The Babadook

The Babadook, also known as Mister
Babadook, is a supernatural creature that is said to be the embodiment of
grief, anxiety, and depression. It is said to haunt those who would be foolish
enough to read a pop-up book, disguised as a children's book that talks about
it. While believed to be a spirit or demon, the Babadook is merely a tulpa, a
thought-form which can manifest in our plane of reality due to the amount of
fear and belief in its existence.

Appearance

The
Babadook most generally appears as a towering, shadowy bogeyman wearing a black
coat and hat, with long, claw-like hands and a pale frightening face. The
Babadook haunts whomever reads its poem and hides inside a pop-up book that
mysteriously appears in random homes. As its prey becomes more frightened, the
Babadook becomes more monstrous.

The
Babadook is considered to be the embodiment of grief and as time goes on, it
slowly brings its victim to the brink of insanity through their five stages of
depression. The first stage is denial, meaning the Babadook weaves scenarios
where the victim listens to a conversation that reminds them of something traumatic
and thus perform all that they can to avoid the topic and the mention of this
event, consequently isolating themselves from society including their own
family members.

Abilities

The
Babadook has been shown to have the ability of possession. When the Babadook
weakens its victim's will and spirit to the point where they can barely walk,
it plunges itself into the victim's back, which is described like having a
large knife be slowly shoved into their spine. Its influence over its prey is
great to where it can cause conflict and turmoil between family members, even
those who are quite close in relations.

It
demonstrated the ability of shape shifting. The Babadook can take the form of
any person, animal, or insect. The entity usually takes the form of a person
that the victim was once involved with, have a history with be it unpleasant or
not. The Babadook uses this as a method of manipulation of the victim's
emotions, to where it took the form of a single mother's deceased husband and
convince her to offer it her son in order to devour him.

Being a
tulpa, the Babadook cannot be defeated by normal conventional means. However,
being the embodiment of grief, the Babadook can be defeated through acceptance.
Meaning that if the victim ceases to be scared and come to terms with the
tragic event that occurred in their past life, the Babadook loses its power
over them. It can also fade from existence if those who believe in it, do not
think about it so much to where it is real. However, given the Babadook’s
methods of inducing fear into its prey, it is a task considered to be highly
difficult.

Statistics for the Babadook

EWS: 80 (Notable) REF: 65 STA: 75

Injury: N/A

Disciplines: Whisper, Terrorize, Possession
(deadly), Corporeal Manifestation, Change form (Deadly)

Aspects: Unfeeling, Unkillable,
Unliving, Bloodless, Parasitic (grief),

Special
Weakness (Bravery): The
Babadook feeds on grief and fear – so the opposite is a true means of keeping
the Babadook at bay, the victim of the Babadook must make a successful General willpower
check If the roll fails, the Babadook is not affected and the victim needs to
try again. If the roll succeeds

Will Power Check Results
Botch	The Babadook inspires more terror in the victim – the victim receives a -30 modifier to all target numbers for 1d5 rounds
Failure	The Babadook is unaffected by the attempt
Low Success	The Babadook receives a –10 modifier to all target numbers
High Success	The Babadook receives a –20 modifier to all target numbers
Colossal Success	The victims will is strong enough to create a sphere of protection naturally. The Babadook receives a –30 modifier to all target numbers

After 5 successful
attempts the Babadook will dissipate and all traces of his existence will be
gone – this is the only way to drive the tulpa away.