Dan Jackstone is a handsome kid. He's got a smile like a million bucks. He listens to the coolest music. He wears the coolest clothing. He's cool to people who aren't even popular. Nobody dares cut him out socially--he's got so many friends, making an enemy of Daniel Jackstone means cutting yourself out. Dan wouldn't have to do anything, either. People would just start thinking you were a jerk for dissing Dan.
Even the teachers like Dan. His grades aren't the best, and perhaps he isn't in class as often as he ought to be, but he tries so hard, and he's such a polite young man--he just needs extra attention, and sometimes just a nudge to the old gradebook to keep him in B's. No harm in it. Daniel Jackstone is a good kid.
It's true. Dan is a good kid. But his monster isn't. His monster wants Dan to be powerful, to be president one day. Dan's monster is Snaketongue, and he lives in mirrors, peeking out when Dan looks in and whispering advice.
Dan only sort of realizes that Snaketongue is part of the reason he's so popular. The monster looks out from the reflections cast in Dan's eyes, influencing people, hacking their minds, laying out the whammy. Dan's terrified of what will happen if people find out about Snaketongue--find out he's been messing with everyone's head. Snaketongue isn't all that scared about it, himself. If anyone starts to get wise, he's more than able to slither out of his mirrored lair and reveal his school bus-sized serpentine horror. If they aren't totally crackers after that, he'll just eat them and be done with it.
So Dan smiles, and if his smile is getting brittle around the edges, nobody says so.
Feet 3 (Dodging +1, Kicking +1, P.E. +1).
Guts 3 (Courage +1, Wind +1, Wrestling +1).
Hands 3 (Blocking +1, Punching +1, Shop +1).
Brains 2 (Out-Think +1, Remember +1, Notice +1).
Face 4 (Charm +1, Connive +1, Putdown +1).
Dad 2; Circle of Hangers-On 1; Lacrosse Team 1; Older Brother 2; Snaketongue.
Appearance: Snaketongue is an impossibly long serpent, coiling, rippling, and striking. His scales are iridescent and hypnotic and fascinating. His fangs are like icepicks dripping venom. His voice is rhythmic, sonorous, and utterly, utterly mesmerizing.
Personality: Clever and conniving, manipulative and ingratiating. He'll charm and compliment when it serves his ends, and cajole and insult when aggression works better. He's a sneaky, lying jerk who only wants the best for Daniel--the best, of course, being wealth, power, and people fawning over him.
Way to Hide: Snaketongue slips in and out of mirrors and reflective surfaces, lurking just around the corner, crawling around behind reflected objects, and generally being creepy. When he wants to help Daniel out, he'll hide in the reflections in Daniel's eyes, circling and enchanting.
Favorite Thing: To see Daniel lauded as great and basking in the reflected glory of Daniel's acclaim. It doesn't matter if it's earned or not; all that matters is how much people like him and how well they treat him.
Locations 1-3: Hypnotic Scintillating Scales (6 dice, Useful [inspire affection and fascination], Area x3, Tough x3, Awesome x2, Sharing)
Locations 4-6: Great Rippling Coils (9 dice, Attacks, Defends, Spray, Useful [crawl and slither], Tough x3)
Location 7: Golden Eyes (2 dice, Useful [see a person's true self], Awesome x2, Sharing)
Locations 8-9: Poison Fangs (5 dice, Attacks, Useful [poison that makes da person act out of character], Burning, Wicked Fast x3)
Location 10: Forked Tongue (2 dice, Useful [lie with perfection], Awesome x2, Sharing)
Snaketongue is a tricky beast. He prefer to act from hiding, using his Hypnotic Scales, Golden Eyes, and Forked Tongue to further Daniel's popularity. These three abilities are powerful. With them, Daniel can make people like him really easily. He can see what others are really like inside really easily. And he can tell people things they'll almost always believe--especially if they already like him, and he knows what they're really like.
All this is starting to make Dan contemptuous of normal people.
When Snaketongue comes out of the mirror, he's pretty dangerous. His rippling coils let him crawl and slither at literally hundreds of miles per hour. He can wrap foes up in them or wriggle away from attacks. His large body sections are pretty tough, too.
His poison bite is fast, and those he bites (or who drink his poison, say in a spiked drink) act completely out of character--popular kids act like dorks, bullies cry and run away, strict teachers kick back and let their students go crazy.