The Astounding Hat Tricks
Name: Michael Skelter
Alias: The Astounding Hat Tricks
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Height: 6’1
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Profession: Ringmaster, Patriarch of the Dark Celebration
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Personality: He is a psychopath with no regard for human life nor remorse for the atrocities he commits in the name of art, and revels in the suffering of others who would insult his art. He cracks dark jokes, breaks out into hysterical laughter upon causing mayhem, and his only joy is causing senseless destruction, death and chaos to those who don't embrace his dark twisted ideals. All that being said he has an almost unyielding dedication to his Dark Celebration and his family members.
Appearance: The Astounding Hat Tricks typically wears his full get up including her designer top hat and layers of torn circus attire. It’s normal for him to wear copious amounts of makeup to white out his face and accent his features with dark bloody colors. Michael is a very slender man and is visually sickly but otherwise is a regular Ringmaster, if you don’t take the extra blood into account.
History:
Michael was found as a child by Charles Skelter outside a village that was recently destroyed by a raging war. Charles was a wealthy man who ran an orphanage out of Radasanth where Michael spent most of his adolescence. Though he was a regular boy he suffered some major head injuries during the fight that destroyed his village leaving him without any memories of his previous life. Being labeled an outcast by the kids at the orphanage Michael adopted the lifestyle of a recluse at a very early age never forming any meaningful connections his entire childhood.
The time he spent at the Skelter House was rough but through adversity Michael had developed some great skills. Most of all he got really good at sleight of hands tricks and deception able to swindle many a wanderer out of their gold. And at the ripe age of fourteen Michael killed his first person, a vagrant who wasn’t impressed his with his little tricks and demanded his money back. There isn’t much to say other than this was the moment Michael found his calling. A surge of adrenaline filled him as he tore out the throat of his victim, a man who didn’t like his art, and he felt purpose.
Until now Michael Skelter was simply a street performer, but now he was an artist. And he wouldn’t allow anyone to mock his creations and masterpieces. After traveling the world a number of times over Michael took the name Hat Tricks and organized Corone’s first ever dark carnival, known as the Dark Celebration. Word traveled fast and many freaks and creeps flocked to his tents to join in the festivities.
Skills:
Sleight of Hand- Like every good magician Hat Tricks is a master of Sleight of Hands and has subtly deceived the best of them.
Adaptive Fighter- By no means is Hat Tricks a great fighter with a particular weapon but he knows his way around an armory. He has a general knowledge of basically every weapon know to Althanas.
Abilities: (Tiers indicate how many times the particular ability has been upgraded since first approved on the profile. Ie, Tier 1 abilities are brand new and each additional tier indicates that the ability has been improved upon the corresponding amount of times.)
A Magician Never Reveals His Tricks
Ability: 1
Duration: Passive
Tier: 1
Hat Tricks’ top hat is a magically enchanted item. Within the hat lies a pocket dimension that can store a presumably infinite amount of items.
I Wonder What’s Next
Ability: 2
Duration: 3 Uses
Tier: 1
Hat Tricks can pull a weapon out of his hat just like unsheathing a blade. Below is a list of Items he can use in combat and consume a charge if summoned. Items summoned intended for combat must be listed below and disappear after twenty seconds of leaving Hat Tricks Grasp.
(Otherwise non-combat items he possesses within his dimension do not disappear and remain in the physical plane until they are placed back. This would include but not limited to a coin purse, or scary mask, or compass, just general item one would not consider a weapon. Finally doing this does not consume a charge.)
Vampire Hunter Axe- A Iron quality axe used primarily in primitive vampire hunting. This ornate tool is Hat Tricks’ trademark weapon of choice but otherwise is just a decorative gothic axe.
Ringmaster's Whip- This leather whip is about nine feet long and a staple of any ringmaster's kit.
There One Second and Gone The Next
Ability: 3
Duration: 1 Round Trip Per Comp Thread
Tier: 1
Hat Tricks can suck himself and one other person he is touching into his hat. This appears as if a vortex has opened within the hat and the two are sucked into the pocket dimension in a moment. Players who wish to resist this must be considerably faster than Hat Tricks and break body contact as this effect takes only a second or two to be completed.
(Once Hat Tricks is teleported the top hat will remain where is was to begin with and is able to be moved around by another person. Nothing special happens to Hat Tricks and he doesn't get any buffs being inside his hat. He may stay in his dimension indefinitely.)
Equipment:
Top Hat:
A masterly crafted top hat made of what looks like the finest of fabrics. This hat possesses great magics that seem to only be assessable by Hat Tricks himself.
Ringmaster’s Attire:
This designers outfit is nothing more than a glorified suit with all the frills but defiantly makes his stick out as a clown.
