunt and disrespectful even when his life is in danger. He often employs risky strategies and is perfectly willing to manipulate his friends to achieve his goals and is flippant when called upon to defend his actions. In addition to his actions, Kipling also secretly shows concern for his friends when he bids farewell to Niles Caulder's head and watches Crazy Jane, in baby form, lose his longevity to Bunbury.

## Powers and abilities

### Powers

* **Chaos magic:** Kipling is a powerful magic user who is well-versed in the occult.
	+ **Conjuration:** He is able to conjure various weapons and spirits out of thin air.
		- **Spirit conjuring:** Kipling was able to conjure a blue, spectral horse head to tell him where Elliot was.
		- **Weapon summoning:** Kipling has conjured weapons like a flaming sword in order to fight the Cult of the Unwritten Book.
	+ **Portal creation:** Using a magic cigarette, Kipling can generate magical portals to various locations, like when he opened a portal to take the Doom Patrol to the Cult of the Unwritten Book.
	+ **Cloaking spell:** Kipling used a cloaking spell to hide Elliot and could not find it.
	+ **Longevity:** Kipling stated in "Wax Patrol", he was a child in the 1400s (15th century).

### Abilities

* **Mystical knowledge:** Kipling possesses advanced knowledge of the nature and workings of supernatural forces and artifacts.
* **Master manipulator:** Even without magic, Kipling is very good at getting his allies and enemies to do as he wishes.
* **Master swordsman:** Using a flaming sword that he conjured, Kipling defeated many Cult of the Unwritten Book members killed several Were-Butts.
* **Multilingualism**: Kipling can speak his native English, in addition to understanding Latin for his spells and the Zombie language.

## Equipment

* **Mystical artifacts:** Kipling has several mystical artifacts that he has obtained throughout his life, like a mystical cigarette. He uses them as a focal point for his spells.
	+ **Flaming Sword**: By simply summoning it, Kipling can bring a flaming sword to confront his enemies such as the Cult of the Unwritten Book and the Were-Butts.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* "Cult Patrol"
* "Paw Patrol"

### Season 2

* "Fun Size Patrol"
* "Tyme Patrol" (mentioned)
* "Dumb Patrol"
* "Dad Patrol"
* "Wax Patrol"

### Season 3

* "Possibilities Patrol"
* "Undead Patrol"

### Season 4

* "Doom Patrol"
* "Butt Patrol" (mentioned)
* "Youth Patrol"
* "Hope Patrol"
* "Portal Patrol"
* "Done Patrol" (mentioned)

## Behind the scenes

* Willoughby is an adaptation of the comic character Willoughby Kipling. Originally, the role of Willoughby Kipling was supposed to be filled by John Constantine, but editorial prevented writer Grant Morrison from using the character, so Kipling was created as a stand-in.