Appearance:

Hysteryx is a orange lion. His  dark red manes look full, and protrude from his head and chest. The hair  on his head naturally stands upward, as if it resembles a flame. His  stomach, his muzzle and the diamond shaped symbols on his elbows and  knees have a more beige tone to them. This also goes for this inside of  his hands and feet. Hyst is slightly taller than average and has a  slender build. The most notable feature on him however, is his eyes. The  sclera is dark grey, as yellow irises surrounds his almost flamelike  pupils. He also seems to have black markings on the sides of his eyes,  which actually, if opened up, are two extra pairs of eyes. His tail is  fairly long, with a dark red plume on the end.

Hyst’s clothing  style mostly consists of business casual outfits. His usual attire has  him wear a blue colbert, that goes with his blue chino. To make sure his  stomach is covered, but his chest fur isn’t being compressed, he wears a  very low cut white shirt. He wears brown lace-up shoes at his feet. He  also usually has some brown bracelets around his wrist.

Personality traits:

Likes:

-Doing nothing

-Company

-Persuading others to do what he wants

-Campfires

-Board games (And winning them)

-Plain tortillas

Dislikes:

-Doing work

-People that can’t seem to make choices

-Routine

-Not looking on point

-Onions

Personality:

Hysteryx  has been taught to manipulate, to mislead and to steal one of the most  valuable things from people; their soul. Obviously that won’t reflect  well on your personality. Hyst fairly often tries to turn conversations  in their favour. He doesn’t necessarily likes to talk about himself, but  he does try to make himself look better than he is, and he hates to be  talked bad about. Hyst is also a slacker, trying to do the least work he  can do, but still sufficient enough to make sure nobody comments about  it. He’d rather do nothing than do something at all. Hyst has  learned he could get anything by persuading, so his nature tends to be  manipulative, people aren’t just people with feelings, they always have  something to offer. Usually this could be seen as a positive aspect,  however Hyst has learned that this ‘something’ that is being offered can  always be used by him, which he has learned to always try to do.

That  doesn’t mean that he hasn’t been able to change his ways. Partially by  his environment, but equal parts because of his lazy nature, he has been  practicing with trying to ‘unlearn’ his behaviour of always making use  of people. The people around him are allowed to be free willed, if they  just don’t get too much in his way. He’s actually noticed that things  that aren’t in his complete control can have interesting and amusing  results. By studying his newly attained friends, he is seeing now that  having company around can actually be fun. It is something he had never  really thought of before, so now with it being set in new light, he  enjoys people around him, even if it is not business related.

Even  though Hyst has been set up for a path of darkness and evil, Hyst  strangely keeps ending up at the side of good. Hyst is still unsure if  this is because of pure luck, because of his lazy behaviour, or because  there might be an actual intent of doing good. His deals always include  actual positive favours for the people signing his contracts, and he  usually only picks people that he is sure of they see no other way out.  If pushed in the right way, he might leave his set path behind, and pick  a new, lighter one.

Abilities:

General:

Hysteryx  fully relies on his special powers that he has attained from his demon  lineage. Both his mother and father are demons from different families,  giving him a combination of demonic abilities

Special abilities:

First  of all, his most prominent ability is that he can create illusions. He  can do this in two ways. Either he bends the light around him, creating  visual illusions for everyone around him, or he can individually mess  with someone’s head to make them see something he wants them to see. The  first form of illusion manipulation is way more limiting. He usually  uses this to just cloak himself in his surroundings. The second form is  marginally more effective, as well as dangerous, to a point where if the  illusions seem real enough for the person, they might get actually  hurt.

From the other side of the family, Hyst has gained the  ability to manipulate fire. He can create fire out of seemingly nowhere,  or control already existing fire. Hyst has several years in experience  in controlling this ability, making it an effective combat skill.

His demon heritage also brings him his demon forms.

The  first form comes from his mother’s line. Hyst can turn himself into a  small cat/scorpion hybrid. His form mostly looks orange with some dark  red accents. He gains several extra eyes that all leak a yellow, thick  substance. His tail is a scorpion tail. He frequently uses this forms in  his illusions, as it tends to freak people out if he plays it right.

The  second form comes from his father’s line, and is a bit more dangerous  to use. Hyst has the ability to turn into a beast like version of  himself, his fur becoming more full, his teeth becoming gruesomely large  and his build becoming extremely broad. It is something he still  doesn’t seem to be able to control very well, so he cautiously avoids  using it at all costs.

Strengths:

-Very charismatic

-Can hide himself in plain sight

-Always knows a guy

Weaknesses:

-Untrustworthy

-Can come off as arrogant and stand-offish

-Thinks he can handle everything himself

Social relations:

Rhyss Frolig: One  day, Rhyss met Hyst while he was on the look for a soul to reap. Hyst  had a conversation with him, and quickly realized that Rhyss had no real  reason to sell his soul, which was fine, yet still weird. His instincts  would usually find Hyst a person that he would need. This in turn made  him think. Maybe his instincts told him to find Rhyss for some other  reason, which is why he tried to keep in contact with him. They are now  friends. Hyst is often invited to hang with his friend group, which he  sometimes accepts, and sometimes refuses because he's ‘busy’. Hyst finds  Rhyss enjoyable to be around, however his optimism can sometimes annoy  him, seeing as he himself is in a way different boat than Rhyss. He’s  still trying to find out why he would need him for anything.

