Deepbit - The Dredge
āMan in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free.ā
Unique Iterated Trait - Rift Tax
While he doesnāt have access to every single iteration rift, Deepbit can touch most of them, and as such, he can yank Habits out of them every now and then to devour. In addition to this, he is able to open temporary rifts when called upon, willing to give gifts in exchange for more Habits to devour.
Backstory
A Habit inhabiting a drowned Evan, whatās the tactical use of that? He canāt go up on land, let alone breathe air, so why?
Well, itās simple. He doesnāt need to. Deepbit is more like a giant anglerfish, extending his lures into other iterations as his way of hunting, each lure a Habit that has already fallen victim to joining his battery. Being that he is a deep sea eldritch monster, people in his home iteration have taken to worshipping him in a cult-like manner. He doesnāt mind that, if anything, he finds it kinda funny. Heās not a god, but heāll absolutely take the adoration of one.
Besides, becoming god is kind of his goal anyway.
Heās close too! Thereās just a couple small kinks in his plan. First off, heās not the strongest Habit, and heās mad about that. Second off, people keep asking him for things and distracting him with their petty little problems. Why canāt anyone solve their own problems anymore, theyāre all Habitās for god's sake!
And of course, thereās that one group from an iteration he screwed with that seems very insistent on getting soul refunds. He didnāt even take their souls dammit, he just killed off their Jeff for a quick laugh. Do they not know that souls arenāt how Habit batteries work?
Apparently not, and since they donāt have to hop iterations to get to him, all he can do is wait for them to enter the waters of his territory. He canāt reach them otherwise. How infuriating!