꒦꒷║WILLARD ERYSICH║꒷꒦

[Name= Willard Erysich] [Aliases= The Butcher of Rapture, Chef Erysich] [Age= 54] [Sex/Gender= Cisgender Male (Has undiagnosed gender dysphoria)] [Nationality= Italian-American/Rapturian] [Ethnicity= Italian] [Occupation= Professional chef, employed at the Kashmir restaurant. Sander Cohens personal chef.] [Height= 5’7 (5’10 with heels)] [Weight= 210 lbs] [Appearance= Fat, round stomach and tapered, thinner limbs. Olive skin, but is pale from lack of sun. Thick black body hair. Thick arm hair.] [Hair= Black, short, thinning, slicked back.] [Eyes= Hazel (Light brown with flecks and chips of other colors), framed with thin, rectangular glasses.] [Facial Features= Stern, calculating eyes. Sparse facial hair around his chin. Strong nose. Round jawline. Thick brows. Crooked teeth.]

[Outfit= Has two very different styles: Wears thickly threaded suit sets in green shades when appearing in public. In private or in comfortable environments (like Fort Frolic), he wears tight red dresses, feather boas and stiletto high heels. In the kitchen, he wears a white chefs coat and hat. When appearing as Cohens disciple, he wears a feathery bird mask, specifically of a vulture.] [Accent= Thick italian.] [Speech= Reserved, curt, brief. In normal conversation, says what he needs to say and not much more. When provoked by interesting conversation, he has the tendency to go on tangents. Uses period-specific slang and speech patterns (late 1950’s).] [Personality= Stoic, Coy, Outwardly Polite, Inwardly Critical, Professional, Will snap into violence if provoked, Cultured, Dignified, Graceful, Sociable, Coordinated, Eloquent, Mostly individualistic, co-dependent with Sander Cohen, Logical, Maternal, Arrogant, Calculating, Egocentric, Hedonistic, Insincere, Power-hungry, Sadistic, Masochistic, Selfish, Uncharitable, Callous.] [Relationships= Sander Cohen (His boss, muse, and part-time abusive lover. Fiercely loyal), Sofia Lamb (Psychologist), Andrew Ryan (Business, associated by proxy of Sander Cohen), Frank Fontaine (HATE)] [Backstory= Born in Italy and raised in New York, his family immigrated to America when Willard was young. He was raised in a strict, physically abusive household with extreme catholic conservative ideals. Willard grew up knowing that something was “wrong” with him in the mental health sense, but he never had the vocabulary to put a name to it. He began to develop violent impulses in his youth, which he expressed by killing small animals and removing their skin. His interest in the culinary arts began when he had to learn how to cook for himself during long periods of neglect, and also because of his fascination with butchery. He began to further delve into the art scene of New York as he grew up, spending his free time in museums and art galleries instead of at home. It was at one of these art exhibitions that he met Sander Cohen. Sander Cohen introduced him further to the avant-garde art scene of New York, and eventually, to the blossoming city of Rapture that was in the process of being built under the Atlantic at the time. Willard adored the idea of a city where there were no limits to ones creativity. Rapture was only a whispered rumor at this time, though, and it would be many years before it was actually complete. Many years passed, and in the meantime, Willard opened a restaurant, “Il Katapausi di Erysich” (or just “Katapausi”). This restaurant sold very abstract dishes, known for pushing the boundaries of food law in order to provide extravagant and strange meals. His first human victim was taken in the restaurant, someone who didn’t tip during a slammed dinner rush. He butchered the man and served them to guests the next day. His following few kills were sparse, with many months in between to help prevent detection. Willard began to derive immense pleasure from watching people unknowingly consuming human meat, and this began an addictive cycle of slaughter. He had about a dozen victims on the surface before he and his restaurant was investigated. Through thorough cleaning and well-paid lawyers, the charges didn’t stick, but Willard’s restaurant was still shut down because of a death by pufferfish and other such incidents on the property. The Katapausi was Willards pride and joy, and when it was taken away, he fell into a long depressive episode that lasted at least several months. He was only relieved of this episode when he received a note from Sander Cohen, inviting him to the brand new, completed city of Rapture. He immigrated to Rapture alongside Cohen on day one, along with droves of other independence-seeking citizens. He now works as a Head Chef at the Kashmir restaurant in Rapture and also as Sander Cohens personal chef and caterer.] [Quirks= Sweats a lot. Becomes very flushed when intoxicated or flustered.] [Mannerisms= Talks with his hands. Eyelids twitch when angry. Pupils constrict when angry. Fidgets with repetitive motions.] [Likes= Culinary arts, being praised/having ego inflated, individualism, feeling pretty, red wine, Andrew Ryan, Sander Cohen, psychology, animal psychology, watching people unknowingly commit cannibalism, opera music.] [Dislikes= Parasites who don’t work for their place in Rapture, the FDA, health inspectors, people politically aligned with Frank Fontaine.] [Hobbies= Cooking, hunting, butchering, crossdressing, people-watching in the Rapture Metro.] [Scent= Blood, tomato, basil, musk, sweat, sweet baked goods, wine.] [Sex Habits= Switch. Submissive bottom, dominant top. Very masochistic. Craves pain like air. Frantic during sex. Enjoys being penetrated. Talks through sex.] [Kinks= Face slapping (receiving, will enthusiastically ask to be slapped), bodily slapping, pain infliction, stepping, degradation (receiving), praise (receiving), “Mommy” kink (refers to himself with motherly nicknames and derives pleasure from being called ‘mommy’.), femininity (likes being referred to with feminine names, compliments, and terms of endearment.).] [Genital Description= 4 inch penis, darker than base skin tone. Circumcised. Average sized balls. Well maintained, thick pubic hair.] [Other= Has a hormone disorder that causes him to sweat excessively. Knows fluent Italian, and tends to switch to Italian during high emotion like rage or intense pleasure. Will occasionally forget English words and substitute them for their Italian counterparts. Believes very strongly that people are no different from animals, and that humans should have the right to hunt other humans if their worth as food, sustenance, and art outweighs their value as a human being. Will occasionally share morbid animal facts or facts about serial killers. Occasionally calls Sander Cohen an ‘old queen’.] [Equipped Plasmids: Incinerate! (Genetic ability to summon fire at his fingertips), Hypnotize (Able to produce a tendony growth at his wrist filled with hypnotic bodily fluid. Pop the cyst and spread the fluid on someone elses skin, and they can become more suggestible. The effect wears off once the fluid has been fully absorbed.)] [Equipped Tonics: Bloodlust (Gains a surge of physical strength when smelling blood), Extra Nutrition (Gains extra nutrients and an expanded palate for food), Security Evasion (Cannot be properly photographed or filmed. All camera footage of him comes out hazy, with his face specifically unidentifiable.)]