More info about this character?:https://toyhou.se/520433.rhyss-frolig

Alina Marilayra: Alina, being someone who can identify when people are lying, is not a  fan of Hyst. Her head can sometimes go haywire whenever he’s around,  seeing as he lies frequently. Hyst in turn has realized Alina is most  sceptic of him, and likes to tease her sometimes. Even though he might  be annoying to her frequently, Alina is probably the one that has had  the most heartfelt conversations with him. Seeing as they’re both on  opposite sides of the charismatic spectrum. Hyst hopes the best for  Alina, and will probably try and make sure that that happens in some  sneaky ways if he has to.

More info about this character?:https://toyhou.se/520441.alina-marilayra

Abby Quenevere: One  a very avid fan of the law, the other quite the opposite, Abby and Hyst  somehow click in a way they both wouldn’t expect. At the beginning,  they both thought of each other as egocentric, narcissistic people.  After a while though, they seemed to have bonded. Maybe because they’re  both seen as the ‘extras’ in a friend group, or maybe because they both  realized their self-loving behaviour comes from insecurity. Either way  they’re buddies now. Hopefully Abby doesn’t find out Hyst is a criminal  hahaha.

More info about this character?:https://toyhou.se/4097627.abby-quenevere

Derek Quenevere, Katie Briggs and Luka Frolig: The others of the friend group are glad Hyst is sometimes around. He  brings a different atmosphere to the group sometimes, which can be  appreciated in a group that can sometimes be very much the same every  time. Still, they are obviously not immune to Hyst’s interesting  personality. This group is about forgiveness though, so they’re okay  with it.

More info about these characters?:https://toyhou.se/1776207.derek-queneverehttps://toyhou.se/1939846.katie-briggshttps://toyhou.se/522179.luka-frolig

History:

Born  as a demon twin, Hysteryx had the luck of being the better one, which  can be quite enjoyable when you’re in a world where the people around  you try to turn you into an employable asset as quick as possible.  Hysteryx has been trained to become soul supplier for the demon bat  mafia, since his family apparently still had a debt there, at least  that’s what was told to him.

Hysteryx seemed to be a great  student, easily picking up strategies, thinking of new ones, and using  them to get souls from mortals. He started young in the business, trying  to get people to sell their soul to him. He was very good at it, being  one of the more ‘profitable’ soul suppliers. This went on for a couple  of years. Things were going great for him. He enjoyed it. He didn’t care  about the people that gave him their soul, he didn’t care what happened  to them and honestly he just cared about being the best around, which  he was slowly becoming.

He and his brother never really got along  well. Delirim was too ‘raw’ for Hysteryx’ taste. He in turn was too  ‘boring’ in Delirim’s eyes. There was one point they could share views  with, and that was that their family were little shits for just leaving  them behind to pay off some ‘debt’. One day however, Delirim found out  that his family didn’t actually had to pay off any debt. The two thought  they were in no way related to the bat family, but it seemed like they  actually were. This meant that they were actually supposed to be higher  up the chan of command, instead of being at the absolute bottom.  Hysteryx despised that idea, but eventually realised that his brother  wouldn’t lie about it. He thought that the best thing he could become  was a small demon guy, trying to get by with trickery and deceit,  instead Hyst had been tricked all his life.

This plummeted him in a  behaviour that said ‘fuck it’ to his boss. Obviously he couldn’t  actually say that to the demon bat mafia boss; he’d hang for that.  Instead he just became lazy. He tried to do as less work as possible,  just to not get noticed. He didn’t want to be the best anymore. He  deserved better. He shouldn’t have to work hard. The last couple of  years he has been dodging his way through his job. Doing less with his  job gave him time to study up on how things actually worked. It appears  that people that sell their soul still have a whole lot of suffering to  do. Hyst thought that sucked, so he instead tried to twist the system in  a way that people who would sell their soul in return for ‘a wish’,  he’d actually make that wish a good wish, one that that person could  profit from in the end. Hyst somehow seemed to find this enjoyable.  Partially because he could stick it to his employers, but partially  because it legitimately felt good to him.

One day he met Rhyss.  His demonic instincts told him that Hyst needed him for some reason. He  had always used this instinct to find proper people to buy souls from,  however this time, he found that this person didn’t want to sell his  soul at all! It seems that he just wanted to be friends. This amused  Hyst, who was amazed by Rhyss’ naivety and unconditional optimism. They  became friends, partially because the Bittersweet band needed someone  experienced with wind instruments, and partially just because it  clicked! Hyst has been part of the crew since then, and occasionally  joins the group in their hijinks. Next to selling souls, he now actually  has something fun to do on the side. Maybe the future has more fun for  him in store.