He’s the archetypal angsty son.
He even dresses like a Goth, harbours deep-seated patricidal tendencies, venerates and models his appearance off villains who share his desire to watch the world burn (why so serious?), and is vulnerable to bright-coloured projectiles.
I’ve seen a lot of people making comparisons between him and The Joker, juggalos, etc. But think about it from a Tyrian perspective; we can assume from his fighting style he’s a necromancer. Judging from the Necro character creator page, it’s common and/or traditional for Necros to paint their faces as a sign of their craft. He wants to look as intimidating as possible, (with round cheeks and a pouty bottom lip he needs all the help he can get) XD So instead of a more traditional skull he’s modeled his face paint on the Mad Moon – Mad King Thorns’ shield. (Probably for daddy issue related reasons, don’t get me started….) They’ve given us quite a bit of insight into his character and how he wants people to see him with just this one part of his design.
Fan-ranting essay aside, I’m keen to see where they take the story with these two. In the 3 months I’ve been playing, they’ve become 2 of my favourite characters and the Halloween livestream seemed to imply Blood and Madness was an introduction to set things up for next year. I would be all over more story on both of them and Thorns’ ex wives. Also, both of their voice actors are awesome, nuff said.
