Charles

Spider physiology
Fast movement
Sharp claws and teeth
Extreme endurance
Metal shell body
Energy absorption

* As Hell Charles:

Enhanced strength
Teleportation

**Charles** is the titular main antagonist of the 2022 open-world horror game *Choo-Choo Charles*.

He is a monstrous, spider-like creature with the body of a steam locomotive and an appetite for human flesh, terrorizing the island on which the game takes place to the point that some of its inhabitants have started to worship him. The goal of the protagonist is to construct a train strong enough to take down Charles for good.

**Choo-Choo Charles** or **Charles** is the Main Antagonist of this Game. Charles feeds on Humans and Animals, and has Spider-Like Legs which he can use to crawl around the **island** super-fast. Charles retreats into the forest, if he is too damaged. The **Player** can shoot Charles with Different types of Guns at the Back of the **Old Train**. Charles has the Ability to absorb Energy Bursts and Teleport whenever and wherever he wants as **Hell-Charles**. When the Player puts the three Monster Eggs in the Prism Slots, Charles absorbs the energy from the bursts and he gets enraged and more powerful, turning him into Hell-Charles.

## Appearance

Charles is a red steam locomotive with the spindly, black limbs of a spider, allowing him to roam the island freely without the limitations of rails. The eyes on his face at the front of the train are unnaturally white, to the point that it is difficult to see his irises and pupils. His mouth is lined with razor-sharp teeth and covered in blood. Upon his transformation into **Hell Charles**, his already large body becomes even larger and his monstrous visage gets even more distorted. His legs increase in bulk and grow sharp spikes, red energy glowing through cracks like veins on skin.

## Personality

Being more of a beast than an insidious monster, Charles is highly territorial and considers the entire island to be his hunting ground. His ravenous craving for human flesh causes him to attack anyone that he sets his eyes on, even the cultists that are actively helping him. He is relentless in his assault, though he is still smart enough to retreat if an opponent that can fight back injures him enough. That is until the monster eggs on the island are threatened, at which point Charles will throw all caution out of the window and become dead-set on killing whoever is trying to destroy them.

## Biography

While not much is said about his backstory, it is insinuated through lyrics from the Stationmaster and Conductor that he had seemingly been released by the two and, in order to preserve their lives, would start capturing innocent bystanders and feedng them to the monsterous train, with them apparently having fed a granny, a priest, a vicar a gracer and a postman in the past before arriving at their next victim. Having tied him up and left him on the side of the train station, Charles presumably comes and eats them after the Stationmaster and Conductor have already left.

### Background

According to stone tablets the protagonist later found in early part of the game, Charles is a member of a species of ancient, spider-like demonic predators that terrorized the island of Aranearum and its natives long ago in prehistory until its inhabitants' best warriors fought back and subsequently sealed the creatures away in the island's underground cavern which also their very own nesting ground. Though most of the surviving creatures died out, from most likely, hunger and/or cannibalization, the species nonetheless survived by their dormant eggs. Some time before the events of the game, a wealthy man by the name of Warren Charles III – owner of the Charles Mining Company – arrived at the island of Aranearum along with his team of miners. There, Warren conducted his mining operation, which he strangely kept secret from anybody in the mainland. The first week of the mining operation started smoothly, yet the cost and manpower needed to sustain the operation grew considerably as time went on. Around this time, Warren had also taken an interest to the ancient ruins that were uncovered by the miners, and around this time, had also discovered the ancient temple and its prism. During the weeks that followed, the miners were able to observe signs of a gold vein present nearby, yet unbeknownst to these workers, gold wasn't the only thing they were about to discover. Along with Eugene – who was the team supervisor at the time – the miners broke through a large cavern. From within, it housed large and mysterious luminescent eggs that are as hard as diamonds. Eugene reported this incident to Warren, who had likely then ordered the team to extract the eggs. Although what follows afterwards is unclear, it can be inferred that the team would come face-to-face with Charles himself, who had either been dormant previously or had hatched from the eggs upon discovery. Charles viciously attacked the miners, resulting in a cave-in that killed off most of the team, and only fortunate survivors like Eugene narrowly escaping with their lives. The incident would be written off as a cave-in accident, with some of the eggs successfully extracted onto the surface. Unfortunately, Charles also managed to escape into the surface as well. At some point, the beast would inhabit one of the mining company's trains like a shell, thus transforming into the train-spider monstrosity that would haunt the island of Aranearum. It is highly likely that what primarily drove Warren to the island was because of these monster eggs. While it's unknown how he had heard of its existence, the fact that he had knowingly kept the operation a secret makes this plausible. Warren would have also kept his true intentions to the workers hidden, using it as a simple gold mining operation as a front for his actual agenda. Not only were the monster eggs greatly valuable, but were also potential sources of powerful energy. As it turns out, the temple prism can not only destroy these eggs, but it can also harvest and release the life energy it contains. Although what he actually planned for these eggs are unknown, it is clear that Warren realized that he had asked more than what he bargained for once he made a horrifying discovery. During one incident when the eggs were placed in the prism, Charles attacked for the first time. In his assault, the beast would begin to absorb the life energy the eggs were releasing, Charles grew both in size and power. Upon this discovery, Warren ordered his remaining workers to hide the eggs in one of the abandoned mines to ensure that such an event would never occur again.

