Skully Deathboy

**Skully Deathboy** is a main character of *Deathboy 2000* and one of two possible Messiahs of Madelinism. His title is Deathboy 2000, however he prefers to go by Skully when speaking with friends. He is also mentioned in *The Final Days of Wobbling Jack.*

Be aware, this page contains major spoilers for *Deathboy 2000.*

## Skully Deathboy

### Relatives

Ice Cream (Brother), Roach (Sibling), Pere (Father), Mere (Mother)

## History

### Early life

Skully was born in the year 239 AM, and cryogenically frozen as a toddler until the year 500 AM, when he was awoken along with several other frozen children to be used in a series of experiments by Pere, a Ouestern scientist. Skully was the youngest of the participants and the most mentally and physically hardy, which resulted in him being the most successful of Pere's experiments, as well as his favorite. Skully was specifically chosen for the intelligence project, which would artificially improve someone's intelligence.

Skully spent most of his childhood being favored by Pere and protected by his two older siblings, Contempt and Roach, so he suffered a noticeably less traumatic childhood than the other experiments. As Pere's favorite, he was the only experiment allowed to consume media from the outside world, and he became obsessed with Madelinism, particularly the idea of the Messiah. As Skully met much of the criteria for the Messiah, he felt a connection to the idea of it and began to believe himself to be it, as a way to cope with the trauma of growing up as an experiment. Because it kept Skully obedient, Pere encouraged this obsession and repeatedly affirmed Skully's belief that he was the Messiah, much to the chagrin of Contempt, who had become especially close with his brother.

By the year 514 AM, all of the experiments besides Skully, Contempt, and Roach, had been killed or died of complications from their surgeries and treatment. In 515 AM, Roach escaped the facility and was never heard from again. Pere told Skully and Contempt that Roach had died, which Skully believed. A year later, in 516 AM, Contempt planned an escape of the facility to save both himself and Skully from Pere. However, as part of his escape, he mutilated and killed Mere, Pere's lab assistant and wife. Skully found her corpse and was deeply disturbed, as he had seen her as a mother figure, and refused to accompany Contempt. Contempt drugged him to force him to escape and left him in Hoover.

### Mission

Skully was found in Hoover by Ryder and Kile Caza, who nursed him back to sobriety and took care of him. In an effort to help pay back the money they'd spent keeping him alive, Skully accompanied Ryder to work at an AKI arcade, where he discovered that he is the first person in the world to successfully play phase purple. Astonished, Ryder began training him in AKI and believed him when he informed her that he was the Messiah.

After meeting George "Bristor" von Victoria by chance one day, the three formed a trio, using Skully's skill, Ryder's AKI knowledge, and Bristor's wealth to form a powerful AKI group. Bristor and Ryder agreed to accompany Skully on a trip around the world, to further his popularity and give him the chance to spread his message as the Messiah. While competing in Kennedy, they were attacked by Jadoe Birue, who had been bribed by Contempt in an effort to injure Skully. Skully was able to overpower Jadoe using his phase purple abilities and was disturbed to learn his brother had tried to have him hurt. The group leaves for Lot, to return Jadoe.

In Lot, Skully is able to convince Bristor to buy Jadoe's freedom from Prince Lot IX, which works to encourage Jadoe to join their team, despite his lack of belief in Madelinism and distrust of the others. Jadoe agrees to introduce Skully to his connections in the AKI world, particularly Alayna Lux, a celebrity trying to break into the world of being an Elf, which the team desperately needs. With Jadoe and Alayna's help, they are able to begin competing in major competitions and making a worldwide name for themselves.

Skully begins receiving cryptic messages, which he believes may be from his brother. They ask him to meet him in Dhabbab as an olive branch, but the others talk Skully out of going, out of fear for his safety. After competing against Contempt, Skully is thoroughly stressed and Bristor offers for the group to stay with his family at their vacation home in Dhabbab. While there, Skully decides to secretly meet with Contempt, against the others' wishes. Jadoe accompanies him to the church where they will meet, however he is distracted by a nearby man falling ill and Skully is able to meet with Contempt.

## Appearance

Skully is a short and petite young man with brown skin and light purple eyes. He wears his hair in an afro and has freckles across his face and body. He usually wears purple clothes and tends to wear sandals or slippers.

Skully and Ice Cream.Skully's test portrait.
## Personality

Skully is a passionate and kind hearted person, who will always do what he thinks is right. He has little social anxiety and thinks nothing of approaching strangers or talking to large groups of people. Because of his open minded and kind nature, he can come across as gullible or odd. Skully tends to be single minded, and while he is always nice to his friends, he prioritizes his ideals and beliefs over his relationships.