Dr. Charlie "Clockwork" Ironworth

Name: Dr. Charlie Ironworth
Nicknames: Clockwork, King of the Clockwork Nightmares
Age: ~164 years old
Species: Clockwork Babylonian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Scientist/Tinkerer

Appearance: Clockwork is a metallic, relatively sharp and clunky old clockwork replica of avian Mobians, standing at approximately 4'0"(121.9 cm) and weighing approximately a surprisingly light 140 lbs.(63.5 Kg), made primarily of aluminum and brass that has tarnished naturally over time, giving them a dirty look to their relatively gold and silver colors. Their wingspan is an impressively large(compared to most Mobian avians) 3'9", the wings consisting of aluminum metal plates arranged similarly to a bird’s feathers and to act as fingers if needed - this seems to be a function worked into the wings much later, as previously it wouldn't have been necessary, though how it was done without fingers to begin with is a mystery. The internal structure contains no electronics but instead metal rods, gears, ropes, and rubber bands in a vaguely humanoid shape designed to move accurately to Mobian or human anatomy, but also reveals normal arms were built for the contraption and that the wings and tail are separate from the internal body, instead resembling more of an ancient hang glider design that was slapped on top of and attached to the thing by the arms(seeming to lack hands, proving that the feather-fingers function was later added somehow), explaining the purpose of the handle-esque things near the tail feathers for the feet to go into and help control flight. Its body appears to primarily be an exoskeleton based on all this, made of metal and designed similarly to knight armor but instead of resembling a suit it was instead meant to resemble Mobian avians, even having a beak that doesn't open and eyes resembling camera lenses, with the right one appearing to wear a monocle due to the small chain hanging down from it, and the three metal plates extending up and forward slightly like the feather styles common of these Mobians. For such a simple appearance, it can come off as somewhat eerie due to its uncanny face and actual aura, feeling bitter, hateful, and yet powerful. The fact that it can speak only adds to it because clockwork creations couldn't do that, not even the most advanced robots built at the time could - and let's face it, this is all because it's not just an ancient robot, its possessed, specifically with the spirit of its creator named Dr. Ironworth, sporting a pitchy, cockney accent.

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Personality traits

Likes:
-Babylonians and the Babylon Garden
-Children’s toys
-Birds
-Old horror stories and dark poetry
-Robots and Tinkering
-Puzzles

Dislikes:
-Fears lightning
-Big events like parties and festivals, distracting, loud, and overcrowded
-He finds animatronics to be poorly made and ugly, unsure why anyone would use electronics in machines to make something more creepy and less capable than even his clockwork creations
-Clockwork Foundry, due to the creepily dim lighting and being stuck there for about 150 years
-Canines, especially wolves


Personality: The obsessive, talkative, mad Dr. Ironworth is known to be polite, proper, energetic, and hard working. However, due to his super focus, he can come off as obnoxious and absent-minded, he is not a great listener at all. Arrogant and morally questionable, he's comparable to a Willy Wonka(the original movie) rather than a Mad Hatter, but it was his apparent madness, obsessiveness, and sense of flow that cost him his life.
Now he's a bitter old pessimist who isn't really sure what he really wants from life(er- afterlife?) any more. He only wants his old life back, for his work to be recognized, and maybe a second chance at a family. At least, that's what he says, the three things he told himself to give himself purpose in life.



Combat traits

Powers: He can attach himself to simple machines with a bit of work to temporarily make it part of him/use himself as a tool for making something work, and while this would “kill” a normal clockwork if it didn't work, being an immortal, possessed machine means that he's not afflicted with some weaknesses of being so simple in design.
He has blades in his arms that he can extend with his inner clockwork mechanisms, but primarily while the machine was part of the Clockwork Soldier line-up, meaning it was a simple automaton meant for the sole purpose of being an expendable, cheaply made weapon and soldier in wars that would need no training(basically, if you built enough of them you could supposedly win any war by sheer numbers), it was designed more as a personal project by Charlie to make an automaton that could fly. Due to being so basic it barely worked, gliding around and wobbling mid-air, but with Charlie now able to live through it as his body, he has a much greater control over it, allowing him flight about as good as many birds both feral and Mobian, capable of moving approximately 80 miles per hour through the air at max speed.
Finally, like all Nightmares, he has access to the Fear Flash, an ability that paralyzes targets with fear if they see the strobe effect coming from his eyes.

