Blanch Hicks

Blanch Hicks, also known as Brandon Hicks when alive, is the main protagonist of Deep Down.

Before his death, Brandon Hicks was a Canadian high-schooler who was neither top of his class nor bottom, he more so was the forgettable average student who would blend in with the crowd. Unfortunately, he was also the rebellious type, and thus denied him entry into The Above upon his death.

While he has trained and became an athletic fighter, he earns his pay from working at a local gas station. This job is how he met both his best friend Klink and his boyfriend Surge.

## Blanch Hicks

* Post Death
* Reborn
* Mini

## Biological Information

### Age

* 23 (Chapter 1/2)
* 17 (At time of death)
* 34 (Chapter 3)

## Social Description

### Aliases

* Brandon Hicks (Alive)
* "B-man" (Online)
* "Cheeks" (Surge)

### Relationships

* Milo Hicks (Daughter)
* Surge Talaugon (Boyfriend)
* Klink Hakado (Best Friend)
* Goola Estrada (Best Friend)
* Delok Kakubari (Friend)
* Aventa Hill (Friend)
* Cyra Resse (Friend)
* Notari Hakado (Acquaintance)
* Limbo Cooke (Acquaintance)
* Jacqueline Kinny (Acquaintance)
* Haytoo Moore (Acquaintance)
* Kaykay Rocks (Acquaintance)
* Harvest (Enemy/Friend)
* Gemini and Aristotle (Enemy)
* Phix (Enemy)

## Physical Appearance

### Post Death

Blanch's skin is a pastel yellow, with soft orange circles on his face that appear like blushes, but are instead marks from how he died. He has small blue eyes and a bandaid covering what used to be his nose. He's usually seen donning his iconic red jacket, with a red-violet hood that he never wears. The sleeves are designed with a patch of blue on the upper arm, and he's tied bandages around the elbow area. Under the jacket is a blue t-shirt, matching the blue of the sleeves. He wears dark grey puffy trousers, which also have bandages wrapped around the lower ends of both legs. To fit with this, the gap between his socks and the end of the trousers are also wrapped in bandages, as are his hands. His shoes are a deep tanned orange colour, with a white X on the sides, which are the same as the one on the back of his jacket.

### Reborn

In his reborn form, his jacket becomes a lot more puffier, scruffier and is wrapped in more bandages. These bandages span nearly his entire body, wrapping around his waist and the lower halves of his limbs. He gains additional bandaids on his head from when he died whilst fighting Surge. He also loses the shoes for increased mobility. His eyes grow heavy with large bags under his eyes, and off white pupils. His posture also changes slightly, leaning more in than standing straight up.

### Alive

When Blanch was Brandon, he had tanned skin, brown hair, and his eyes were a lot more noticeable than PD. He still wore the same jacket, just without the overuse of bandages, however he still had a bandaid on his nose. His head was slightly pudgy and round, and his hair was short and messy.

1. ↑ On The Surface
2. ↑ PD is short for Post Death

## Personality

### Alive

Brandon acted similar to most high-school boys of the time, rebellious, punk-y and brute like. He would shy away from crowds most of the time, mainly staying close to the few friends he had.

### Post Death

In The Below, Blanch's personality remains fairly the same, however he grew softer and more extroverted as time went on. Despite this, he still retains a short temper from his youth and can be rather emotional at times.

### Reborn

After rebirth, Blanch became a lot more stressed and agitated, growing heavy bags under his eyes because of this. He still acts like himself, however his mannerisms are more wild than before.

## Trivia

* Initially, he was a side character, never having much input on the plot other than the fight with Surge
* He only started dating Surge in a "What If..." scenario, however I liked it so much that it became canon (and affected the whole story)
* The X on the back of his jacket is duct tape
	+ Same goes for the 2 on his shoes
* He still owns all of his previous outfits from previous designs, they're just in his wardrobe.
	+ This includes his first jumper and the newgrounds Angry Faic jacket
		- He also owns a star jacket and a space suit matching his outfit, both designed by HazeLLArtss on Twitter[1]
* He indeed likes stars, and often takes Surge atop their roof just to watch them
* He practices his reborn bandage whip on tin cans
* His "mini design" is nicknamed "Down Syndrome"
* Despite having a nose bandage, he doesn't have a nose, no one does

1. ↑ VERY OLD VERSION OF DEEP DOWN PLEASE IT SUCKED OK

## Gallery

### Current

Image used in the original Google DocPage 2 of Deep Down (Sketch)Also from page 2 of Deep Down (Sketch)"Down Syndrome" BlanchBlanch's 2nd BirthdaySmall extract from a wallpaperFirst sketch of Blanch Reborn
### Previous Designs

First designSecond designThird designFourth designFirst Reborn design
### Other

By HazeLLArtssBy HazeLLArtsswho made this lmao