#enderbeing

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Slenderman Headcanons: The Slenderbeing Council

General Knowledge

As stated previously:

a Council is a ruling body composed of individuals from one type of cryptid species that oversees that species and that species alone. They are considered less powerful than the 'general’ government since the government can override their laws but in actuality it’s a delicate push and pull between them.

Councils from each cryptid species vary greatly. How Council Members are appointed, the amount of Members in a Council, the traditions of a Council Meeting, how Council Members are regarded in their specific society and how much reach or power they have in their society is up to the cryptid species they come from.

But every species beyond a certain population threshold must have one.

Slenderbeings do not meet this population threshold.

However, there is no lower limit on the amount of population needed to form a Council. Slenderbeings are an ancient and powerful cryptid line which only gained power and influence after The Revolution with the Head of Government being one of their own and so many others of their small population having great standing in society; no one would dare deny Slenderbeings the right to form a Council and be recognized in Parliament.

Slenderman is not a member of The Slenderbeing Council.

Neither is any of his brothers.

For his brothers, their disinterest make it something that never crosses their mind. Not that their isn't other factors at play that would make it difficult to join.

For Slenderman it is a diplomatic show of good faith; an acknowledgement of the Traditions of his people, a play to create stability and cooperation during the fragile times during and immediately following The Revolution through pacification of The Elders, and some good PR for the rest of Cryptid Society to show that even he is bound by the laws and beliefs that defines the society they live in now.

The latter being a lie causes some tension between him and The Council.

He, as Government Head, can overrule any law, decree or ruling they make. He, as Slenderman, is strong enough to rebuff any physical or magical force used to make him submit to their will. The Slenderbeing Council knows this, of course. But they also know that losing their influence over the traditionalists of their species (of which there are many) and their vast knowledge of magic and history would be a blow to Slender. Not to mention the...inconvenience that would be caused politically if broader Cryptid Society saw how easily Slender could disrespect the very systems that they had bound themselves to on the the beliefs preached by this very leader and his...co-conspirator.

The political dance they are doing is very tiresome and gives Slender a headache whenever he is forced to interact with even one of the council members, not that their personalities would not have done it on their own.

Council Members

The Slenderbeing Council consists of 5 Members. All are considered the wisest and most magically adept Slenderbeings alive. Once, each was also considered amongst the most powerful and dangerous of their kind in combat as well.

But their days of physical combat are long, long behind them.

The Council Members are the oldest Slenderbeings in existence. They have seen countless generations before them born and buried, yet they persist due to their power. But do not think them frail and weak, their magic and cunning is unrivaled among their and many other cryptid species.

The First and oldest among them is The Head Councilwoman. Her magic outclasses all of the other Council Members by leagues and her knowledge of the history of their kind unrivaled.

The other council members are equal in rank to each other. Two males and two females.

Slenderman

He generally thinks the worst of others so he probably has more turn-offs than turn-ons and I’d hit some sort of character limit before I could finish listing all of them. Nevertheless, here are some off the top of my head:

Loud / crass people

High Neediness or pushiness

Extremely bulky/burly bodies

Little to no combat skills

Petty people / people who constantly insult others (or god forbid, him)

Coming on too strong too soon

Offenderman

Ain’t no such thing as a turn-off for this guy. At least for sex. But these days he’ll admit that it takes the fun out of things if a person:

Expects a serious relationship

Doesn’t enthusiastically consent

Tries to keep him to themselves

Is not ok with PDA

Tries to stop his crazy adventures 

Trenderman

He’s married to his job and his biggest passion is always going to be his job. Therefore, a lot of his turn-offs relate to that.

Trying to pull him away from his job

Doesn’t dress well / take their appearance seriously

Apathetic or un-passionate people

Controlling or abrasive people (Basically people who try and tell him what to do)

Loud, angry or cocky people

People who aren’t attentive to him

People who don’t care for fashion or design

Splendorman

Unkind people

Historically, Slenderbeings were solitary species who only needed to communicate with those of their own kind. Since slenderbeings are all naturally talented in the art of telepathy there was therefore very little reason for them to speak aloud. However they are all capable of speaking with an audible voice.

The voice with which a slenderbeing speaks can be altered at will to sound like anything they so desire. However, they are not born knowing how to do this and it takes much training to perfect. 

Most slenderbeings ‘settle’ on a voice that comes naturally and feels the most comfortable; never bothering to learn how to alter it. 

It is extremely difficult to learn this skill in childhood before the larynx is fully developed. In addition, the voice a slenderbeing ‘settles’ on in childhood will sound different after maturity, even if they make no conscious effort to change it.    

Males tend to ‘settle’ on a deeper voice than females but either sex is equally capable of altering their voice to any pitch or sound. 

In my AU, Slenderbeings’ bodies are capable of healing even the gravest of wounds quickly and efficiently. However, they are not indestructible.

