Killcrop

From the gallows you'll swing for all the kids to see

AMBRIEL KILLCROP
40s, he/him

APPEARANCE
- Big scary. 6'5" and shredded, makes this known by never wearing a shirt. Probably a bit more of an endomorph than how Ive drawn him.
- Very long black hair trails down his back, often twined with braids, rough texture that tangles easy. Needs a shave, like everywhere.
- Recognizable jaw and neck tattoo of a set of fangs and two pairs of horns. Similar tattoos on the back of each hand, symmetrical clips in his ears.
- Snaggled fangs draw attention to them when he smiles. Brown skin, hard-angled face, upturned nose bumpy and creased at his brows.
- Practical clothes, rough from wear. Leather jackets and denim vests over no shirts, shoeless when he can.
- Even when he's being friendly, his body language can come off as predatorily unsettling.

PERSONALITY
- Thinks being tall is a personality trait. Entertained by picking on people, strangers included.
- Rough and self-centered exterior; Obviously has no real respect for others' thoughts or feelings.
- Surprisingly reasonable and even personable if you can get past That first impression. Threatening but chill dad.
- Better-read than he looks. Certainly not stupid. Hates being talked down to.
- Independent worker who doesn't mind getting his hands dirty.
- Will often lend a hand for strangers if they need, but when push comes to shove, he and his family come first and he feels no remorse about it.

HISTORY (98% MURDER-FREE)
Killcrop is genuinely his legal name. He grew up fostered among a cluster of kids who'd tell you he played rough, always rumours he killed local strays. Culminated when he was seventeen and seriously injured one of his brothers and probably hung him upside down from a tree or something; They managed to talk Killcrop out of running away and into enlisting the next year instead.
He lasted less than a year in the service. He wound up in law enforcement in a small town that gave him more free reign, and though it was his choice to leave the military, it wasn't the same this time – blame for the dead body found in the woods began to circulate to him and the sheriff encouraged him to move on. Since then, Killcrop hasn't rejoined society, so to speak, hunting and selling what he makes.
Not always alone, Killcrop was briefly in the company of the woman who'd die in childbirth with his son, Luthor. Twenty-two at the time, Killcrop discovered he loved being a father, and welcomed his daughter Nott three years later, without much effort to save the mother.
His reputation caught up with him when his daughter, seven at the time, was kidnapped by the foster brother he'd wounded years before. Nott lost a leg in the ordeal, the kidnapper lost more than that – this is what Killcrop was, some years later, finally apprehended for. Killcrop's children never testified in court, encouraged by their father to take what they could and run, and with no documentation to their names, they haven't been found. Killcrop would be released in less than a decade with good behaviour.
He'd arranged with the kids to rendezvous with him after his release – and now he's out. But the letters he'd get from them stopped months ago and the kids have yet to show. Nothing to do but wait...

TRIVIA
- Allegedly existed as far back as December 2014. this version is a summer 2019 revamp for a rp group I never stuck around for though.
- Goes by his surname; Acceptable alternatives are 'daddy,' 'kitten,' and 'Mr. Crop.'
- Claims to have been born under a blood moon.
- Avid reader in general but also specifically of a lot of cheesy romance novels.
- Would boo a slasher flick though.
- Beautiful singing voice.
- Still owns a commemorative pocket knife from that one town he worked in.
- Has never been in a plane and if he has a say, never will.
- Will lie on top of you for body heat, and/or to piss you off
- Light sleeper, often sleeps in a jacket.
- His kids get weapons for their 12th birthday but they have to kill something with it or he takes it back.

AUS
• What Kind of Monster is Killcrop? (Fantasy AU)
Original crop. Nobody really knows what Killcrop is, and the roughened dark face and hands, four horns, pitch eyes, jutting fangs and dual tails keep most from asking. Definitely over 7 feet tall, a bounty hunter turned serial murderer whose life ended when the world had enough of him. Luthor's fiancee was among those who strung his body up.

'Cause everybody knows there's a devil in camp!