Octantis - The Storm
âIf you are trying to get under my skin, good luck. I hardly have much left.â
Unique Iterated Trait - Creeping Death
Octantis is a walking pathogen. Infected with Chronic Wasting Disease, heâs just one encounter from causing a deadly outbreak. His real strength lies in his namesake, the South Star. His body, like Northstarâs, is a weapon, able to manipulate static electricity as well. However, thanks to his disease, he is a little weaker than Northstar
Backstory
One of the toughest Habits overall, Octantis is a very special case. He shares the splitting ability that Fairmount possesses, but it goes far deeper than just an extra body to cause chaos with. He shared an iteration and body with Northstar, almost becoming the strongest Habit before their cocky attempt to eat stars split him apart from Northstar.
Permanently branded with the South Star and now with a hatred for his other half, he chose to leave for the other side of the world, Russia. It wasnât hard to find a host, hopping into Ivan, but he wishes Northstar had been the one to leave. That had been his homeland too dammit!
He acclimated quickly to his new home, taking up residence near a frozen lake that happened to have an iteration rift at the very bottom of it. He kept to himself, until the unlucky guy ate some bad deer, getting infected with Chronic Wasting Disease. At first, since he was a Habit, it wasnât too bad, but as the years passed, it slowly broke him down. Nobody is impervious to entropy, Octantis learned that the hard way.
Visual snow thicker than a real snowstorm, his vocal chords wasting away to near uselessness at times, and a body falling apart at the seams, Octantis chose to keep himself hidden away from the world. His life was calm, quiet, until a certain game show host decided to drag him into it. Well, he wouldnât just take that lying down. Just because he moves slowly, doesnât mean he isnât lethal.
And he is more than happy to remind others of that.