Erin Griffiths

"'Life can be a bucket'a shit sometimes, but other times, sprinklin' it in sugar can distract ya from the foulness of it. Sorta.'"Erin Griffiths is a charming and eccentric puppet of high authority among his Wirwar. He supervises the other housemates to the best of his ability when The Creator, their puppeteer, is occupied with other tasks.

He plays the role of a side character in the first book, and as a main character in the second one.

Appearance
Erin appears to be a large stripy feline standing at 18 feet tall and weighing 470 kilograms. His head is framed with ruffled, dark blue hair which appears vaguely mane-like and brushes the collar of his coat. His face is defined by thick, dark eyebrows and deep sapphire eyes while a fine, stitched line travels down the centre of his face - perfectly halving it.

Parting these stitches by force may give Erin immense pain, along with exposing the mechanically-fused organic structure beneath.

The most common outfit Erin may be found wearing is a sapphire-oxford blue tailcoat and matching tophat with green-grey 3/4 shorts and corset; a lighter blue ribbon wraps around his hat with a matching colour-toned bowtie around his neck.

He's often seen holding a cane which consists of a silver rod with a yarn ball wrapped around the tip; providing a comfortable perch for Erin to rest his hands upon.

Not only does Erin have the cane for the sake of conjuring dark magic, but it is evident that he has a limp; the sole of his right foot appears to be stitched up from a previous injury.

If he's strained from excessive walking or running, he's at risk of staggering or falling. He doesn't receive pain from his weak foot - the most damage that it does is refrain Erin from running for long periods of time.

Personality
Erin is lively a lively and prideful leader. The way in which he presents himself almost always makes it appear that he's performing on a stage for an audience as he beholds such artifice-like enthusiasm that he may overwhelm the others around him and take up the breathing space in the room. His friendliness is welcoming when he expresses it, but his hospitable warmness can be unnerving.

However, his intentions may not always be so friendly; he can be sadistic, intimidating, and beholds a unpredictable sense of humour, which contributes to making him seem scary in most first impressions. From time to time, he engages in using intimidation tactics - especially when interacting with humans, or those who has deemed to be weaker than himself via his bias towards things that are significantly different to what he is familiar with. He isn't always driven with apathetic or cruel motives; only on occasion does he perform considerably sadistic deeds without even realizing that he is, and he shows to be rather gentle and fatherly to those that he is close to. Once the air is cleared and his biases are broken, he is much calmer company.

Erin's assertiveness may make him seem arrogant, and this statement can be fully justified through his tendency to assert his authority on others. He can appear as very self-indulgent, basking himself in his own entitlement while diminishing the value of others in the process. He takes pride in being the right one during a debate, and reacts poorly when he is wronged or humiliated; often with doubt to having lost or to downright anger and frustration.

Erin suffers from a mild chronic depression that he pretends doesn't exist. It seldom affects how he interacts with others since he tries to keep his spirits high, but if he's around negative influences or in isolation for extended periods of time, Erin reveals a darker side; fathoming, regretful, and far weaker than the face he shows publicly.

Trivia

 * Erin Griffiths was created in late 2015 before any of the other characters on this wiki and before the concept of Fantoccinism.
 * His original name was going to be Conner, but the name Erin eventually dominated and stuck.
 * His creation was vaguely inspired by the concept of animatronics, more specifically induced from the hype of Five Nights at Freddy's at the time. Erin has always been generally mechanical in design, but it was gradually diminished into more cyborg attributes.
 * Erin and Sylvester were initially going to be brothers, with both of them following the route of Erin's backstory.
 * It was instead decided that Erin and Sylvester were once rivals that eventually became a couple.