#der ritter

[rora-draws]

"You were always my favorite."

[ketamollykaine]

Midnight City: Proxy Information

What is a proxy? A proxy is one appointed to act on behalf of another sovereign entity.

Who is the entity that needs a proxy? A being known as Der Ritter, or Slenderman.

*Why does Der Ritter need proxies? Simply, it needs to feed.

Der Ritter is a forest spirit/egregore. Without a mouth, this creature feeds on energy and nutrients from the soil through a mycelium network. To feed, Der Ritter has enlisted the help of disturbed humans. The proxy’s ultimate job is to farm negative energy from a target, but there are several other jobs to be done.

There are many duties the proxies carry out depending on their titles. The titles are forest intel, stalker, initiator, chaser, exterminator, recruiter, and teacher. Each proxy hold multiple titles and work together in collaboration.

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Forest intel: All in the title, this proxy’s job is to keep tabs on what’s going on within the confines of the forest. They wander, watch, collect information on hikers or fellow inhabitants, and put up pages. They share intel with everyone.

Stalker: They go outside of the forest, gather intel on recruits or food. Stalkers create profiles on the target, memorize their every move and use it in a plan to get target to willingly join. They share intel with initiators, chasers, recruiters, and teachers. Stalkers collaborate with initiators and recruiters to create a plan to secure the target.

Initiator: Their job is to stalk and gather intel on the target. They worm their way into the target’s life and make regular appearances, gaining trust. The initiator will follow the plan, start setting up the dominoes to the target’s catalyst event. Once the catalyst event happens, the initiator will bring the target to the heart of the forest.

Chaser: Fear farming! The chaser’s job is to cause fear in food targets, the most potent of negative energies. They can do whatever they want and need to get any negative emotions from the target. They stay in the forest and work with stalkers to get to know the fears of the target. Heavy on psychological warfare, lighter on physical violence.

Exterminator: These proxies stay in the forest, unless a target gets out of the forest. They are made to kill targets. They hunt down escapees and terminate them, teach recruits how to kill efficiently. They often work alone or with chasers and forest intel. These proxies slaughter livestock.

Recruiter: Surveys the outside world for good food or proxy prospects. They use online resources like social media and they also travel to find targets in person. They find and mark who is to be taken and share relevant information with stalkers and initiators.

Teacher: their job is to teach new recruits the ways of being a proxy, mentally prepare them for their new lives, get to know the woods, first aid, self defense, spiritual defense, and place new proxies into jobs that suit them.

There are other jobs that must be done by every proxy, such as general surveillance, body disposal, first aid, and farm duty.

There are two farms with both livestock and produce. The proxies own and maintain the farms. Crops are grown and maintained year-round. Animals must be raised work and food (5 sheep, 6 horses, 4 cows, 2 bulls, 3 goats, 12 chickens per farm, 3 pigs per farm, 5 ducks). Harvests are to be preserved, organized and rationed on a schedule. Coyote and wolf watch are done in two shifts, any coyotes or wolves are to be shot on sight to keep livestock safe.

Proxies must also tend to the land by picking up litter, disposing of abandoned camping gear, disposing of bodies, composting (scraps, waste and bodies).

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Proxy & Food Recruitment Process

Recruitment goal: 12 proxies total, bringing in food targets.

Traits sought after: reclusive, black sheep, outliers, depressive, desperate for change, easily manipulated or controlled, violent, resilient, disadvantaged

Places to look: bars, college towns, libraries, food pantries, churches/places of worship, parks, hiking trails, courthouses, online.

A lot of the time, the target is selected by Der Ritter through a direct energy exchange via mycelium.

1) Find lead, get their personal information by any means necessary. Follow them, befriend, maybe pitch some culty bullshit, try to convince them to willingly follow.

2) Stalk them. Start dropping seeds of fear and doubt. Get to know every detail and collect information on paper about the lead.

3) Start manipulating the lead’s downfall/catalyst event. Fuck up their life from the background by taking down social networks and support systems, so they can exit society swiftly without anyone left to worry for or think of them.

4) Once the catalyst event takes place, secure the lead and turn them into a recruit. Fill them in on their new life.

5) Train willing recruits. Brainwash those with a weak will, feed the unwilling and unable to Der Ritter and the forest.

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The Proxies

Tim/Masky: stalker, teacher (leader 2)

Brian/Hoodie: stalker, initiator, teacher (leader 1)

Dove/Hopper: forest intel, teacher (brains 1)

Ticci Toby: exterminator (muscle 1)

Kate the Chaser: chaser, forest intel (muscle 3)

Rogue: chaser, exterminator (muscle 2)

Cody/X-Virus: recruiter, exterminator (brains 2)

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*= check the masterlist (linked on pinned post) and go down to the map & major lore drop link to get to know my Slender Man.

[mrs-spindelle]

 A picture of the Der Ritter Lord and Lady. Elder and Slenda. Elder is the original Slenderman and Slenda is just as ancient. Elder haunted the woods of Germany and came into contact with the Der Ritter Knight, and Slenda haunted the woods of Russia and was known as a banshee or the black wolf.

They have 5 offspring, and spawned the Slenderman we know today (in our story at least). 

@houseofderritter

[german-zitate]

Was war der Mensch doch nur für ein unstetes fürchterliches Wesen.

[lepetitmonstre]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Creepypasta, Slender Man Mythos Rating: General Audiences Characters: Slender Man, Original Female Character(s) Additional Tags: Mild Horror, Schizophrenia

Summary: They came for the suffering; the Innocent Ones at the edge of night.

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[magictransistor]

Hans Holbein, The Dance of Death (Danse Macabre), Woodcuts from between 1522 and 1538 [Lützelburger].