Anthony A.

Appearance: Anthony is a tall, skeletal figure with elongated arms and pointed claw tips for feet. He is the second tallest character, with Scarlet F. being the tallest- standing at 6'5".  He has short, white, fluffy hair and giant fangs capable of injecting venom into bitten victims.

He also sports four clawed fingers on each hand, all fingers sporting a unique colouring with the first joint being dark grey with a strip of light blue halfway to the second joint. Both thumbs are double-jointed. His 'feet' sport the same colour pattern as his fingers,. His skin is a sickly grey/blue. There are black, jagged spikes on his ribs, neck, thighs and hips, as well as a pair of black horns on the top of his head. He is unable to walk, instead preferring to float with his arms held away from his body either in an attempt to intimidate strangers or to balance his top-heavy frame. Probably both. Personality: Contrasting to Scarlet, Anthony is loud and brash about anything and everything. He leers at both men and women alike, not caring if he's heard or not, since sexual intercourse and relationships between dream demons are extremely rare. His main host, Hook, annoys him and he won't hesitate to nitpick at every little thing the Doctor does. Often he strikes a nerve and he lives for the rush of anger that fuels him. The same goes for his other hosts, but some emotions are better at sustaining him than others. He prefers happiness because it's refreshing and makes him calm, meanwhile rage and embarrassment just bring out his cocky nature. Sadness kills any playful mood immediately, so he often tries to avoid this. He is also incredibly stubborn- often trying to make multiple connections to a potential host that kept rejecting him, because he views it as a challenge. He enjoys watching others go through their daily lives, taking pleasure in knowing that he's making someone unsettled with the unseen eyes on them. But he does not enjoy suffering. Often fleeing when Hook's patients get too rough with each other or when nurses abuse sickly patients. Scarlet often drives him away if Scarlet's host, Syrus, lures Anthony near with the young man's bipolar attitudes. Main story: Unlike most dream demons, Anthony is unable to sustain himself on one human alone. He connects to many hosts. Hook, Lela, Charles and Darla are hosts, to name a few. Each bubble around him represents a soul he's tied to until they pop- allowing him to seek out another fresh host or two. Syrus would have been a potential host if he wasn't already claimed by Anthony's rival. Shame.

He is partially responsible for Syrus' release, telling Lela the codes to locked sectors and telling her where the best places to hide were. He's been connected to Hook the longest, feeding off the negative energy that often came with war. Darla was his second host, providing plenty of happiness and embarrassment. And Lela was his third, drawn to the way her soul sang with resentment towards her father and filled with empathy towards young patients. A perfect combination of emotions that will sustain him until each host dies out, prompting him to seek out another host. He actively hunts down specific soul trails- little strings of life connected to someone's chest that he can see- and attempts to see if they match. It's a long and tedious process, having been dragging him across the world multiple times before he stumbled across the lab.

After Darla's death, Anthony had to find a new host to replace her. Not that he cared that much about his host's well being or state of mind. Charles was her replacement, a timid man who was always eager to please. Anthony connected himself to the new host and was disgruntled to find that the mutant Charles was attempting to court was related to Scarlet's host. However, he's too stubborn to back down from this setback and often taunt's Scarlet by stepping into the bug's territory (Syrus' room) and then knocking over books or decorations until someone shows up. He teleports to a random location in the dream realm if Scarlet gets a bit too close to catching him.

Other than this, he often stays in the dream realm to sleep if he finds the real world tedious and/or boring. Relationships: Hosts: Hook, Darla, Lela, Charles and an unnamed character.

Enemies: Scarlet F. Extras: - Anthony A. stands for Anthony Anthrax: Named after a serious illness in which new hosts suffer from stomach ulcers and inflamed limbs, sometimes nonfatal. Or potential hosts die from a more potent strand, causing wide scale tissue destruction and bleeding with dark, non-clotting blood oozing from bodily orifices. Death occurs within a few days to 2 weeks.

- He likes to watch TV.

- He gets kicks from watching Syrus walk around, laughing at the young man's ambling stride and hunched back.

- He likes to terrify children, since youth below age 12 can see him. His favourite method is to suddenly appear in front of them, if they're in a dark room, with a ghastly, disembodied shriek.