### *Choo-Choo Charles*

The protagonist of the game arrives on the island via row boat, a museum archivist and monster hunter intent on destroying the monstrous train ruling the island. The people living there live in constant fear of being devoured by the beast, usually hiding in places that are difficult for him to reach. The stress has even caused some of them to snap completely, starting a cult in Charles' honor and themselves hunting for any non-believers to sacrifice in a vain hope of appeasing him. The only way to stand a chance against Charles is to have power, protection and speed on your side, so the protagonist and his partner Eugene got to work in repairing an old train of their own and equip it with guns. Unfortunately, Charles managed to kill Eugene, leaving the player all on their own. As the game progresses, new guns will need to be found, the train reinforced and upgraded while avoiding Charles and his worshipers. Charles will run off to heal his wounds should the player hurt him enough, but this also makes it difficult to kill him. The goal of the game is not just to build a train strong enough to be Charles' superior, but also steal three monster eggs and bring them to the prism inside the temple at the center of the island. This will anger Charles enough that running away is not an option for either party, culminating in a final battle that will end with either him or the player dead. Unfortunately, Charles absorbs the energy emitted from the prism as it destroys the eggs, empowering and transforming him into **Hell Charles**. With his anger having reached a breaking point, Charles devours Warren completely during his rampage before finally setting his sights squarely on the Archivist. Chasing him across the island, the Archivist eventually manages to lure Charles onto the largest bridge on the island, which they had earlier rigged with explosives. The charges explode and Charles plummets to his death, skewered straight through the face on a metal spike below, which avenges the deaths of his victims and ending his murdering spree for good. However, in a post-credits scene, the cavern is revealed holding thousands of monster eggs. One of them starts to move, ready to hatch into another monstrosity at any moment.

## Summary

**"Charles"** is a Half-Train, Half-Spider monster that roams the island of Aranearum. After terrorizing the people of the island for an unknown extensive amount of time, a professional hunter (The Player) is hired as a means of finally destroying Charles. Charles is eventually forced into a mortal battle in which he uses the life energy of mysterious monster eggs to fight back against the hunter.

## Powers And Abilities

* **Spider Physiology:** Charles Has Several Incredible Physical Attributes as a Monstrous Spider that surpasses than that of most other Spiders.
* **Superior Animal Physiology:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Monster Physiology:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Alpha Physiology:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Predator Physiology:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Apex Predator Physiology:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Hybrid Physiology:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Mutant Physiology:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Berserker Physiology:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Demon Physiology:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Enhanced Body:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Enhanced Lower Leg Strength:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Enhanced Strength:** Charles Large Amounts Of Immense, Physical Occasionally Demonstrated Monstrous Unnatural Strength partly because of his Larger Size. After growing much bigger, which makes him a Truly Dangerous Being. Charles was already Incredibly Exceptionally Strongest. making him Nigh-Unstoppable. For example, he was Capable of Defeating And Kills an entire Humans all by Himself, can smash through stone and can easily toss another Train that is almost as big as himself without Effortlessly.
* **Enhanced Durability:** Due He Had His Metal Shell Train-Like Body, Charles Is Incredibly Far More Durable than other Normal Original Trains And Spiders, Charles's Bodily Tissues Are Extremely Substantially Harder Than Other Human Beings, And Spiders, Provide him Much Greater Resistance To Physical Injury. Charles also has Incredible Resistance. His Armored Skin turned into a really Strong and almost Impenetrable Mass, managing to Withstanding shots from a Rifle and Arrows, making him Partially Indestructible, A Testament of his Durability is his Ability to remain Unfazed and Tenacious. Charles is Able to Inflict Significantly Damage to his Spider-Like body. Even so, Charles's Durability still have its Limits and therefore, Getting Burn By A Flamethrower Or when he fell to his death to large Spikes to his face, And he is not Invincible.
* **Enhanced Speed:** Charles Possesses Terrific High Speed. despite his Larger Size and can Easily Outrun Humans, Weapons, and Animals. Charles Is Extremely Fast, he Manages To Dodge Any Weapons.
* **Enhanced Stamina:** Charles Possesses Physical High Stamina Is shown to be Very Extremely High, Charles's Musculature Is Considerably More Efficient Than Other Humans, Demons, And Animals, As A Result, His Muscles Produce Practically No Fatigue Toxins During Physical Activity His Virtually Inexhaustible Unlimited Infinite Stamina Enables Him To Exert Himself At Peak Capacity, Able To Travel Long Distances For An Long Undefined Prolonged Extended Periods Of Time, Charles Does Not Even Seem To Have Any Obvious Signs Of Fatigue, Exhaustion, Or Tiredness.
* **Enhanced Agility:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Enhanced Reflexes:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Enhanced Flexibility:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Enhanced Balance:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Enhanced Senses:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Enhanced Smell:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Enhanced Hearing:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Enhanced Vision:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Enhanced Touch:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Enhanced Tracking:** Charles (Choo-Choo Charles).
* **Enhanced Endurance:** Charles

### Gallery

Choo-Choo Charles In First FormChoo-Choo Charles In Final Form
## Trivia

* Charles is a twisted parody of Thomas the Tank Engine, being particularly inspired by the animations of Youtuber Tom Coben, who has also depicted Thomas as a monster that walks on spider legs and eats people.
* Besides that, Charles is also a dark foil to Thomas:
	+ Thomas' livery is blue, Charles' livery is red.
	+ Thomas has normal human teeth, while Charles have sharp and pointy teeth that he uses to eat human flesh.
	+ Thomas can speak full words, Charles doesn't speak at all.
	+ Thomas helps people, Charles eats people.