Any type of injury can be healed so long as the slenderbeing is still alive; flesh can mend itself, body parts can regrow and bones can snap themselves back into place so long as even one end is still connected.

A slenderbeing’s natural healing process leaves no scars. A slenderbeing only develops scars if another’s magic is has impeded the healing process.

The speed at which an injury heals depends its severity and complexity, with shallow cuts to the skin healing near-instantly but regrowing a limb taking days, weeks or even months.

Healing uses up energy. If a slenderbeing loses enough energy in the healing process their healing will slow and they can lose the ability to move, leaving them open to a fatal attack.

General Headcanons

Slenderbeings have the ability to change their height as a whole or the size of their limbs individually. 

However, there’s an upper and lower limit. 

The upper limit is dictated by age and genetics. Similarly to humans they grow as they age until they reach Maturity at which point their height is basically locked in. In moments of rage they can add a few feet to their height but it is decidedly uncomfortable at best and painful at worst. Most Slenderbeings don’t go around day to day at their full height as it can be several dozen feet high and cumbersome to move around in. 

Their lower limit is determined by age and training. While younger slenderbeings are smaller due to their age they usually can’t reduce their height at will. This takes training and practice as shrinking down is initially uncomfortable and at smaller heights even painful. The more a slenderbeing stays at a smaller height the easier it becomes for them to stay at that height. 

Slenderman

As far as slenderbeings go he has the ideal body type. If slenderbeings were more into art, he would be the Vitruvian Man. If slenderbeings wrote textbooks he would be the diagram of the male body. 

Slender changes his height to fit the situation. He can get down to 6′5 before it starts to get uncomfortable but he’s rarely seen any shorter than 7′.  

His shoulders are the widest part of his body which tapers to a slimmer waist. He has muscle definition but he appears more lean than built.

Offenderman

A brick shithouse of a slenderbeing. He’s to Slenderbeings what bodybuilders are to us. However, because slenderbeings are a naturally, well, slender race, he doesn’t get to the extremes of human bodybuilders.

Less of a defined waist than his other brothers, literally the shape of a brick. 

His height usually bounces between 6′5 and 6′8 which is the smallest he can get. He caters his height more for seduction and action and getting too tall can put off potential partners. 

Trenderman

  Has the narrowest shoulders of all his brothers, giving him more of an hourglass shape than most male slenderbeings in general. 

Very little muscle definition though he is pretty lean. 

As far as height goes he sticks pretty closely to 6′4 which is really, really small for a slenderbeing. He can get taller easily but he finds staying as small as he can makes finding clothes easier and fits his body type best. 

Splendorman

Broadest shoulders of all the brothers, though it looks odd on him since he is also the skinniest. 

He doesn’t eat well because of his love of humans and general pacifism and empathy which is shown in how boney he is. If he wasn’t wearing clothes you would be able to see all his ribs and his spine.  

Splendor has the most difficulties reducing his height so he never gets shorter than 7′ but often stands taller than that. He’s working on it though! It’s often difficult moving around buildings because he’s so tall. 

Father / Cabadath 

Shorter than all his sons at their maximum heights since they got their height from their mother. However, at his ‘usual’ height he’s about 6′9″. 

He looks most like Slender in proportions though his shoulders aren’t as broad nor his waist as thin. 

Willow

Willow as a female Slenderbeing has narrower shoulders and broader hips. She has a bigger bust than most female slenderbeings, giving her more of a pronounced hourglass shape than most other female slenderbeings though nothing human beings would find particularly notable. 

Hello! Thank you so much for the ask! I really appreciate it!

I'm still working on the details of The Revolution so things may change, but I made a separate post to answer your questions on it here.

As for human equality:

There aren't many cryptids that see humans as anything approaching an equal, but it’s certainly not impossible. The best example would probably be Splendor but even he has subconscious biases. I touch on this slightly in this post where he says that he “can't see himself with a human”. He probably doesn't even realize it himself but he does currently see humans as (at the very least) weaker and less capable than cryptids.

It’s hard to not have a bias against humans in cryptid society. You see human meat in stores and any live humans you’d come across wouldn’t be nearly as technologically advanced or educated as they were before (unless they were in the Resistance). There’s even discussion in-universe on whether witches and ghosts should even be classified as cryptids as though they can use magic their ‘closeness’ to humanity often has others looking down on them.

There are cryptids with some level of empathy for humans even if they don’t see them as equals. For example, there are tons of human farms that cater to cryptids who want meat from humans treated more ‘humanely’ than they are at factory farms and you’ll find cryptids sympathetic to humans they come across in the wilderness. Ironically enough, the cryptids who have the most respect for humans are probably those actively trying to bring them down to nothing more than animals. Those in the government who deal with The Resistance are almost forced to have a begrudging respect for humanity’s resilience and ingenuity.