Strengths:
-Due to being a possessed machine, they don't tire out at all, and can fly for virtually forever as long as weather conditions are right.
-At max speed, he can fly at 80 miles per hour. With fast-forwarding, this technically doubles to 160 miles an hour.
-He is a very capable tinkerer, so capable in fact that he can modify his body and attach himself to other simple machines to act as a temporary extension to himself. If he can do that, imagine what he can do to other machines! Heck, he helped build the not-so-simple Clockwork Foundry, meaning he does have knowledge of electronics of such a grand scale.
-His main body being mostly made of brass, he is pretty tough and can repair most injuries to himself given enough time.

Weaknesses:
-His wings, though light to help with flight, are relatively fragile and due to their slightly more complex design, takes much longer to repair.
-Theoretically if his entire robotic body was destroyed, he could just possess a new one, but he’d likely have to get used to the new body. It's just as likely that it just means he’d die without coming back - same for if someone destroyed his original body, which probably wouldn't be that easy to find so it may just require crashing the entirety of Clockwork Foundry where his body presumably is...
-Heat or electricity is especially dangerous, extreme heat warping the metal and damaging the rubber and ropes acting as his muscles and tendons. Electricity is naturally attracted to his metallic body and would do the same thing but even quicker, probably even setting his internal structure on fire… This is especially bad if he's in the air, which as a flying machine he'd be expected to be in the air a lot, since he'd have no way to ground himself.
-Based on the above, it should be clear he has a severe fear of lightning and electricity.


Social information

Positive relations
-The Guild
-Jane Ironworth

Negative relations
-Sapphire Bay Royalty
-Engel's Entourage

History
Charlie Ironworth was born in Spagonia in the mid-1800s, and even if he hadn't been shot dead, it's likely he'd still be around today. No one knows why or how, but his bloodline seems cursed with immortality and insanity. Ties to Feign or Tiranus are possible explanations...
He grew up relatively normal among an upper class family in the now abandoned Castle Ironworth as an only child. After he was done with schooling, he returned home for a few years. In that time, his father died of old age, and Charlie noted how odd it was that despite his mother's actual age she seemed so young. It was then that she finally explained the curse to him.
After learning this, Charlie felt the need to leave home and get his bearings, and figure out what to do now he knew he was immortal. It was then he moved to the relaxing small town of Sapphire Bay, where he would eventually go to university for a doctorate, and eventually opened a shop selling toys, music boxes, and bizarre trinkets he made in his spare time. While at university he met the eccentric cryptologist Engel Hirsch and his eventual wife Mary Sage who he'd have two kids with, Ciel and Jane.
War strikes, and government officials from the nearby Sapphire Bay reached out to Charlie for help on a weapons development project: Clockwork Soldiers. Though he initially turned them down, they seemed insistent and offered high payment and eventually, though he was curious, he took up the offer. The Sapphire Bay had an old battle station built north of Spagonia during a previous war repurposed into what was now called the Clockwork Foundry for him and others, including Engel, to work on the Clockwork Soldiers project. His son stowed away on the plane that took them there, and for some reason despite Charlie insisting that Ciel be taken home, the pilots in charge of bringing supplies like food, water, and materials were never authorized to do so.
All the warning signs lined up perfectly, yet Charlie ignored them. A strange, six-legged, armored, tiger-looking creature was brought on board and tortured, which Engel was clearly involved in despite his denial. Eventually, shipments stopped coming in. All the other workers were worried, everyone was beginning to go hungry as their food supplies started to dwindle.
And then it happened.
Soldiers sent on to the Clockwork Foundry without warning, gunning everyone down, including Ciel and Charlie. The only survivor was Engel, who seemed to be taken prisoner and accused of war crimes.
A week later, the Clockwork Soldiers began moving of their own volition, seemingly powered by the souls of those who died there. And eventually, most if not all of the spirits became restless, vengeful, and filled with dark energies…
Charlie's soul was trapped in a body of his own making, unable to leave his new home where his colleagues and his son also haunted, for close to 100 years.
Then he, and the rest of the Clockworks, were released by two humans and a living robot working for a group called "The Guild"...