Ludlow Sweeney

> A bastard walks into a bar. No money, no cards, and a lot of plans to buy drinks ‘till they’re broke. It’s a fun little life if you know how to live it.
>
> Ludlow Sweeney

## Ludlow Sweeney

* Offical Portrait
* Picrew ver. Portrait

## Student Biography

### Relatives

Hesta Sweeney (first mother)
 Emerald Sweeney (second mother)

## Meta

### Played by

Stratz

**Ludlow Sweeney** is a sophomore student at Monsterhearts University, majoring in philosophy. He is an apathetic young man who attempts to "cause chaos" wherever he goes.

[Character Soundtrack]

## Appearance

Ludlow is a somewhat tall, fair-skinned humanoid. His hair is a very dark brown, including the scraggly beard on his jaw. His blue eyes are bright, yet dull in color. Typically, his clothing consists of a black jacket with a white undershirt, gray joggers, and a pair of black sneakers with white soles. Ludlow has been noted not to care too much about his appearance, though he often looks at least presentable.

## Personality

The standout trait of Ludlow's personality is his self-proclaimed "Chaotic Neutral" allegiance. He can and will switch his allegiances and completely ignore the rules at any given moment for any reason, be it because someone tries to abuse him or, more often than not, simply because he finds it fun, amusing, or just intriguing or "interesting." Additionally, he is an opportunist that revels in his chances to take existing issues and escalate them to the best of his ability. That said, Ludlow is not always prone to starting issues solely on his own unless he finds an idea unbelievably "interesting," finds it necessary, or is somehow dragged into an issue he would otherwise not be too interested in. He tends to be very open about his unpredictable allegiance-shifting, rather than keeping it a secret, though he does tend to keep his schemes hidden from everyone else.

Though he claims that he does not believe in true friendship, whenever he's not tangling the strings of fate, he still likes to kill time hanging out with others, listening to swing music, and even getting creative by writing stories with some occasional roleplaying. If he feels it would be more fun or "interesting" to betray a friend, he will do it, as with all things; the same goes for helping a friend or even teaming up with someone they dislike.

**[The following expandable portion contains secrets to Ludlow's personality that other characters shouldn't yet know of.]**

## Powers

### Necromancy

Ludlow is skilled in the occultist art of necromancy, able to raise and manipulate the dead via ritual spells. He doesn't often use his necromantic skill, but the undead that he creates and controls are typically with him in times of boredom and, at times, used as critical parts of his schemes.

## Background

### The Burning Joker

**[The following expandable portion contains secrets to Ludlow's backstory that other characters shouldn't yet know of.]**

Blinded by his spite and fueled by his twisted brand of attention-seeking, Ludlow resorted to more and more drastic measures as time went on. His occult studies led him to the practices and rituals involved in necromancy, and though there was never any way to prove that these practices worked (outside of the Dark Web, which he never searched), he still attempted to master the magic of the undead. Fortunately, his studies paid off, and after only a short time of practice, he was at least skilled enough to raise the undead friends he would need to have for his next stunts. Framing people for cheating on exams, harassing staff members, and defacing school property became far easier with unrecognizable walking corpses at his disposal. Just seeing them help him out like this already made Ludlow see them in a greater light than most other living people.

**[TRIGGER WARNING: Mention of Suicide]**

This time, those high-ranking students that Ludlow targeted were accused on the spot, punished accordingly, and left clueless and alone in their damaged social status. But whenever groups split apart, new ones popped up just as quick. Wherever kings fell, their inner cult would follow them. Ludlow needed a way to truly shake things up if he wanted something to change for his definition of "the better." His final plan was to provoke one of his enemy high-rankers, staging a rooftop fight against them and making sure they keep it only between the two of them. The plan worked like a charm.

On that windy day on the rooftop of his own high school, surrounded by just one group of his many enemies, Ludlow refused to fight the battle he had requested, and instead threw himself off the ledge in one final act of greed and defiance.

**[END TRIGGER WARNING]**

A few days later, Ludlow awoke in his hospital bed with a hurting, broken body. His memory escaped him, but as he recalled his actions, he realized that he had survived. His greatest fear, the fear that he would not live to see the effects of his final action, was washed away instantaneously. He shared a crying hug with his parents when they came back for him. He waited patiently for his body to recover, at least enough for him to head back to class with a few broken bones. When the wait ended, Ludlow returned to school extremely disappointed.

Little had changed yet again. The social systems that drove Ludlow over the edge were still in place. His actions had grown far too brash, and now, it was hard to even clean up his name and try to start anew. Instead, the broken, brain-busted, and just plain tired boy gave up. His antics never stopped, but they were no longer a means for him to take revenge or exercise his spite. He only performed them to pass the time and have a bit of fun doing it. For sport, you might say. And no longer were the "big kids" his only targets, but everyone in school with any semblance of a friend could be subject to his rebranded definition of having fun. His drive, his volatility, everything that he was known for was gone with the wind, and replaced with this new, chaotic entity that did whatever it wanted for whatever reason it wanted to give. Believing that the world no longer had anything in store for him, Ludlow would not have had it any other way.

If you were to go back to that school in Neptune City and ask about a student named Ludlow Sweeney, you may be asked to sit back, relax, and prepare yourself for the tale of the Burning Joker.

### Since Enrolling at Monsterhearts University

After attending as a philosophy major just to please his "unreasonably hopeful" parents, Ludlow has been laying low in an attempt to get used to living on his own and continued to pull his chaotic stunts on a smaller scale, but now, rumors are beginning to spread. Nowadays, some will talk about him as a really nice guy who just needs a friend to support him, while others will label him a deceptive devil or evil incarnate. Not even the rumors about him are consistent, just as he most definitely isn't consistent. Apparently, he wouldn't have it any other way.

## Connections

### Family

Ludlow was adopted as an only child under his two mothers, Hesta and Emerald Sweeney. They're often incredibly concerned about him, despite still being at home in New Jersey.

### Friends

Karla "Candy" Santoyo - Work relationship forged after Ludlow learned of Candy's "job." They aren't typically a target of Ludlow's antics (for multiple reasons), though he still loves to piss her off on occasion. It's gotten to that point where it's kind of comical.

### Others/Acquaintances

Cynthia DeMure - She isn't a huge fan of him, since he likes to take advantage of her violent tendencies and use her to escalate a situation he finds "interesting." Conversely, Ludlow isn't super close to her, but will commonly hang around if he spots her thanks to her tendency to attract trouble.

Lavish Valentine - Ludlow's first interaction with Lavish ended exactly how he wanted: an incredibly pissed-off social diva and a future of drama and tension with them. Not even he knows if he wants to make a friend or foe out of them yet, but now, his fire has been fueled.

Lily Pond - One of the students who briefly met Ludlow in the Dorm C quad towards the middle of March. The next time they met, she witnessed Ludlow performing a necromantic ritual and outwardly detested him for it, though he's convinced that he had some kind of internal effect on her. Or so he hopes-- that'd make for some fun future scenarios, wouldn't it?

## Group Affiliations

Ludlow doesn't really like to do these "official organized groups."

## Additional Scenes

* Cold Snap (December 4, 2020)
* Grave n' Claw (April 9, 2021)

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