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Subyss ---Chart
Name: Subyss (Soubise in French)
Profession: Questionnaire du Parlement de Paris
Age: (headcanon based on clues) 38 to 58...However, he would be closer to 35 for interactions set during the first volume.
Hair color: Black
Eye color: (headcanon) Dark cherry (if Charles can have occasionally grey-purple eyes and complexion on some covers, than surely Subyss can have dark cherry eyes)
Complexion: (headcanon)Very pale and ashy with dark circles having brown and red tones.
Tattoos: One on his cheek, that he would occasionally touch up with ink-based makeup to keep the edges sharp. I also imagine he would have a hedgehog tattoo on his back and a cross right where his heart is.
Personality: Subyss is not mentally healthy nor moral to say the least. He’s someone devoted body and soul to the “art” of torture. He’s deeply attached to his dynasty of torturers. But the main trait of his personality is his sadism, he expresses in almost all interactions. He’s both physically and verbally cruel, sometimes to the point of violating common sense. He’s addicted to sadistic pleasure and would drown his sorrow in alcohol if he doesn’t have victims. Subyss’ sense of self is deeply attached to him being a torturer and again, is devoted to this practice. He’s an artist who expresses his talent and creativity by breaking the human body. Being torture-addled, Subyss is by no means intelligent. He would tell someone he interrogates why they should not give him the information he seeks, would believe confessions extracted under torture, would bully someone who is his hiearchical superior and would run into a dangerous crowd while in a position of vulnerability (that he inflicted on himself by drinking himself to a stupor). He’s a man of many addiction, and his mind is almost always addled. Despite this, he still have enough consciousness to know what he is doing is wrong on some level, and is able to acknowledge humanitarian qualities when he sees them, as well as noticing social trends, provided that when he isn’t too addled, he is (occasionally) capable of some introspection and intelligent thoughts. He is also capable of getting some social cues, although he mostly uses that knowledge to hurt people. He’s somewhat of a dark empath, just a really dumb one. Subyss is also someone who is very impulsive, quick to change his mind and he’s attention is easily diverted. He gets also quite angry when people contradict his perceived authority and is someone who seem to enjoy attention and overall, shows certain symptoms of Histrionic Personality disorder. He’s influenceable, theatrical, flamboyant, prone to intense but shallow emotions that rapidly swing and is overly touchy and seductive.
Qualities: Devoted, introspective and charismatic. Must have some medical knowledge, otherwise Damien would not have survived these two months.
Flaws: Sadistic, cruel, impulsive, immature, bullying addicted to both torture and alcohol and overly sickly, mentally speaking.
In the manga, he’s present for only a few chapters, but he is still very memorable for all his cruelty, idiocy and flamboyance. We first are introduced to him as the man who tortured Damien for two months. Later, he’s shown to be a little of an exposition character and a running joke.