Spadille

> "*You’re hiding something in that heart of yours. Why do you even try?*"
> ― Spadille, to Haku, regarding Haku and his tendency to hide his emotions
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Darling (the Twins)

Physician

Surgeon

Haematologist

Neuropathologist

Pathologist

Spadille is one of the major antagonists in the Aprilside Campaign, and is currently the head of the Royal House of Cards, and one of the main minds behind the Corrosion. His codename is the term for the Ace of Spades, which is traditionally known as the most powerful card of a 52 card deck, reflecting his position in the House. He has not interacted with any notable cast in Aprilside, and has yet to come in contact with the main cast of player characters.

## Profile

### Appearance

Spadille is depicted as a tall, rather lithe man, taller even than Dr. Tominaga. Rei puts emphasis of sharpness in his design, making sure as to his hair, figure, and face remain sharper and longer than any counterparts, namely to contrast Caroline and Dr. Tominaga from a design standpoint.

The man has blonde hair, and seems to retain some sort of texture when a bit more lengthy, is observed to have two clips in his hair as well, one looking like a skull, and another with what can be seen as a symbol bearing resemblance to the red cross. His most recognizable features are his red eyes, an anomaly, as well as round golden glasses, pointed out by Rei as "...the only round or soft thing about his design." Another noteworthy identifier is his sharp teeth, an artistic choice more than a realistic one.

Spadille is nearly always drawn with a lab-coat and a red turtleneck on, and it is heavily implied by writing to wear heeled shoes, though what specifically is never mentioned.

### Personality

When presenting himself, Spadille is known to be incredibly charming, oftentimes using more grandiose language in order to appeal to like-minded individuals of intellect, or to put into a place a sense of hierarchy with sophistication in language, and never seems to use colloquial terminology. The traditional charming personality of his is characterized by his preference to being polite, complimenting others, and being rather accommodating, tone always cheerful, and always smiling as he speaks with others.

However, all of this is a superficial charm, and doesn't seem to ever be genuine, even in the presence of people of personal interest. Spadille has been identified as a manipulative individual who merely mimics emotions, flattering others and being very precise in choice of both language and mindful touch to achieve a desired outcome. This is best observed with interactions between himself and Dr. Tominaga in written memories.

Spadille also seems to display an inflated sense of ego and self worth, priding himself in his work and his ability to manipulate others, and can be seen in his obsession with making sure that everyone he employs is the best possible candidate for the job.

He also seems to remain in a calm manner a majority of the time, sticking with a smooth image of himself, which assists in his displays of a charming persona, and his ability to be manipulative, never breaking under pressure.

Uncharacteristic of his calm and collected persona, however, he seems to get excited at the prospect of a breakthrough or exciting discovery, as displayed after his first conversation with Jude, and his phone call to the Twins. In both cases, against common sense, he chose to initiate calls simply due to the fact that he was intrigued.

> "*Interest is a... fleeting, fickle thing, no? What one needs, nay, requires to ensure the health of such an interest isn't such a thing at all, no; what one needs is an infatuation. And, for the moment, I do believe I've found it.*"
> ― Spadille, to the Jack, upon his first conversation with Jude
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He seems to hold a strong dislike to those who are rude or do not follow a code of conduct which would be considered polite or indicative of social status and position, and turns more caustic, an opposite to his image. This is displayed during any conversation with Dr. Theodore, as the man objects any and all social etiquette in favour of his own enjoyment, which seems to spark discontent and malice from Spadille.

Not much of his character or personality has been seen except for surface-level observation from the few scenes he has appeared in.

In an observation, however, Spadille displays numerous traits associated with clinical psychopathy, based off of Hare's 20 Item Psychopathy Checklist.  Spadille meets traits such as superficial charm, the ability to manipulate others, impulsive behaviour, and arrogance. In support of this, psychopathy seems to be higher in rate observed in surgeons and psychiatrists, of which it is implied he is both.

However, traits such as a lack of empathy, lack of remorse or guilt, inability to plan ahead, criminal acts, and other traits in the psychopathy test have not been observed.

He has repeatedly used the terms darling, sweetheart, love, and dear affectionately, though as personal insight from Rei, he only ever uses those phrases when he either "...wants something from someone, or looks down on them." More often than not, the venn diagram of 'times Spadille uses affectionate terms when he wants something from you' and 'times Spadille uses affectionate terms when he looks down on you' is a circle.

### Design and Conception

Spadille's design is solely to be Dr. Tominaga's foil.  He contrasts him heavily from a design standpoint, as well as a personality, character, and ability standpoint.

From a design standpoint, Spadille opposes Dr. Tominaga in a number of ways; colour schemes, build, shapes, language, and others. One of the primary points is the opposing complimentary colours of red and green, in addition to stature and body type, Dr. Tominaga being better built much more square in shape, Spadille being leaner and tall and thin in comparison, opposites. Even their glasses contrast in shape, square versus round.

Initial conception of the two also had a brains versus brawn narrative ingrained into design, Spadille's focus more on intelligence, Dr. Tominaga's focus more attune to physical prowess, as well as dexterity versus strength being another opposite focus.

Dr. Tominaga's blunt and to-the-point language and strategies also reveal themselves to be stark against Spadille's long term plans for manipulation, as well as his flowery language and style.

## Powers and Abilities

### Skills

Spadille has only been seen speaking for a majority of his time on-screen, but he has been observed to be able to identify incisions quickly and with accuracy, and has been seen as an incredibly observant individual, picking up on details such as these even after looking at them for a small amount of time.

Due to the fact that he is the head of Spades, as well as the overseer of the entire House of Cards, one can assume that he possesses an ability to properly command large projects over the course of years. His position as a Spade implies a high degree of understanding for the sciences, though his specialties remain unknown.

### Strategies

Spadille's strategies regarding combat are never addressed, as he has never been depicted as being in battle or in combat by any writing. On one occasion, however, a small mini-fic of Spadille versus Ryan was jokingly made, in which case he had multiple scalpels hidden up his sleeve and used in a fight.

Though, this is (inherently) a joke. Any real evidence regarding his strategies remain unknown.

### Spectral Abilities

His spirit, as well as spirit abilities and spectral abilities remain unknown, though the fact he is a spectral is known.

## History

Nearly nothing is known about Spadille's past and his origins. Not even his real name is known. He has only two written memories, but nothing gives way to any sort of life previous to that involved with the House.

## Trivia

### Fun Facts

* He is now probably the most hated individual in the Aprilside Campaign due to the fact that he's such a bastard.
* He is also the character that Ryan rips on the most, and is regularly insulted by them.
* Spadille has been referred to as 'Luke' on numerous occasions by Rei, though it is not his canonical name, and is not an alias, and is therefore irrelevant.
	+ The reason his name was not kept was due to the fact that Jamie's character, Luke, already had a namedrop, and it was considered unwise to have two characters of the same name.
* His hairstyle was actually taken from a scrapped draft of a DDADDS (Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator) original character, though redesigned and finalized during the process of character creation.
* He can be seen in older art with brown hair, though it was later changed to blonde, as envisioned.
* Spadille's appearance was given at the moment of his debut, during his conversation with Kieu, making him one of the first antagonists to have a face reveal. Though, it is considered to have been done incredibly soon, given his importance.
* Rei enjoys writing Spadille's dialogue very much, mostly due to his vocabulary, and his speech patterns and syntax.